Democracy needs you! Engage locally

ENGAGE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Seneca County Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday, May 12 @ 6PM

Most of us, in our day-to-day lives, don’t pay attention to how Towns and Counties do the hard work of governance.  These Town and County Boards are where people of different perspectives negotiate about what roads to pave, what services to provide, how to provide them, what taxes are appropriate, and a whole lot more.  

These meetings are also windows into how State and Federal policies “trickle down” to effect our communities.  Medicare cuts, for instance – made at the Federal level – effect operations and budgets of hospitals and clinics in our Seneca County and potentially impact the health of those least able to pay. Or we can raise local taxes to maintain a safety net when Federal programs are terminated.

At these meetings you’ll hear presentations from groups and business addressing a vast range of issues.  In the March meeting of the Seneca County Board of Supervisors you would have heard a presentation on how Data Centers built along lakeshores alter the ecology and have impacts on the electrical grid – our power supply.  Each of us, as private citizens, also have a segment of the meeting to speak to the Board directly, to raise our individual concerns. 

 

How well are you being represented now? If you think someone else would do a better job, be part of the process in your Town to put that alternative on the ballot. 

 

The Seneca County Board of Supervisors meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 6:00 PM at 1 DiPronio Drive in Waterloo. The next one is Tuesday, May 12.  Showing up is best to show how much you care. If you can’t make it personally, they’re also streamed live at this link on Youtube.

 

Each Town Board also has monthly meetings that are worth seeing or participating in.  An earlier post on followups to No Kings has more detail.