Woodruff Carroll

45 Years of Law &
Life in Syracuse

I am an attorney with 45 years of experience practicing law in the City of Syracuse. My family has practiced law here for three generations. I am running to help out the community and bring honesty, business growth, balance, pragmatism, efficiency and common sense to government.

We have a lot of social problems. The youth are unemployed. Our youth crime rate and violence are way too high. I am forming a not for profit to help with it.

We need fiscal honesty and integrity in the government, economic growth and jobs. Our infrastructure is in poor repair, our water system is 125 years old, roads, fire hydrants etc need to be repaired.

I believe in making decisions on the merits. You identify the problem, analyze it and adopt a cheap, common sense solution that solves the problem without being overly attached to ideological goals at a reasonable price.

Micron coming here is a great thing. Good paying jobs, more people (who spend money), rising property values and with them will come better infrastructure.

The roads are a disaster. This has to be addressed at every level. Not to mention other infrastructure problems such as lead in the water — is it a coincidence that the most violent part of town also has the highest lead concentration in the water? Not to mention that the water system pipes are leaking and overdue for replacement.

We have a youth problem and I am about to set up a charity to help the kids overcome the barriers to getting jobs, such as unable to buy tools, education etc to try and improve the situation for the kids who want to have a better life.

I like parks and recreation. We need an inexpensive outdoor sports program.

Increased efficiency is the way to go rather than raise taxes. Taxes destroy growth. At best they are a necessary evil. Taxes are only productive when spent on roads, sewage, water etc.

Crime is a serious problem. The sheriff's department presence needs to be increased.