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The Future Is NOW

I'm a tree-hugger. When I see an open, fallow old field, I think of cows, horses, corn, potatos, onions, not houses. We behave in a counter-intuitive manner with money. We raise taxes every year and cut services. We need to grow the grand list, and we have lots, houses and property up East Hill Road, but a potential buyer has to drive up the road from hell. We have vacant commercial space we could recycle.

Moving to Canton is the best decision I've ever made. We have tree-covered bumps we call mountains, open space, and working farms. We have the nicest, friendliest people. I think it is vital we keep that small-town closeness.

In my two-year term on the BOS my to-do list will have much to work on:

• Make our town government as open and friendly as our citizens.
• An aloha spirit--welcoming citizen participation.
• Expand agriculture, grow our farms.
• The new town garage: our public works employees work in unacceptable conditions; the old garage is an environmental catastrophe in waiting, and in fifty years we'll get back half the cost from the 16-18 big highway trucks we don't have to buy.
• Fix Dial-a-Ride; family-sized units of public housing; in-town public transportation; plan for our energy future, a food store for Collinsville, and more--but I'm only planning on two years.

Approved by Ben Holden
Paid for by the Green Party of Connecticut