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“The simple truth is that the people of Oneida County see through these political games. 'Mike Hennessy continues to build a campaign of lies and accusations based in an alternate reality of conspiracy theories and delusional thought, just like he has every other time he has run for office,” Picente said Tuesday in a statement. Hennessy is once again promoting a false narrative, just as he did when the court dismissed his lawsuit after finding that his wild accusations had no basis in law or fact.' Picente calls allegations 'conspiracy theories'

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Hennessy’s petitions,' the Oneida County Board of Elections said Tuesday in a statement. 'The trial court agreed with the Board’s determination that his name should not appear on the primary ballot. Unfortunately, Mr. 'The Board of Elections followed all state laws and rules when it invalidated Mr. In a statement, the Oneida County Board of Elections denied any wrongdoing. Hennessy attacked Picente numerous times during Tuesday’s press conference, stating the county executive did not want to face anyone for the seat and that the Oneida County Board of Elections was doing Picente’s bidding. More: Oneida County's veterans qualify for support services under new suicide prevention plan More: Wildfire smoke lingers over Mohawk Valley air quality alert continues He was appointed to the job in 2006 to fill out the term of former County Executive Joseph Griffo after Griffo was elected to the state Senate. Picente, the incumbent Republican, is the 13th county executive and the longest serving in the county’s history. The former legislator said he left the Democratic party earlier this year and is now a Republican. He ran as an independent Democrat against Picente last election cycle and was not endorsed by the Oneida County Democratic Committee. Hennessy served three terms on the Oneida County Board of Legislators from 2005 to 2011. “We feel confident the board of elections will do the right thing,” Hennessy said. What replaces them is often ugly, and all sense of place is lost.Hennessy said he feels the signatures for the Independent line in the race for county executive are stronger than the signatures formerly gathered for the Republican line. A warning needs to be heard, as it's too easy to knock-down properties. The Columbia and Lafayette Streets have already lost important buildings, and the neighborhood's character has eroded. However, if old mansion tours were offered, attracting tourists and residents would be easy. Just like Genesee Street, few will come to admire a gas station. Today, in place of this home, sits a gas station and to the right a strip mall as shown below. The home was located at the corner of Genesee Street and Clinton PLace. Not located in our downtown, but showing what happens when Utica's buildings are not protected, the former Frederick Gilbert Mansion is shown below. Had Utica not lost all of those surrounding Observer-Dispatch buildings, we'd have some great prospects for lofts! This fate has stolen the character of a Utica neighborhood, and made it more like a suburban business park. Today the Observer-Dispatch sits alone, surrounded by parking lots and roads. In an earlier time, the Utica Observer-Dispatch was surrounded by other large buildings, and that held people and jobs. Utica should protect itself for becoming a nondescript city, because if we cannot stay uniquely Utica, it will become even harder to compete for residents. With the change, many blocks are empty and only surface parking, and others have been replaced with lesser quality in-fill properties.

First, please consider the following paragraphs and pictures below.īUD will show that while Utica has lost many blocks of buildings, some have been saved. We have a plan, but first we must protect our street grid, Historic Buildings and existing businesses. However, even the worst building has a future, if a plan is made. Some buildings are in rough shape, and others vacant. There are 40 businesses and while roads and sidewalks are a bit busted, that can be said for much of the city. However, as our economy and population fell, so did too many of our buildings.īUD says we have wrongly labeled the Columbia Lafayette Street as blighted and prime for a bulldozer, but that's just not true! Perhaps not as busy as a NYC street, but as far as Utica Streets go, the Columbia-Lafayette corridor is very productive today. Downtown in the boom times of 1930 was dense with people and buildings. Once just rolling hills, then a small village, next growing rows of wooden homes and shops, then large brick buildings, and still larger brick and stone buildings. Downtown Utica has been transformed by the passing of time.

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