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There is a good deal of information available from this forum pertaining to the endorsed Democrat and Republican candidates in the Town of Rotterdam and Schenectady County Legislative District 4.  I know that most of us live in those areas, but I find it interesting that I haven't heard of candidates for ANY race in the City of Schenectady, Glenville, and Niskayuna.

I understand that Savage, Gordon, and Finn are running for reelection to the County Leg.  Who are their endorsed opponents?

Are there any candidates endorsed by the Republicans who are running for office in the City of Schenectady or Legislative Districs 1 & 2?

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they're here, just lurking with fictitious names

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GLENVILLE
Politics blamed for removal Koetzle loses Highway Dept. liaison position
BY MICHAEL GOOT Gazette Reporter
Reach Gazette reporter Michael Goot at 395-3105 or mgoot@dailygazette.net.

    Councilman Chris Koetzle is crying foul after Supervisor Frank Quinn removed him as Town Board liaison to the Highway Department — with Koetzle claiming that it is related to his bid against Quinn for supervisor.
    “The timing is clearly politically motivated from the point of view that I am a declared candidate for him against his seat,” he said.
    Koetzle, who is in his first term on the Town Board, is the Republican nominee for supervisor in November’s election against Democrat Quinn, who is seeking his second four-year term.
    Quinn said the change was not politically motivated but in the best interest of the town to improve communications between the Highway Department and the Town Board. “It has become obvious to me it’s not been working for several months,” he said.
    Koetzle said there were no communication problems between himself and Public Works Commissioner Rick LeClair.
    “If there were, the solution would have been to sit down and talk about it,” Koetzle said.
    He added that he has done good work with the department, including helping to reinstate the leaf pickup program and the bulk waste disposal program.
    Koetzle did get into an argument with LeClair at a Town Board meeting in May. Koetzle opposed a proposal by LeClair to purchase two snowplow trucks at a cost not to exceed $425,000 to replace aging vehicles, using some of the $620,000 in Federal Emergency Management Agency money the town is set to receive in reimbursement for December’s ice storm costs.
    Koetzle was concerned about buying the trucks without actually having the funds in hand. At that meeting, he was also displeased that the request was not brought before him as the Highway Department liaison, but before Deputy Supervisor Edward Rosenberg instead. He had e-mailed LeClair some questions and did not get a response.
    Rosenberg said Koetzle should have made a follow-up phone call, and Quinn said there appeared to be a communications problem. The motion to purchase the trucks was defeated by a vote of 4-1.
    Quinn said the flap over the trucks was just the latest example of communications issues.
    “We’ve got the liaison asking questions at these meetings of the highway superintendent. Those things should have been ironed out long before the meeting,” he said.
    He said politics is not a factor. “I’m trying to make sure we have good control and communication,” he said. “It happens to involve Chris Koetzle, but it could have been any board member.”
    Quinn switched the assignments of Rosenberg and Koetzle and named Koetzle the liaison to the Police Department. He said his plan was to make the change effective in July, but the board wants to discuss it at its next work session in the second week of July.
    LeClair said he was surprised as anyone else by Quinn’s action. “It was a decision he had made himself,” he said.