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Norman Moorhouse announced to friends and family
his candidacy for Grand Island Town Board. Norman has been endorsed by
the Democratic Party in hopes to replace Sue Argy in the seat she is
leaving at the end of the year. Norman is a family man with his wife
Tricia and four year old son James.
As a concerned homeowner, I think the status quo is
not good enough and feel that it is time for a change. I believe that
the current Town Board has had enough chances to do what is right for
the residents and tax payers of the Town and have failed. I can not
stand by while taxes are rising and services are short changed while
incumbent career politicians lose touch with the people they serve. I
will in my first year work to have a referendum vote on term limits
(two, four year terms), will let the voters decide the size and of their
Town Government (downsizing). I will not forget that I will be working
for the people of Grand Island. I think some Board Members feel it is
their right to hold office because they have been in for so long, that
is why term limits are a must.
I will work with all Local, County and State
Governments to save money. I will study the savings potential in
consolidating Town Sewer with the Erie County Department of Environment
and Planning as well as consolidating water services over to the Erie
County Water Authority.
I also feel the residents of Grand Island have been
getting the short end of the stick when it comes to the tolls and the
bridge situation. I know that the fight to remove the tolls has been
going on far too long and I feel having them removed is not going to
happen antime soon.So I will propose to work with our elected State
officials to get two ideas moving as soon as I get into office. Part one
is that no resident of Grand Island should have to pay a toll to get
home, therefore eliminating the 9 cent toll for any Grand Island
residents must happen. Secondly, it would be reasonable to ask the State
Officials and the Thruway Authority to fund a Community Center for the
youth of Grand Island. After all they receive $12 million a year from
the bridge tolls and there is no way they spend that much impoving the
bridges or thruway between them. I believe it is time that we the people
of Grand Island that are affected the most due to the tolls receive our
rightful compensation.
Norman is running a Grass Roots Campaign because he
feels the people of Grand Island deserve better and need a new choice.
We need fresh ideas for Grand Island as we move forward, not the same
thinking that has Town Board Members putting their own interest ahead of
the community as a whole.
If you would like to meet Norman or talk to him please
feel free to contact him at 775-5010 or email at nmoorhouse@roadrunner.com.
Norman is also looking for people that want to change the status quo and
are able to put a lawn sign in front of their home. |
