October 6, 2011

Town of Rush candidates pledge to reduce salaries if elected

For Immediate Release: Rush, N.Y. September 10.5.2011

“Town of Rush candidates pledge to reduce salaries if elected”

For more information, contact David Sluberski, Town Democratic Party and Independent Open Rush Government Party Leader, Tel: 585-880-4349. slub@earthlink.net

Last night the candidates for Open Rush Government and the Democratic Party signed a pledge to roll back their salaries to 2010 for the term of office. Kathryn Hankins for Town Supervisor, David Palmer, and Dan Woolaver for Town Council were shocked to learn that the proposed 2012 budget includes another pay increase for elected officials.

The candidates state “our citizens have not had an increase in their social Security for the past two years, and this year’s projected increase will be offset by an increase in the cost of Medicare”.

They are running on a platform of fiscal responsibility and accountability. If elected this is just the beginning of what they want to achieve as town leaders. “We believe elected officials should lead by example and do what is fair and equitable for all tax payers”. There is no reason for the citizens to shoulder elected officials annual increases, when many hard working individuals and our seniors living on social security receive no increase.

Accountability starts with the elected, and we encourage all elected officials to join us in this pledge in the town of Rush, NY, in moving towards a more responsible stewardship of tax dollars.

Election Day is Tuesday, November 8. For more information on these candidates please go to http://www.rushdemocrats.org or on Facebook at Rush Town Democrats.

Posted by gmadore at 1:27 PM

September 8, 2011

About David Palmer

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David Palmer

holds strong values and commitments to both family and community.

18 yrs. Rush Resident; Wife: Meg Palmer, Daughter: Samantha, Son: Brendan; works at SEIU Local 200 United for past 3 1⁄2 yrs.; Rural Metro Medical Services for 6 yrs.; past member of Rush Fire District and Rush Lions Club.

1829 Middle Rd, Tel: 533-2594, cell: 319-0206 e-mail dpalmerny@yahoo.com

Committed to improve our Town of Rush:

Improve fiscal responsibility and accountability – in 2010 elected officials voted a 3% raise for themselves at a time when our seniors received no increase in Social Security. We need to find administrative savings as we continue to support our services and employees.

Actively listen to “all Rush Residents and Business Owners” for effective land use planning, addressing the needs of farmers and residents interested in protecting our rural landscape and heritage.

Make “Main Street Our Street”. Let’s revitalize the Hamlet of Rush!

Achieve Open, responsive and engaging government with all residents. We will improve communication, keep everyone informed, offer a higher comfort level in participating in meetings, and provide increased access to all town officials.

Let’s be better prepared and poised for success where Business, Recreation, Town and Community activities are welcome and can all come together. (Transportation Museum, Farmers Market, newly acquired BOCES property, increasing future opportunities.)

Vote on Tuesday November 8
for David Palmer for Town Board

Positive Change, Commitment and Leadership

Endorsed by the Democratic Party and
the Open Rush Government Party

Posted by gmadore at 8:31 PM

About Dan Woolaver

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Dan Woolaver looks forward to helping make Rush the active, vibrant community that he grew up in. Life long resident of Rush; grew up on Pleasant Drive where parents still reside. Wife: Susan, Daughters: Emily and Megan, Son Charlie.

25 + yrs. a remodeling contractor; BS in Business Management from SUNY Geneseo; Deputy Chairman Rush Conservation Board; Chairman Building & Grounds Committee of St. Joseph's Church

5639 East Henrietta, Tel: 533-9251 e-mail: dvwoolaver@yahoo.com

Committed to improving our Town of Rush:

Improve fiscal responsibility and accountability – in 2010 elected officials voted a 3% raise for themselves at a time when our seniors received no increase in Social Security. We need to find administrative savings as we continue to support our services and employees.

Actively listen to “all Rush Residents and Business Owners” for effective land use planning, addressing the needs of farmers and residents interested in protecting our rural landscape and heritage.

Make “Main Street Our Street”. Let’s revitalize the Hamlet of Rush!

Achieve Open, responsive and engaging government with all residents. We will improve communication, keep everyone informed, offer a higher comfort level in participating in meetings, and provide increased access to all town officials.

Let’s be better prepared and poised for success where Business, Recreation, Town and Community activities are welcome and can all come together. (Transportation Museum, Farmers Market, newly acquired BOCES property, increasing future opportunities.)

Vote on Tuesday November 8
for Dan Woolaver for Town Board

Positive Change, Commitment and Leadership
Endorsed by the Democratic Party and
the Open Rush Government Party

Posted by gmadore at 8:21 PM

About Kathryn Hankins

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Kathryn Hankins wants to engage all residents in improving our community. She has earned a reputation as a dedicated advocate for youth and adults with disabilities and their families, and has helped to strengthen supports and services to increase their independence and self sufficiency.

