Taxpayers deserve a County Executive who has the courage to stand up to special interests and for the taxpayers every single day.
We have to end back room deal making and open up government. I am proud to be independent of political party bosses. The current County Administrator owes his job to politicians who have sat idly by keeping massive tax hikes in place while the people of Ulster County suffer. We need independent leadership in government, and we need it now.
I believe in ending private consultants hired by the County whenever possible. Many private consultants are politically connected individuals. I believe we should use our county workforce to get the job done, not dole out secret, no-bid contracts to politically connected individuals.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, NOT RHETORIC
We need to change our government from a tax raising, big spending government which chases jobs out of Ulster County into a government that meets the needs of the people of this County, but doesn’t tax people and jobs out of Ulster County.
In the end, Gove rnment must be about getting things done, not mere rhetoric. The current County Administration has taken the 2006 budget’s outrageous 39% tax hike, kept that tax hike in place all the while raising taxes more for in 2007 and 2008.
For all the talk in Ulster County of making government more efficient, we have to ask ourselves a very basic question: Are we better off now than we were three years ago (when the current administration was elected)? Have jobs been created? Have taxes been lowered? Do we feel that the next generation will be able to stay and prosper in Ulster County?
I welcome your support and your help.
Len Bernardo
Ulster County Executive
Ulster County Executive

Current issues
BERNARDO: PROPERTY TAX LEVY CUT POSSIBLE
Outlines Plan to Reduce Reliance on Property Tax Next Year
September 22, 2008
Statement on debate
September 15, 2008
August 17, 2008
County Should Form Oil Cooperative
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August 15, 2008
Unemployment Rate -
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August 10, 2008
BERNARDO: PROPOSED COUNTY "CUTS" AREN'T REAL; TAX CAP NEEDED -
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August 8, 2008
BERNARDO AND QUIGLEY: HIRING FREEZE LATEST POLITICAL GIMMICK IN ULSTER COUNTY -
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July 31, 2008
BERNARDO AND QUIGLEY:
Hein and Auerbach need to
come clean on "Tribal"
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July 29, 2008
Len Bernardo Statement
re: Governor Paterson NYS
Fiscal Problems -
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July 19, 2008
Bernardo to Leaders:
"Don't forget about Ulster County in that $1.5 Billion IBM Investment"...
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Read Len Bernardo's letter to
Governor Patterson
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Len's response to chairman Donaldson's remarks... read more
If Hein really wants to help homeowners......read more


