Fletcher, Jalbert, Keating, Platner, and Van Slyke are Committed To Charlestown
The following letter was submitted to local newspapers and is reprinted here with permission of the authors Sarah Fletcher, Angela Jalbert, Peter Keating, Ruth Platner, and Bonnie Van Slyke. The authors are candidates for Town Council in Charlestown.
We Are Committed To Charlestown
Our town deserves a government that will safeguard our excellent quality of life, our low tax rate, and our beautiful environment, priorities supported overwhelmingly by our taxpayers in the 2021 Town-wide Survey. To accomplish this, Charlestown Town Council candidates Sarah Fletcher, Angela Jalbert, Peter Keating, Ruth Platner, and Bonnie Van Slyke offer these commitments:
We commit to protect our natural resources so that our drinking water is clean; our salt and freshwater ponds are healthy; our starlit skies are not hidden; and our forests and wildlife flourish.
We commit to provide open, honest, responsible leadership that listens to concerns and acts in the best interests of all our residents.
We commit to manage our town’s administration and budgets effectively and to provide needed services at a good value.
We commit to work to ensure that residential and commercial growth are environmentally sustainable and preserve our rural character and small-town identity.
We commit to plan for the impacts of climate change and to maintain adequate financial reserves so that the town is able to respond to weather events and other emergencies.
We commit to increase access to our beaches and ponds, Wild and Scenic River, hiking trails, bike paths, and parks and to steward our cultural and historical resources for future generations.
We commit to work to ensure that our town’s children get an excellent education at a reasonable cost.
We commit to working as a community as we strive to safeguard our rural, beautiful town. Protecting our environment, economy, and future depends on electing great candidates for local office, and it also depends on each of us, the citizens of Charlestown, working together.
Sincerely,
Sarah Fletcher, Angela Jalbert, Peter Keating, Ruth Platner, and Bonnie Van Slyke
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