Monday, March 7, 2016

Local Residents Show Support in "Feel the Bern" March.

By Olivia Cahill

PLATTSBURGH – On a beautiful Saturday morning, the downtown Plattsburgh

community could hear the roar of “Feel the Burn” as a hundred locals joined the Upstate

NY for Bernie Sanders group held a march in support of the presidential candidate.

The march started at the ROTA art gallery at 29 Bridge Street and ended at the

Angell College Center at SUNY Plattsburgh. With his go-pro and a Bernie sign in hand,

Grand Isle resident Michael Case believes that Sanders is changing the political

landscape and that is why he has voted for Sanders since 1982.

As the political campaigns heat up, the February 27th march was just what was

needed to help Maria Dezotell, one of the 21st congressional district representatives to

spread awareness in the North Country of Sanders political agendas. “I like his

consistency. He has had the same messages all his life”. Through working with Sanders

as a consultant for education, she hopes to make a difference in Philadelphia this summer

at the Democratic National Convention.

PSU student Tim Murphy spoke about how Sanders learned about himself in

college and who Murphy has done the same. He said, “I want to live in a world were

Bernie is president”. The resounding note from each of the locals including Alice

Grau was that the presidential candidate has continued to keep the same political

stance on everything that he has worked on since the 1970s.

Patricia Blanchard, a co-creator of the march believes that Sanders is her

voice.  When asked why she helped put the march together she said, “This is all

about my grandchildren and their future here…and for generations to come”. By

keeping away from smear campaigns and focusing solely on his own politics,

Blanchard believes that he is the right candidate to represent the democrats in the

2016 election. Blanchard also said that she is working with the Albany chapter for

Bernie Sanders to create another march before the New York State primaries in

April.

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