New York Voters Need More Than Political Meet-and-Greets

0:00 Speaker 1 Let’s go to Rockland County. And with us today is Tom Osa. And Tom runs the newspaper or news print. What do you run, Tom? Tell us again.

0:13 Speaker 2 Yeah. Well, the digital part, it’s Rockland News. And we decided a while ago, five years ago, to not do paper because, you know, it’s paper. So we just do the digital.

0:23 Speaker 1 You’re saving more trees.

0:26 Speaker 2 Exactly. That’s my vibe, John. Exactly. You know? I like trees.

0:30 Speaker 1 So tell us what it is.

0:34 Speaker 2 Okay, so I’m really excited. It’s a beautiful Sunday, and we’re headed over to the debate between Bill Weber and Joe Rantz. Now, they’re calling it a meet-and-greet, okay? And to me, I’m like, you know, these politicians, I think they should debate, especially for Senate District 38. You know, that seat, John... It is in, you know, the steering

0:56 mechanism for millions and millions, hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for Rockland County in New York, largely through the school budget.

1:05 Speaker 1 OK, so what you’re saying is they’re not really going to debate. They’re calling it a meet and greet. Are you bringing boxing gloves?

1:15 Speaker 2 You know, I’ll tell you, I think that they should have boxing gloves. But according to one of the campaign managers, they said that one of the candidates is a little shy. How can an elected official be shy?

1:28 Speaker 1 I don’t know. I haven’t asked if that’s a Democrat or a Republican because I don’t care. But if you’re shy, you shouldn’t be going into politics.

1:38 Speaker 2 Yeah, exactly. That’s the way I look at it, especially since the public needs to know what their plan is for the next two to four years. Well.

1:47 Speaker 1 So that’s going to happen today on Sunday?

1:50 Speaker 2 Yes, sir. We had the daylight savings time switch last night, so it’s going to start at 9 o’clock, and we’re going to be over there, and we’ll take notes, and we’ll make sure that they do right by the public.

2:03 Speaker 1 9 o’clock this evening or 9 o’clock this morning?

2:07 Speaker 2 This morning. As soon as my spot with you is over, I’m hopping in the car and I’m headed over there.

2:13 Speaker 1 All right. Well, good luck. And I look forward to talking to you real soon to find out who won the boxing match.

2:20 Speaker 2 Yes, sir. I’ll let you know.

2:21 Speaker 1 Thank you so much.