County Clerk Ritchie to join more than 20 other clerks in Albany Monday to protest new license plates
Friday, November 13, 2009, 4:25pm
St. Lawrence County Clerk Patty Ritchie will be joined by her fellow County Clerks at a press conference on the steps of the Capitol in Albany at 11 a.m. Monday where they will deliver petitions containing the names of over 100,000 New Yorkers opposed to the state’s plan to require new license plates.
The bipartisan effort included more than two dozen County Clerks, with Ritchie’s online petition—www.nonewplates.com—alone gathering more than 70,000 names, including 10,000 from St. Lawrence County and the North Country.
“From the St. Lawrence River to Lake Erie, Syracuse and Oswego, to Staten Island and Suffolk County, New Yorkers have raised their voices in opposition to this unnecessary license plate plan,” said Ritchie, who is the president of the NYS Association of County Clerks.
“They’ve cried, ‘Enough!’ with the new taxes, fees, mandates and inconvenience that this license plate plan creates for their families in already difficult times.
“They’ve shared their moving stories of sacrifices they’ve had to make, and how they just can’t handle one more needless expense.
“We’re delivering their message to those who supported this license plate plan that the hardworking taxpayers of New York State won’t be ignored any longer,” Ritchie said.
Ritchie and the Clerks will deliver the petitions to Gov. Paterson and lawmakers who voted for the plan, including several who have begun to waver in their support.
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