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Vote Julie for Lt. Governor! by dbreuer — last modified 2006-05-03 13:38
Had enough? Vote Green!
I have worked all my life to help people in their struggle for a better life. I currently work and volunteer in neighborhoods in Chicago and Oak Park and have been a volunteer for the West Cook County Municipal Conference. On Chicago's West Side, I bring people together to improve their neighborhoods and the quality of their lives, by planning public open space, and other community development projects. I help neighborhood organizations transform neglected vacant lots into gardens or small farms to improve nutrition and provide income.
In Oak Park I work on issues of environment, democracy and a responsive government, transportation and community preservation and development.
When I take office as the Leutenant Governor and as an Independent Green Candidate, I will represent the peoples' wishes in Illinois, not the wishes and goals of any political party. I will immediately do the following:
Establish Citizen Advisory Committees made up of residents from all over Illinois.
Hold Town Hall Meetings in each section of the state at least twice a year.
Work to Build Coalitions among organizations and legislative colleagues to work for the good of Illinoisians that will make life in Illinois as secure and rewarding as it can be…. as it should be.
I will take the following campaign goals directly to the residents of Illinois for their input and work hard to make them reality when I take office:
Energy & Transportation: I will promote alternative energy, starting with State Government. I will work to improve and expand existing public transportation and limit highway expansion, specifically, the Eisenhower (Rte. 290).
Environment & Health: I will work for universal health care, so that everyone has access to medical coverage and preventive care. I will work for a healthy environment by reducing diesel emissions and eliminating toxic pollution in all forms and from all sources.
Taxes & Economy: I will work to establish a graduated State income tax so that those making over $100,000 pay a higher percentage than those with moderate incomes. I will support small businesses and require big corporations to honor their state charters and be fiscally and environmentally responsible.
Utilities & Housing: I promise to work to restore the percentage of income utility payment plan for low income families and to increase the availability of affordable housing & homeless prevention programs.
Jobs & Labor: I will support a living wage law and dedicate myself to labor's right to organize. No one who puts in an honest day's labor should be underfed, under-housed or lack any basic necessities of life.
Justice & Human Rights: I will work to replace the death sentence with life sentence, without the possibility of parole.
Education: I support the highest quality education for every Illinois child no matter where they live. I will work to find a way to pay for this superior education without contributing to the burden of ever increasing real estate taxes.
