Unelected. Unqualified.
Unfit for Dutchess Comptroller.
Gregg Pulver is not qualified to be Dutchess County Comptroller. He has admitted that he lacks experience for the job. Pulver is a career politician in Dutchess County appointed Comptroller as a political favor by a friend after losing re-election to the Dutchess County Legislature. He was handed the job because of who he knows, not what he knows.
Pulver lost re-election to Dutchess County Legislature after decades in local office.
November 7, 2023
November 20, 2023
Pulver appointed to Dutchess County Comptroller by his friend, Former Acting (unelected) County Executive Bill O’Neill.
Pulver admitted that he lacks financial credentials for the job of Comptroller.
“Pulver, a lifelong Pine Plains resident, also said that his experience is in governing and not accounting and admits that he will be reliant on the comptroller’s staff to keep track of the numbers.”
November 24, 2023
As one of his last acts as a Legislator before becoming Comptroller, Pulver voted to increase the Dutchess Comptroller pay by 30% ($37,520).
December 7, 2023
Pulver admitted that he lacks oversight experience and didn’t know if he could handle being Comptroller.
“Pulver was initially hesitant to commit to running for comptroller this year due to his lack of experience in an oversight role.”
“I came in here not knowing how I would handle some things.”
September 6, 2024
Dutchess County needs a financial watchdog and Gregg Pulver is not the right person for the job.
As a Dutchess County Legislator, Pulver recklessly spent taxpayer dollars while increasing his own pay, cutting services, and burdening Dutchess County residents with higher taxes and rising costs.
Pulver voted to increase tuition at Dutchess County Community College.
July 11, 2016
March 21, 2016
Pulver voted to fund the controversial $274 MILLION Dutchess County Justice & Transition Center, increasing Dutchess County’s debt with the largest capital project in Dutchess County history.
June 11, 2018
Pulver voted to raise his own salary.
Pulver voted to cut $2.5 million from the Health Department during the pandemic.
December 12, 2020
In a controversial last minute budget amendment, Pulver pushed through $25 MILLION in taxpayer dollars, including federal COVID relief dollars, on improvements to a minor league baseball stadium.
December 6, 2022
“I can’t guarantee that this will be totally revenue neutral for the County, but we will come close to this being revenue neutral.”
“Our audit has found that the Stadium’s net operational cost to the County has increased since our last review, with the subsidy more than doubling from ($134,008) in 2017 to ($320,325) in 2022 and an estimated subsidy of ($422,594) in 2023. . . .The most recent lease amendment executed in September 2023 for the full year beginning January 2023 and expiring December 31, 2046, still does not ensure revenues cover current operating expenses, including the cost of debt service for Stadium improvements.”