- August
- 7
The Rockland County Republican Committee will hold a rally and open its 2009 campaign headquarters at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow in the Clarkstown Plaza shopping mall in New City.
State Sen. Thomas Morahan, R-New City; County Sheriff James Kralik; and County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef will speak. They will outline their vision of Rockland’s future and their plans for the campaign season, according to a party statement.
Vanderhoef is seeking re-election to a fifth four-year term. He is also running on the Conservative and Independence lines.
He is being challenged by Orangetown Town Supervisor Thom Kleiner on the Democratic line, and Andrew Spence on the Working Families line.
Election Day is Nov. 3.
Posted by Laura Incalcaterra on Friday, August 7th, 2009 at 2:56 pm |
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- August
- 6
Rockland County turned over four surplus TRIPS buses to Clarkstown today.
Each bus has about 150,000 miles, and are “beyond their useful life…due to the the tremendous number of miles TRIPS logs each day, County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef said.
The county has replaced the buses with new ones purchased using funding from the Federal Transit Administration. 
Meanwhile, Clarkstown’s fleet has exceeded 300,000 miles per bus, Town Supervisor Alex Gromack said.
Town mechanics will refurbish the donated buses for use by the town’s Mini Trans service, Gromack said, a move that will help save the town about $300,000 by avoiding the need to buy new buses for the next two to three years.
Above, Gromack, left, and Vanderhoef, right. Photo provided by Vanderhoef’s office.
Posted by Laura Incalcaterra on Thursday, August 6th, 2009 at 4:50 pm |
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- December
- 3
The County Executive has issued a statement regarding the County Legislature’s amendments and adoption of the 2009 county budget last night. Here it is verbatim:
New City, NY – County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef today commended the Rockland County Legislature for working cooperatively with the Executive Branch by approving the proposed $714 million 2009 County Budget, bringing it one step closer to becoming law.
The proposed 2009 spending plan, which Vanderhoef called the most difficult budget process of his tenure, includes a 9.85-percent increase to the County’s tax levy. The proposal was approved by the Legislature last night by a vote of 13-4.
“This is an example of how true leaders can put politics aside and do the right thing for the people we serve,” Vanderhoef said. “We greatly appreciate the Legislature’s wisdom in recognizing that although this tax increase comes at a bad time for all Rocklanders, it is necessary to continue to provide the critical services our residents need to help get our County through these challenging economic times.”
Vanderhoef must sign or veto changes to the 2009 spending plan by December 19th.
Posted by Laura Incalcaterra on Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 at 5:24 pm |
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- November
- 7
Bob Baird, columnist for The Journal News, was recently interviewed by Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef and can be seen and heard on the next edition of County Executive’s Forum.
During the show, Vanderhoef and Baird discuss the state of the newspaper business and how it has evolved through the years. Baird also discusses his involvement with the Challenger Little League and Touching Bases, a softball league for adults with disabilities.
The half-hour show will air at 7 p.m. on Wednesday on Cablevision channel 78, Rockland’s government access channel. The program will be rebroadcast every Wednesday in November and December at 7 p.m. on channel 78.
Posted by Laura Incalcaterra on Friday, November 7th, 2008 at 3:37 pm |
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- August
- 15
Posted by Ben Rubin on Friday, August 15th, 2008 at 8:00 am |
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- July
- 16
The July periodic campaign finance disclosure forms were due yesterday for any person or committee with an active account.
So while we focused primarily on this year’s candidates I took a peek at the statements of County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef and some of his rumored 2009 opponents.
Vanderhoef, a Republican now serving his fourth term in office, brought in more than $105,800 in contributions in the last six months—more than any of the people running for statewide office this year. He reported a balance of $166,577. 27 after opening with more than $131,200.
Much of his money came from corporate donations and several of his expenditures were on fundraisers.
Among the rumored challengers is Orangetown Town Supervisor Thom Kleiner, who’s getting really good at being charmingly coy when asked about the subject.
He raised nearly $41,000 this period, ending with a balance of $112,788.28. Ramapo Town Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence took in nearly $76,000 and Clarkstown Supervisor Alex Gromack took in nearly $61,500.
That’s big money in an off-year compared with Haverstraw Town Supervisor Howard Phillips who took in just more than $1,200 and Stony Point Supervisor Phil Marino who raised about half that.
All five supervisor seats, now filled by Democrats, are up next year as well.
Posted by Sarah Netter on Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 at 5:24 pm |
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