Elect Norm Moorhouse

Grand Island Town Council

 

Supervisor McMahon Endorses
Norman Moorhouse

 

 

 

Norman Moorhouse announced to friends and family his candidacy for Grand Island Town Board. Norman has been endorsed by the Democratic Party in hopes to replace Sue Argy in the seat she is leaving at the end of the year. Norman is a family man with his wife Tricia and four year old son James.
   As a concerned homeowner, I think the status quo is not good enough and feel that it is time for a change. I believe that the current Town Board has had enough chances to do what is right for the residents and tax payers of the Town and have failed. I can not stand by while taxes are rising and services are short changed while incumbent career politicians lose touch with the people they serve. I will in my first year work to have a referendum vote on term limits (two, four year terms), will let the voters decide the size and of their Town Government (downsizing). I will not forget that I will be working for the people of Grand Island. I think some Board Members feel it is their right to hold office because they have been in for so long, that is why term limits are a must.
   I will work with all Local, County and State Governments to save money. I will study the savings potential in consolidating Town Sewer with the Erie County Department of Environment and Planning as well as consolidating water services over to the Erie County Water Authority.
   I also feel the residents of Grand Island have been getting the short end of the stick when it comes to the tolls and the bridge situation. I know that the fight to remove the tolls has been going on far too long and I feel having them removed is not going to happen antime soon.So I will propose to work with our elected State officials to get two ideas moving as soon as I get into office. Part one is that no resident of Grand Island should have to pay a toll to get home, therefore eliminating the 9 cent toll for any Grand Island residents must happen. Secondly, it would be reasonable to ask the State Officials and the Thruway Authority to fund a Community Center for the youth of Grand Island. After all they receive $12 million a year from the bridge tolls and there is no way they spend that much impoving the bridges or thruway between them. I believe it is time that we the people of Grand Island that are affected the most due to the tolls receive our rightful compensation.
   Norman is running a Grass Roots Campaign because he feels the people of Grand Island deserve better and need a new choice. We need fresh ideas for Grand Island as we move forward, not the same thinking that has Town Board Members putting their own interest ahead of the community as a whole.
   If you would like to meet Norman or talk to him please feel free to contact him at 775-5010 or email at nmoorhouse@roadrunner.com. Norman is also looking for people that want to change the status quo and are able to put a lawn sign in front of their home.