Election 2012 Live Blog

Hello readers! Below you’ll find our live blog for Election Day 2012 with all the latest information. Keep it here for up to the minute information from our news team. Also feel free to leave a comment that you voted. Enjoy and may the best candidate win!    

Candidates Push Issue of School Tax Funding-Reform in 2012 Campaign

BY DYLAN SKRILOFF There appears to be a growing consensus that the school tax formula in New York State needs to change. As school costs have exploded in the last two decades, the property tax mechanism has posed many challenges, often causing homeowners, especially seniors on fixed income, to flee the neighborhood. Two Democratic candidates […]

SANDY ATTACKS FRANK SPARACO

On Sunday, before Sandy’s winds even got severe, Clarkstown’s new constituent representative for the Highway Department Frank Sparaco was on the receiving end of a violent display by mother nature. Pictured here is the windshield and interior of Sparaco’s own SUV, the first official Rockland County victim of Hurricane Sandy. Sparaco, who also is a […]

Senator Carlucci Renews Call for Tougher Enforcement on Dog Fighting in New York State

Press Release   NANUET, NY – In wake of the alleged charges against two Rockland County individuals who staged dog fighting at their homes, Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Orange) today renewed his call to strengthen New York State’s laws to further protect endangered animals from being subjected to these violent attacks. “Given the recent incidents involving […]

NEW ODDS ON COUNTY EXECUTIVE RACE

Much has changed since October 4 when the Rockland County Times placed odds on who is most likely to run for county executive in 2013. After reading the Rockland County Times article, County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef decided to announce he was not in it. Since then the very hot rumor has been that previous […]

ELECTORAL ABOMINATION

New York’s Board of Elections Keystone Cops place conservative Morganthaler’s name on Socialist line  The New York State Board of Elections placed conservative Frank Morganthaler’s name on the “Socialism and Liberation” line on absentee ballots that were mailed to thousands of voters in the 17th District. “My entire campaign has been based on preserving our […]