Dear Editor,
New families are coming home to Plattekill. Families who want new things like sidewalks to and from our beautiful Thomas Felton Park. A bike lane to exercise and get around on. A business district to patronize for breakfast, lunch, dinner. A friendly after work libation.
These new families want climate wise streetlights to illuminate their town and activities. They want to be part of climate smart initiatives and safe, affordable housing. They don’t want a new landfill that will wreak havoc on our fields and streams. They don’t want books being banned. They don’t think it’s such a great leap to provide transportation for our seniors and disabled.
These new families want to be part of Plattekill’s future, not its stagnant past. They want Plattekill to be more be more than a speed trap between Newburgh and New Paltz. More than Dunkin’ Donuts, Hannafords, and Stewarts. And certainly they don’t want Plattekill to be known as the town between two Dollar Generals.
The time for change has come to Plattekill. For those first small steps towards renewal and revival to be taken, new faces/voices must be heard, then elected. The old guard needs changing. Most importantly, the old guard needs to be trustworthy. For as we have seen nationwide on every level: local, town, school, county, state, there are forces warping what America is at her best: a democracy of neighbors in small towns and big cities, where voting matters, women choose, and children go to school safely. Where justice is law and families have a neighborhood to call home.
In peaceful accord,
Mike Jurkovic
Democratic & Working Families Candidate
Plattekill Town Council
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