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Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders made a stop in Binghamton, N.Y. on Monday for a town hall meeting. (Photos by Wendy Post)
Sanders2 \u2013 Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders made a stop in Binghamton, N.Y. on Monday for a town hall meeting.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Supporters of Bernie Sanders cheer as the democratic candidate discusses his plan to ensure college education is available to everyone.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Supporters of Bernie Sanders brought signs to Monday\u2019s town hall meeting, like this one.<\/p><\/div>\n

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A heckler, pictured in blue and red, departs the arena during Monday\u2019s town hall meeting.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Josh Fox, creator of the documentary, Gasland, was one of the speakers at Monday\u2019s town hall meeting. With him, Fox brought a contaminated bottle of water to the podium that had \u201cDimock\u201d written on it.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Tioga County resident Stephen Carpineta, right, along with fellow supporters of presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, attended Monday\u2019s town hall meeting.<\/p><\/div>\n

On Monday, April 11, democratic candidate Bernie Sanders made a stop in Binghamton, N.Y. Held at the Floyd L. Maines Veterans Memorial Arena in Binghamton, N.Y., 5,000 supporters filled the arena for what was the first visit by a presidential candidate to the region in 16 years; the last visit was in 2000 by George W. Bush.<\/p>\n

The candidates are all busy touring and making stops in New York ahead of the April 19 primaries, with Sanders selecting Binghamton as one of those; he also had a town hall meeting scheduled in Buffalo for later in the day on Monday.<\/p>\n

Conrad Taylor, the 19-year old councilman in Binghamton who is studying political science at Binghamton University and was selected as a speaker at Monday\u2019s town hall meeting, told guests that Sanders\u2019 stop is because he cares about the Southern Tier. Sanders also has ties to the Binghamton area. In 1990, Sanders taught a course at Binghamton University.<\/p>\n

But Sanders mainly arrived on Monday to deliver his campaign to the residents in the Southern Tier.<\/p>\n

The 74-year old senator of Vermont is one of the longest serving independents in the country, once serving the senate budget committee and chairing the senate veterans\u2019 affairs committee. Now, democratic candidate, Sanders is a progressive voice on issues like global warming, income equality, LGBT rights, universal healthcare, and even the decriminalization of recreational marijuana use.<\/p>\n

Sanders has also maintained a strong rhetoric surrounding his \u201cCollage for All Act\u201d that would ensure that every American can go to college.<\/p>\n

This rhetoric drew strong support from Binghamton\u2019s nearby university, with a large percentage of those in attendance on Monday arriving from SUNY Binghamton.<\/p>\n

One of the speakers at the event on Monday, Conrad Taylor, showed his enthusiasm when he opened, asking those in attendance if they were \u201cFeeling the Bern.\u201d<\/p>\n

Taylor addressed that it is the people that provoke change. As an example Taylor talked of how pushing against hydraulic-fracturing (fracking) in New York was successful, and that it was democracy that made it happen.<\/p>\n

Sanders\u2019 hard stance on environmental issues also resounded throughout the town hall meeting, with Sanders inviting Josh Fox, creator of Gasland – the documentary, to speak. Sanders also invited Jim Hightower from Austin, Texas to speak along his tour.<\/p>\n

Hightower is a nationally known radio commentator, writer, public speaker, and author of \u201cSwim Against The Current: Even A Dead Fish Can Go With The Flow,\u201d a book his website describes as giving the lowdown on how to put up-not shut up-in the fight for our future.<\/p>\n

Known to be a comical activist, Hightower threw out a few quips to the crowd, such as calling other candidates and political parties \u201cconfused as goats on Astroturf.\u201d<\/p>\n

Josh Fox, on the other hand, was carrying a bottle of dirty water that had Dimock written on it when he approached the podium. The contamination from drilled gas wells in nearby Dimock, Pa. was a focal point in his documentary.<\/p>\n

Fox greeted the guests who filled the arena by stating, \u201cEveryone knows what it\u2019s like to be alone in the face of opposition.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Sanders, and his entry into the arena, which was at full capacity, was the climax of the day\u2019s event.<\/p>\n

Those in attendance were chanting his name and waving signs in the air as Bernie Sanders was led to the podium. It took well over a minute before things quieted enough for Sanders to address his supporters.<\/p>\n

One of the very first areas that Sanders touched on, and one close to his heart is climate change.<\/p>\n

First, Sanders applauded Binghamton for standing up to Governor Andrew Cuomo and fighting against fracking. He noted that Vermont, his state, was the first to ban fracking.<\/p>\n

He stated, \u201cWe need to turn our focus away from fossil fuels. Together we will stand up to the fossil fuel industry and tell them it\u2019s not worth losing the planet.\u201d<\/p>\n

During his talk, a heckler began to yell something from inside the crowd on the floor \u2013 and near the podium. The heckler was removed shortly after he began, and was taken away from the floor without incident.<\/p>\n

Sanders also talked about equality as it relates to pay, gender, race and sexual orientation.<\/p>\n

On pay for women, Sanders stated that every woman is making $.79 of the $1.00 that is being paid to her male counterparts.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis camp is listening to women, they want the whole damn dollar,\u201d Sanders quipped.<\/p>\n

He also spoke about the minimum wage, and applauded those who fought to get an increase in states where it was approved \u2013 to include New York.<\/p>\n

Sanders also spoke about education, which was a highlight for the younger Binghamton University crowd that was in attendance. He noted that other countries ensure everyone gets a college education, and that the United States should do the same.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople need more education than they used to,\u201d said Sanders, adding, \u201cWe need to expand public education and make colleges and public institutions free.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also spoke on immigration reform and mentioned what he called the \u201cforgotten\u201d, the Native American Indians.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs some of you may know, we received a lot of gifts from the Native Americans,\u201d said Sanders about nature and the beauty and protection of land.<\/p>\n

Sanders also touched on other campaign platforms to include conflict and war, which he was opposed to when the United States went into Iraq. He also talked about corporate greed.<\/p>\n

But to make it all happen, he told those in attendance, as he was getting ready to conclude his talk, \u201cReal change never takes place from the top down, it takes place from the bottom up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to view more photos from Monday’s town hall meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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