Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Diederich files petitions for independent line on November ballot
Attorney Michael Diederich has filed petitions to gain a November ballot spot for district attorney, as retired Judge Victor Alfieri won a court appeal putting him on the June primary ballot.
Diederich, whose petitions the other candidates say they are not challenging, will have a place on the ballot that provides him with a public forum to press his goal of prosecuting private schools that don't meet state educational standards as the county's top prosecutor.
Diederich, a Stony Point resident and retired army attorney, filed 2,053 names for his "Serve Rockland" ballot line in the Nov. 6 election. He needed 1,500 valid signatures.
Diederich said he depended on grassroots supporters to collect the signatures for him after he dropped out of the June 25 Democratic Party primary in April. He originally sought the ballot line of the nascent Serve America Movement.
Diederich stood out among the Democrats for the open post by contending he would prosecute administrators of private Hasidic schools for the lack of secular education as a potential misdemeanor crime.
His stance — advocated at political conventions and in the media — drew supporters across the county concerned about the Hasidic and ultra-Orthodox community's educational standards for their children.
Many of his supporters also have voiced concerns on social media and public meetings about those community members who operate schools and housing in Ramapo without proper approvals with the town's tacit approval.
Others claim Diederich is exploiting anti-Semitic feelings concerning the insular community.
https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/rockland/2019/05/29/diederich-files-petitions-independent-line-november-da-ballot/1269181001/
Diederich, whose petitions the other candidates say they are not challenging, will have a place on the ballot that provides him with a public forum to press his goal of prosecuting private schools that don't meet state educational standards as the county's top prosecutor.
Diederich, a Stony Point resident and retired army attorney, filed 2,053 names for his "Serve Rockland" ballot line in the Nov. 6 election. He needed 1,500 valid signatures.
Diederich said he depended on grassroots supporters to collect the signatures for him after he dropped out of the June 25 Democratic Party primary in April. He originally sought the ballot line of the nascent Serve America Movement.
Diederich stood out among the Democrats for the open post by contending he would prosecute administrators of private Hasidic schools for the lack of secular education as a potential misdemeanor crime.
His stance — advocated at political conventions and in the media — drew supporters across the county concerned about the Hasidic and ultra-Orthodox community's educational standards for their children.
Many of his supporters also have voiced concerns on social media and public meetings about those community members who operate schools and housing in Ramapo without proper approvals with the town's tacit approval.
Others claim Diederich is exploiting anti-Semitic feelings concerning the insular community.
https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/rockland/2019/05/29/diederich-files-petitions-independent-line-november-da-ballot/1269181001/
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