June 11th, 2010
VERONA, NY (WKTV) – Assemblyman Dave Townsend, (R) 115th District, hosted a town hall meeting Thursday night at VVS gymnasium pushing for a constitutional convention.
Almost 50 people attended the town hall meeting.
Assemblyman Townsend has co-sponsored legislation that would create a “people’s convention.”
June 11th, 2010
By MATT POWERS
Dispatch Staff Writer
VERONA – New York State Assemblyman Brian Kolb, R-129, made an appeal to local voters to make urgent calls to their legislators at a “People’s Convention to Reform New York” town hall meeting on Thursday night that filled the Vernon-Verona-Sherrill Middle School gym.
“There has never been a better time for people to mobilize their anger and call legislators,” he said. “People are ready to make a stand.”
Kolb along with New York State Sen. Joseph Griffo, R-47, and Assemblyman David Townsend, R-115, were on hand to answer questions about a bill currently before the Legislature to place a referendum on the ballot for a 2012 state constitutional convention.
June 11th, 2010
A new bill introduced by state Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, R-Canandaigua, could lead to regular citizens having an opportunity to change the state constitution.
But it won’t get off the ground without grassroots support, local Republican legislators said.
June 10th, 2010
By The Dispatch Staff
VERONA — There will be a “People’s Convention to Reform New York” town hall meeting tonight in the Vernon-Verona-Sherrill Middle School gymnasium at 6:30 p.m.
New York State Assemblyman David Townsend, R-115 and Assemblyman Brian Kolb, R-129, will co-host the event, which is designed to inform constituents of the people’s convention and its purpose.
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