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BOROUGH PRESIDENT MARKOWITZ WELCOMES THE MAYOR OF BREUKELEN, NETHERLANDS FOR INTERNATIONAL BROOKLYN SUMMIT!

Photograph by Kathryn Kirk
	In photo: Pictured - left to right - Sandra Dales (daughter), Borough President Markowitz, Mayor Dales, Marianne Dales (wife), Annemieke Dales (daughter) and Brooklyn Brewery President Steve Hindy after exchanging a number of Brooklyn gifts including Brooklyn Beer and a Junior's cheesecake.

Borough President Marty Markowitz welcomed the Mayor of Breukelen, Netherlands to Borough Hall today for an extraordinary meeting of the leaders of two of the greatest cities in the world.

“When mighty heads of state such as we meet, it is customary not only to enlighten, entertain, feed, and educate each other, but to forge agreements for the benefit all human kind. I declare this a day of great and weighty trade talks involving Breukelen, Netherland’s chocolate and beer industries, and Brooklyn, USA’s beer, cheesecake, and egg cream industries,” Borough President Markowitz said. “By forging a binding and unshakable treaty for the exchange of these delicacies, I daresay we will accomplish a great deal toward the advancement of world peace and the attainment of gastronomical nirvana.”

Mayor Frank Dales, who was born in Mount Holly, New Jersey, was appointed to his position by the Queen in 2001. Breukelen has 14,250 residents and draws many visitors to its beautiful lakes, rivers and woods. The town also has many extraordinary mansions, which were built as second homes by Dutch traders living in Amsterdam.

Mayor Dales, 46, has been in public service for almost 20 years, serving also as a town councilmember and a deputy mayor.