If you look at the amount of nuisance complaints the state has been receiving, you understand that a hunt should have taken place a long time ago.

That same month, he represented a neighborhood association that was suing a motel on a nuisance complaint.

Neither would any city permit you to ring my doorbell daily after I have filed a nuisance complaint.

From Jan. 1 to July 8 this year there were 677 damage and nuisance complaints involving black bears in 17 of the state's 21 counties.

Apart from actual attacks, nuisance complaints are also on the rise.

"Until we get our garbage under control there will continue to be a rise in nuisance complaints with or without bear hunts."

There were an additional 1,093 damage and nuisance complaints filed during the same time period compared with 777 during the same time period.

Since the start of the fiscal year on July 1, the state has received more nuisance complaints about bears than during the entire previous 12 months, officials say.

The District Attorney subsequently dropped several remaining public nuisance complaints.

During the campaign, Scozzafava received negative attention after her husband made a nuisance complaint to police against a member of the media that some alleged to be false.