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Oswego Daily News

Proposed County Budget For 2010 Has No Tax Increase

The tax rate for the proposed 2010 county budget is $7.18 per $1,000 of assessed valuation; the same as it was this year and last year. It is the seventh consecutive budget where the tax rate has gone down or stayed the same. However, the county administrator warns – things could change in 2011.

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Oswego Daily News

County Legislature: Some Incumbents Lose; Many Run Unopposed

One of the County Legislature’s most outspoken members of the minority caucus lost his seat Tuesday.  A leader of the majority Republican caucus may lose his seat as well.  And voters sent four other new faces to the Legislature in one of the more dramatic nights of change for that body.

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Oswego Daily News

Owens Wins Race For Congress

Democrat Bill Owens confounded the experts and defied more than a century of history as he won the three way race for Congress from Oswego County and the North Country.

With about 80% of votes counted, Owens held about a 4,000 vote lead.  There are as many as 11,000 absentee ballots yet to be counted and a handful of voting locations across the district had their voting machines sealed for hand counts beginning today.

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Oswego Daily News

Campaign’s Focus: The Candidate Who Wasn’t There

The final day of the campaign for Congress was a wild one, with Doug Hoffman and Bill Owens continuing to spend time on the candidate who isn’t in the race anymore.

Hoffman, the Conservative Party’s candidate, called for an investigation of Republican Dede Scozzafava’s decision to quit running and, a day later, endorse Democrat Bill Owens.  Owens continued to praise Scozzafava for her decision to back him.

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Fulton Daily News

Oswego County’s Share of Stimulus Funds So Far: $80 Million

An analysis by Oswego County Today that compared the amount of stimulus funds to the population of the counties shows that Oswego County is getting $659.87 in stimulus funds for each of the county’s 121,454 residents (using 2007 Census estimates).

That’s below the $804.68 average for each person in the state, but a little above the median amount of $641.53.

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