Candidate Profile: Timothy Hubbard For Riverhead Town Board

RIVERHEAD, NY — Suffolk County residents will be hitting the polls soon to elect local representatives.

The race is on in local town and village races leading up to Election Day, which, this year, falls on Tuesday, November 5. Patch asked those running for office to answer questions about their campaigns and will be publishing candidate profiles in the days leading up to the election.

Incumbent Timothy Hubbard, 59, of Riverhead is a Republican also running on the Conservative line and seeking re-election as a Riverhead Town Board member. His opponents include Diane Callan-Tucci and Pat Snyder, Democrats, Frank Beyrodt, Jr., a Republican, and William C. Van Helmond, a Libertarian.

Hubbard and his wife Lisa have five children. His son-in-law is a Riverhead deputy town attorney. Hubbard attended Suffolk County Community College and the Suffolk County Police Academy. He has served as a police officer for 32 years with Riverhead Police and is currently a Riverhead Town Councilman.

Check out Patch's full Q&A with Timothy Hubbard below.

Patch: The single most pressing issue facing our community is _______, and this is what I intend to do about it.

Hubbard: The sale of the Epcal property. To have the buyers sign the contract so we can start receiving over $4 million in tax base and provide living wage jobs for our next generation.

P: What are the critical differences between you and the other candidates seeking this post?:

H: It’s simply experience. My work as a Riverhead school board member helped prepare me for the town board. I have contract experience. I also know this town as well as anyone can. As generations before me, I was born and raised here.

P: Describe the other issues that define your campaign platform:

H: I really work hard at making this town a place where our future generations can live and raise a family. Long Island is a very expensive place to live. I will increase our code enforcement to address the overcrowding of houses. This has a direct reflection as to the increased enrollment in our school district which in turn causes our taxes to go up. I will also fight to keep our hamlets of Wading River, Calverton, Aquebogue and Jamesport as rural as can be.

P: What accomplishments in your past would you cite as evidence you can handle this job?

H: I created the helicopter noise task force, located funding for downtown security cameras, and voted across party lines when it was the right thing to do

P: The best advice ever shared with me was ...

H: "Be true to yourself and always look at the big picture of things."

P: What else would you like voters to know about yourself and your positions?

H: I truly love working as your town councilman. I look forward to making Riverhead the best possible place to live. I love this town.