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Ed Bond Candidate in Chemung County's 4th Legislature District |
Bond and a group of volunteers spent the past month collecting more than 250 petition signatures from voters to qualify for the ballot. From his conversations with residents, he learned about their concerns about such issues as the fate of the Chemung County Nursing Facility, increases in sewer tax bills and possible term limits for elected officials.
This is his second campaign for the seat after an unsuccessful run in 2018.
Bond is also a former reporter for the Star-Gazette in Elmira who had spent 25 years in journalism as a writer, copy editor, page designer or journalism professor. After getting his master’s degree in journalism from Indiana University, his first full-time job was to cover the Steuben County Legislature and other local news for the Star-Gazette. That experience had been an invaluable education in public policy, Bond said.
"Facts matter," Bond said. "A legislator must get the facts right first. Then, listen to all sides before knowing they have the full story. Only then can you begin to work on solutions to problems."
He had met his wife, Amy, in the newsroom of the Star-Gazette, where she had been an editorial assistant. In 2001, they moved to Horseheads, where Amy had grown up, and Ed took a job as a copy editor at the Star-Gazette and occasionally wrote opinion pieces and columns for the paper.
“If you want to ensure openness in government, improved communication and have a representative willing to listen to people, elect a former reporter,” Bond said.
Bond is the owner of MetaDreams LLC, which produces board games and custom laser-cutting in Horseheads. For information about the campaign, go to www.edbond.com/elected/
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