Dear Friends:
We don't want to lose our sense of villageness. The sense of community. The sense of being able to bond in friendship with our neighbors. We really want to keep the integrity, the beauty, the uniqueness that exists in this lovely village of Trumansburg.
We want to be able to treasure and protect and keep in balanced harmony what was passed to us and what we will pass to the next generation coming into this village: the green spaces, the Smith woods, the creek, the pathways, the open Natural spaces that are inside and around where we live. Trying to preserve and enjoy what we have.
My sense is that Allen Carstensen has a keen political awareness of what is going on in this village, and has a profound interest and knowledge of how village government works. He is responsive and responsible and experienced. And he has a determination --- he displays a genuine zeal --- in his efforts to have us focus on the issues of the environment, and other matters of village concern for all of us.
The heart of this village now --- is the beautiful library. In a way, it is the center. And in the new village library is a reading room. Open, with a gas burning fire place. And all the intricate red oak trimmed woodwork was done by Allen Carstensen, as part of the volunteer building effort. Solid. Beautiful. Carefully made. Strong.
In these times we really need Democrats in offices where we know we can depend on them because of their experience in crafting a solid, dependable future for all of us.
Most Sincerely, Jules Burgevin 387-6253
This is my part of the volunteer building effort at the Ulysses Philomathic Library, that Jules refers to above.
