Patricia Doxsey is reporting in the Daily Freeman Dutchess County Legislator Joel Tyner is facing unprecedented censure for implying a county official was acting like World War II-era Nazis. The Democrat from Clinton faces the action as a result of comments made recently suggesting county Department of Public Works Commissioner Robert Balkind was "following orders like the Germans 70 years ago" in pressing forward on a plan for the county takeover of the city of Poughkeepsie bus system. Balkind is Jewish. “The context of the speech was taken as anti-Semitic,” Legislature Chairman Dale Borchet said. “It’s comparing our administration to the Nazis. That’s what has people upset." Tyner said he could have chosen his words more carefully, but that he stands behind his belief that the county administration is making “an end run around democracy” by striking the bus deal with the city. He said the move is “a racist, fascist attack” on poor people and people of color. Legislature Minority Leader Micki Strawinski said the Democrats will support censure unless Tyner “publicly and sincerely” apologizes. “We were simply aghast at what transpired,” she said. Tyner, a seven-term legislator who represents Clinton and Rhinebeck, is seeking re-election in November. Read the full story in the Daily Freeman.