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Carry ’em if you got ’em
Ulster County Sheriff Paul Van Blarcum (photo by Dion Ogust) The week after his controversial call to arms set off intense debate, both locally and across the nation, over the role armed citizens might...
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Wenk goes shopping…with a bb gun
Jay Wenk If you’re still on edge after seeing a shotgun-toting man while shopping at Adams or Walmart last weekend, you can rest a bit easier. It wasn’t a shotgun and he wasn’t going to shoot anyone....
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Hein won’t run for Congress
Mike Hein (photo by Dan Barton) Ulster County executive Mike Hein, widely assumed to be planning a run next year for the House of Representatives, surprised many in the local political scene on Friday,...
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Teachout seeks Democratic nod for house seat
Zephyr Teachout (photo by Alan Carey) “I’m ready.” Zephyr Teachout, who outpolled incumbent Andrew Cuomo in the 2014 Gubernatorial primary election in all eleven counties in the 19th Congressional...
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Reporter on the ground in Iowa
(Photo by Bill Kuhn) “Boo! Boo!” erupted in the cavernous room overflowing with Trump supporters when Sen. Cruz’s face lit up the flat screens hanging on the walls. The Trumpites, only minutes before...
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Taking in the Albany rallies of Trump and Sanders
(Photo by Paul Smart) After eleven interview requests at Monday night’s Trump rally in Albany, I finally hit pay dirt with Brandon LeQue, quick to talk about his years growing up in the state capital...
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No major differences between the two Democratic candidates
Will Yandik and Zephyr Teachout. (photos by Dion Ogust) “Can’t start a fire without a spark,” sang Bruce Springsteen. Those expecting sparks between Democratic congressional primary candidates Zephyr...
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Primary candidates stake out left and right
While the two Republican candidates for the 19th congressional district competing in the noon to 9 p.m. primary election next Tuesday, June 28, were heaving heavy artillery at each other, the two...
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Heppner takes place on the political stage
Jonathan Heppner (photo by Dion Ogust) It’s summertime, a period of legislative torpor on all levels, as politicians of every stripe are usually back home doing the daily work of constituent service...
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GOP logo evokes Woodstock, sans values, says Lang
On the first day of last week’s Republican National Convention came the charges regarding potential first lady Melania Trump’s plagiarism of a speech by actual First Lady Michelle Obama. On the final...
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