CO-HOSTING TONIGHT Landon Dais (CAST MEMEBER OF BET SHOW "

As a native of Harlem, I care about our city, our district, our party, and most of all our community.  Our community is at a crossroads, and we need a proactive and progressive city councilperson to confront the tough choices before us.  Harlem cannot afford to let its elected officials continue to repeat the same mistakes: extending their term limits, neglecting community input in 125th  street rezoning, and allowing Columbia University’s unjust use of eminent domain. We have elected change on a national level, now it is our time to elect it on a local level. It is time our city council responds to the needs of citizens throughout the 9th district.

Our district leadership has remained reactive instead of proactive over the years. This reactive nature is failing us and leaving all residents behind the curve. It is time we use our vote as a fresh approach to new leadership in order to secure a brighter promising future for our community. An ancient proverb states, “Small minds discuss people. Average minds discuss events. Great minds discuss ideas”.

Below are a few of my ideas for a better community:

Education

• Bring back humanities and arts to all grade levels
• Teach financial literacy to all grade levels
• Reality Learning – adapting the curriculum so students can identify and relate to their homework motivating them to learn
• Professional development classes for High School Seniors
• Implement Green Technology Vocational Curriculums as an option in all general High Schools
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Economic Development

• Create more tax incentives for small businesses
• Develop more aggressive government initiatives geared towards small businesses to help them succeed
• Designate a green economic zone as an incentive for green businesses to come to our district.
• Encourage developers to use a percentage of district owned businesses in their development plans for our neighborhood
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Quality of Life

• Develop Healthy Eating Incentives for organic fruit and vegetable stores in our district.
• Supply EBT processing machines to fruit stands and farmers markets to promote healthy eating amongst our district
• Eliminate 60% of alternate side parking regulation to decrease pollution and increase work productivity
• Provide yearly-parking permits redeploying traffic agents to high-congested areas to help the flow of traffic instead of harassing hard working New York City Residents

You can assist many ways in bringing change to City Hall this Tuesday, September 15th, 2009. An adverse critic of the 125th street zoning laws, the Columbia Expansion Plan and City term limits, I promise to be one of the most progressive and innovative council members if elected. Please join our team, by way of volunteering your time or by providing our campaign with a financial contribution. Help me bring progressive thinking and new ideas to our City’s Government.

Democratically Yours,

Landon Dais