Letter: Pangallo Seeks Support

RFH 2010, Cover Stories, To the Editor

Fri, Oct 07, 2011

I am running for Hamilton Town Council because important work must be done to plan for our town’s future. By working together in a positive fashion we can succeed in the face of the many challenges before us. I will bring a different perspective, new energy, and fresh ideas to our Town Council.

I hold Master’s degrees in Public Administration and Political Science from Suffolk University, where I studied local tax policy, public financial management and budgeting, program evaluation, organizational effectiveness in government, and civic engagement.

As a public affairs consultant I have worked to advance over 40 nonprofit and political causes across the Northeast. I “retired” from consulting last year to take on my most challenging - and most rewarding – job: at-home father. I serve on the Chenango Nursery School’s Parents Advisory Committee and volunteer at the Palace Theater.

In a vibrant community, citizens are engaged, participative actors in civic life and enjoy an organized, communicative, and responsible government. In Hamilton we already have the first of these; now we deserve the second.

We can rebuild our town’s finances and restore confidence in local government through pro-active planning. I will work with residents from our entire town, bringing interested citizens together in a series of task forces to study and make recommendations for the issues we face ahead.

By planning pro-actively we will ensure that our and future generations alike will enjoy a town that is fiscally sound, with fair and predictable taxes, clean and safe air and water, reliable infrastructure and services, good jobs and economic opportunities, and access to high-quality education for every child. As a father, that is the most important legacy I can imagine. And it is why I am proudly running for Hamilton Town Council and ask for your vote on November 8^.