10-24-10 - 3:00 p.m. - On Saturday night, the jubilant residents of Taghkanic gathered at the Tin Ballroom over Vince Mulford's antiques shop in Hudson to celebrate two victories: the January 6 ruling by Judge Patrick McGrath granting a permanent injunction against the completion and use of Alan Wilzig's controversial racetrack/sporting course; and the January 13 outcome—In Judge Jonathan Nichols' courtroom—of the long legal battle over Taghkanic's challenged absentee ballots. Both were victories over challenges to the law—Taghkanic zoning laws in the former, New York State Election Law in the latter—and on Saturday night, ccSCOOP was there to document the celebration.
