A lot of college kids don’t really know much about their college towns (besides where you can get the cheapest beer, of course). In many cases, the town is like an airport in a connecting city. It’s where you hang out for a few years of your life before moving on to the final destination.
So it’s impressive that Derek Roy, a senior at Western Connecticut State University, in Danbury, actually ran for a seat on the Danbury Common Council. The 21-year-old lost, but he still plans to keep his campaign promises, which include implementing initiatives to get students to shop downtown to stimulate the Danbury economy and strengthening the connections between the university and the city. He’s doing all this on top of his academic workload and part time job at the IT department.
You can read my article about him here.
Oh, this gives me hope. Hope that young people who will participate not only in running for office but in VOTING will some day be smarter than their parents, who apparently voted that knucklehead Joe Lieberman into office. He’s hurting Chris Dodd, who has done nothing but support him, and doing everything he can to make sure that young people do not get the health care they deserve. Sad man, his effects tragic for all of us, but political activism like this makes me happy.
Comment by Health Care Hope — November 10th, 2009 @ 1:42 am
Vinti…THANK YOU! I loved the article and your encouragement and support means a lot.
Health Care Hope…thank you as well. It’s nice to read that political activism is noticed. All politics are local and its important that voters remember that!
Comment by Derek B. Roy — November 13th, 2009 @ 4:16 pm