To Run or Not to Run

Rant: Its that time of the year again when we can throw our hat in the rink and run for office. This year Woodbury has two Council seats, Highway Superintendent, Town Clerk, Tax Collector and Supervisor. In the county Woodbury now has three County Legislators, yes three. www.co.orange.ny.us/orgMain.asp?orgid=3&storyTypeID=&sid=&
So the race is on, who is running, who may be thinking of running and who is running again? It’s that time again when people come out to the Town Board meeting just to be seen. To make positive comments because they support someone and make negative when they don’t. But now is a good time for Woodbury to see where the future will take us. Will new faces and new names surface to run, or will it be the same old faces with the same old issues. But for some of us in our mid term we have nothing to lose. When you are in your mid term you can test the waters take a set up and still keep your seat. So who will it be this year, we know the issues there is really just one. If there was ever a time to run now is the time because it’s going to be a one-issue race. This time around its not going to be about party it’s going to be whom do you want to lead the town? The board we have now and the road they have put new leadership or us on and take us off that road? For me it’s a midterm so I have options …