WPCNR CAMPAIGN 2007. May 25, 2007: Marc Pollitzer, the perpetual activist turned activism into action Thursday, when he opened up his campaign for the Common Council with Robert Levine and Robert Stackpole by inviting all of White Plains to his North Street Area Civic Association Annual Meeting June 20, from 7:30 to all hours for citizens to hear four community leaders on the future of White Plains. The meeting will be at Ridgeway School in White Plains and the topic will be When Did We Lose White Plains and How Do We Get It Back?
Marc Pollitzer, longtime addessor of the Common Council -- sponsors communitywide meeting June 20 to galvanize the issues.
The Civic Association meeting will feature his running mates, Robert Stackpole and Robert Levine, and Dr. Saul Yanofsky, former Superintendent of Schools and former Planning Commissioner Mike Graessle. The four speakers will address four issues facing the city: Fiscal Responsibility (Stackpole), Protecting Our Neighborhoods (Graessle), City/School Interdependence (Yanofsky), and Comprehensive Planning (Levine).
Citzens Plan Committee, January 13, 2005 -- at a town meeting at Ridgeway School when the "CPC" first energized, attracting some 200 persons to a meeting on "Where is White Plains Headed." Dr. Saul Yanofsky is seen addressing the throng, while John Kilpatrick, Mike Graessle and Robert Stackpole, (left to right) look on. Photo, WPCNR News Archive.
The "Big 4" city personalities Pollitzer has put together for the panel created the Citizens Plan Committee in 2004 that drove city to reexamine its 1997 Comprehensive Plan, but were not given a hand in being part of the Mayor's panel that wrote the review of the 1997 Comprehensive Plan.
Pollitzer writes in the flyer advertising the meeting: "We encourage all residents in the North Street community to attend this annual meeting.The preservation of the residential character of our neighborhood, which drew us all here, is dependent upon our show of concern and support. Be an activist in protecting the value of your property and the quality of life in our community."
