Leadership for a Change

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I, Justine Cuccia, am a longtime community activist who currently serves as Vice-Chair of the 38th Representative District, Democratic Party. A wife, mother of two and a grandmother, I have lived with Alopecia Universalis since my early 20's. With over two decades of experience as a grassroots leader, I have been a co-organizer all 3 peaceful "No Kings" Rallies in Bethany Beach, Delaware.  

Here is what I will prioritize on Sussex County Council:  

     * Development is unavoidable, but we have to manage it more intelligently and responsibly 

     * We must link permission for development to improvements in infrastructure, like roads and schools 

     * Because new development saddles our communities with increased tax burdens, we need builders and the new neighbors they bring here to share in that responsibility 

     * We need to protect existing property owners, so that restraints on development don’t limit appreciation on the most important investment of their lives 

     * We must make sure that longtime residents (especially the elderly) are not priced out of living in our communities 

     * If we don’t prioritize people who work here also being able to live here, then every small business in Sussex will be endangered by having to pay employees extra to commute hours each day -- and those businesses will have no choice but pass those costs on to all of us 

     * We need to guide land use to include more clinical facilities, because if we don’t, Sussex’s rising population will turn our communities into health-care deserts

                                                   The Takeaway

There’s a saying that, “if you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.” I want to do things differently, so that the future of Sussex County can be bright for all of us. And the surest way to achieve this is to envision the tomorrow we want, and then get to work making it happen -- today.