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Beekman Supervisor Candidates Debate Accountability At Forum

BEEKMAN, N.Y. -- Candidates for Beekman town supervisor clashed over accountability at a candidates forum one day after most of the town funds stolen by a former town comptroller were recovered, according to a report in the Poughkeepsie Journal. 

Barbara Zulauf

Barbara Zulauf

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Republican incumbent Barbara Zulauf defended her tenure as supervisor, but her opponent, Conservative/Democrat Neil Martin criticized her record, the Journal reported. 

On Tuesday, Zulauf reported that the town's insurer had given Beekman about $440,000 of the $539,000 ex-comptroller Fred Knapp admitted to taking from the town, according to the Journal.

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