East Williston needs the independent voice of Caroline DeBenedittis on the village board!
My wife Agnes, two children and I have had the pleasure of calling East Williston our home for the last 12 years, and we’ve lived in the area (formerly in Mineola and Williston Park) for basically our entire lives.
My family and I have known Caroline and her family for most of my 12 years in the village, and have worked with her and witnessed her strong organizational skills and effective leadership in activities including little league, village get-togethers on the Village Green, the annual Memorial Day 5-K run, Easter egg hunt, and other recreation committee events, and events in our public schools.
While she may not currently run a business or have a legal background, I can tell you firsthand that she is someone who knows how to work with people, get things done, and is fiscally prudent to the point of treating the village’s money (when running village events) like it truly was her own.
When I think of Caroline, words that immediately come to mind include “interested,” “caring,” “great listener,” and. “the real deal.”
While many of us (including me) volunteer our time to activities our own children participate in (little league, CYO, etc.), Caroline has demonstrated her active commitment to our community for years by continuing to devote significant time and effort to causes which her children are no longer part of (since no longer age-appropriate), including movie/game nights at the Village Hall and the annual “Spooky Walk” at Willets Road School.
Caroline truly brings a genuine and refreshing (and contagious) enthusiasm to everything she gets involved in, and her service on our village board will be no exception. She actively participates in Village meetings, loves nothing more than to take on a challenge and figure out a way to creatively resolve it, and will embrace the opportunity to listen to you, her fellow residents of the village we all love, and be your independent voice in Village Hall regarding the things that are most important to you – what more could you want from an elected official?
To paraphrase Abraham Lincoln’s quote on the sign by our Village Green, “I like to see people proud of the place in which they live,” and nothing would make me more proud than to see Caroline get the chance to serve the residents of our village as a trustee. Please spread the word and make sure to join me and get out and vote for Caroline DeBenedittis on the Involved Party line on Election Day, March 15.
Kenneth Kirschner
East Williston
