How Sean Palladino Turns Creativity into Community Impact | Buying Local #63

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Speaker 1
Welcome to By and Local. I’m your host, Matt Noth with Five Towers Media. I’m joined today with Sean Palladino. Sean’s a writer, freelancer. Frequently actually. Can contributing to our buying local publication, where you can see his works on the latest arcade, archeology stinky’s coffee, even catch a vibe and, you know, just so many more.

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Speaker 1
Along with that, Sean’s a council on the council of Glens Falls in the Common Council. Sean, welcome.

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Speaker 2
Thanks for having me on. That is quite an introduction.

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Speaker 1
Wasn’t that?

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Speaker 2
Yeah, I still am at a glow of like that. I’m was even, like, elected because that was my first time ever. Like, running for public office. And I learned so much from the, along the journey and the fact that it was down to just 28 bucks really shows that every single vote matters.

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Speaker 1
Wow. Yeah. I mean, that’s awesome. Yeah. But, before we get into things, just to kick things off, would you just take a minute? I know I had that lengthy introduction, but I know I missed probably half of the great things you do. So for the listeners, could you just take a minute and, explain a little bit about who you are and you know, where you’re spending most of your time nowadays?

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Speaker 2
Well, I grew up actually in new Jersey, but moved into the area in 2017 to be with my now husband, Michael. We actually, we knew each other since 2015, and we finally decided to, we should get married at some point. So we probably got married last year, but we did get a house together, in 2021.

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Speaker 2
One of the new developments along the feeder canal, which has been lovely and also weird, like there’s never a perfect time to, buy a house, but it seemed like 2021 was, like, right at the cusp of everything rising. So I guess it was good that we decided to buy a house first and then get married. But, I’ve been an active runner, since I was middle school, so I was love.

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Speaker 2
I loved the how. There’s the Adirondack Runners group and Glens Falls, as well as a relatively new group called Glens Falls Run Club that meets every Tuesday. So I, almost every week I try to, join one of their group runs. I’ve worked at this is a new thing for me and being involved in civil service in terms of being elected to council as well as more recently, working as a recording clerk for the Warren County, because I’ve always been in, like, logistics kind of jobs and manual labor, because I did not know what I wanted to do in life.

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Speaker 2
I had suspicions. I’ve always loved to write when I was, since I was little. But sometimes you never know, because there’s so many possibilities. It it seems overwhelming. And I just love that, found my calling in a way of, like, whether it’s helping people. With this council member station or even the county clerk, as well as writing about their corner businesses.

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Speaker 1
Yeah. Great. Thank you. Sean. I mean, I obviously want to unpack all of that. Just first off, congratulations. On your recent marriage and your big purchase of your home. That’s that’s great. That’s wonderful. But, yeah, just to start it off, I just wanted to dive, I guess, a little bit deeper into, your writing process.

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Speaker 1
You know, I’m pretty familiar with your writings. Going out and about dropping off our newspapers, buying local. And we’re very grateful to have some, you know, outstanding articles written by you. Specifically, I just want to dig a little bit deeper in the rain process. What’s it like when you’re walking into these, Stinky’s coffee or the hub or, you know, these these recent, places that you’ve highlighted?

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Speaker 1
Do you already know what the story is going to be when you’re walking in there, or is it something like this? You kind of just let the conversation go and then, you know, you work your magic after kind of just walk me through that process of writing a story,

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Speaker 2
I think it’s definitely a little bit of both because, when I wrote about the Glens Falls Karate Academy, there was my first time ever, join in, the, Karate Academy, which, based on my, childhood of childhood bullies. Maybe I should have learned karate well beforehand, but I, that as well as others, I just go in, like, not knowing and just, just learning and taking it all in as well as research and, like, the history, like, how, how long the businesses, in existence, like Glens Falls Karate Academy had been there for a decade.

