Carolyn Glauda is an optimist in dark times

As the only candidate running for city council representing Ward 4, Carolyn Glauda is pretty much a shoe-in for the seat, but she still wants to earn your vote. In this interview, she shares her vision for a safer, more affordable and more sustainable Beacon.  Carolyn has been a member of the traffic safety committee since 2020, an experience that got her hooked on civic engagement. In this interview, she shares her point of view on Beacon's affordability crisis, sustainability initiatives, transit and other topics. She also indulges her interviewer in a detour on the failures of Democrats nationally and what, if anything, we can learn from our current debacle.  In her day job, Carolyn works for the Southeastern New York Library Resource Council, managing the Digital Navigators of the Hudson Valley. This is a program that provides community members with tech support in a world where digital access and fluency is increasingly a prerequisite for participation in society.