MC.DOUGALL ASSUMED THE INTERIM POST AS MILLER RESIGNED AMID CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING HIS PERSONAL LIFE AND HIS FINANCES. MC.DOUGALL TOLD US THE DECISION BY MILLER TO STEP DOWN WAS THE RESULT OF A ONE-ON-ONE MEETING BETWEEN HIMSELF AND MILLER ON WEDNESDAY (THE 15TH) THAT DETERMINED RESIGNING FROM OFFICE WAS THE BEST OPTION FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED; IT WAS A CONSENSUS THEY REACHED.  

MC.DOUGALL, DEPUTY MAYOR BEFORE MILLER RESIGNED, TOLD US HE STARTED FRIDAY THE INDEPENDENT PETITION PROCESS TO RUN THIS NOVEMBER FOR MAYOR.  HE SAYS THE WORK OF THE VILLAGE CONTINUES, DESPITE THE PAST ISSUES AT THE TOP

MCDOUGALL'S WIFE, DEDE SCOZZAFAVA, WAS MAYOR OF GOUVERNEUR BEFORE SHE BECAME A MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY; SHE IS NOW A DEPUTY NEW YORK SECRETARY OF STATE. MC.DOUGALL IS THE HEAD OF THE REGIONAL CENTRAL TRADES COUNCIL.