The Board Approves the Project

Most people had left by the time the board spoke on the Sun 8 Project at their meeting in late August. Here's the audio. Strong statements, thoughtfully presented. Candidates spoke as listed here: Kathy Servoss—12.10-13:49; Dan Lamb—13:50-19:25; Jason Leifer—19:26-22:50.

More Protecting Dryden

Claudia from our committee has taken on the Protecting Dryden website. Check it out for updates regarding the campaign and our candidates!

Protecting Dryden

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Dryden is submitting petitions this week for candidates running on the Protecting Dryden independent line, including 424 signatures for town candidates, nearly twice the 218 number of signatures required.

“We have run on this line since the fracking debate,” explains Dryden Democratic Chair Jim Gustafson. “When we started, ‘Protecting Dryden’ referred to protecting our environment from invasive hydrofracking, but the definition has expanded. Not only are our candidates protecting Dryden from economic and environmental decline, but they hope to protect Dryden’s future by growing our economy, investing in local infrastructure, and promoting Dryden’s tourism and recreation resources. And we still intend to protect Dryden’s environment through affordable community solar and promotion of green, zero-carbon commercial and residential development.”

All of Dryden’s Democratic candidates will also run on the Protecting Dryden line. They include Martha Robertson and Mike Lane at the county level and Jason Leifer, Dan Lamb, Kathy Servoss, and Rick Young for town positions.

Town Board at Work

Here's our Town Board listening to 41 community members testify before delving into the solar project SEQR line by line. Don't let anyone tell you these folks don't work hard at this job!

Join us for our next campaign meeting on Monday, July 24, 7:30 PM, 12 South Street.

Candidates

Check out our 2017 candidates here. Plus Martha has a website: martha4tompkins.com.

Petitioners are on their way to visit you! It takes a while to canvass 94.21 square miles.

Congratulations, Incumbents

At a packed house last night, incumbents Jason Leifer, Dan Lamb, Kathy Servoss, and Rick Young received nominations to appear on the November ballot on Row A. We expect a full slate to run against them, so make your donations asap! Here's the Act Blue link.

Rick Young addresses the caucus

Petitioning/Caucusing

We are out there petitioning this month! And our caucus for town positions is MONDAY, JUNE 19, 7 PM at DRYDEN VILLAGE HALL! All registered Democrats in the town of Dryden are encouraged to attend. No special knowledge necessary.