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Speaker 2
So it was fun to, like, research and look at what they were ten years ago, especially how Ridge Street was ten years ago and Glens Falls, not like there was very few things there. Like there wasn’t two restaurants, a bookstore and, and a spa boutique. It was basically just Glens Falls karate, me, Glens Falls Chronicle and, City Hall.

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Speaker 2
Not much, not much of a street. So I kind of do that, try and walk into an interview with someone not knowing where it’ll go, but also try and research, history beforehand to get the context.

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Speaker 1
Awesome. Yeah. Because there’s you definitely have I mean, each writer has their own, you know, style and writing patterns and, you know, storytelling. Specifically the one I was reading was your arcade archeology, which was awesome, which was, you know, I was thinking it was like, you know, you’re just you’re playing pinball, but you made the story make it seem like playing pinball was the most important thing in the world, you know?

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Speaker 2
So I yeah, go ahead. But I do have to say, I give credit to Lonnie, the owner, because his enthusiasm was infectious. Like, if, I and I think I put in my article that, like, every time you walk in there, you will know way more about pinball and the history of pinball machines than you did, before you walked in.

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Speaker 2
So it was that was really amazing. And I loved his enthusiasm. I think I mentioned, like, I mean, I sent you guys a picture of, like. Yeah, one of the how we, like, opens up the pinball machine. So it all, so you can do repairs. That was it’s kind of almost like, I skipped which kind of car, I think, maybe it’s like a truck where, it, opens, opens, opposite way of the front.

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Speaker 2
What it was it called the front.

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Speaker 1
Where there’s a trunk in the front.

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Speaker 2
Yes. Yep, yep. Yeah, yeah, it’s kind of cool.

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Speaker 1
Yeah, that is neat. Yeah, I guess just could you explain a little bit like about that, maybe specifically with that arcade, story? I guess I is there a moment where you thought, I really want to help people see the places like I do? You you explained how you walk in there, and it’s just so vibrant. The vibe in there is great.

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Speaker 1
Do you do you want to have your articles? Be in the same way that you see it?

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Speaker 2
That’s like. Yeah, that’s a good way to describe it. Yeah. Like, try and like, cause my mind, ever since I found out I was really, like, diagnosed with ADHD, I, my mind is always running at, like, thousand miles a minute, like seeing this detail in this detail. And I think that’s what I try and, cultivate with, how I write articles to like, walk.

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Speaker 2
Someone walks in and be like, oh, there’s, these cool, like, machines here. Or they walk into Glens Falls Karate Academy, like, oh, there’s a, there’s a whole bunch of, like, signs here, or, or artifacts here or see, or walking into the romance bookstore, like all of the amazing, like, crafted, bookshelves, like trying to sort of tell the history of, how that then was made and as well as the things that sometimes people don’t realize, like, I had no idea, but, what the Project Pinball was that sort of started this whole thing, but and tell it’s helped bring pinball machines until was it.

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Speaker 2
Look into my article now like, that old McDonald houses hospitals. Like, it’s kind of a unique way of like. Oh, like, that’s, you never know where pinball machines or why pinball machines end up where they are and try to bring that information to, to the reader. So.

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Speaker 1
Yeah, that’s that’s that’s great. Was there I mean, you’re you’re in front of so many interviewees and tons of businesses. What could you tell us about a time where, there was a fun or maybe even, cool situation while writing a story that you’ve experienced?

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Speaker 2
I would definitely have to be Stinky’s coffee was really fun because, when I finished my article about kitsch, a vibe, Ryan from Stinky’s coffee, they, they have partnered with, that’s kitschy vibe because they have, Stinky’s. Coffee’s brand, coffee that you could buy from kitsch a vibe. And he loved my article so much that he’s like, hey, can you write about my new my new shop that’s going to be opened up?

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Speaker 2
And he literally like, let me, walk through, his new shop before it was finished. So I got to see, like, some of the, or the one of that big, wall art from Hannah Williams. Right. Yeah. Hannah Williams, before it was finished. So I got to see how she stenciled in, like, all of the, creatures before it was, painted.

