The following letter was published in the November 3, 2023 edition of the Lake Placid News and can be found online at https://www.lakeplacidnews.com/opinion/letters/2023/11/02/supporting-balzac/:
To the editor:
I am writing to support Fred Balzac for North Elba Town Council. He is passionate about serving the local full-time residents and will work tirelessly to improve our community. Over many years, Fred has been active in standing up against special interests. He will work diligently to increase affordable housing options for local workers, to diversify our local economy to make us less reliant on tourism and to address problems that develop due to climate change. Fred is an independent thinker who will always be evaluating each issue as it comes up and striving to improve the lives of local residents and works. In local elections, I believe party affiliation is far less important than personal character, devotion to the community and a willingness to confront difficult situations. I urge everyone to vote for Fred!
Mary Liz Alexander
Lake Placid
Published by Fred Balzac
I have extensive experience as a writer, editor, and community/nonprofit organizer as well as a community volunteer. As a medical writer-editor, I worked closely with some of the country's top neurologists on a redefinition of TIA (transient ischemic attack) published in articles in the New England Journal of Medicine and the journal Neurology that's been adopted in clinical trials and practice guidelines. As a community organizer residing in the Adirondacks, I led the effort to protect the stunningly beautiful Jay (NY) rapids and swimming hole and preserve the historic Jay Covered Bridge—a grassroots group effort that resulted in a million-dollar Federal, state, and county plan to renovate the covered bridge and enhance the recreational river-corridor area on either side of it. My writing and community service work has won or shared awards in journalism (e.g., Best Arts Coverage in NYS, Circulation Division 2, from the NY Press Association), essay writing (the statewide "Critical Choices" competition commemorating New York's Bicentennial, with a piece advocating for voting rights for the homeless), playwriting (ADK Center for Writing/North Country Public Radio One-Act Play competition), and the Community Action Award from the Adirondack Council. I am currently a candidate for Supervisor of the Town of North Elba, running on the Green Party line.
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