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Council canidates address center-city issues with college
PSUC Students urged to vote for Ward 6 canidates
Benjamin Pomerance
Issue date: 10/19/07 Section: News
Originally published: 10/25/07 at 3:42 PM EST
Last update: 10/25/07 at 3:40 PM EST
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Big changes.
That could be the not-so-distant future of the relationship between the City of Plattsburgh and Plattsburgh State.
At least four proposed ordinances affecting Plattsburgh's Center City - the downtown area that encompasses a large percentage of off-campus housing and most of PSUC's main campus - are slated for discussion and, ultimately, a vote at upcoming Plattsburgh Common Council meetings. Decisions will soon be made about issues ranging from off-campus housing standards to behavior that could lead to charges of disorderly conduct to a proposal that would require landlords to submit the names of their tenants to city officials before authorizing a lease.
The only question is who will be making them.
With several seats on the six-member Common Council up for grabs on Election Day, a very different Council could be making Plattsburgh's decisions after Nov. 6.
Perhaps the most important election outcome for PSUC students will be the result of the three-way race in Ward 6, an area that includes all of the Center City and a large portion of the PSUC campus.
Registered PSUC students are eligible to vote in this election between Democrat Chris Jackson, Republican Ed Champagne and Independent Adam Haberstro - a right Jackson said he hopes the students exercise.
"I hope Plattsburgh State students realize they can change the outcome of this entire election," Jackson said, "and I honestly hope they use that opportunity. What ultimately happens in the Center City will greatly affect them. They should have as much of a voice as an body in what happens there."
All three Ward 6 candidates already have a strong sense of what they would like to see happen there. Jackson, Champagne and Haberstro all agreed that the current relationship between the college and the community, especially in the Center City, is unacceptable. All three men agree that changes are needed to improve the situation.
Yet all three differ dramatically as to what those changes should be.
That could be the not-so-distant future of the relationship between the City of Plattsburgh and Plattsburgh State.
At least four proposed ordinances affecting Plattsburgh's Center City - the downtown area that encompasses a large percentage of off-campus housing and most of PSUC's main campus - are slated for discussion and, ultimately, a vote at upcoming Plattsburgh Common Council meetings. Decisions will soon be made about issues ranging from off-campus housing standards to behavior that could lead to charges of disorderly conduct to a proposal that would require landlords to submit the names of their tenants to city officials before authorizing a lease.
The only question is who will be making them.
With several seats on the six-member Common Council up for grabs on Election Day, a very different Council could be making Plattsburgh's decisions after Nov. 6.
Perhaps the most important election outcome for PSUC students will be the result of the three-way race in Ward 6, an area that includes all of the Center City and a large portion of the PSUC campus.
Registered PSUC students are eligible to vote in this election between Democrat Chris Jackson, Republican Ed Champagne and Independent Adam Haberstro - a right Jackson said he hopes the students exercise.
"I hope Plattsburgh State students realize they can change the outcome of this entire election," Jackson said, "and I honestly hope they use that opportunity. What ultimately happens in the Center City will greatly affect them. They should have as much of a voice as an body in what happens there."
All three Ward 6 candidates already have a strong sense of what they would like to see happen there. Jackson, Champagne and Haberstro all agreed that the current relationship between the college and the community, especially in the Center City, is unacceptable. All three men agree that changes are needed to improve the situation.
Yet all three differ dramatically as to what those changes should be.
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R
posted 10/25/07 @ 10:18 PM EST
I really hope this Adam Haberstro wins. It would be nice to get somebody younger on the Council, somebody who does more than jaw about how terrible college kids are and how much they should be punished for going downtown on the weekend. (Continued…)
Joel Shapiro
posted 10/26/07 @ 4:49 PM EST
As somebody who's lived in the Center City for a while now, first as an off-campus student and then as a resident, I have to say that I think Chris Jackson has the best ideas on what to do there. (Continued…)
Brianna
posted 10/31/07 @ 10:31 PM EST
Whoever wins probably won't do so by the votes of the students. Plattsburgh State has had terribly low voter turnouts since I've moved here. A well-intentioned article, but one that I fear may go unnoticed by students. (Continued…)
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