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Speaker 2
And so was that was that first time experience and that of, like, seeing something before it was finished and get excited to write about it?

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Speaker 1
Yeah. That’s neat. Getting to see behind the scenes. I mean, you do a lot of work with, like, short films and you have that artistic side, so could you kind of just walk me through? I mean, you you upon connecting, you sent over a great, blog, I guess. Correct. Wrong of your last past year.

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Speaker 1
It’s it’s wonderful. I had the chance to go through it. And there’s a section in there, short films. And, it looks like a lot of it was recent or, in the past work. Why? Why did you decide to include that? Are you still in that world of short films? Do you do you still do that in your daily daily ventures?

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Speaker 2
Well, I just do. I just do like short films for, like, I just finished, really cool. Project for the Friends of Crandall Library because we just had our book sale, and I asked people if they wanted to, have me record them and talk about the books they found, because used book sales, you find so many different kind of books and just fine, trying to find people to highlight their book finds, was amazing.

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Speaker 2
So I made a little compile video, from that. And I think most recent one I did was compiling, footage when I was on the canal, when I was kayak on the canal, seeing all the beautiful nature shots. I just do it as a way to just another creative outlet kind of thing. And I did, I think on my blog, I did, put the ten, videos that I made with my brother when I was like 14.

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Speaker 2
Got those guys with the laptop. It’s weird watching them now, especially cause our voices are definitely a lot higher pitched. And obviously, I mean, without a beard. It’s also fun to watch, but.

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Speaker 1
Yeah, everybody go check it out if you want to see Sean without a beard.

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Speaker 2
But you know what? It’s kind of funny, actually, because I think those those guys, the laptop, it was a way for me to, practice what I’m doing now. I’ve had a review stuff, which was, wow, I didn’t realize that, but that is kind of cool. It’s like my it’s like my life was was, I was doing everything all along.

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Speaker 2
Yeah. Yeah.

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Speaker 1
That that was going to be my next question. It it always seems like you’ve had this knack for the creative creativity side. Storytelling. Was there a specific moment, maybe in your life where you were like, I just love to do this. This is my calling.

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Speaker 2
Well, I it’s funny, I was not the best student, but, when I went to community college, I, got an associate’s in communications, which all the various classes, like a broad selection of, like, one semester of radio production, one semester of journalism, one semester of, a couple semesters of English literature. So in a way, like.

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Speaker 2
And I remember when I was a kid, I would, always, like, always have a notebook in hand. Right. And, there was a. I’m trying, remember that there’s a movie. I think the main actress passed away recently. I’ll try, I’ll try to remember, like, late at night, but, there there’s so many different movies growing out of that.

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Speaker 2
I’m like, oh, the the. I guess I’m not the only one I could like. You can make it into a career kind of thing, even though it’s not really a career at this point, but who knows? Yeah. But let’s see. Oh, but I think on my website I did highlight, a short story that I wrote when I was ten years old called ghost to the clubhouse, and it was really fun to, like, repost that, and, transcribe it from notebooks.

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Speaker 2
25 years later because it’s just kind of lovely and also a fun little moment to reconnect with my cousins, Michelle and Jenny, who were like a part of this book, like, quote unquote.

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Speaker 1
Yeah. That’s awesome. The ghost of the club’s clubhouse, along with a couple others that you’ve written, from a young age. I mean, was it just like you just sat down and just all these creative stories that, like you said, your head was rushing with the ADHD and did it, did it almost feel like these characters wrote themselves or did it then when pen to paper was that thought, or was it always just an effortless, oh, I’m just going to write a story and it’s going to be amazing, and this is what it’s going to be about.

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Speaker 2
I think I always try to like take different things from like different sources because when I it because the clubhouse, it’s about pirates. I was a big fan of Pirates of the Caribbean, so that was a major influence. And also I love like, talking about like my experiences, like, like going to my cousin’s house and, climbing up the ladder for their tree house, and envisioning like, oh, what if there was a haunted treehouse kind of thing?

