 I'm Sarah Swartz and I am here today to let you know who I am as a candidate for Amherstown Council running for District 1. I have lived in North Amherst for 28 years. So I started as a student and then a graduate and then I married my husband and we have been farming our APR family farm together for about 26 years. I have two children that were brought up in the Amherst schools and so I feel like that gives me a pretty long range of growing up as an adult in Amherst and really trying really sort of understanding many of the situations that are in North Amherst. So there are some things I think that helped me be qualified for actually being on this first town council. I served on finance committee which gave me a lot of insight into how the town runs. I was the vice chair of the ag com, the agricultural commission. I was a long time town meeting member which maybe means not too much as we're looking into this charter but I do think that that gives you an idea of how things work, the inner workings of Amherst government as well. To let you know some things that are very important to me, I would let you know that I believe in keeping taxes reasonable in order to preserve the very healthy diversity not only North Amherst but in Amherst. I am a proponent of cautious and thoughtful spending. I don't feel that I can support a major capital project that would price the people that it should be serving out of town. So I believe in being cautious and thoughtful in spending making sure that we use the resources that we have and then finding creative solutions. I do not support building that does not protect neighborhoods or does not protect farming, active farming or preservation of open space. I will not do that. I am hoping very much to make sure that I speak for active farming in North Amherst. I also, I can't speak for but I very much would like to uplift the voices of people of color, LGBT community, community and lower income people. I think that's really important. And I am for smart and conscientious building but I also am against any kind of gentrification especially in Precinct One. And I think that's pretty much everything that I can tell you about myself and how I feel on issues. I will tell you that I voted in many ways with Precinct One but I'm a very open-minded person who will always go into a meeting with an open mind and willing to meet people halfway and to discuss things with them. If there are any other things that you would want to reach me or talk to me about I'm very open in doing that and I thank you very much for your time.