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JULY 11, 2025
Hudson Valley 360
Answers demanded on Columbia County exec petition rejection
HUDSON — Members of the public, as well as some county supervisors, questioned the denial by the Board of Supervisors of a petition to get a measure on November's ballot to change the county’s form of government during Wednesday night's board meeting. Read the entire article here
JULY 11, 2025
New Pine Plains Herald
Columbia County Board Rejects Petition for Government Reform, Prompting Lawsuit and Public Backlash
Roughly 100 residents crowded into the Columbia County Board of Supervisors meeting in Hudson on Wednesday, July 10, voicing frustration after the board rejected a petition that would have put a fundamental question before voters: Should Columbia County have an elected county executive? Read the entire article here
JULY 7, 2025
Times Union
Partisan divide widens over proposed Columbia County executive as petition tossed
HUDSON — A petition signed by nearly 4,000 voters looking to put the question of whether Columbia County should have a county executive on November’s ballot was invalidated after county Republicans got the petition thrown out last week. Read the entire article here
JULY 7, 2025
NEWS CHANNEL 13 NBC
Talks to create Columbia County executive position end
The push to create a Columbia County executive is effectively dead. As NewsChannel 13 previously reported, there was a petition with about 4,000 signatures to place a vote on this November’s ballot. Watch the entire piece here
Press Release
Columbia County Forward has officially submitted approximately 4,000 signatures to place a historic referendum on the November 2025 ballot, giving voters the chance to modernize county government by creating a full-time, elected County Executive. More than 10% of voters signed the petition. This initiative represents the largest grassroots effort in Columbia County's history.
JULY 3, 2025
JUNE 17, 2025
Hudson Valley 360
Columbia County residents to vote on creating county executive position
HUDSON – The grassroots group Columbia County Forward has submitted 4,000 petition signatures to force a referendum on the November ballot to create a county-executive’s position. Read the full article here
Press Release
Columbia County Forward has officially submitted approximately 4,000 signatures to place a historic referendum on the November 2025 ballot, giving voters the chance to modernize county government by creating a full-time, elected County Executive. More than 10% of voters signed the petition. This initiative represents the largest grassroots effort in Columbia County's history.
JUNE 16, 2025
CBS Channel 6 News WRGB
Columbia County Forward has officially submitted approximately 4,000 signatures to place a historic referendum on the November 2025 ballot, giving voters the chance to modernize county government by creating a full-time, elected County Executive. More than 10% of voters signed the petition. This initiative represents the largest grassroots effort in Columbia County's history. Read the full article here
JUNE 16, 2025
JUNE 06, 2025
New Pine Plains Herald
Petition Drive Advances Proposal to Create Columbia County Executive
Supporters of a proposed referendum say they have gathered en\ough signatures to place a measure on the November ballot that would let Columbia County voters decide whether to create a full-time, elected County Executive to oversee the county’s $200 million budget and day-to-day operations. Read the full article here
MARCH 19, 2025
Spectrum News 1
Voters Petiton to Change Upstate County’s form of Goverment
A majority of New York’s 62 counties are led by an elected county executive, administrator or manager. Only a few are governed by a board of town supervisors. Read the full article here
MARCH 17, 2025
Hudson Valley 360
Petition Seeks to Change Columbia County Government
The chairman of the Columbia County Board of Supervisors has spoken out against a petition circulating that seeks to change the county’s form of government. Read the full article here (subscription required)