Progressive Goals for the Next Legislature in Iowa?
By Frank Sample
This was posted at the Yahoo DFIA Group. I am curious as to what people are thinking about when it comes to the goals for the future. If we pay attention to the voice of the elections, consider the following:
By Frank Sample
This was posted at the Yahoo DFIA Group. I am curious as to what people are thinking about when it comes to the goals for the future. If we pay attention to the voice of the elections, consider the following:
1. Are we going to wait for the Congress to make a national minimum wage or are we going to make one for Iowa?
2.
The public funding of elections sounds ethical, but if we do that do we
cut out the direct mail industry jobs which are good for the Iowa US
Postal Service Offices and
entry level workers these direct mail shops employ?
The public funding of elections sounds ethical, but if we do that do we
cut out the direct mail industry jobs which are good for the Iowa US
Postal Service Offices and
entry level workers these direct mail shops employ?
3.
Let's stop the attack on the teacher's unions. We all know that the so
called merit pay is oriented to cliques, brown-nosing, sexism, and age
discrimination. So let's stop the merit pay machine now. The fact
that Mr Anti -Union Doug Gross is one of the top promoters of the
teacher merit pay should tell us something!
Let's stop the attack on the teacher's unions. We all know that the so
called merit pay is oriented to cliques, brown-nosing, sexism, and age
discrimination. So let's stop the merit pay machine now. The fact
that Mr Anti -Union Doug Gross is one of the top promoters of the
teacher merit pay should tell us something!
4. Let's increase teacher pay and reduce class sizes so we keep teachers in Iowa
and adequately mentor and teach our students!
and adequately mentor and teach our students!
5. Why don't we pay high school and college students to tutor more of Iowa's children.
6. We need to get public transportation to where it serves our children, students, and elderly.
7.
Lack of public transportation is probably one of the the
reasons recovering drug users and alcoholic drivers from are unable to
get to work and to their legally required classes and parole officer
meetings and end up hanging out with other problem people just to get
rides and are then tempted to relapse.
Lack of public transportation is probably one of the the
reasons recovering drug users and alcoholic drivers from are unable to
get to work and to their legally required classes and parole officer
meetings and end up hanging out with other problem people just to get
rides and are then tempted to relapse.
8. We
might as well get some leper colony type communities for our child sex
and other sex offenders so that we are not keeping them at large and
unaccounted for.
might as well get some leper colony type communities for our child sex
and other sex offenders so that we are not keeping them at large and
unaccounted for.
9. We need computers and internet in the homes of the low income children / students. Perhaps a
child income tax credit for this for all.
child income tax credit for this for all.
10.
We need more protection for planned parenthood facilities and other
women's health clinics. Let us increase harassment penalties and call
those who target the facilities, the staff and the clients what they
are TERRORISTS!!! and make appropriate limits for the offenders so they
can't live within 200 miles of a clinic.
We need more protection for planned parenthood facilities and other
women's health clinics. Let us increase harassment penalties and call
those who target the facilities, the staff and the clients what they
are TERRORISTS!!! and make appropriate limits for the offenders so they
can't live within 200 miles of a clinic.
11.
We need more job safety inspections and worker safety training programs
and more funding for personnel ant the Iowa department of inspections
and appeals.
We need more job safety inspections and worker safety training programs
and more funding for personnel ant the Iowa department of inspections
and appeals.
12. We need more funding for
English language courses for our imigrees so they can join in our full
society and prosper with our manpower starved workforce and mix more
successfully with our existing populace. Mandate an immigrant worker
program to work for citizenship the immigrants shall attend English
classes and pass
tests. Yes we can put more teachers to work and help our economy.
English language courses for our imigrees so they can join in our full
society and prosper with our manpower starved workforce and mix more
successfully with our existing populace. Mandate an immigrant worker
program to work for citizenship the immigrants shall attend English
classes and pass
tests. Yes we can put more teachers to work and help our economy.
13. More mental health care as the mentally ill are more unemployed and with out all health insurance.
14.
Lets work towards single provider health care insurance. If Canada can
do it why can't we? Let's turn company profits into actual doses
of medicines and treatments.
Lets work towards single provider health care insurance. If Canada can
do it why can't we? Let's turn company profits into actual doses
of medicines and treatments.
15. Let's get our college tuition assistance back into line for Iowa students.
16. Let's make a department of Organic Agriculture and Direct Marketing to promote this growth industry in Iowa.
17.
Let's promote the growth of Iowa Orchards, Vinyards and other Fruit
and Vegatable production. We have an opportunity to employ people if
we get some labor intensive agriculture and some direct marketing going.
Let's promote the growth of Iowa Orchards, Vinyards and other Fruit
and Vegatable production. We have an opportunity to employ people if
we get some labor intensive agriculture and some direct marketing going.
18.
Let's give a tax break and a maybe a stipend to people who care for sick and / or elderly parents in their own homes.
Let's give a tax break and a maybe a stipend to people who care for sick and / or elderly parents in their own homes.
If we grow our economy we will increase our population and our wealth
and we will get an infusion of new hearts and minds into Iowa that can
only increase our wealth of diversity and an enlargement of expectation
of fairness for all people regardless of their race, creed, color,
gender, age, religion, and sexual orientation.
Frank Sample
unionkj2001 <kwj54@…> wrote:
Forty years ago, a Dem trifecta ended the death penalty in Iowa,
built the community college system, brought in penal reform, and
limited billboards.We're already hearing from the local pundits that the Dems are
damping down any expectations of a progressive legislature, fearful
that they will be overrun with costly demands from Dem “special
interests”.What are the issues you want the legislature to work on, especially
issues that are winnable and won't cost a lot?My partial list:
1. LGBT anti-discrimination law
.
2. Anti-bullying law for Iowa schools, specifically protecting LGBT
kids.
3. Repeal English-Only law
4. “Fair Share” for public employees (that if a public employee
chooses not to join the union, they still must pay an annual fee for
the costs of
representation)
5. Public funding of elections, as in AZ and ME.I am not sure, frankly, that I trust the House Dem leadership on 1
and 2, so we will need to put pressure on them.Kim William Jones
Blog For Iowa 
From the Latino and Immigrant community perspective:
1.- Dream Act (It will allow those Iowa HS graduates to go to Regents Universities paying instate fees. Now they pay international tuition!!!… talk about telling kids “be a good student and you will see the difference 😦 )
2.- Driver's Permit for undocumented workers. Right now is a nightmare for both the undocumented population and the drivers at large. No license, no insurance. There are ways to do it in such a way that everyone is happy (records can be available from country of origin, etc).
3.- some bilingual programs in grade school (both English speakers and Spanish speakers learn the other language, benefiting all children)
of course increase the minimum salary and health care affordability are very important, as all of the other common issues for all Iowans.
Peace with Justice
¡Sí se puede!
Marcos
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