Rensselaer County legislator says vehicle towing was political retaliation
TROY – Rensselaer County politics has apparently descended to towing opposition cars, as a Democratic leader found her car gone from the county office building parking area and claimed she was targeted by County Executive Steve McLaughlin’s staff.
Cindy Doran, D-Troy, the legislature's deputy minority leader, parked her white BMW in one of four spots marked “Reserved for County Executive” Wednesday afternoon in the south end of the lot behind the Seventh Avenue offices. After spending more than three hours in the minority office with Minority Leader Peter Grimm, D-Troy, Doran came outside to find her car missing.
“We have one county executive and four spots,” Doran said about deciding to park in one of the marked spots. Two other spots are marked for the legislature’s chairman and vice chairman.
“It’s not a great situation. It’s retribution. It’s all political,” said Doran, who has publicly criticized the $20,700 raise recently given to McLaughlin by the GOP-controlled legislature — bringing his annual salary to $142,000. McLaughlin received the raise three weeks after he was indicted on felony charges alleging he improperly used money from his campaign account.
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