However, Zimet was able to bring the issue back down to Earth to a question of economics.
With so many concerns and voices attempting to be heard in a public forum, the current town board was overwhelmed with complexity of opinions. There were a multitude of reasons the Walmart project was opposed and favored by New Paltz residents. “But since people saw my abilities to take a complicated issue and narrow it down into communicable facts and figures, and many encouraged me to run for supervisor the following year.” “I had no interest in local politics and no interest in becoming supervisor,” Zimet said. In 1995, she initially became involved in town politics to stop the construction of a Walmart in New Paltz because she felt that it threatened the foundation and color of New Paltz. She followed her heart in pursuing spokesmanship for women’s rights, as well as advocating for property tax reform, protecting the environment and opposing hydro-fracking. The magnitude of her impact on the town is indisputable. Zimet had served as supervisor from 1996 to 2015, with two separate terms. “I know my worth and potential it was clear to me that there was a lot more out there.” “I didn’t have much of an issue walking away from my role as town supervisor,” Zimet said. Viking Penguin Random House is set to publish the book, entitled “Roses and Radicals,” in 2018. Since leaving behind her legacy in New Paltz, as of February 2015, Zimet became the executive director of the Hunger Action Network of New York (HAN), founded in 1982, founded and became the president of 2020: Project Women and is currently authoring a book for young adults based on suffrage movement and the development of women’s roles through history.
She has also held office as Ulster County Legislature. Zimet took office as the Town of New Paltz’s first female supervisor, and, in doing so, raised up many other women (politically active or otherwise) by motivating them to reach for their goals with an air of confidence once only associated with men. Not only has Susan Zimet done this and shown herself as a tenacious human being, she has displayed the steadfast nature of a woman in a man’s political world. When an individual possesses a level of determination that leads them to pursue multiple career paths throughout their life, something deep-rooted about their character is revealed. Although one might have multiple interests and political concerns, their ambitions can only be put forth into one of those passions. Susan Zimet, former New Paltz Town Supervisor, current executive director of the Hunger Action Network of New York and founder of 2020: Project Women.įor some, a career path is a singular trail.
0 kommentar(er)
