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Debrino said he is a retired state worker living on a fixed income and said he wasn’t sure how long his family could stay in their house if taxes continue to rise.

“We love the home we live in, but we don’t love the property taxes,” Debrino said. “I think it is great the George is trying to do something about it.”

I'm sorry you overspent......I dont like property taxes,,,but,,,the reality is that town services and those that provide them will always go up....do we expect those workers to live below our means,,,or the fact that resurfacing roads cost, sewers cost, parks cost, businesses we deal with cost etc etc.......

Again let me state---you picked your home and I picked mine.....the land tax rate we pay is the same....the roads are the same....the lights are the same...the sidewalks are the same....the snow removal is the same.......

I think this is to say that he wants the candidate that's going to watch the bottom line.  Hopefully he sees that would be George Amedore.

Hey, I was thinking.  For the next couple weeks, maybe I'll use the George Amedore for Assemblyman signs as a sunblocker on my car.  Let everybody in every parking lot I'm in know that I support him.

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I think this is to say that he wants the candidate that's going to watch the bottom line.  Hopefully he sees that would be George Amedore.

Hey, I was thinking.  For the next couple weeks, maybe I'll use the George Amedore for Assemblyman signs as a sunblocker on my car.  Let everybody in every parking lot I'm in know that I support him.

That's a great idea.....

AMEDORE SIGNS ARE EVERYWHERE IN ROTTERDAM! I would have to guess that he is a shoe-in in Rotterdam. Mr. Amedore is really 'clean'. If he wasn't, you could just be sure that the dem's would have dug up something. I NEVER put signs on my lawn for politicians....I just  may this time!

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I received this in my emails today.

What is on the menu????

I'll bet PASTA!

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Amedore would be fine successor to Tonko

   I’m very upset to be losing a representative who served us so well for so long, but I wish Paul Tonko the best in his new endeavors. If there is one thing I have learned, it’s that elected officials are entrusted with the role that we elect them to. With that in mind, voters need to elect someone who is not a politician, but one who will be responsive to us and receptive to our needs.
   I urge my neighbors to vote George Amedore for state Assembly, because he is a family-oriented person who has unselfishly worked to improve our community. George Amedore is one of our own, having grown up in Rotterdam and benefited from this great neighborhood. He serves as a leader in our community — who gives back to local charities because he feels it’s the right thing to do. For years, George Amedore has given countless hours and dollars to improve Rotterdam. He serves as an example of civic responsibility, and I intend to vote for him in the upcoming special election.
   George Amedore has given so much to our community, and I imagine he can do a lot more as our next assemblyman. I am calling on my neighbors, friends and fellow citizens to elect him. Although he has big shoes to fill, I am confident that he will serve us well as our next assemblyman.
   NAOMI SZALA
   Amsterdam  

  
  
  

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105TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT
Candidate for Assembly touts economic ideas
Amedore faces Kosiur in July 31 election
BY EDWARD MUNGER JR. Gazette Reporter

   Republican Assembly candidate George Amedore Jr. on Thursday outlined several ideas he says could help restore the “economic might” once wielded through industry in Schenectady and Montgomery counties.
   Amedore, 38, is running against Democratic Schenectady County Legislator Ed Kosiur, 51, to represent the 105th Assembly District, which includes all of Montgomery County and parts of Schenectady County.
   A special election to fill the seat, vacated last month by Democrat Paul Tonko, is scheduled for July 31.
   Eliminating Thruway tolls between Albany and points west in Schenectady and Montgomery counties and pursuing an ethanol production facility are part of Amedore’s “I-90 W Jobs” plan he said could boost employment, support local agriculture and make travel to the Capital Region’s western fringe easier for businesses and commuters.
   Amedore said the lack of adequate local jobs forces people in the district to commute east to Albany for work, and tolls for that travel add an additional burden on these commuters.
   Amedore proposes eliminating the tolls from Thruway Exit 23 in Albany County west to Thruway Exit 29 in Canajoharie.
   Tolls, such as the $2.05 toll people pay to drive from Canajoharie to downtown Albany on Interstate 90, also known as the New York State Thruway, are “another fee, another burden” on commuters, Amedore said.
   The same fees cause hardship on businesses bringing in or sending out raw materials and finished products, he said.
   “ W e h a v e the infrastructure here,” said Amedore, who announced his plan in Amsterdam in front of the abandoned Esquire Novelty factory building on Forest Avenue.
   “Let’s make it easy to bring in raw materials. We should encourage the commerce,” he said.
   Amedore said waste and inefficiency would be targeted as a means of making up the toll money that provides working revenue for the state Thruway Authority to maintain infrastructure.
   One way to create jobs in the region is to develop an ethanol production facility, taking advantage of the agricultural supplies and available labor, Amedore said.
   Job training with an emphasis on high-tech manufacturing — pursuits that could be fostered at the Fulton-Montgomery and Schenectady County community colleges — could put Schenectady and Montgomery counties on the list of possible sites for “feeder” companies working with the AMD facility being planned in Saratoga County, Amedore said.
   “I-90 West should also reap benefits of high-tech plants,” Amedore said.
   The massive Esquire Novelty factory building in Amsterdam is one of several unused facilities that could serve as manufacturing sites to support Capital Region technology production, but the state needs to boost its efforts to clean up former sites and aggressively market them, Amedore said.
   Protecting the financial health of families, Amedore said, should be a primary goal of state government, and the first step toward that goal is to reduce the cost of living in the region.
   “There’s too many burdens, too many taxes. We need to get the government to release its stronghold on the hardworking families,” Amedore said.
   Amedore is on leave from his job as vice president of Amedore Homes while his opponent, Kosiur, is on leave from his position as teen employment director at the Boys & Girls Club of Schenectady.    Kosiur later Thursday took issue with Amedore’s plan to foster an ethanol production facility, pointing to the new-age fuel’s impact on the local dairy industry.
   Kosiur said Montgomery County is the third largest milk producer in the state, and the mass production of ethanol, made primarily out of corn, has driven the price of corn up, complicating dairy farmers’ efforts to feed their cows.
   “Our farmers are suffering from this, our dairy industry is suffering from this. Myself and Paul Tonko are working closely on an alternative means of producing this ethanol without the corn being a main product,” Kosiur said.
   He said an announcement on that initiative is forthcoming.
   Kosiur said he, too, is concerned about creating jobs and increasing development in the 105th Assembly District, a job he said he is prepared for based on success in Schenectady.
   While he served as a Schenectady County legislator, Kosiur said, more than $200 million in private money and development was brought to downtown Schenectady. Throughout the county, Kosiur said, more than 2,000 “real jobs” were created during his tenure, in addition to 32 commercial buildings being placed back on the tax rolls.
   “Working together, Schenectady and Montgomery [counties] can share economic development,” Kosiur said.

