Why Care About Dave

Written by: Susan N on May 31, 2008 2:59 PM EDT

Dave Garretson  is running for the Assembly seat in the 134th district representing the towns of Greece , Ogden , and Sweden (not far from the city of Rochester , NY). SUNY Brockport is included in the district. I care about Dave Garretson taking this Assembly seat and representing the public.I can't vote for him. I don't live in the district. Why would I bother even noticing a race that's not visible through my living room window?

    The reason that I care that Dave wins this race is because I know that the 2008 election year is promising to be a historical year for political change. Sure the Presidential race is in the news. I've stopped counting the times that I hear the names Clinton and Obama on Public Radio. That's not the whole story of course. The bills that are passed at a state level ripple out like pebble tossed into a pond and do effect us all. I'll repeat myself; what might look like a small inconsequential whisper among a few insiders in Albany, will reverberate like a shot outside your driveway. What if all of the people drafting and voting for bills were as unfeeling and unthinking as the current guy warming the seat for the 134th Assembly district? When I carefully read the incumbent's voting record , I disagreed with him time and time again on important issues such as gun control. A shot outside my driveway? Why yes. Some Assembly members don't believe a child might play with a gun. It wouldn't do for a manufacturer to take actions to make it harder for our children to pull the trigger... I want to get rid of people who serve the interest of the "old boys" at the expense of the people like us and all of our friends and families.

   Dave Garretson is smart. He is thoughtful and cares about how his actions affect others. Most of all Dave Garretson is an exceptional listener and communicator . Dave is a leader and a problem solver. Please look at Dave's website http://daveforassembly.org/ . Feel free to contact Dave and see if you feel the same way that I do about changing "business as usual" around the country state by state and district by district. Tell Dave that you care, too.

Thank You For Caring ,

Susan

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