Category: News

Budget Troubles And Interesting Solutions for Chatham

The Columbia Paper ran an interesting article yesterday looking at the budget concerns of Chatham Village. In the article titled, How low can we go?, Parry Teasdale (writer, Columbia Paper), looks at the looming $70,000 deficit that the village is facing, what caused the current financial situation and how some villagers think they might deal with this deficit. One of the more interesting solutions posed was to ask the tax-exempt property holders of the village, which occupy roughly 38% of the land, to help out by contributing to the village.

Chatham isn’t alone in facing these financial issues and many of our towns and villages are in the same boat. Teasdale’s article is an interesting read and definitely worth reading in full. You can read the article now by visiting ColumbiaPaper.com or pick up a copy of the paper.

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The Real Face of the Gay Agenda

We have been hearing how gay marriage will destroy American society and now we have a picture of the harbingers of our demise.

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Phyllis Siegel, 76, and Connie Kopelov, 84, were the first same-sex couple to get married in Manhattan over the weekend when marriage equality became legal in NY. Yes, these two little old ladies are what all the fuss from the radical religious has been over. Lock your doors folks because the one in the wheelchair is probably making a beeline to grab your kids while they sleep.

Photo Credit: David Jacobs/HRC

Sen. Saland Discusses His Historic Vote for Marriage Equality

Senator Saland spoke with the Poughkeepsie Journal yesterday and described his “emotional and intellectual journey” towards supporting marriage equality. In the interview, Saland mentions that his wife and children have long been supporters of marriage equality. He also discusses the large number of communications that he received from people regarding the vote.

You can watch the interview here, below.

Marriage Equality Comes To New York

History was made in New York this past Friday when our great state passed the Marriage Equality Act giving civil marriage rights to all couples. New York became the 6th state to allow both mixed-sex and same-sex couples the right to marry. Same-sex marriage is currently allowed in Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont. Maryland, New York and Rhode Island recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states.

While we were not the first state, New York is the largest state to legalize same-sex marriage and it also the first state in which a Republican-led State Senate passed such a measure. Our own State Senator, Sen. Steve Saland (R-Poughkeepsie), provided a key vote on the measure and joined three of his fellow Republican senators in voting for marriage equality. Senator Saland spoke on the senate floor Friday night and shared his thoughts on how and why he came to the decision to vote for marriage equality. You can read his speech now on the PoughkeepsieJournal.com by clicking here.