Staten Island State of the Borough 2012: Full text
Below is the complete text of Borough President James Molinaro's 2012 State of the Borough address. It was provided before delivery and does not reflect routine last-minute edits or ad-libs:Good evening and welcome.
I would like to thank our sponsor for this evening, Staten Island Community Television and Chairwoman Maria Esposito. I would also like to thank Time Warner Cable for its production assistance. And of course, I would also like to take the opportunity to thank the Center for the Arts, and College of Staten Island President Tomas Morales for hosting once again.
As we begin 2012,my Administration has 704 days left to finish its work.
I am working very closely with Mayor Bloomberg, Governor Cuomo, my fellow elected officials and YOU, my fellow Staten Islanders, to get many important projects done by the end of 2013.
So let's get started...
Two summers ago, at my annual "Back to the Beach" celebration, a man came up to me with a complaint.
He said that there were too many American flags on the boardwalk.......
As you can imagine, I had a few choice words in response...
So for our next" Back to the Beach", I made sure to add even more American flags to the boardwalk!
Several years ago, I was handing out small American flags at a parade.
I noticed there was a small label on the stick that read "Made in China".
Can you believe it? American flags made in China!
I told my staff: "only order American flags that are made in America."
So to this day - the American flags that are purchased by my office are made in Pennsylvania, USA.
I feel very strongly that we all have an obligation to support a home-grown economy.
As of November, every piece of constituent mail leaving my office has this stamp: "Buy American Products - Put Americans Back to Work"
And at my annual Christmas Tree Lighting, we distributed toys from American manufacturers. Believe me, they weren't easy to find...but we did it.
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