A move out of her County Legislature District has led Jamestown Democrat Paula DeJoy to resign from the panel. DeJoy was elected to represent her former district five years ago, and then ran for the District 13 seat after redistricting a couple of years ago. DeJoy says she and her family are moving to the west side of Jamestown this weekend, so she had to officially give up her seat this past Wednesday night...
Paula DeJoy: resigning her seat
DeJoy says she has enjoyed being on the legislature because this group of lawmakers has worked well together in solving problems at the county level. In fact, she says that's what she is most proud of during her time on the panel. That wasn't always the case in the past when acrimony led to often long meetings. DeJoy says she's not the only legislator that has noticed that...
Paula DeJoy: working together
Among those accomplishments she's also very proud of is working together to make the sale of the County Home happen. Lawmakers voted in February to sell the Dunkirk facility to VestraCare. The firm is expected to close on the sale by mid-December of this year. DeJoy says it wasn't necessarily a "north versus south county" issue, either.
A move out of her County Legislature District has led Jamestown Democrat Paula DeJoy to resign from the panel. DeJoy was elected to represent her former district five years ago, and then ran for the District 13 seat after redistricting a couple of years ago. DeJoy says she and her family are moving to the west side of Jamestown this weekend, so she had to officially give up her seat this past Wednesday night...
