By A Special Correspondent

On Wednesday, before a crowd of almost two dozen residents, freshman Congressman Chris Gibson out linned his top priorites: creating jobs, the deficit and small business growth.

Town Supervisor Cathy Moses and Assemblywoman Teresa Sayward introduced the Congressman at the Schroon Lake Central School Auditorium as residents listened to the Congressman speak about the federal budget and hear their concerns.

He discussed the need to remove barriers that people face in starting a business and the barriers they face in accessing capital to do so. He felt more needed to be done to match potential small business owners with available funds.

Regarding the deficit, Gibson called for more fiscal responsibility and less partisanship. He supports rolling back spending levels to what they were in 2008 and capping spending until the federal budget comes back into line.

Schroon Lake will be the latest stop in a series of Town Hall meetings by freshman Congressman Chris Gibson tomorrow.

It’s the first time Gibson, a retired Army Colonel from Kinderbrook, has visited Schroon since campaigning here last fall and beating Democrat Scott Murphy.

“For the last six months, the congressman has wanted to make himself as accessible to as many people as possible,” his spokesman, Stephanie Valle told Schroon Laker. (With 137 towns in 10 counties in the congressman’s district, that’s a lot of folks to meet!).

Valle said the meetings – usually scheduled for two hours – go longer. “They are spirited discussions. There is no scripted agenda. There’s usually a few opening remarks and what gets talked about is at the sole discretion of the people.”

If you voted for Gibson is irrelevant. “If you disagree with him, he still wants to hear from you,” Valle said. Assemblywoman Teresa Sayward, (R) - Willsboro and Schroon Town Supervisor Cathy Moses will also take questions.

Where: Schroon Lake Central School Auditorium, 1125 Route 9. 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm