POUGHKEEPSIE – In the
wake of Dutchess County Legislator Joel Tyner’s comments suggesting
that county DPW Commissioner Robert Balkind is marching to the beat of
the county administration just as Nazi soldiers did in World War II, the
lawmaking body is going to vote at its Monday night meeting to censure
him.
Legislature Chairman Dale Borchert also called for Tyner to apologize
to Balkind, the legislature and the people of the county.
“A failure to recognize his wrongdoing reflects poorly on his fitness
for public office and if he continues to refuse to apologize, I am calling
on him to resign as a member of this legislature,” Borchert said,
calling Tyner’s remarks “outrageous and hurtful.”
Tyner said on Tuesday that he made those comments because he wanted to
ruffle his feathers during a discussion of the county’s assumption
of the City of Poughkeepsie’s bus service.
