Montgomery: Putnam Government 'Fundamentally Broken' | The Highlands Current
Casts lone ‘no’ votes on license-plate policy, radio-tower deal When the Putnam County Legislature met before Christmas to wrap up 2020 business, most of the lawmakers used the session’s final moments to share holiday greetings. Nancy Montgomery, who represents Philipstown and is the Legislature’s only Democrat, had a different message. “The county’s government is fundamentally broken,” she said at the Dec. 17 meeting. “This year we have again overspent on non-priorities. We’ve underperformed in our response to the pandemic” and “underfunded public safety for the purpose...
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