Joe Meyers for Rockland County Legislature 2007 District 12 Home

Welcome to my website. Here I believe you will find a wide variety of information of concern to residents of the 12th Legislative District as well as the residents of Ramapo and all of Rockland.

As a County Legislator I am committed to tackling the difficult issues facing our local communities in Airmont, Chestnut Ridge and Suffern represented by me in the County Legislature as well as the broader issues facing Ramapo and Rockland County.

I hope you will use this website as a resource guide to some of the important issues facing Rockland County. Please follow the links to join my e-mail list to receive regular messages directly from me regarding events and issues of concern to our communities. You can also click on the link to view the most recent entries in my up-to-date blog and send me an e-mail with your thoughts and ideas.

Rockland plans to start mosquito fight
(2010-06-12 The Journal News)

RAMAPO — The short reprieve local mosquitoes received because of county budget problems and a fight over who should bear responsibility for treating storm drains with larvicide is about to end. Read More...

Has Rockland finally swatted mosquito debate?
(2010-06-06 The Journal News)

For the second time in two years, Rockland County has quashed plans to stick towns and villages with the cost of a key part of mosquito prevention. It is welcome news that the Rockland County Legislature and county executive have come up with $100,000 to ensure the county's catch-basins are treated with larvicide. The question is, what about next year? Read More...

Rockland, towns at odds over mosquitoes
(2010-06-01 The Journal News)

The mosquito season has started in Rockland amid a standoff between county and town governments over plans to reduce the number of insects, with one community tentatively agreeing to pay county workers $50 per hour on weekends to drop larvicide tablets into storm drains. Read More...

Wrong Budget Bite
(2010-05-24 The Journal News)

Rockland County has made what its health commissioner admits was a "very difficult decision." For the first time in a decade, the Department of Health will not deposit larvicide pellets this spring in roughly 35,000 catch basins throughout the county — part of long-running efforts to kill developing mosquito eggs and prevent the occurrence of West Nile virus. Read More...

County pitches audio ads on TOR, Tappan ZEExpress buses
(2010-04-19 The Journal News)

Seeking a revenue boost, the county is considering playing audio advertisements on TOR and Tappan ZEExpress buses. Read More...

Two Metro-North trains spared as MTA takes "most painful cuts off the table"
(2010-03-20 The Journal News)

Days before the MTA is expected to approve sweeping service changes across the region, Metro-North Railroad on Friday said that it was keeping two of the trains proposed to be cut, while eliminating one other. Read More...