She has an in-depth knowledge of public policy, town law

Personal and Education:

• Life long resident in upstate New York Grew up in Auburn, New York.
• She has been a Rush resident for more than 23 years, and lives with her husband, Lee. She has two adult children and 3 grandchildren.
• She is a graduate of the University of Rochester.
• National Association of Homebuilders Certified Graduate Homebuilder and Certified Aging in Place Specialist.
• Americans with Disabilities Act Trainer and Consultant
• Certified Workforce Incentives Social Security Benefit Specialist

Knowledge and wide range of experience in NYS town and land use law; zoning regulations, environmental regulations; and development of effective public policy, comprehensive and strategic plans designed to protect our natural resources and promote effective conservation, small farm preservation, and appropriate commercial development in the upstate Finger Lakes region.

30+ yrs. work experience as a disability rights advocate in NYS; including 5+ years as Executive Director of the NYS Disabilities Advocacy Association and Network; 18 years Associate Executive Director of LDA Life and Learning Services (Learning Disabilities Association of the Genesee Valley) 9 years as Administrative Manager for the Health Association.

25+ yrs. nonprofit Executive; experience with strong experience based in fund- accounting, budget and grant development and management, strategic business plans, and evaluation and assessment.

20 yrs. Small Business Manager: She has a wide range of experience in managing a small business and fully appreciates the challenges and demands that small business owners face. Our small business community helps ensure our diversity as a community and is an important part of our character as a small rural town.

She will be very supportive of business owners who operate small businesses in our community, and will work closely with them and residents to ensure we have a supportive, productive climate that helps attract and maintain small business.

Volunteer and Board Experience:

• Past Trustee of Rush Library
• Rush Lions Club Member
• Board Member Learning Disabilities Association of NYS
• Board Member, Owasco Lake Watershed Association, Land-use Committee Chairperson
• Board Member and Member of Public Policy Committee, Center for Disabilities Rights
• Statewide Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) School-Family Partnership Learning Community
• Advisory Board Member for TRIO program (First Generation Students, RIT, and AEOC Program, Genesee Community College
• Member of Universal Design Committee, Allegany County Office of Aging

Kathryn’s full resume is posted Here.

Contact Information:

2353 Pinnacle Rd. Tel: 533-1154, cell: 355-8509 e-mail: Kathryn.Hankins@aol.com

Committed to improve our Town of Rush:

Improve fiscal responsibility and accountability – in 2010 elected officials voted a 3% raise for themselves at a time when our seniors received no increase in Social Security. We need to find administrative savings as we continue to support our services and employees.

Actively listen to “all Rush Residents and Business Owners” for effective land use planning, addressing the needs of farmers and residents interested in protecting our rural landscape and heritage.

Make “Main Street Our Street”. Let’s revitalize the Hamlet of Rush!

Achieve Open, responsive and engaging government with all residents. We will improve communication, keep everyone informed, offer a higher comfort level in participating in meetings, and provide increased access to all town officials.

Let’s be better prepared and poised for success where Business, Recreation, Town and Community activities are welcome and can all come together. (Transportation Museum, Farmers Market, newly acquired BOCES property, increasing future opportunities.)

Posted by gmadore at 7:42 PM

July 6, 2011

Open Rush Government Party: Election Day Tuesday November 8, 2011

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Message from Dave Sluberski: The Rush Democratic Committee is pleased to announce their endorsement of three terrific candidates who are ready to serve the residents of Rush. Each candidate is highly qualified and will work vigorously for positive improvements in our town. They are united in their commitment to active participation, effective communication, and open government. They will keep you informed and engaged, and together we will revitalize and reenergize our community.

As you get to know our three candidates over the next few months, I’m sure that you will agree that each one will be an excellent, accessible, thoughtful and dependable leader for our town. You can read more about the candidates in the full posting here.

We welcome your involvement in the campaign and encourage your active participation. We invite you to distribute brochures, flyers, post yard signs, and sponsor neighborhood talks, as well as neighborhood canvassing. Please contact me or one of the candidates for more information and to volunteer.

Dave Sluberski
585-533-1840
e-mail: slub@earthlink.net

We are committed to improving our
Town of Rush including:

Make "Main Street Our Street". Let’s revitalize the Hamlet of Rush!

Open, responsive and engaging government with all residents. We want to improve and increase communication, and offer a higher comfort level in participating, and providing access to all town officials.

Make our town a family friendly place for all, including children and youth, families, and seniors.

Let’s be better prepared and poised for success where Business, Recreation, Town and Community activities are welcome and can all come together. (E.g. Transportation Museum, Farmers Market, BOCES property, increasing future opportunities.)

