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RFH 2010, Cover Stories, To the Editor

Letter: In Support of Eve Ann Shwartz

Thu, Oct 13, 2011

Eve Ann Shwartz is a born leader with a sense of the common good and the voltage to make things happen.

Not simply because she knows everyone you could name (even with phone book in hand!) in Madison County and Albany. Or because she understands farming and the law; has served on the Hamilton Town Council; shaped its strategic plan; led the PCD, and StopNYRI. Something else commands attention: an uncanny frankness, a surefootedness, that makes you trust Eve Ann's judgment.

Eve Ann Shwartz led the Partnership for Community Development with spectacular pizazz, working with the village, with the Colgate Board of Trustees, with everyone who would help make things happen. She convinced and cajoled, successfully shaping the renovation of the building facades in Hamilton and Earlville, helping local businesses grow.

And then she turned to StopNYRI. With her terrific co-chair, Chris Rossi--Davids fighting 120 foot pylons--she led this community and partnered with an array of New York agencies: Eve Ann a state-wide leader here. Red and Blue together won.

When good things happen they sometimes seem inevitable. But remember how real the threat of a 200 mile power line from Canada was. No single person in New York State was more clearly responsible for toppling NYRI than Eve Ann Shwartz. An articulate voice, pitch-perfect in dealings with lawyers, lobbyists, and politicians, transparent with the public, she -- we all -- won.

Are those transferable skills? You betcha. What a township we will have with Eve Ann as Supervisor.

Jane L. Pinchin

Hubbardsville,

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