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Speaker 2
Because I was also very, very much into the the, that’s the word ghosts and, that kind of like phenomena. But I yeah. It’s funny, I, I reconnected with, like, the beginning of that, beginning of what my childhood was like when I went to see Anthony Dickey’s Color World, which was a children’s book about his own life, essentially of being this artistic kid that nobody really understood, and how he was able to use his imagination to create wonderful worlds.

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Speaker 2
And this live production that he made last January, there was a scene where the Henry what, the main kid in it was lying on the floor, like, due to land a whole bunch of things. And that’s exactly what my childhood was like, just with writing, like, just, just constantly pen to paper, just writing all these different stories or or journaling about what my day was like.

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Speaker 2
And I’m realizing that’s journalism is a huge journaling, in a way, is a huge way to, deal with any kind of, like, mental illness kind of thing or deal with, like whether it’s depression, anxiety or any kind of like trauma that you’re going through. Because when it’s out of your mind, you’re able to think clearly again.

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Speaker 1
Yeah. Could could you explain a little bit more of, anything that you’ve dealed with and maybe the journaling, like you said, that was, that was a major piece to kind of get you through that. I mean, there’s a lot of a lot of noise out there and a lot of people who do deal with a lot of anxiety, depression, they they don’t really talk about it.

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Speaker 1
So, yeah. Could you just expand a little bit more of maybe a personal story of how, journaling has, you know, kind of shaped, shaped your mindset around that?

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Speaker 2
Well, I do, one of the big things this past year is trying to break the stigma of just mental illness in general when, because we all deal with depression, anxiety or any kind of trauma like, and last this, I mean, 20, 24, I had mental health crisis that almost, took my own life.

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Speaker 2
But I got the help I needed from Glens Falls Hospital and, and through that experience, I it was funny, the when I was asked, like, have you ever, like, answer therapist? Like. Nope. Because I tried to deal with it on my own. Which sometimes it works, but sometimes you need that outside help and I realized, like, going through that experience of just how powerful writing and meditation and talking to a therapist.

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Speaker 2
Therapist because they’re able to, help work through problems. Much better than, somebody might be on their own. And I think finally finding that confidence, again after depression, has allowed me to try things that I never would have thought possible, like reaching out to a local paper to say, hey, can I be a freelance writer?

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Speaker 2
Or decided, hey, I want to help the city. How can I get on the ballot for a local election? Just these things that my mind would feel like. Oh, would had the negative thought patterns of, like, you can’t do this, Sean. You don’t have the experience. But if you, find someone to help work through those negative thought patterns, you can.

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Speaker 2
The sky’s the limit.

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Speaker 1
Yeah. Thank you. Sean. And it sounds like you’re doing a lot better. And so that’s that’s great to hear. And we’re very thankful to have you writing in our publication. You know, there’s no one better than you, Sean. But moving on to the council side, could you just explain a little bit more of why you decided to run in the first place?

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Speaker 2
It’s funny, I remember when I was in high school, I was always the shy kid, but there was, like, a small part of me that was like, I want to run like, I, because it sounds. Because the nature of it is really. You’re just. You’re just represented and helping people, get stuff. Whether it’s for school or town or, to help improve their lives.

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Speaker 2
And, the, the fact that when I looked into it that it was only 35 signatures, I needed just to get on the ballot. I’m like, oh, like I can do that. And I got 43 signatures, and I had a good mindset of, when you first run for public office, you’re probably not going to win because, Ben Latham, who represents Ward four of the Common Council, I think he lost twice, either once or twice before finally get elected.

