ELECTRIC
RATES:
Restore traditional regulation of rates.
Restore rates based on local generation costs, not on regional
market rates. If this is blocked, I advocate a State take-over
of electric utilities by eminent domain, lower rates by public
ownership and non-profit operation.
BGE
Fact Sheet
Mathematics
of BGE Takeover
More
Calculations of BGE Takeover
Hagerstown's
Utility - an example case
WINDFALL
PROFITS TAX: Tax excess profits of all
corporately owned utilities in Md.
TAXES:
To reduce taxes on working and middle class
people, establish a genuinely progressive income tax by placing
a small wealth tax on large estates and closing all tax loopholes
on corporations.
VERIFIABLE
ELECTIONS: Install voting machines which
have a paper trail and cannot be hacked or mis-programmed.
More info.
Citizens
for Legitimate Voting
Gore
Did Win
UNIVERSAL
HEALTH CARE: State administration of care
would provide health care to all residents and reduce costs
by eliminating profits and inefficiency of multiple providers.
More
Info.
LIVING
WAGE: A living wage for all full time jobs.
DRUGS:
Addiction is not a criminal problem, but a medical problem.
Provide treatment to all eligible addicts instead of incarceration
of non-violent offenders.
EDUCATION
: Provide the Thornton funds for school
funding parity. License more community-based charter schools,
which have a history of high test scores, not privatized charter
schools, which have low test scores.
TRANSPORTATION:
Stop the Inter-County Connector in Montgomery/P.G.
Counties and use the funds for expanding regional public transportation,
including rails.
CAMPAIGN
FUNDING: Ban campaign contributions from
corporations and establish a system of public funding of campaigns.
END
DEATH PENALTY: DNA tests have exonerated
4 innocent men on death row in Md.
SAVE
THE BAY: Smart Growth to stop sprawl, runoff,
erosion and stop wetland development.
DEMILITARIZE
FORT DETRICK : Convert the secret, dangerous
biological warfare research to urgently needed medical research.
See: www.freefromterror.net
JOBS
and HOUSING: Provide jobs and job training
by renovating abandoned houses and weatherizing houses for
energy efficiency.
CLEAN
CAR BILL: Support the California emission
standard for Maryland.
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