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DCSGP Testimony
The following is a list of our testimony in chronological order.
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COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
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Testimony given on: Friday, April 18, 2008
We oppose the reopening of Klingle Road. The $2 million proposed in Mayor Fenty's budget for this project should go to serving essential needs of the community. Lets proceed with planning for a DC Congestion Charge, with revenues going to lowering the cost of using mass transit in DC.
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COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES, Mayor's proposed DHS Budget
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Testimony given on: Thursday, April 17, 2008
The Mayor's budget is woefully inadequate to meet the challenges of reducing poverty in our community, especially in a recession, which combined with rising fuel and food prices is a depression for low income folk and indeed much of the working class majority of DC. We must raise more revenue by hiking the DC tax rate of the top 5% income bracket of DC residents. The TANF benefit should be increased above the federal poverty level, and the minimum wage should be raised to a living wage.
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Public Oversight Roundtable on Poverty Issues, COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS, January 16, 2008
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Testimony given on: Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Our elected District government can have a major impact towards sharply reducing poverty in our nation’s capital, even within the constraints of our neocolonial Home Rule Act. Simply said, we now have a DC tax structure which favors the very wealthy at the expense of everyone else, especially the bottom 60% of our families who earn less than $53,000 a year. The Council can act to make this regressive tax structure progressive, and much better able to generate the necessary revenue to meet essential needs.
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Use and Disposition of Public Property
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Testimony given on: Wednesday, November 7, 2007
There is always a public use for public property. We need a sensible and comprehensive open and transparent process ending case-by-case privatization.
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Support for the DC Clean Cars Act of 2007, a DC Congestion Charge and other measures to reduce air pollution and curb carbon emissions. Committee on Public Works and the Environment, DC City Council, September 26, 2007.
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Testimony given on: Wednesday, September 26, 2007
The DC Statehood Green Party enthusiastically supports passage of the DC Clean Cars Act of 2007 that would implement a California tailpipe emission standards for all new cars registered in the District. This legislation is long overdue. However, once implemented it would apply to cars sold in the District starting in 2011. We need to take action to substantially reduce air pollution and carbon emissions much sooner. These measures include starting planning now for a DC Congestion Charge, enforcement and improvement of idling laws, and implementation of a parking surtax with revenues designated to DC's mass transit as well as a hybrid and then fully electric conversion program for our taxi fleet, and finally encouraging bicycle use by expanding bike lanes and starting a bike-share plan.
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Testimony Against Change in District of Columbia School Structure
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Testimony given on: Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Testimony by Renee Bowser (ANC Commissioner for Single Member District 4D02 and ANC 4D Chair; DC Statehood Green candidate for the Ward 4 seat on DC Council in the May 1, 2007 special election) before DC Council on February 21, 2007.
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Testimony on the DC Voting Rights bill
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Testimony given on: Thursday, September 14, 2006
Testimony submitted to the US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee by the DC Statehood Green Party, in response to HR Bill 5388, The DC Fair and Equal House Voting Rights Act.
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Library Mayoral Candidate Survey - June 2006
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Testimony given on: Thursday, June 15, 2006
Libraries can and must play a key role in eliminating illiteracy among DC's adults and providing an educational fun-center for their children. However, so-called City leadership seemingly views things not much like the DC Statehood Green Party.
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Michele A. Tingling-Clemmons' Testimony, DC Council Budget Hearing, 9/27/02
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Testimony given on: Friday, September 27, 2002
...I found a pervasive attitude of disrespect for the well-being of our dear citizenry in the Williams administration, one that dismissed our city's institutional history and disregarded DC government employees and their families. I found a prevailing view that didn't look inward to solving our problems; failed to value rules for managing and accounting for funds; that made appointments based on political favor rather than competence; and a willingness - even eagerness - to compromise local capability to provide needed services by privatizing and contracting out vital services at an inflated cost...
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