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For months, Brighton Supervisor Sandra Frankel has been asked if she would run for Monroe County executive in the November general election.
In answering that question definitively today, Frankel — citing several high-profile scandals involving county employees and political leaders during County Executive Maggie Brooks’ administration — asked several questions of her own.
“Where was the oversight?” Frankel asked. “Where were the ethics?”
Frankel, who was first elected supervisor in 1991, said she is prepared to bring integrity, leadership, and vision to a county government she said has been mismanaged.
“I am prepared to meet the challenges of county government with vision, enthusiasm, and commitment,” Frankel said.
Democratic Party Leader Joe Morelle said Frankel has a strong list of accomplishments, and is a leader and public servant who has done so “with unimpeachable integrity.”
“We’re talking about a fighter,” Morelle said.
The gloves may be about to come off.
The Republican Party today dubbed Frankel “Tax and Spend Sandy.”
County GOP Chairman Bill Reilich said Frankel has nearly doubled spending in town during her 20 years in office, raising taxes 12 times in 19 years.
Although Brooks has not announced officially her candidacy, Reilich said he is happy she is county executive.
“I’m very proud of our county executive’s record of keeping the tax rate flat,” Reilich said.
Brooks also confronted issues such as Robutrad head on — “no cover-ups, no excuses,” Reilich said — and voters judged Brooks on she handled them.
“She earned the trust of the voters,” Reilich said. “She’s done an outstanding job in the most difficult of circumstances.”
Frankel, who said she has a proven record of fiscal responsibility during her 20 years as supervisor, responded to Reilich’s charge: “What a surprise!”
Brooks has raised taxes in seven of seven budgets, Frankel said, while town increases were kept to the level of inflation. Taxes were cut slightly in five years, Frankel said.
“I think my record is stronger than hers,” Frankel said.
Before she was elected supervisor, Frankel served six years on the Brighton school board and was a 10-year member of the BOCES Monroe No. 1 Board of Education.
Frankel, who has been rumored to be interested in running for the county job several times during her career, won the primary election to become the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor of New York in 1998
Brighton Councilman Jim Vogel, who doubles as town Democratic leader, said Frankel is a “real, bona-fide” candidate for county executive with a proven 20-year record of integrity, open government, and bipartisanship.
“She walks the talk, and that’s something you can’t say about a lot of elected officials,” said Vogel.
For months, Brighton Supervisor Sandra Frankel has been asked if she would run for Monroe County executive in the November general election.
In answering that question definitively today, Frankel — citing several high-profile scandals involving county employees and political leaders during County Executive Maggie Brooks’ administration — asked several questions of her own.
“Where was the oversight?” Frankel asked. “Where were the ethics?”
Frankel, who was first elected supervisor in 1991, said she is prepared to bring integrity, leadership, and vision to a county government she said has been mismanaged.
“I am prepared to meet the challenges of county government with vision, enthusiasm, and commitment,” Frankel said.
Democratic Party Leader Joe Morelle said Frankel has a strong list of accomplishments, and is a leader and public servant who has done so “with unimpeachable integrity.”
“We’re talking about a fighter,” Morelle said.
The gloves may be about to come off.
The Republican Party today dubbed Frankel “Tax and Spend Sandy.”
County GOP Chairman Bill Reilich said Frankel has nearly doubled spending in town during her 20 years in office, raising taxes 12 times in 19 years.
Although Brooks has not announced officially her candidacy, Reilich said he is happy she is county executive.
“I’m very proud of our county executive’s record of keeping the tax rate flat,” Reilich said.
Brooks also confronted issues such as Robutrad head on — “no cover-ups, no excuses,” Reilich said — and voters judged Brooks on she handled them.
“She earned the trust of the voters,” Reilich said. “She’s done an outstanding job in the most difficult of circumstances.”
Frankel, who said she has a proven record of fiscal responsibility during her 20 years as supervisor, responded to Reilich’s charge: “What a surprise!”
Brooks has raised taxes in seven of seven budgets, Frankel said, while town increases were kept to the level of inflation. Taxes were cut slightly in five years, Frankel said.
“I think my record is stronger than hers,” Frankel said.
Before she was elected supervisor, Frankel served six years on the Brighton school board and was a 10-year member of the BOCES Monroe No. 1 Board of Education.
Frankel, who has been rumored to be interested in running for the county job several times during her career, won the primary election to become the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor of New York in 1998
Brighton Councilman Jim Vogel, who doubles as town Democratic leader, said Frankel is a “real, bona-fide” candidate for county executive with a proven 20-year record of integrity, open government, and bipartisanship.
“She walks the talk, and that’s something you can’t say about a lot of elected officials,” said Vogel.
