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Village resident asks legislature to remove and apologize for offensive Facebook posts by legislator

5385671 · July 14, 2025
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Summary

Karen Updegraf, a Village of Horseheads resident, told the Chemung County Legislature she was blocked on a legislator’s official Facebook page and asked that an offensive post be removed and constituents be unblocked and apologized to.

Karen Updegraf, a resident of the Village of Horseheads, used the public-comment period at the July 14 Chemung County Legislature meeting to ask the body to address conduct by a legislator on social media.

Updegraf told the legislature she was blocked from the official Chemung County Legislature Facebook page maintained by Legislator Brennan after criticizing an earlier post. She said she later reviewed a post on that official page…

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