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Oct 28 2005
Town Board (2 Seats, 3 Candidates) Print Recommend This Article to a Friend
by Dan Veaner   
Friday, 28 October 2005
There are three candidates running for two seats on the Town Board.  Bud Shattuck is an incumbent running for another term.  The second seat is being vacated by Doug McEver.  Mr. Shattuck, Matt Besemer and Greg Lawrence are running for the two seats.  Voters will choose two candidates to fill the seats.


 
Bud Shattuck
Matt Besemer
Greg Lawrence
Personal Rundown11 years in Lansing
1 Son, 3 Granddaughters
Workforce Development Specialist at Workforce New york		11 years in Lansing
Married with 2 sons
Vice President of Cayuga Crushed Stone
7 years in Lansing, 14 in Tompkins County
Married
Librarian, Cornell Agricultural Library
Qualifications
  • Best Based on experience
  •  6 years on Board
  • Institutional Background
  • Degree in Finance from IC
  • Understands budgets
  • Young and energetic
  • Involved with Museum of the Earth/PRI capital campaign and community advisory board
  • Coaches T-ball and Soccer for Lansing Rec Dept for 2 years
  • Lansing Democratic Committee, 2005
  • Gathering and evaluating information
  • Knows how to write grants
  • Effective communicator
Challenges for Lansing
  • Sewer
  • Water
  • Development
  • Providing same level of services

  •  Get taxes under control
  • Planning
  • Water and Sewer
  •  Water district extensions
  • Sewers.
  • Placement of other cell towers.
  • Continued public access to Cayuga Lake.
  • Guidelines to promote residential/commercial development of a town center.
  • Cooperative management of water runoff and flood control.
Pet Projects
(Wish List)
  • Get sewer done
  • Encourage responsible growth
  • Possibly create a Town Industrial Development Agency to help encourage local businesses
  • Bring more businesses into Lansing
  • Create jobs
  • Move Salt Point project along expeditiously
 

 
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