JULY 23, 2008

STATEMENT BY ERIE COUNTY LEGISLATURE CHAIR LYNN MARINELLI ON STATE CAPITAL BORROWING LEGISLATION

Erie County Legislature Chair Lynn M. Marinelli (D-Buffalo, Tonawanda) issued the following statement:

"I am disappointed to learn that the governor intends to veto state legislation that would allow elected Erie County officials to conduct the county's capital borrowing, particularly because many badly needed projects of 2007 and 2008 remain in limbo."

"I hope that the governor and the state legislature will now clarify who conducts Erie County's capital borrowing. I am most interested in hearing the reaction of the Western New York delegation of the New York State Legislature to this action. We elected officials in Erie County voted – nearly unanimously – on the requested home rule legislation in a bipartisan fashion for this joint Senate and Assembly bill (S8571/A11610)."

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