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RFH 2010, Cover Stories, To the Editor

Letter: Writer Supports Holcomb

Fri, Oct 21, 2011

When we go to the polls to elect our government leaders, we need to consider their character, their work ethic, their honesty, and their common sense. In addition I have known David Holcomb to hold the highest of family values. 

On November 8, when I enter the voting booth, I will remember how Dave stood in position during the re-evaluation fiasco. David stood with people like me, Scott Mills, Kerry Dart, and Mike Hotaling. Jody Palmer, Ned Lamb, Mike Welshco, and others when we rallied to fight an unfair re-evaluation that saw some properties increase as much as 600%.

Dave represented our community in the past for 12 years as a Town of Hamilton Councilor. He has shown he is a devoted public servant.  He is running for all the right reasons. He is not running to advance a personal agenda or to seek higher office. He knows that serving on our town board is an honor and a responsibility. He knows the issues we face and will be our voice.

I love this area. With my family, we are beginning an expansion of our dairy business. I need a person like David Holcomb to represent me, my neighbors, and this town. His common sense solutions, joined by people like Scott Mills, and Kerry Dart, will help set a direction for the town that we need and can afford. They realize that agriculture is a key part of the economic fabric and well-being of this community.

If our town is to remain a place where people can remain in their homes, where folks will invest and create well-paying jobs, and where the young and the seniors want to live, then we must have a reasonable tax levy. Rural resident, village dweller, merchant, and farmer all need to unite and elect people like David Holcomb.

I urge you to vote for a team that promises common sense decision-making: the team of Mills, Holcomb and Dart.

John Schell and Family, Earlville

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