- November
- 14
Looks like a lonely two years for Denis Troy.
Come January, he will be the only Republican on the Orangetown Town Board, now that Denis O’Donnell and Thomas Morr have lost their seats to Democrats.
Morr was locked in a close race with Democrat Michael Maturo at first. But after poll numbers were readjusted and absentee ballots counted, Maturo came out the winner.
Not only have Democrats seized control of the board, but they have done so with a 4-1 majority. Town residents are waiting to see how the Democrats will use their new might.
Posted by Hannan Adely on Wednesday, November 14th, 2007 at 6:52 pm |
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- October
- 26
An ideological debate over illegal immigrants and global warming spilled out into Orangetown Town Hall Monday.
Republicans Tom Morr, Denis O’Donnell and Denis Troy voted for a resolution condemning the Gov. Spitzer’s plan to give driver licenses to illegal immigrants, arguing the measure would devalue the licenses and could put the public at risk. Supervisor Thom Kleiner and board member Marie Manning abstained. Kleiner said he had not made up his mind on the issue and that law enforcement officials had mixed reviews on the measure.
During the same meeting, Kleiner and Marie Manning, the board’s lone Democrats, supported a resolution to adopt the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, which calls on communities and the federal government to take steps to reduce global warming. The GOP voted against it, saying they disagreed with aspects of the resolution. Morr and Kleiner reportedly traded barbs about whether global warming was a human-made condition.
Ultimately, Troy said he did disagreed with the resolution because of its support for the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement that requires countries to reduce greenhouse gas emission. He thought it would hurt the US in its competition with China.
“We just have different philosophies on that,� he said. “I believe that Kyoto agreement would be an economic catastrophe.�
Posted by Hannan Adely on Friday, October 26th, 2007 at 6:34 pm |
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