County brass go stimulus fishing in nation’s capital

Baer upbeat after sitdown with Schumer By John Mason WASHINGTON, DC — Columbia County Board of Supervisors Chairman Art Baer, R-Hillsdale, described his lobbying trip to Washington, D.C. Wednesday as “worthwhile.” He, Deputy Chairman Phil Williams, D-Livingston, and County Planning and Economic Development Director Ken Flood made a whirlwind visit to the capital to talk to Senators Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, and Charles Schumer, D-NY, and U.S. Rep. Scott Murphy, D-Glens Falls, about federal stimulus and appropriation funding.