Hey, I like the idea of removing the tolls from the Thruway.  Wasn't that supposed to be done some time under the Nixon Administration?  And I noticed something nice.  The Wikipedia page for the thruway has a copy of a ticket right from Exit 25A!


A New York State Thruway toll ticket, obtained at exit 25A.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_State_Thruway

Then where would the money come from
to make up the loss revenue from the tolls?

The state could pay for road construction and roar repair if they would just cut the PORK out of the budget and use it for roads.

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Then where would the money come from
to make up the loss revenue from the tolls?

How much do you think the people sitting at those booths make?  And their management?  You know, if you take down the booths, cut out the bottom line and cut out middle management.  I bet if you get rid of the toll booth collectors, their immediate supervisors could go, then probably the manager of all of those supervisors.

So there, you're probably looking at hundreds of thousands of dollars in cost savings right there.  Maybe return the roads to state control, instead of a separate group.  It's almost like the Thruway is a "study" in its own that has been going on for decades already.

BK...Those people will never ever be without jobs! The words 'layoff' does not exist in the state vocabulary. And why should it...thy don't foot the bill...we, the taxpayers do!

And those toll booths, or something of the like, will have to stay in place for all of those security cameras.

I would recommend that when/if the tolls are abolished...all construction/maintainance should be bid out to the private sector...AND not be for 'union only' shops! This state better start promoting private sector businesses before it totally becomes a welfare state!

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BK...Those people will never ever be without jobs! The words 'layoff' does not exist in the state vocabulary. And why should it...thy don't foot the bill...we, the taxpayers do!

And those toll booths, or something of the like, will have to stay in place for all of those security cameras.

I would recommend that when/if the tolls are abolished...all construction/maintainance should be bid out to the private sector...AND not be for 'union only' shops! This state better start promoting private sector businesses before it totally becomes a welfare state!

That's right....who is going to track all those terrorists and illegal aliens when they drive down the thruway????....oh wait,,,,there's EZ-PASS...perfect word for the 'free flow'.....

I don't know Mr Kosiur, however, I have had business dealing with George Amedore.  I can say unequivocally, that Mr Amedore is one dishonest fellow when it comes to dealing with his customers.  I purchased a new home from George about 13 years ago and tried to get him to come back and fix things, to no success.  I ended up filing a complaint with the Attorney General's office and taking him to small claims court.  After repeatedly denying any fault on his part, the judge awarded me a settlement for the repairs.  During that time I took a walk around the "neighborhood that George built" to see if others had similar experiences.  Virtually everyone that I talked to had similar complaints.  I still remember the parting line that was thrown in my face when the judge ordered that Amedore write the check to me ... "You should be ashamed of yourself".  George, you should be ashamed of yourself for calling yourself a Christian  business man and claiming that you are all for honesty in government,  Right.... If you go through our neighborhood, you will see a few sparse signs for George.  Most of them are either on his relatives lots or his family friends.  The rest of us?  Well, let me tell you that we will not be voting for Mr Amedore no way, and no how.