ISSUES:
Education:
1. . The council should work with the Baltimore County Executive and the Governor’s Office to move the authority to appoint members to the school board from the state to the County.
2. The council must work to ensure that strong fiscal controls are implemented to curb waste by the school system. This should be included as an important part of the budgetary process.
3. More educators must be placed on the school board and the members should be people who can help improve the school system and not people that are placed on it as political payback.
4. More Vocational and Career Preparation Education should be made available for students who do not want to go to College.
5. The system should be improved to teach children how to think, not how to pass the tests required by the “No Child Left Behind Law”.
6. Programs should be created to educate parents on how to work in partnership with teachers.
7. Act as a facilitator with local businesses and education to determine what courses can be offered to prepare future workers for real work world opportunities.
Job Creation:
1. The Council should direct their Job Creation efforts to helping existing businesses grow and add jobs. The Council should work with banks to encourage them to provide loans to local businesses.
2. Enhance the Baltimore County Work Force Development System with more targeted programs and opportunities for the youth and adults in our community
Land Usage:
1. Extend the Comprehensive Zoning Map Process (CZMP) to six years from its current four year cycle.
2. Councilman should understand the needs and views of their neighborhood communities regarding planning and zoning issues. The Councilman’s vote should reflect this understanding
3. Political favors should not be involved in zoning decisions.
Public Safety:
1. The Baltimore County Police Department (BCPD) should implement random patrols of neighborhoods to provide more of a presence and offer a stronger deterrent to criminals
2. Neighborhood security and police should build a stronger network of cooperation.
3. The BCPD should enhance their presence in schools to provide more educational programs targeted to the needs of our youth and community.
Politicians:
1. Term limits should be implemented for County Councilman.
2. Councilman’s benefits should be commensurate with those of other employees of the County.
hello, you have already broken a campaign promise not to lie. So I guess you by your definition are a politician. You met my wife at the giant. You told her "you were the only candidate in the race who is not a politician. Is Timmy Ruppersberger a politician? Is Sherrie Becker a politician? By what criteria? The only thing you can point to that makes Alan Zuklerberg a politiitcan is that he ran once before. So with that critieria you are now a politician.
ReplyDeleteYou are also dead wrong in your support of changing the CMZP to every six years. The developers would love that You see unfortunately you don't know about a thing called the interim zoning process. Right now between the 4 year cycle, zoning on a property can be changed if the petitioner can prove that here was a mistake in the last cycle or things have changed since the last cycle. Guess what things are much more likely to change in a six year zoning cycle than a four year cycle. Nice one.
Lastly niether you nor Zukerberberg or Levin have any chance o winning. You will get about 500 votes. If Sherrie Becker loses to Almond you could be held responsible for that outcome ensuring that career poltiicans and develpers are in control. Nice legacy to be saddled with.