Drivers living on Ringway in Garforth near Leeds have been hit with new restrictions from Leeds City Council. It states that they can no longer park on the road between 8am and 10am and between 2pm to 4pm. Parking wardens are reportedly enforcing the restrictions. Phil Roche, 70, said his sister Pauline Smith, 75, and […]
Legislators debate resolution that pushed term limits to 20 years
The Evening Tribune
BATH Faced with an unexpected budget crunch in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the economy, Steuben County legislators turned to the past for guidance.
Offering early retirement to county employees was floated as a way to help get through the worst of the pandemic. District 1 legislator Gary Swackhamer, a Hornell Republican, was on the board the last time the remedy was used to replenish county coffers.
“It worked real good before, and it worked good this time. We didn’t have to lay people off,” Swackhamer said. “That was a question, had we done it before? The legislators that were on at that time could give you an idea what the results were.”