A few names have been circulating as potential Democratic county executive candidates for the 2015 election: former Brighton Supervisor Sandra Frankel, former District Attorney Mike Green, and Lieutenant Governor Bob Duffy.

Yesterday, Duffy was tapped to serve as the new CEO of the Rochester Business Alliance — a job he’ll start in January. If Duffy was ever really in the mix, his new job likely removes him from the discussion.

And during a brief interview this morning, Green said that he’s currently focusing on his job as executive deputy commissioner of the state’s Division of Criminal Justice Services.

“I have no comment right now on any future plans,” he said.

That leaves Frankel, who says that she is considering a run. She says that she doesn’t have a timeline for a decision, other than “sooner rather than later.”

In 2011, Frankel ran against County Executive Maggie Brooks and received approximately 42.5 percent of the vote, compared to Brooks’ approximately 56 percent . (Brooks can’t run for re-election in 2015 due to term limits.)

“It’s clear to me that county government still struggles under the current administration,” Frankel says.

Frankel also says that Greater Rochester has opportunities for a brighter future and that it’s time for a change in county leadership. But she says that it’s too early to get into specifics on her potential platform. 

This article appears in Nov 19-25, 2014.

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4 replies on “Frankel weighing second county exec bid”

  1. Too uninteresting and liberal for the County Of Monroe; too interested in himself; very sick and tired of politics and ready to lead the RBA… next choices please.

    My thought is that the Monroe County Republican Committee will choose Jeff Adair, Legislative President to run if he is interested.

  2. This city sux, can’t wait to leave! i leave it to the entitlement people. They can suck this city for all it’s worth. Go ahead keep sucking till there’s nothing left, then what, move to another liberal state and suck some more? Wait till immagration by obama passes, we’ll be hit w/droves of free aliens looking for social handouts that the state mandates the county to pay for. SEE YA SUCKERS!

  3. God no, please no, not Frankel. She was horrible as a candidate in ’11 and I doubt she’d be better now. She’s the Martha Coakley of Monroe County politics (the outgoing Massachusetts A.G. who lost bids for U.S. Senate and Governor in a row). Another Frankel run will be a waste of time and money. She’s too liberal for the western suburbs, they won’t turn out the base in Rochester and she’s not a natural politician. She’s very cold, smug and aloof for higher office. Please stay in retirement, Sandy. I don’t want to sound ageist either, but she’s in her 70s and has been in politics for over 20 years. Could the Democrats, supposedly the party of the future, nominate someone who hasn’t been around for decades? Here are a couple names: Adam Bello or Joe Morelle Jr.,

  4. One thing for sure, if former Brighton Supervisor Sandra Frankel becomes Monroe County Executive: No more Climate Change denial. With Sandy Frankel in office we can properly plan for our future. Climate Change means we have to plan.

    In the Monroe County, including the Rochester region, we can barely speak about the worldwide crisis of Climate Change, let alone begin a major effort in our region to educate the public and begin properly planning for the changes that will come (and are happening now) to our region.

    Sandy Frankel has spoken out many times publically on our critical need to address Climate Change and even backed our local efforts to get Rochesterians to the recent People’s Climate March in NYC to demonstrate our need for our leaders to act. Sandy Frankel is a proven leader and her leadership in our county would be a major step forward in planning for our future.

    I am so not political, as the present scene is dreadful, but I must speak out for what would be a demonstrable change in the climate of our region. With someone leading on Climate Change in our county we would see a major shift in public attitudes on the crisis of our age, changes in the media and their willingness to connect the dots of local extreme weather with warming predictions, and changes in business who’d get a clear message that really being green means a sustainable future.

    If you are looking for good news on the Climate Change crisis, Sandy Frankel as Monroe County Executive could be that news. Let the debates begin.

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