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Countdown to April 1, Minus Distractions

A Legislative Column by Assemblyman Dave Townsend (R,WF-Sylvan Beach)
Will April again be the cruelest month? The deadline to balance the state’s budget is only a few short weeks away, yet Albany appears hobbled by scandal and consumed by its own self-serving politics. The 2010-2011 budget is due on April 1, and we owe it to [...]

Gaming Claims by Vickers, Peterman and UCE rejected in new federal court ruling

All Challenges to Legality of Turning Stone Gaming are Terminated
Submitted by the Oneida Indian Nation
(Oneida Nation Homelands) Legal theories upon which David Vickers and Scott Peterman, leaders of Upstate Citizens for Equality, staked their credibility in efforts to rally public support against the U.S. Department of Interior’s decision to accept more than 13,000 acres of [...]

Court Guts Hennessy and Townsend’s Challenges to Oneida Trust Land

Legislators urged reliance upon failed lawsuit to reject $55 million County-Nation deal
(Oneida Nation Homelands) Highly publicized legal challenges by Assemblyman David Townsend, Oneida County Legislator Michael J. Hennessy and the Central NY Fair Business Association to the May 2008 decision by the U.S. Department of Interior taking take 13,000 acres of land into trust for [...]

Madison County Courier To Be Used As Movie Prop

M3P Media, LLC, has signed a release for its new publication, Madison County Courier, to be used as prop or set dressing for the highly anticipated movie “Knockout.”
“We are thrilled to be a very small part of a very big movie,” said Mike Bova, publisher of M3P Media, LLC.
According to promoters, the film stars mixed martial [...]

‘Carp’-ing Alone won’t Protect State From Invasive Species

A Legislative Column by Assemblyman Dave Townsend (R,WF-Sylvan Beach)
New York State needs a defense policy. We’ve got foreign invaders bent on destroying our communities and livelihood. The Great Lakes – including the New York-bordering lakes Erie and Ontario – are the targets, and an estimated $7 billion-a-year fishing industry hangs in the balance unless [...]

Fixing the Sex-Crime Loophole In New York

A Legislative Column by Assemblyman Dave Townsend (R,WF-Sylvan Beach)
New York State has an equality problem: It treats too many criminals the same way. In another stunning instance of institutional ignorance, an Albany newspaper ran a piece last week describing a loophole in our criminal-law code that allows crooks convicted of sex crimes with a child [...]

A ‘Taxing” Affair for Statewide Job Creators

A Legislative Column by Assemblyman Dave Townsend (R,WF-Sylvan Beach)
Industrial development agencies (IDA) were created in 1969 in order to, in the words of the original statute, “create a framework to establish local industrial development agencies, authorizing them to issue industrial revenue bonds for the purpose of acquiring, equipping and furnishing industrial, manufacturing, warehousing, commercial, and [...]

Area fire, police agencies invited to participate in Public Safety Basketball Challenge

(Oneida, NY) The Oneida Recreation Department is organizing a series of challenges this year and is asking local police and fire departments around this area to represent its station by participating in activities. Basketball will be the first challenge and will be played March 6 at the Recreation Center. The team entry fee is [...]

Townsend Column Misstated Facts

To the Editor:
David Townsend’s recent column misstated certain facts. The Oneida Nation always has paid the State of New York in full for all services provided by the State Police and the State Racing & Wagering Board at Turning Stone Resort. This amounts to more than $5 million in payments to the State from the Oneida Nation every year. Those [...]

GOV wants to cut Troopers from Schools

Townsend fights for state police jobs protecting students

Assemblyman David Townsend (R,WF-Sylvan Beach) reprimanded Governor Paterson for his proposal to cut 90 State Troopers from the school resource officer (SRO) program in his 2010-11 Executive Budget. The New York State version of the program has been a decided success since it was begun by the [...]

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