Posted by gmadore at 3:30 PM

Wanted: Residents who want to Make a Difference in the Town of Rush!

The RUSH Democratic Committee is in search of individuals who are interested in participating in OUR town government.

We will be interviewing people during the month of February/March who are interested in running for the following offices:

2011 Town of Rush positions up for election:

Supervisor (2 year term) $29,523
Council seats (2) (4 year term) $7,017
Clerk (4 years term) $47,601
Highway Superintendant (4 year Term) $67,406
Town Justice (4 year Term) $12,840

NOTE: There are Four Republicans and 1 Democrat on the Town Board.
Contact : Dave Sluberski 585-533-1840
Email: slub@earthlink.net
www.rushdemocrats.org

Posted by gmadore at 3:19 PM

August 6, 2009

Candidates for 2009 Rush Town Council

Posted by gmadore at 11:11 AM

July 6, 2009

LISA SLUBERSKI – RE-ELECT FOR RUSH TOWN COUNCIL

Posted by gmadore at 11:09 AM

June 11, 2007

Bio - Rick Spencer

Download full printable version of Rick Spencer's biography HERE.

RICHARD SPENCER
Democratic Candidate for
Rush Town Council

Rush should be a place where children know that they are valued; where there is community dialogue, where citizens talk and officials listen; a place where people know what they get for their tax money.

I understand government budgets, matching funds, grant writing, consensus building and above all the importance of being open to the public.

Family:
Janet and I have been married for 26 years. We have two sons, Tim and Steve. Our children were born here, have gone to school here, made friends, gone to college. I hope they will find work here. Rush is our home.

Qualifications:
- 4 years as a successful program assessment and development consultant
- 31 years of progressively increasing responsibility at Monroe County Department of Social Services
- 22 years as the Department’s welfare to work administrator
- Lead, coordinated and supervised 50 employees
- Negotiated and monitored contracts and agreements with annual funding exceeding $9,000,000

Honors and Awards:
- Distinguished Volunteer Service Award (United Way of Greater Rochester)
- Certificate of Appreciation for Service (New York State Department of Education)
- Service Award (Rochester Private Industry Council)
- Friend of Education (School Board Rochester City School District)
- Outstanding Contribution (New York State Council on Vocational Education)
- Recognition and Appreciation (Rochester Rehabilitation Center)

Past and Present Community Activities:
- Town of Rush Conservation Board
- Rochester City School Board Advisory Council for Career Education (Past Chair)
- Southwest YMCA Board of Management
- Boy Scouts of America Troop 134 Assistant Scout Master
- Big Brothers/Big Sisters Board of Directors (Chair Personnel Committee)
- Wilson Commencement Park Advisory Committee
- Monroe Community College Damon City Campus Advisory Board
- Rush Henrietta Education Foundation (Founding Trustee)
- Rochester Business Education Alliance
- Action for a Better Community Board of Directors
- Court Appointed Special Advocates Board of Directors

Education:
- University of Rochester Bachelor of Arts

It seems like more and more decisions are made before most of us even know there was a question. I would like our town to be a place where decisions are made after the discussion, not a place where last week’s decisions are this week’s discussion.

I would like to serve our community as an elected representative, working as your Town Council member.

Posted by gmadore at 9:38 PM | Comments (1)

December 27, 2005

Lisa Sluberski takes oath for Rush Town Council

Who: Judge Henry Kirch swears in new Rush Town Council member Lisa Sluberski
What: Rush Town Government Office induction
When: Sunday, January 1, 2006 at 4 p.m.
Where: Rush Town Hall, 5977 East Henrietta Road, Rush

Lisa Sluberski, who was endorsed by the Rush Democratic Committee, will
take the oath of office for Rush Town Council before Judge Henry Kirch
on January 1st at 4 p.m. at the Rush Town Hall. Sluberski had the
majority of the votes in a town dominated by republicans, with a 60/40
majority. The Rush Town Government has been 100% republican up until
January 1, 2006. This was Sluberski’s first campaign for public office.

Contact: Dave Sluberski, (585-880-4349) www.rushdemocrats.org

Posted by gmadore at 11:41 PM

November 7, 2005

Lisa Sluberski wins seat on Town Council.

Lisa Sluberski has won a seat on the Rush town Council!!!!
2 seats were open. 2 republicans(1 incumbent) and 1 democrat ran for office.

Rush Council -- 4 of 4 precincts reporting (100%)
SLUBERSKI [D] 700 36% (X)
KNAB [R] 650 33%
TALLO [R] 612 31%

Lisa would like to thank her family and all her friends for all their support and well wishes. The voters have spoken and would like to see a two party system in Rush resume. She looks forward to a positive relationship with the Rush Town Board and hopes to work on all the issues raised during the campaign.

