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Legislators vote down county manager position

AUBURN - Ruth Sholes walked out of the Cayuga County legislative chambers a disappointed woman.

After two hours, 13 citizen comments and several speeches from legislators, the Legislature voted down the proposed county manager local law Tuesday night by a vote of 8-7. The law needed a two-thirds weighted vote, or 161 votes, to pass but only received 116.

Sholes delivered an impassioned speech to a crowded room of former politicians and concerned citizens.

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