Start Small, Build Big

There’s a multitude of issues that New York State needs to address, and more importantly, or rather, most importantly her representatives need to address.

There’s crime, unemployment, skyrocketing homelessness, basic infrastructure, and economies.

All sorts of stuff, and Timothy Jon Mitts plans to address each and all in its time.

His plan is pretty simple actually, and effective because it’s smart and efficient.

Start small, build big.

So small, potholes for instance.

It’s an issue he actualy keeps hearing about.

New York State ranks 10th in the country for the worst potholes. Now being 10th worst for potholes doesn’t sound like that big a deal when you’re also talking about economies and crime and all this other stuff, but consider congestion related delays in traffic ALONE cost 16.8 BILLION a year.

And if there’s any single issue we can ALL get behind and unite on its traffic.

We all hate $(%% traffic with a capital $.

And while you’re at it, throw in another 11.2 billion for road repair annually because of accidents that result in damage, injury, and death. And any of us from every walk of life can get together on that. If there’s a worthy cause out there at all, putting a dent in car accidents that take the lives of loved ones would be at the top of that list. Because the solution is so simple.

Fix some potholes.

That would cost 8.7 billion if anyone’s asking.

So compare that to the 36 odd billion total of the previous figures and that 8.7 is a small price to pay and an equitable, sensible, and practical solution to the problem.

And anybody who’s ever had a visit from a state trooper sadly reporting they lost a son or a daughter in a tragic accident ought to agree on that.

And that’s exactly where Timothy Jon Mitts is at.

Fix some big issues, fix some small ones, fix some important ones.

Start Small, build big.

Timothy Jon Mitts, Senator 42nd District, New York.