Dear Editor,

I spent the afternoon of October 19 canvassing Holcomb Road talking to neighbors and longtime community members reminiscing. Clarkston was a community that helped and embraced one another.
My parents still live in the house I grew up in a couple blocks outside the Historic District.
I remember doing small jobs around Rudy’s for slices of pizza with my elementary school friends. I remember my first job as a bus boy at Clarkston Cafe.  My first bank account was Clarkston State Bank directly across the street. My first car was repaired by Morgan’s (if I couldn’t afford the bill, they would say pay it when you can). Kinetic Systems always helped me and my friends fix our BMX bikes. When I think of my love for Clarkston, this is in my heart.
This is why my family (Lianne, Finnley and Hazel) has chosen to live in the Historic District.
I remember two rope swings, one on the Mill Pond and one on Parke Lake. I think my friends and I were the last to swim in the Millpond in the early 90’s. We would use Mayor Haven’s rope swing into Parke Lake. Then get into a canoe and paddle (usually wading) along the course of the Clinton River. We would pass along Brookside Apartments where my parents started with my siblings in the 70’s.  Pass by the Methodist church (best snow sledding in town). We continued in the creek near my parents’ current house. We’d send the canoe under Main Street and catch it in Depot Park at the bridge. The journey continues to Middle Lake where we would continue around Clarkston’s waterways.
My journey continued through medical training where I met Lianne. We are both emergency physicians at local hospitals. When a friend or neighbor needs help, we do not hesitate. We have stitched and stapled lacerations on our dining table and removed stubbornly stuck fishhooks and provided medical advice.
Lianne and I are here to help and want everyone to feel the warmth and kindness we have in our hearts.
I am a write-in candidate for city council with a desire to restore the essence of old Clarkston back. I hope to restore and rehabilitate the local government to the highest of standards and ethics.
Paul Angelini and Steve McLean (candidates for city council) feel the same sentiment and love for Clarkston.
I hope our community feels the same way.

Sincerely,
Christopher Moore
Clarkston