Posted by gmadore at 11:49 AM

September 8, 2005

Improving Balance Party in the town of Rush.

An article posted in the Democrat & Chronicle on 8/27 listed many new parties created by the candidates. In New York State, candidates can get a specified number of petition signatures to form their own party. They often come up with unique names for the parties.

In the Town of Rush, NY Lisa Sluberski has added the:

Improving Balance Party

Rush council: Lisa Sluberski

Posted by gmadore at 8:46 AM

July 22, 2005

Dem seeks diversity on Town Board

Democrat Lisa Sluberski will challenge two Republicans for a Town Board seat this fall.

By COLLEEN M. FARRELL / cfarrell@mpnewspapers.com

Between the marching firefighters and crowds of residents straining for a view during last week's Rush Firemen's Parade, an unusual float passed by.

Rush resident David Sluberski, dressed as Uncle Sam, drove a tractor pulling his wife, Lisa, and area children through the town's streets. A "Vote for Lisa Sluberski" sign adorned the homemade float.

Click here for a video clip from the parade. (Quicktime required Macintosh | Windows)

"It (the parade) is the year's highlight, every year," Lisa Sluberski said.

This year's parade was extra special for her family, as it marked the beginning of her campaign for a seat on Rush's Town Board.

Lisa Sluberski, 43, has been endorsed by the Rush Democratic Committee. She is the only Democrat in the November race for two Town Board seats. The four-year term pays $6,235 a year.

Incumbent Don Knab was endorsed by the Republic committee and will run again. Republican Jerry Tallo was also endorsed and is running to fill Town Board member William Riepe's seat. He isn't seeking re-election.

A native of Pennsylvania, Lisa Sluberski has lived in Rush for 18 years. During that time, she has been a member of Rush United Methodist Church, held various titles in Cub Scout Pack 217 and has been on the Rush Fall Festival Committee.

She has also served on Leary Elementary's PTA, Parents as Partners committee, Shared Decision Making and Parents as Partners committees, and has been chairwoman of several fund-raisers and activities at the school.

She also ran a day care in her home for five years. Now, she is a clerical worker at Rush-Henrietta's Continuing Education Office.

"I like to be involved in my community," she said.

The number of town residents who encouraged her involvement, along with a lack of political diversity on the board, prompted her to run, she said.

"People on it (Town Board) haven't done a bad job, but it doesn't hurt every once in awhile to throw a new person in there just to add a little outside opinion and just to add a little diversity," Lisa Sluberski said.

She isn't dissuaded by her lack of political experience.

"When I get involved in something, I put my all into it," Sluberski said. "I would certainly do that in this position and try to listen to everyone and everyone's opinion and try to keep an open mind in all situations."

David Sluberski, chairman of the town's Democratic Committee, said his wife's service in the community makes up for her lack of political experience.

"With all her community involvement, with all her other groups, she has had contact with many, many people and parents especially" and "got a feel for the vibes" of the town, he said.

"A lot of other people saw what she did ... and encouraged her from both parties," he added.

She said her specific goals include pushing for a community center and developing businesses.

"Right now, in the town of Rush, there's not a lot of huge political issues or anything going on," she said, "but I would like to see the community center revisited."

Rush doesn't have adequate space for a gym that could hold dances, athletic events for youth, senior and Scouting activities, and it's needed, she said.

Besides a community center, Sluberski said she would pursue some business growth for the town, while preserving green space.

"I'm really in favor of low-key kind of business growth," she said. "I don't want to see things like McDonald's and strip malls like Jefferson Road (in Henrietta)."

She said she would like to see a high-tech industry come in, to help Rush "continue to grow as a community."

The newest Town Board candidate and her husband hope her candidacy will entice others to serve publicly.

"The bottom line is, talking to both parties, not a lot of people want to get active," David Sluberski said. "We're trying to stay active as much as we can."

And at the very least, a Democrat provides an alternative point of view, which is helpful to the Town Board, both Sluberskis said.

"Democracy works best when people have a choice of candidates," Lisa Sluberski said. "I'm here to provide that alternate choice."

Posted by gmadore at 5:44 PM

June 1, 2005

Post signs in October

Currently we are planning on putting up signs displaying our support for the local candidates in October. Keep an eye on this site for more information.

These signs will be removed a day or two after the elections have passed.

Posted by dsluberski at 9:24 PM

Petitions passed for Candidates in June

For all individuals who might be interested in running for a political office in the town of Rush, the petitions for available positions will be passed during the month of June and are due by the end of the month. If you are interested in participating in the elections as a candidate you can fill out this form and someone will contact you to assist in the preparations.

Posted by dsluberski at 9:18 PM