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Speaker 2
There was another gentleman, Bill Loeb. I forget which ward he represented, but, he had ran and lost his first time, so I knew I, I knew my mind set up. Like, it’ll be a fun experience if I lose. It’s fine. But the, the fact that I won, I’m learning way more about local politics than ever in terms of, like, how, how it runs behind the scenes, especially with Diana Palmer’s new initiative of trying to, have things go through the various different committees, whether it’s a quality of life committee, policy committee.

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Speaker 2
So that way there’s more eyes on the issues. And so that way the counselors are not just the, the counselors don’t have to know exactly all the ins and outs of whatever resolution they’re trying to go through it, whether it’s, policy committee, they could like, have experts figure out, like, what’s the what are all the things involved with the policies or the finance and audit committee?

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Speaker 2
They could actually have experts to figure out, whether this financial transaction transactions are good or not. I, I’m still learning. That’s still a learning process, but I’m excited to, like, continue to help, my neighbors, have a better quality of life.

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Speaker 1
Yeah. Yeah, definitely. And I also saw there was a section on the blog you sent over to me. You, from my understanding, you have, transparent, I guess, meeting summaries, from each of the meetings or any of the councils, which which I found is really cool because, you know, someone like me who’s not on the council can can still know what’s happening in these meetings.

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Speaker 1
And I just think that’s a really great aspect of it. Could you kind of just walk me through that process? Was it was it kind of awkward when you were, writing an article and then, you know, the person sitting next to you saw that they were in an article when they, I guess, weren’t used to that before, or was that, I guess, something that they appreciated?

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Speaker 1
Now someone’s coming in here and writing a whole blog and being transparent so our community knows what’s happening. Just kind of walk me through that.

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Speaker 2
Well, I I’ve definitely this is another learning experience of, knowing what’s private, what’s public. And, and this is probably something, that I, that any journalist probably knows, that I’m still learning of. Always make sure you like ask before you write it down. Yeah. Because I may have gotten the trouble recently with, like, some of some things that I thought I heard from somebody say, but realized then.

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Speaker 2
Oh, wait, no, that was a private conversation. I should not have said that. Yeah. So it’s a learning experience. But I’m I’m getting better at it, to make sure that anything I write is honest and also ensures that privacy is a, privacy is intact. Yeah, because while truth, courage is nice, there are things people don’t want to publicize.

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Speaker 2
Just like even my, try to destigmatize mental health awareness. Some people just don’t want to talk about it. And that’s okay. And you got to, let people, find their own voice.

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Speaker 1
Yeah, yeah. And I, I appreciate you being open about that. And again, tackling that stigmatism because there’s a lot of people out there and people just don’t, don’t, like to talk about it. So I appreciate you. You, bringing that up. Going back to, something you mentioned earlier on in the, interview introduction was the feeder Canal Alliance, for my understanding, you do a lot of cleanup with them, and, you know, you spend a lot of time around there.

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Speaker 1
Could you, update me on the great things that’s happening around feeder canal?

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Speaker 2
Well, Artie, the, executive director helped me, submit a Parks and trails. Application for and adopt the trail along the feeder canal. Which, hopefully it’ll get approved because it’ll be a way for, to get materials, whether it’s trash bags or, gloves, as well as, being able to document any issues we see, on the canal and send it to the Canal Corporation so they could help, deal with any like, trees that are down or stuff like that.

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Speaker 2
So that way people can flow down the canal smoothly. But I, you know, it’s funny, I, I’ve always, like, picked up trash, because it’s such an easy thing to, like, to just feel like you did something to clean up. And I love the fact that I’m inspired way so many people just, help clean up, even just a small section of the canal.

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Speaker 2
Because I think since May or last May, we’ve picked up over 100 trash bags, which has been amazing in terms of like, realizing like where, where all the, where all the hangout spots are, like, we can tell, which is kind of funny and like, oh, like that’s where, that’s, that’s where all the teenagers are 20 somethings, party.

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Speaker 2
Oh, what what news book. But, beer cans. Right. But also feeling like we’re protecting the, canal, because there’s a lot of animals that use it. So they don’t have to, like, try and mosey around these, bits of trash and, cans.

