{"id":46476,"date":"2015-10-10T02:39:55","date_gmt":"2015-10-10T02:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/owegopennysaver.com\/?p=46476"},"modified":"2015-10-11T02:48:44","modified_gmt":"2015-10-11T02:48:44","slug":"janet-thomas-announces-candidacy-for-owego-town-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2015\/10\/10\/janet-thomas-announces-candidacy-for-owego-town-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Janet Thomas announces candidacy for Owego Town Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_46477\" style=\"width: 259px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/owegopennysaver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/WGOPThomas_Election.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46477\" class=\"wp-image-46477 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/owegopennysaver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/WGOPThomas_Election.jpg\" alt=\"Janet Thomas announces candidacy for Owego Town Board. (Contributed Photo)\" width=\"249\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-46477\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pictured, is Janet Thomas.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Janet Thomas, a 30-year resident of the Town of Owego, has declared her candidacy in the upcoming election\u00a0for the Town of Owego Council. She\u2019ll be running on both the Democratic Party and Working Families Party tickets.<\/p>\n<p>According to Thomas, her main reason for running is that she believes she can lend\u00a0some much needed balance to the board, and that her presence would foster a more\u00a0open dialogue on issues affecting Town of Owego residents. She is especially interested in working to improve the town\u2019s crumbling infrastructure, to address the recent increase in local drug abuse, and to make clean, affordable energy more available to local residents.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_46478\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/owegopennysaver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/WGOPThomas_Photo1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46478\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-46478\" src=\"http:\/\/owegopennysaver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/WGOPThomas_Photo1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Janet Thomas announces candidacy for Owego Town Board\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2015\/10\/WGOPThomas_Photo1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2015\/10\/WGOPThomas_Photo1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-46478\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janet Thomas, Democratic candidate for the Owego Town Board, recently congratulated Farmhouse Brewery owners Marty and Natalie Mattrazzo at the first anniversary celebration of their Newark Valley business, with a taproom at 14 George St. in Owego, N.Y. The Mattrazzos grow their own hops and malt their own barley. Pictured, from left, are Marty, Natalie and Janet. (Photo contributed by Gerri Wiley)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Thomas stated in a release, \u201cTown of Owego residents deserve a councilwoman who will fight to use our hard-earned tax dollars to improve our community. We have every right to expect safe neighborhoods, functional storm sewers, decent roads, and a healthy environment for our children and grandchildren. Unfortunately, our current Board has not been able to deliver these things and has had the town in a holding pattern for far too long. When I\u2019m elected, I\u2019ll reach out to the best and\u00a0brightest in our community to develop and implement a plan to address these concerns, and I firmly believe that jobs will be created in the process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thomas is a retired IBM project manager who raised two sons as a single working mother.\u00a0She is currently President of the Friends of the Apalachin Library and a trained master gardener.\u00a0Among her volunteer efforts was rewarding work as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for children in Tioga and Broome Counties.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_46479\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/owegopennysaver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/WGOPThomas_Photo2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46479\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-46479\" src=\"http:\/\/owegopennysaver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/WGOPThomas_Photo2-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"Janet Thomas announces candidacy for Owego Town Board\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2015\/10\/WGOPThomas_Photo2-240x300.jpg 240w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2015\/10\/WGOPThomas_Photo2.jpg 404w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-46479\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janet Thomas, Democratic candidate for the Owego Town Board, speaks at the fundraiser held for her at Tioga Trails in Owego, N.Y. recently. (Photo contributed by Gerri Wiley)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>You can \u2018Like\u2019 Janet on Facebook, CampaignforJanetThomas, or on Twitter @JaneTT4Owego.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Janet Thomas, a 30-year resident of the Town of Owego, has declared her candidacy in the upcoming election\u00a0for the Town of Owego Council. 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