UPDATED BELOW - June 6 2014, 6:38 pm LIVINGSTON COUNTY - Nine Livingston County Jail Deputies have resigned as a result of a time card investigation that took over 500 days. Multiple sources have confirmed that starting Thursday and throughout Friday multiple Deputies have submitted their resignations and are being charged with misdemeanor filing of a false instrument, with a maximum punishment of up to a year in jail. The case, which … [Read more...]
Undersheriff Szczesniak Announces Retirement
LIVINGSTON COUNTY — Current Livingston County Undersheriff Jim Szczesniak has turned in his retirement papers. "December 27th will be my last day as a member of the Livingston County Sheriffs office," Szczesniak said Friday. "I'm going to enjoy my time with family and will look at other opportunities." Undersheriff Szczesniak has served in the Livingston County Sheriff's Department for 28 years. This past election season he ran for … [Read more...]
Email to the Editor: Szczesniak Supporter Hopes for Dougherty Success
Email to the Editor: The polls have closed and the ballots have been counted. Thomas Jack Dougherty has won the Livingston County Sheriff’s Race. Congratulations to Tom in his hard fought win. I have been quite critical of Tom and his campaign in the latter stages of the race. Although I stand behind my critiques, the people have spoken and Tom has won the race. He is to become the 50th Sheriff of Livingston County. Jim Szczesniak … [Read more...]
Republican Committee Business as Usual with a Twist
LIVINGSTON COUNTY — On Wednesday night it was business as usual with a little twist at the Republican Committee organizational meeting. The committee elected long time Chairman Lowell Conrad to another term and addressed the divide in the party after a difficult Livingston County Sheriff's primary. "We will get through this, we have gotten through it before and when it is all said and done it will be business as usual." Conrad … [Read more...]
Szczesniak Through to November After Conservative Party Executive Committee Vote
LIVINGSTON COUNTY — The Livingston County Sheriffs race just got a shot of caffeine after the Livingston County Conservative Party announced that Undersheriff Jim Szczesniak is their Conservative Party line winner. The Conservative Party Primary originally ended in a draw and went back to the Executive Committee for the tie breaker where they voted to unanimously endorse Szczesniak. Last week, on primary day, Investigator Tom Dougherty won … [Read more...]
Conservative Party Clarifies Szczesniak Announcement on Party Line
LIVINGSTON COUNTY — After an election day tie by voters in the Livingston County Conservative Party primary, the party's executive committee decided unanimously Thursday to endorse Undersheriff Jim Szczesniak as candidate for Sheriff, sending him through to the November general election where he will face Republican nominee, Tom Dougherty. The dramatic tie of 159-159 in the Conservative Primary followed intense controversy when 59 ballots, … [Read more...]
Republican Line Secure for Dougherty, Tie on Conservative Party Line After Affidavit Ballot Count
LIVINGSTON COUNTY — The Board of Elections and representatives from each candidate in the Livingston County Sheriff's Race were present this morning to rule on three affidavit ballots cast in last week's Conservative Party Sheriff's Primary which previously ended with Jim Szczesniak having a 1 vote lead over Tom Dougherty. After the count the race now rests at a tie. After accepting One of the three votes, which was for Tom Dougherty, the … [Read more...]
Three Conservative Party Affidavit Ballots Control Party Line in Sheriff’s Race
LIVINGSTON COUNTY — The ballot bags have been opened and although the Republican line is no longer in doubt, the Conservative line could potentially change with there being three affidavit ballots unopened. Three conservative party ballots were accepted by Livingston County Board of Election officials, along with representatives from the Livingston county Sheriff candidates along with 28 Republican ballots. According to the Livingston … [Read more...]
Sheriff’s Race: Potential Disaster on Conservative Line
LIVINGSTON COUNTY — Polls in the Livingston County Republican and Conservative primaries are closed, but a potential snafu in two polling locations apparently resulted in votes being counted for the wrong Party. Depending on the resolution, the contest could be over. According to Jason McGuire, Conservative Party Chair, his sources have informed him that in two polling locations, in Caledonia and Geneseo, a total of 59 ballots for the … [Read more...]
Poll Shows Sheriff’s Race in the Hands of Undecided Voters
UPDATE: LIVINGSTON COUNTY — It's possible that as of Tuesday night, Livingston County may know who their next Sheriff will be. According to an unofficial poll conducted by the GeneseeSun.com, however, it's a very close race that could be decided by a large block of undecided voters. The GeneseeSun.com conducted a small three-question phone survey in which 250 registered Republicans were called at random. The phone list was purchased from … [Read more...]