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📰 This Month in Putnam

📰 This Month in Putnam

Early Learning, Local Leadership & Listening to the People

Brett Yarris
Brett Yarris
Jul 31, 2025
Agricultural Process Better, But More Change Needed

Agricultural Process Better, But More Change Needed

Plus: I have been approved for a vote on joining the County Soil and Water Board

Brett Yarris
Brett Yarris
Jun 18, 2025
Putnam County Early Learning Center Gets a Vote

Putnam County Early Learning Center Gets a Vote

How each Legislator voted and what means for what comes next...

Brett Yarris
Brett Yarris
Jun 11, 2025
Life, Leadership, and Community

Life, Leadership, and Community

Reminding us How to be Good Neighbors, and Putting People over Politics

Brett Yarris
Brett Yarris
May 28, 2025
Not a Time To Play Chicken

Not a Time To Play Chicken

Tonight's Special Meeting: $40 Million hangs in the balance

Brett Yarris
Brett Yarris
May 19, 2025
Latest on Carmel Cinema, Public Comment, Think Differently

Latest on Carmel Cinema, Public Comment, Think Differently

What I Learned, and Said, at the Putnam County Legislature

Brett Yarris
Brett Yarris
May 17, 2025
My Letter to the Putnam County Legislature

My Letter to the Putnam County Legislature

On Tonight's Sales Tax Discussion and Lack of Public Speaking

Brett Yarris
Brett Yarris
Apr 24, 2025
Announcement: For The People Party

Announcement: For The People Party

Holding to my commitment to put People First, Not Politics

Brett Yarris
Brett Yarris
Apr 21, 2025
Farmers vs. Putnam County Decision Expected Soon

Farmers vs. Putnam County Decision Expected Soon

Oral Arguments were held Friday. Here's what happened

Brett Yarris
Brett Yarris
Apr 14, 2025
People Over Party

People Over Party

A Night of Fire Alarms, Fierce Advocacy, and a Stunning Show of Unity in Putnam

Brett Yarris
Brett Yarris
Apr 2, 2025
Not all Tax Cuts are Created Equal

Not all Tax Cuts are Created Equal

Despite bad math, Putnam County Legislature Audit Committee Passes Meaningless, and Even Harmful, Sales Tax Rate

Brett Yarris
Brett Yarris
Mar 28, 2025
Opinion: Let’s Be Honest About Putnam’s Sales Tax Debate

Opinion: Let’s Be Honest About Putnam’s Sales Tax Debate

The Real Tax Cut Is Redistribution

Brett Yarris
Brett Yarris
Mar 24, 2025
Putnam County’s Heated Debate Over Part C Funding

Putnam County’s Heated Debate Over Part C Funding

THEN, A heated Legislator exchanged over a motion ensued

Brett Yarris
Brett Yarris
Mar 20, 2025
Why Codifying Public Comment Matters:

Why Codifying Public Comment Matters:

A Debate That Reveals More Than It Hides

Brett Yarris
Brett Yarris
Mar 19, 2025
TONIGHT: BIG Putnam County Legislature Committee Meeting

TONIGHT: BIG Putnam County Legislature Committee Meeting

The Rules committee is meeting tonight on Public Speaking Rights

Brett Yarris
Brett Yarris
Mar 17, 2025
How to Help Putnam County Farmers

How to Help Putnam County Farmers

Time for the Public to Raise Our Voices

Brett Yarris
Brett Yarris
Mar 14, 2025
🎥: Putnam County Legislature Stifles Public Input: A Blow to Transparency

🎥: Putnam County Legislature Stifles Public Input: A Blow to Transparency

In a 5-4 vote Tuesday night, the Putnam County Legislature removed the issue from the agenda entirely

Brett Yarris
Brett Yarris
Mar 8, 2025
UPDATE: State Refutes County Position in Farmers Abandonment

UPDATE: State Refutes County Position in Farmers Abandonment

The County has long maintained the States tied their hands. Not so says New York.

Brett Yarris
Brett Yarris
Mar 6, 2025
Putnam County Abandons Farmers

Putnam County Abandons Farmers

The County is seemingly abandoning its Farmers, and we need to know why...

Brett Yarris
Brett Yarris
Mar 5, 2025
VIDEO: The Public Has the Right to Speak!

VIDEO: The Public Has the Right to Speak!

The rights of the public to speak before their representatives should not be left to the whims of the chair

Brett Yarris
Brett Yarris
Feb 23, 2025
Putnam County Legislators PUNT on Vital Sales Tax Sharing Plan

Putnam County Legislators PUNT on Vital Sales Tax Sharing Plan

A Divided Legislature SPLIT on How to Handle

Brett Yarris
Brett Yarris
Feb 20, 2025

Hamlet Behavior Guide

Carmel Hamlet, Lake Carmel, Sparrow Ridge, Hill and Dale, Fairways: Local News and Happenings