Constituents, Colleges, and Candidate Forums

These past weeks, I've been in every corner of the district, meeting lots of folks who are struggling to make ends meet each month. The national financial crisis has certainly made its impact here. That's why I think it is so important to bring more good-paying jobs to the North Country and to take advantage of our great colleges and universities. I've met with the leaders of those institutions and they are anxious to partner with New York State to create opportunities for new businesses to locate here. I am ready to work with them to promote these opportunities.

We opened our Canton office recently and have had a tremendous outpouring of help - volunteers calling to get yard signs or to help in any way. That is very humbling, and my message to them is that I'll work hard every day as their Assemblywoman because they are working hard every day on my campaign. I can't thank them enough.

The St. Lawrence County Democratic Committee held their Annual Dinner on Tuesday night, honoring Labor. I've been blessed to receive the endorsement of many Labor organizations around the District and held a press conference to formally thank them. Those organizations represent many employees around the North Country and hard-working trades laborers who produce high-quality work, on-time and within budget. They know they will have a representative who will listen to their concerns and fight for fairness in Albany.

I will be participating in the first of three candidate forums. This one will be at 7PM Tonight (Thursday, October 16th) at the Northside Improvement League. I hope that many of you will come out to support me and to listen to my ideas and how I want to lead this district as Assemblywoman. Next week there is another on October 22nd at Clarkson University and then in Massena on the 23rd.

See you tonight or somewhere along the campaign trail.
-Addie