Saratoga Springs Democratic candidates push back after accusatory press conference | The Daily Gazette
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June 29, 2021
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Democratic candidates for Saratoga Springs mayor and public safety commissioner on Tuesday said they thought a Monday press conference about a late-night fight on Caroline Street turned overtly political and failed to offer solutions to the city’s public safety challenges.
During Monday’s press conference, Assistant Police Chief John Catone, who is set to retire early next year, blamed racial justice activists and Democratic lawmakers for perpetuating a “narrative” that Saratoga police officers were racist.
While Catone did not specifically name any local politicians he felt were contributing to that narrative, he did say that some people running for public office had adopted a narrative that police were “racist killers who should be defunded.” At one point, Catone promised to draw on all of his
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Dalton, others, pursue independent ballot line in Saratoga Springs | The Daily Gazette
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SARATOGA SPRINGS City Public Safety Commissioner Robin Dalton, who quit the Republican Party in January over discomfort with its “extreme” national positions, said Wednesday she plans to run for mayor this fall on a new independent ballot line to be called Saratoga Stronger Together.
Dalton said she is running for mayor because someone who is already experienced with the issues the city has faced over the last two years is needed in the mayor’s job, and neither party’s nominee has that experience. With Democratic Mayor Meg Kelly not running for re-election after two terms, the Republicans have nominated businesswoman Heidi Owen West, a novice to politics, and the Democrats have nominated attorney Ron Kim, who served as public safety commissioner from 2006 to 2010.
Saratoga Springs commissioner announces mayoral run on new ballot line
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Commissioner of Public Safety Robin Dalton seeks to be the city s mayor on the third-party line, Saratoga Strong.Wendy Liberatore/Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
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Adam Israel announced he will run for Commissioner of Finance on a new ballot line, Saratoga Strong.Wendy Liberatore/Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
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SARATOGA SPRINGS – Just two months after denouncing the Republican party as racist and intolerant, former GOP Commissioner of Public Safety Robin Dalton announced Wednesday that she and a group of bipartisan supporters are forming an independent party line - and that she will appear on on the line for mayor.