Collage of Rockland County Executive campaign messages.
The end is finally in sight for the Rockland County Executive candidates’ long winding race. After nearly 20 years, the county will say a collective hello to a new leader Tuesday evening.
Tuesday, November 5 is Election Day. Sloatsburgers and those in Poll Districts 4, 15, 39, & 48 cast ballots at the Sloatsburg Municipal Building. Polling opens at 6 a.m. and closes at 9 p.m. Ramapo Central Schools are closed on Election Day.
Republican and Preserve Rockland candidate Ed Day threw his hat into the county executive race in mid-November 2012 just after current County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef announced he would leave office after his term ended. Democrat, Working Families and Independent candidate David Fried formally announced his intentions on December 2, 2012, with the endorsement of Congresswoman Nita Lowey (NY-17). Thomas Sullivan will represent the Conservative line.
It’s been a long road for both candidates, with all the endorsements to be gotten now settled. The up at 5 a.m. days of campaigning at train stops, copious meet-and-greet dinners and late night fundraisers are finished. Now, voters decide.
Both candidates have honed their messages and deserve applause for addressing real issues that face the county, including the fiscal mess and Rockland’s water future.
Final arguments for both candidates are succinctly summarized in Nyack News & Views, with Day saying Rockland County is “simply put, at a true crisis point.” Day says he has the budgetary and executive experience in both the public and private sectors to lead the county.
Fried takes the come together approach, saying that animosity and bluster are toxic to the electoral landscape: “I want us to put aside our differences and move our community forward, regardless of our political affiliation or ideology.”
Catch up on Ed Day’s take on the issues facing Rockland County here. The four main areas include:
- Making Rockland Work Again: A Plan for Economic Growth
- Preserving Rockland: A Plan to Stop Irresponsible Development
- Righting the Fiscal Ship: A Plan to Solve the Budget Crisis
- Desalination: Prove it’s Right or Stop it
Visit David Fried’s candidate issues page, where he addresses in detail the fundamental areas of concern he will tackle as County Executive:
- Rockland’s Fiscal Crisis
- Our Water Supply
- Women’s Rights
- Overdevelopment
- Illegal Housing
- Education