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Speaker 1
Yeah, well, I know the community applauds you and for the listeners out there, between the articles that you do, the council work, the volunteering, the running groups, you know, all of it, you’re you’re doing some great work in our communities and in all of our backyard. But what’s that one thing that you really hope people across Warren, Washington, Saratoga that you, that they that you would want them to take away from the work you’re doing?

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Speaker 2
I think the big thing is to, to really acknowledge that if I can do something that anybody could do something just to inspire more people to, to get involved because it’s so easy. Well, I say it’s easy, but it’s, you really can do anything that you set your mind to. Because we live in environment where everything is a quick Google search, a way on how to, how to run for like the position or how to start a running group or, or how to, how to begin.

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Speaker 2
Right. And whether it’s like, sending an email to a local newspaper or, or something like that, like there, you really can do anything that you set your mind to. And I hope when people like, hear me or see what I’m doing to that, it resonates with them that, that if I could do something, I could do something.

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Speaker 2
It’s, there should be no gatekeeping. Because we’re that’s the nature of democracy. Like, it requires our active participation.

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Speaker 1
Yeah. Active participation from amongst us all. We can go do a do a lot of great things together as a community. But, Sean, I know we’re running, short on time. I know I I’ve tried to ask all my questions that I wanted, but, if there were any questions that you wish I asked, would you would you?

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Speaker 1
Oh, I guess I’m opening the floor to answer, any questions that you hope I must have asked. Now’s the time.

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Speaker 2
Would it be possible for me to ask questions about you? How did you get into, into buying local and, and this, and this company.

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Speaker 1
Yeah. Yeah. No. Awesome. Well, there is a brief, interview on by and local of. Oh, Mike and I, we sat down just doing a little, background of my work. But, yeah, I, I’m originally not from this amazing community, that I’ve been so welcomed with warm arms in. I’m originally from New Hartford, Utica area, a couple hours away.

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Speaker 1
I went to school in Rochester. Moved back out here. And then, you know, putting the feelers out, graduating from school needed a job. So I was connected with Mike and, you know, through a pretty long interview, like, he like to say he put me through the ringer, but, I really felt like this was a good, good spot for me.

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Speaker 1
And, you know, I get to talk to amazing people like you. So, I’m really grateful for for where I’m at, and, you know, how my career has been starting. So I appreciate appreciate you asking.

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Speaker 1
And. Yeah, I mean, I know we’re getting short on time again, so, if people wanted to, you know, dive deeper. Read more, learn more about you, Sean. Where, I guess, where can they find you.

00;31;55;12 – 00;32;20;02
Speaker 2
About websites that uses the Sean Palladino. So sca p a lady I and. Okay. I’d like, on my blog post, I try and link to any, Bible articles that I’m a part of, as well as my, common Council summaries, but I’m, still going on, although kudos to our new chief of staff, Steve Thurston.

00;32;20;05 – 00;32;54;18
Speaker 2
Him and Emily Neil, the deputy, city clerk have done an absolutely amazing job of transforming the agendas that the Common Council gets in terms of making it easier to access with page numbers and links to things, because apparently, the previous administration didn’t really make it user friendly. So, the fact that, the agenda items hopefully make it easier, for the public to, to dive into is, will be a great thing.

00;32;54;18 – 00;33;09;21
Speaker 2
But also, I’m happy that I am making summaries. So even if they even if they can’t dive into a 200 page, agenda, they can at least get the highlights of, like, what are these five important things? Or.

00;33;09;24 – 00;33;34;24
Speaker 1
That’s great. Yeah. Well, thank you so much, Sean. This was very inspiring. I had a great conversation. And again, just appreciate you coming on. So thank you. And to everybody else who is listening, thank you. And, of course, you can find us at buying local.us. We are on Spotify, Apple Rumble and YouTube and you’ll be hearing from us next week.