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Accomplishments
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Current Beacon City
Councilperson , 10 years
as city wide at-large and 4th Ward Representative |
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Director of Human Resources
for a NYSE Co. |
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Honors |
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Recipient of
American Legion Community Award
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Recipient of
the NAACP Community Award |
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Vision |
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Leader in
Beacon’s Renaissance by support of
Scenic Hudson, DIA and Main Street Revitalization |
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Pushed to
Reform and Support Police Department |
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Leader to
develop New Comprehensive Plan |
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Strong voice
to guard against over development |
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10 year Council record of less than 5% tax
increases |
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Environment |
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Protected
Beacon’s air quality - closed our toxic
sewage treatment
plant and wrote legislation
against the Danskammer and Roseton fuel
plant emissions |
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Leader in Land
Preservation and Parks -
responsible for creation of the Scenic Hudson
Gateway to Mt. Beacon Park |
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Community Volunteer |
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Founder of the
Mt. Beacon Incline Railway
Restoration Society 1996 |
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Created the
City’s Website to promote Beacon
and foster open government by
posting Council Minutes |
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Designer of
the online Beacon Soldier & Emergency Service Memorial,
to remember their sacrifice |
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Organizer of the Mid-Hudson Alliance,
where citizens interested in mostly federal issues,
can come together, exchange ideas. |
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Publisher of
the 4th Ward Newsletter
(first of its kind for a City Councilman) |
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Chairperson of the
Beacon Democratic Committee
(2005-6) |
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Family and Personal |
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Married to
Mary Gold since 1974
(church organist) |
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BS University of the State of NY
(Excelsior), Albany |
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