Current Events > A Democrat won my county's executive position for the first time in 30 years

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Anyways, Republicans are moving swiftly to limit the position's power

https://bit.ly/36WmWIh

One week after voters elected Adam Bello as the first Democratic county executive in nearly three decades, the Republican-controlled Legislature sought to significantly reduce the power of the office and increase their own.

A series of last-minute charter amendments released little more than an hour before the Legislature convened, would give the Legislature authority to approve Bello's appointments of his deputy county executive, the county attorney, and not just all department heads and directors but other management staff within those departments.

He would lose his authority to create new positions and adjust salaries. While Dinolfo can spend up to $20,000 without Legislative approval, Bello's authority would be capped at $5,000, reverting back to the limit that was in place in 2014.

His budget would be due a month earlier. The Legislature would also assume oversight of public works contracts and purchasing.
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The legislation was offered as a matter of urgency, meaning it skips the committee process, allowing the public hearing and vote to be held on Dec. 10, and for outgoing Republican County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo to sign it into law before she leaves office.

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Of course they are. Republicans hate when people who aren't them win positions of power.

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Pathetic pubs at it again!
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Tmaster148 posted...

Of course they are. Republicans hate when people who aren't them win positions of power.

Don't you bitch about Republicans and conservatives on the reg? No need to project your attributes to others. Just saying.

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Vicious_Dios posted...

Don't you bitch about Republicans and conservatives on the reg? No need to project your attributes to others. Just saying.

Sorry my true remarks offend you.

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Republicans insisting on different rules for Democrats? How usual!
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Vicious_Dios posted...

Don't you bitch about Republicans and conservatives on the reg? No need to project your attributes to others. Just saying.

Except there are several instances of Republicans doing the same thing across the country.

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