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Vote for me and I’ll set you free!
By Me | July 18, 2006
Politicians: It’s nice when they listen.
Sue Zimet is running on the Democratic ticket in the NY State Senate, 42nd District. There’s a lot about Sue that I like (in addition to the fact that she’s a Democrat) and, the first time I met her back in March, we had a very nice but too brief conversation about economic development in the district. I even gave her a copy of my economic development plan for Sidney, NY.
Fast forward to June — in response to a recent NYT article lamenting the flight of young people from upstate villages, towns and small cities, Sue is quoted in a press statement as follows:
“I believe it makes more sense to encourage the development of hundreds of small and vibrant businesses, rather than to rely on one or two large corporations without regional ties to solve our economic problems. The key is to identify and build on the particular strengths of each community.”
That’s almost word-for-word what we said to each other during that conversation last March. I probably shouldn’t take it personally, Sue was thinking along those lines anyway, but I find it gratifying.
Maybe, if she gets elected, we’ll have somebody in Albany who will actually do something helpful.
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