In a new ad at the back of the Cobleskill paper, Sheriff candidate Todd Ethington directly invoked the flood following Hurricane Irene. Ethington's previous election material highlighted what he believed was a slow process of the Sheriff's Department moving back into the Harvey Stoddard complex.

The Deputy ran a third page ad in today's paper calling for a swift recovery for the buildings-- which he says looks like had been flooded just a month prior.
None of the candidates have made such a strong appeal on the back of the flood. Ethington has hinted to a similar line before and Sheriff Desmond's campaign does mention the hardship of dealing with the deluge but this is a significant departure-- and perhaps an escalation of the already heated race.