I am running to be Kingston’s next Ward 9 Alderman, and I want your support at the polls on Tuesday, November 3, when my name will appear on the ballot as the nominee of both the Democratic and Independence parties.

Why do I want to be your Alderman?  There are lots of reasons but they all boil down to this:

I love Kingston, and I love Ward 9 … and both, I’m convinced, deserve more from the Common Council and city government.

Against the tide of a terrible economy and other pressures, great things are happening in and around Ward 9 every day  – neighbors helping fix the home of an American soldier serving in Iraq; neighbors putting their minds and hearts behind projects like KingstonDigitalCorridor.org and Kingston Victory Gardens; and students in the Kingston High School Jazz Ensemble doing their families and their community proud on stage at Lincoln Center.  The list goes on and on, in ways big and small, every day.  To know Ward 9 and Kingston is to know that we are each fortunate in our choice of home.

I think it’s time for City Hall and the Common Council to turn a page and live up to those examples.

In the coming weeks, I will be knocking on many of your doors, seeking your support certainly, but also something more – namely, to start a conversation about the direction you want to see Ward 9 and Kingston head, and how we can get there.  I look forward to sharing my own ideas with you and, just as important, hearing yours.