Chapman election speech
here is my 3 minute election speech as read at the may 15 ATC meeting:
"For the past two years it has been an honor and a privilege to represent this beautiful and unique community. My name is Justin Chapman and I'm running for my second term on the Altadena Town Council. I want to continue to effectively represent the people of census tract 4602. They put their trust in me when they elected me two years ago, and everthing I've done on this council since then, all the hard work and volunteer time, has been entirely for their benefit.
I've been living in Altadena for 16 years and the Pasadena area my entire life. I've accomplished many things in my 21 years and have gained valuable life lessons through my various experiences, including student ambassadorship to four countries and two states. I've been published in many newspapers, school papers, magazines, online, and poetry books and have done travel writing and reporting in about 20 countries and many more states. Through my professional child acting career and many other endeavors, I learned early on how to work with people to get things done.
During my tenure on the town council, I have fought tirelessly for the community I love. My main focus has been and always will be education. That's the promise I made when I first ran for the council, and that's what I set out to do the past two years. I believe Altadena is underserved by the Pasadena Unified School District and have dedicated my volunteer time on the council to improve the relationship and communication between the district and the council by offering alternative and unconventional ideas to major problems and dilemmas facing our schools and community. Altadenans want to have an influential and respected voice when it comes to major issues and decisions that affect schools, education, and Altadena students. I restarted the Altadena Town Council's dormant Education Committee and began a virtually nonexistent dialogue with the district. That committee is still doing good work in terms of shaping district policy in favor of the Altadena community and I will continue to push in that direction.
I want the council to be a much more influential and active voice in our community, sharing ideas and working with residents, institutions, and businesses. I have established working relationships with important local community leaders such as congress members, state senators, assembly members, superintendents, various board trustees, mayors, city council members, activists, and county supervisors.
I have several initiatives in mind for my census tract which I will work hard to implement if reelected, such as bus service on Lake Avenue from Altadena Drive to the mountains, park and school safety, and trail and park enhancement and maintenance.
If you live in 4602, please vote for me, Justin Chapman, on Saturday, June 9, so I can continue to fight for positive change in our community. Thank you."
mahalo,
justin
"For the past two years it has been an honor and a privilege to represent this beautiful and unique community. My name is Justin Chapman and I'm running for my second term on the Altadena Town Council. I want to continue to effectively represent the people of census tract 4602. They put their trust in me when they elected me two years ago, and everthing I've done on this council since then, all the hard work and volunteer time, has been entirely for their benefit.
I've been living in Altadena for 16 years and the Pasadena area my entire life. I've accomplished many things in my 21 years and have gained valuable life lessons through my various experiences, including student ambassadorship to four countries and two states. I've been published in many newspapers, school papers, magazines, online, and poetry books and have done travel writing and reporting in about 20 countries and many more states. Through my professional child acting career and many other endeavors, I learned early on how to work with people to get things done.
During my tenure on the town council, I have fought tirelessly for the community I love. My main focus has been and always will be education. That's the promise I made when I first ran for the council, and that's what I set out to do the past two years. I believe Altadena is underserved by the Pasadena Unified School District and have dedicated my volunteer time on the council to improve the relationship and communication between the district and the council by offering alternative and unconventional ideas to major problems and dilemmas facing our schools and community. Altadenans want to have an influential and respected voice when it comes to major issues and decisions that affect schools, education, and Altadena students. I restarted the Altadena Town Council's dormant Education Committee and began a virtually nonexistent dialogue with the district. That committee is still doing good work in terms of shaping district policy in favor of the Altadena community and I will continue to push in that direction.
I want the council to be a much more influential and active voice in our community, sharing ideas and working with residents, institutions, and businesses. I have established working relationships with important local community leaders such as congress members, state senators, assembly members, superintendents, various board trustees, mayors, city council members, activists, and county supervisors.
I have several initiatives in mind for my census tract which I will work hard to implement if reelected, such as bus service on Lake Avenue from Altadena Drive to the mountains, park and school safety, and trail and park enhancement and maintenance.
If you live in 4602, please vote for me, Justin Chapman, on Saturday, June 9, so I can continue to fight for positive change in our community. Thank you."
mahalo,
justin
posted by Justin Chapman at 1:13 AM
1 Comments:
Hi Justin,
I am a citizen in your district. I have lived here for about 2 years and was apparently a bit too naive about the status of Fair Oaks Blvd. (particularly from Woodbury to Altadena Drive).
The recent shooting at the Town & Country Liquor Store and related news reports indicating it was a gang-related activity (and that gang activity in Altadena and Pasadena is on the rise this year) has taken me by surprise. I have two young children and while I find it admirable that much of your focus on the Town Council revolves around education in Altadena, I would like to know what, if anything, you (and the Town Council) can (are?) doing with regard to making our beautiful community a SAFER place. It seems that the number of liquor stores on Fair Oaks and even Lake Ave (esp. at Lake and Mariposa) is absurd and they are also close to several schools and churches. Is there something we can do to reduce the number of liquor stores (e.g., any LA County code regarding proximity of a liquor store to a school)?
Has the Town Council established any type of anti-gang committee or relationship with the Sheriff's office on this subject?
I plan to vote tomorrow. I would have contacted you sooner with my concerns/questions, but the elections have only just been brought to my attention earlier this week.
I also hope to start attending ATC meetings and become a more active community member.
Any comments you have on my concerns and on becoming a more involved community member would be much appreciated.
Sincerely,
Kristin
p.s. - I have also recently been informed of this group - www.thefairoaksvillage.com Are you familiar with it?
p.p.s. - THANKS for your hard work!
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