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Barclay and Assembly Republican Conference Announce Launch of New “STOP GOVERNMENT WASTE” Website

Assemblyman Will Barclay (R,C,I?Pulaski) announced today that he and the Assembly Republican Conference have launched a new website, www.stopgovernmentwasteny.com, as part of their ongoing effort to rein in excessive state spending and the misuse of […]
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Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay

Looking Back at 2009 Provides Multiple Reasons for Change in 2010

This year proved to have its many challenges and disappointments. Perhaps the year’s greatest disappointment, however, was the budget that passed in the spring of 2009. It contained $8.2 billion in taxes and fee increases and increased government spending by 10 percent. As a result, the average family of four will pay an extra $2,362 in higher taxes and fees this year.

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Fulton Daily News

Weston Ends 16 Years On Fulton Common Council With Praise And Thanks

<p>Alderman Bob Weston at work in a recent Common Council meeting.</p>Fulton Common Council meetings are likely to be a little less positive from now on, now that Bob Weston’s 16 year career as an Alderman is over.  They’re also likely to be shorter.

Weston announced earlier this year he would not seek reelection as Alderman from the city’s third ward.  A quick special meeting on Tuesday was the last hurrah of a political career that he said began by accident.

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Oswego County Legislature Recognizes Departing Officials

The Oswego County Legislature bid farewell to several outgoing officials at the close of its last meeting of the year. After expressing appreciation for their dedicated service to the people of the county, Oswego County Legislature Chairman Barry Leemann presented each legislator a plaque with his nameplate. Pictured from left are Arthur Gearsbeck, District 6, nine years; Paul Santore, District 16, eight years; Phillip Vasho, District 22, six years; Lee Walker, Jr., District 15, two terms, five years; and Jack Beckwith, District 21, two terms, 12 years. Absent from the photo were legislators James Bryant, District 5, and Clayton Brewer, District 24.  The Oswego County Legislature bid farewell to several outgoing officials at the close of its last meeting of the year. After expressing appreciation for their dedicated service to the people of the county, Oswego County Legislature Chairman Barry Leemann presented each legislator a plaque with his nameplate.

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