Repubican primaries highlighted by roads superintendent, council seats

NORWICH - Chenango County’s Republican Party primaries slated for Tuesday will be highlighted by races for highway superintendent in Preston, Coventry and Columbus and by council seats in Greene and Sherburne.
In Preston, Superintendent Charles K. Stein, Sr. will be challenged by Glenn W. Degear. Stein has been superintendent since 1997. Previously, he worked for the department for nine years.
Degear, who retired recently after 30 years on his family’s dairy farm, said he has the time to devote to Preston’s taxpayers.
“I’ve always had an interest in our town. I’ve already learned a lot from the people I’ve met about the well-maintained, safe, convenient roads they feel they deserve for all the tax money they’ve spent,” he said. “I would like the opportunity to work for them.”
In Coventry, political newcomer Larry A. Hatton has filed a petition to run against incumbent Keith E. Ives. Ives has held the department’s top job for six years. He said he has “always strived to work within the department’s budget while at the same time giving taxpayers the service they’ve grown to expect.”
In Columbus, incumbent highway Superintendent Ricky E. Davis will be challenged by Kevin D. Cross.
Two Republicans have thrown their hats in for one, 2-year term council vacancy in the Town of Greene: Christopher C. Lyons and Joshua P. Browning. Browning, who served on the town board from 2002-2006, said he enjoys community service work. He is part owner of Genbrook Millwork Inc., a cabinetry manufacturer. 
Two council seats are up for grabs in the Town of Sherburne. Incumbent Glen S. Bagnall will be challenged by former Army National Guard Staff Sergeant Edwin T. Meyer. Meyer, who was also a police lieutenant in Nassau County and currently works part-time as a campus safety officer at Colgate University, said he believes the purpose of elected office is for individuals to volunteer their time and serve temporarily.
“The people in there have done a fairly good job, but the purpose of elected office - as was designed by the Founding Fathers - was to do your job for the public and then go back to work,” he said.
John N. Roberts will take on incumbent candidate Stephen J. Perrin. Roberts, a retired state police officer and political newcomer, said fellow council seat candidate Meyer asked him to run for the position.
Also in Greene, Republican Carla D. Brown filed for the clerk’s position. Incumbent candidate Republican Deborah L. Thomas, who has held the position since June 1998, defeated Brown for the four-year term in a race for the position in November 2003.
Other scheduled Republican primaries are for justice in the Town of Columbus, where newcomers Michael C. Simons and Richard M. Fornito Sr. will face off, and in the Town of New Berlin where former Acting City of Norwich Court Judge Joseph G. Brillinger Jr. will run against incumbent town justice, John F. Parks Jr.

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