Delmar and Selkirk Ers Like Their Federal and State Elected (1,233 in Bethlehem and 508In New Were Also Approved
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NOV 131995 Inside: Party Guide supplement Vol. XLI No. 46 November 13, 1996 Town board discusses lead status on plant Formaldehyde toes want permit denied By Mel Hyman being lead agency and have Tonight will be decision deferred to EnCon. time for the Bethlehem town Only the state Department boardonwhethertoseeklead of Health and the Bethlehem agency status in the environ- town board are yet to be heard mental review of the $9.5 mil- from. lion formaldehyde plant pro- Supervisor Sheila Fuller posed for Route 144 in saidwhileitseemedlogicalfor Glenmont. En Con to oversee the environ- The town board has until mental review. she would con- Thursday, Nov. 21, to notify siderallofthecommentsmade the state DepartmentofEnvi- at last night's public hearing ronmental Conservation ofits before making a decision. intentions. EnCon, which is Moriece Councilman George responsible for issuing four separate per- Lenhardt said he was inclined toward let- mils for the project, is looking to assume ting EnCon carry the ball. "Personally, I lead agency status. don'tknowwhatyougain by becoming lead Three of the agencies that would be agency. The experts on environmental mat- involved with the formaldehyde plant- the ters work for DEC. I'm certainly willing to BethlehemlndustrialDevelopmentAgency, listen to everyone's opinion, but as far as the state Department ofTransportation and making decisions on something like this. I theEmpireStateDevelopmentCorp.-have don't know if I'm qualified to do that." ah-eady indicated they have no interest in o LEAD/page 15 Bethlehem considers cell tower moratorium By Mel Hyman week, but it may be the last such approval The latest cellular phone tower applica for a while. Matt Frese carries the ball for Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk during the Indians' 21-0 win over tion- the third in the last three months Supervisor Sheila Fuller has asked town Hudson Falls for the Class B sectional championship. See story on Page 18. Doug Persons - was unofficially approved by the attorney Bernard Kaplowitz to draw up a Bethlehem zoning board of appeals last resolution imposing a moratorium on any new cell towers in town until the town has an opportunity to explore different op tions for dealing with the sudden influx of the wireless antennas. Local electorate supports status quo The newest 180-foot high cell tower ByDevTobin proposed by Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile Bob Dole (5,463 in Bethlehem and -will be located at the end of]olley Road Election results from Bethlehem 1,665 in New Scotland) and Inde in Glenmont. This summer, cell towers and New Scotland show that local vot pendence candidate Ross Perot for Sprint Spectrum in Delmar and Selkirk ers like their federal and state elected (1,233 in Bethlehem and 508in New were also approved. officials just fine. Scotland). The new cell towers in Bethlehem are Exceptfor the state Supreme Court U.S. Rep. Michael McNulty, D designed to provide cellular phone ser and 102nd Assembly District races, Green Island, also did well locally vice to Thruway motorists and local resi against the challenge of Nancy dents. Each tower covers about a five-mile Norman. McNulty won Bethlehem 0 More election by a margin of 8,22M,621 over range. coverage on Page 3 Norman, with Lee Wasserman, who Since the cellular phone business con endorsed McNulty after losing a tinues to grow, town officials expect that either Bell Atlantic Nynex or Sprint will be Bethlehem and New Scotland voters tough Democratic primary but re mained on the Liberal Party line, back again seeking new towers to fill in rewarded incumbents, from President gaps in service away from the Thruway. Bill Clinton on down, with substantial garnering 1,316 votes. Fa so Breslin In New Scotland, McNulty also The 5-0 vote in favor ofthe Bell Atlantic majorities. Nynex tower reflected board sentiment ing incumbents, so their preferences in · defeated Norman handily, 2,498-1,372, and While Bethlehem's town government that it would not be a visual impediment is exclusively Republican, voters there national and state races run true to form. Wasserman picked up314 votes. Two years ago, Republican state Sen. because it is in a rural area ofthe town and favored several Democrats last Tuesday. In the presidential race, Clinton polled is somewhat screened by a stand of trees. 8,438 votesln Bethlehem and 2,312 ht•' Michael Hoblock was the biggest vote New Scotland voters have elected a di 0 CELLpage 20 vided town government, generally favor- New Scotland, easily beating Republican D LOCAL/page 20 · . •. - ...... ' . -~~- --~- -· . ,. PAGE 2- November 13, 1996 THE SPOTLIGHT • You believe you . ' ' •t· . , same doctor. \Vbat a coincidence, that's what we believe too. " " ' .