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As a resident of Dutchess County, I
believe the following are issues to be addressed...
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Balancing Valued County Services while
Controlling County Taxes
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Promoting Public Safety
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Eliminating County mandates on
homeowners and small businesses
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The continual spread of tick borne
disease in Dutchess County
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Although the temperatures are beginning
to cool, the Dutchess County Tick Task Force would like to
remind everyone that tick season is not over. Soon the nymph
ticks of spring will molt into larger adult ticks and be ready
to feed on a host. Even though we may feel that we are out of
“woods” so to speak, the upcoming fall festivities will increase
our risk to exposure to the elements that ticks thrive. Waiting
patiently on the edge of grasses and shrubs, ticks will cling to
whatever host brushes along the vegetation and feed with the
peak occurring during October through November.
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 I
was raised in Oologah, Oklahoma as Donna Hobbs in the shadow
of a famous American, Will Rogers, who said "I never met a
man I didn't like." At 12 my mom and step dad moved my
brother and myself to Odessa, Texas to grow up in the middle
of what became the book "Friday Night Lights." I graduated
Odessa High School in 1985...
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