Michael Plitt News Today

As Genesee County Democratic Committee chairman

While Genesee County was certainly bleeding red Tuesday, it apparently wasn’t enough to get the job done for the big-ticket candidates during the general election. Although the Associated Press and political pundits weren’t ready to call the race for state governor by midnight, Democrat incumbent Kathy Hochul was proclaimed the winner an hour later with a vote of 2,869,712

Right-leaning party members have been quiet long enough, prompting Bergen resident Gary Fink to speak out, he says. “The silent majority has been silent for two long,” he said to The Batavian Monday. “The Left is getting more and more insane; they’re destroying the economy and destroying the family.” Fink opted to put his words to paper and send out the no-holds-barred letter

BATAVIA — Lorie Longhany and her family were at their cottage on Silver Lake in Wyoming County on July 3 a few years back when her phone rang.