Vote Row 3C

Why I'm Running for Office

Susan Weintraub - Town Council

Community
Over the last two years, a week hasn’t gone by that I get stopped and asked “how do you put up with the disrespectful way the other parties treat you at the Town Council meetings? Why do you do it? They try to take credit for things you’ve accomplished or try to sabotage what they clearly can’t take credit for.”

I love East Hampton. It is a town that has it all: small-town character, beautiful natural resources, strong family values and a colorful history. And yet Lake Pocotopaug, the state parks and the Connecticut River pale in comparison to this town’s greatest resource—the good, talented people of this community.

I go to the Senior Center and talk to the seniors. At the stores, restaurants, post office and high school basketball games, I talk to parents and neighbors. I go to the Sears Park Skate Park and talk to the kids. I listen to their dreams and their needs. That’s why I put up with the incivility and that’s why I’m running for a second term. There is more to be done and I will not give up.

I see how great this community can be. I’ve worked with board and commission members who are volunteering for the right reasons. Professionals who give generously of their time and expertise to make East Hampton a better place to live. Neighbors who work together with a common goal to improve their neighborhoods.

I am also asked “Why do you run with the Chatham Party?” I am a lifelong Independent. I don’t endorse parties; I endorse the person—how someone thinks and what they do. Chatham Party members and supporters are the most hard-working, dedicated people I have ever had the opportunity to work with. They are experienced, pragmatic and work for the good of the people—not for the self-serving interests of a few.

I do not agree that a new town hall at the Center School is priority #1. We must put the needs of our community first. I have a vision that will do just that. A plan that puts our citizens first. A plan that answers the needs of our seniors, our youth and the adults of East Hampton.

There is more to be done and the Chatham Party has the candidates and the know-how to make it happen. Vote Row "C" and every action I take will continue to be for our community first and not private interests.

Sue Weintraub
Town Council Candidate

"I am a lifelong Independent. I don’t endorse parties; I endorse the person—how someone thinks and what they do."

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