-_., You want the right kind of care. You want a doctor If you believe what we believe, you should join who knows you. At Community Health Plan health Community Health Plan. · centers, we offer a wide choice of doctors. So it's easy for you to choose a doctor you feel completely Ask at work about Community Health Plan. Or comfortable with. 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ByMeiHyman a~rney Joseph Glazer by a 62-37 percent mar state are redrawn, with the im- InayearwhenthestateSenate - If the 102nd Assembly District contained only gm. plicit intent of creating safe dis- race in Albany County was the the town of Bethlehem, then Delmar Democrat Button's improved showing can be directly tricts for one or another of the most expensive legislative race in Rena have woniast Tuesday. attributed to the extra lines she had, according to major·parties. the state, approaching $1 million, Glazer, now a town Democratic committeeman. Back in 1981, the Assembly Jioe- McEnenynoted that he spent less ··'Rena's results reflect the importance of the drawers, controlled by Democrats, than $3,000 on his campaign, ful Independence line in these races," he said, noting ventured that the city of Albany· fillingapledgetovoluntarilylimit ·i~ort~h.i~nJp,a straight Democratic-Republican was Democratic enough to sup- spending. ' l Faso beat Button in Bethlehem, 6,425 porttwocleverlydrawnAssembly "I'm appalled at the amount Districts, instead of the concen- . spent on campaigns/' said But with the help of 428 votes on the Independ !rated one allotted by the Republi- · McEneny, addingthatmostofthe ence line and 304 votes on the liberal line, Button can line-drawers of 1971. · c approximately $26,000 he raised emerged ,victoriou§ in the town tallying 7,136 History has proven the Demo- this year went to supporting local votes to:(,083 for-Faso, who pulled in 579 votes on crats right ._ .· , · chari.ties.and other .Democratic ___ the Con-servative Party line and 79 votes on the For John McEneny of Aloany' ·candtdates:' ,.· ,., ,. -·••,'FreedomParty Jioe.·- · ·.- · and Richard Conners before him, When the Legislature convenes 'This should be a lesson the104thAssemblyDistrict which· in January, McEneny said he will includes western and southern work for a more equitable distri well,"Glazersaid. "It's clear areas of the city of Albany, plus bution of state education aid as a - ,,thatwecanwin,evenwhenfor town Democrats as the ·towns of New Scotland, way to take preS$iire: ·off .local' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ' ' thf enrollment figures are Guilderland,KnoxandBerne,has property taxpayers:; '· :" ·· · ; against us, but we have to been reliably Democratic. It re- 'The formulas, · especialiy fa~ · , bewello{)rganized, and have ' mained so this year. distribution of lottery proceeds, ~ that extra line." . After running unopposed for are grossly unfair to Albany "I think we did verywell," re-election in 1994, McEneny in- County," he said. Button said. "We won Al· formally campaigned for an oppo- .As rumors of a special session bany County, which ·was nent this time. He got two - to consider hiking legislators' pay nice,andwedidbetterthan · BuHon Republicans David Schnell imd swirl through the ·Capitol; , anyone had before. Joseph Sullivan, who ran on the McEnei:ty said he would favor a "We had a great Campaign with Jots of volun Conservative, Independence and ~modest raise, but not the nearly teers," she said. 'The spirit was really phenome Right-to-life Jines. $20,000 raise advocated by down- ·-. Faso·won the election by piling up sizable · nal. Weraisedtheissuesthatneededtoberaised But the result, given the state lawmakers. 'pluralities in Schoharie County, Columbia County and gave people the opportunity to choose. (lbe district's Democratic enrollment He said that downstate legisla ''·,(his home base) and Greene County. The total campaign) was an exercise in citizen participa- advantage, was predictable. tors compare themselves to New • unofficial vote 'count was 29,155 for Faso and tion, and we accomplished just that" McEneny won 73 percent of the York City councilpersons, who 20,804 for Button. · · · Button said she has no immediate plans, vote in cruising to re-election to make $75,000, in arguing that the · ''Would have I preferred to have done better in "except to go see a grandchild." his third term. state lawmakers' current salary of AlbanyCounty?"Fasoremarked. "Of course. From After that, she said she had "no intentions of In the unofficial overall result, $57,500 needs to be raised. my vantage point, the drop in my vote total was disapJ)earing" from the local political scene. McEneny had 34,753 votes to McEneny said "fair pay" for due tothe noncompetitive nature of the presiden- Faso,who begins his sixth tWo-year Assembly 9,617 for Schnell and 3,411 for legislators should be "what's fair tial race in New York state.