Upcoming Event: Mid-Hudson Islamic Association and Muslim Community in partnership with Civic and Community Organization invite you to attend an event to deliver a message of peace, solidarity, religious tolerance and kindness for all.
Sunday, March 26, 2017
2pm – 5pm
Fishkill Recreation 793 Route 52, Fishkill, NY 12524
RSVP to Seema Rizvi, MD at seema.rizvi1682@gmail.com
Transportation Interest: The Poughkeepsie-Dutchess County Transportation Council (PDCTC) will meet on Thursday, March 24, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. at the Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home, 4079 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, NY 12538. The Transportation Council will act on the Draft State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2016-2017 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP), the new county-wide, long-range transportation plan, Moving Dutchess 2, and a series of resolutions related to federal transit funding. Meeting materials are posted on the Consolidated Calendar, and briefing packets have been mailed to Council members.
Please RSVP your attendance and any request for special accommodations to Mr. Howard Spilke at (845) 486-3600 or hspilke@dutchessny.gov. Please contact me if you have any questions about the meeting.
Dutchess County Jail – Justice and Transition Center (JTC) Project Timeline
January 21st – Legislative Committee Meeting
January 25th – Legislative Board Meeting
January 27th – State of the County Address
February 4th – Legislative Committee Meeting
February 4th or 5th – Request for Proposal for Architect to be issued
February 8th – Legislative Board Meeting
February 16th – External Advisory Group Meeting – Catharine Street Center, Poughkeepsie
February 17th – County Executive Town Hall Forum – LaGrange
February 24th – County Executive Town Hall Forum – Amenia
February 29th – Legislative Committee of the Whole Meeting
March 3rd – County Executive Town Hall Forum – Hyde Park
March 10th– Legislative Committee Meeting
March 14th – Legislative Board Meeting
March 21st – Meeting of the Whole
Sunday December 6th 2015
Please read another letter to the editor regarding my work as your County Legislator.
I am writing in support of Dutchess County Legislator Francena Amparo, District 14. Before being placed into a high-risk flood zone by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in 2013, I had no real interest in local politics. This new mapping, however, included a mandatory insurance premium even though my home does not border any water and FEMA has never been to my neighborhood to actually view the area.
Luckily, Legislator Amparo understood the unfairness of this to me, as well more than 200 other Wappinger residents. She organized meetings, attended town and resident gatherings and spent hours following up on all possible assistance. Due to her efforts and those of U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, my town has unanimously agreed to apply for a letter of map revision for my neighborhood.
We already have heard that five out of seven of our homes have been removed from the costly floodplain. Amparo’s work ethic and concern for residents has saved thousands of dollars for those who were removed, and gained many back the equity in their homes. Thank goodness there are politicians like Francena Amparo out there who genuinely care about fairness for absolute strangers in Wappinger.
Francena was a stranger not long ago, but is now a friend and hero to myself and many others. She attends every local event possible and has boundless energy. She has definitely earned my vote for District 14 county legislator.
Elizabeth Satterlee
Wappingers Falls
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/opinion/letters/2015/11/01/letters-editor/75005396/
