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EMAIL TO JOIN
ECONOMICS COMMITTEE
We
support and promote:
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Local self-reliance in basic needs
- food,
clothing, shelter, health care, etc. We need to re-establish local
manufacturing, businesses, farms, and food sources (using our parks, cemeteries,
sidewalks, and yards! See www.WildFoodies.org)
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Rent-free "flea & food, arts & crafts"
markets at designated parks and public spaces.
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Cutting unnecessary regulations that discourage
small, locally-owned, and/or home businesses.
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The city offering easy to access
in-person services to businesses, rather than coerce everyone to
go online.
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Low & No Taxes - Lowering and eliminating "nuisance" taxes
as much as possible.
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Eliminating the "market
value-based" real estate tax (which forces many low-income
people out of their homes) and instead adopt a standard
formula based on the square footage of property and buildings.
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Reviewing non-profits' tax exemption status, as many
non-profits are very wealthy.
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Reducing the cost of living through
financial education.
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Public support of public
transportation.
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Both passive &
green energy alternatives, and a Manhattan Project for clean
energy.
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Yearly
government & independent audits of City Council and all City
Departments, plus an easy-to-access online ability for the public to track
down exactly where every taxpayer dollar is going and to whom.
(Covers City Council Committees: Finance, Appropriations, Commerce and Economic
Development, Labor & Civil Service, Global Opportunities and the
Creative/Innovative Economy, Fiscal Stability and Intergovernmental
Cooperation, Housing-Neighborhood Development-and the Homeless)
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