THE PEOPLE FIRST

*All members of our community are entitled to their civil rights in full, regardless of class, race, gender, or sexual preference. Basic human decency should not be controversial in any civilized society.

*Campaign finance reform is too important to be left to politicians. Real estate companies, construction firms, and other businesses invest heavily in electing their representatives to government, but government and its policies should put people and the long-term public good first.

*People are the source of this city's prosperity and progress. The best way to encourage local prosperity is to get more money invested into circulation through higher wages and incomes. The Living Wage Initiative of the AFL-CIO points in the right direction.

*Education and job training can build a work force with the skills that can make it irresistible to businesses considering a long-term investment in our community.

*The city should take all appropriate actions to ensure that groups historically excluded from full participation in our society can do so more fully.

Government is supposed to be of the people, for the people, by the people. Not of the special interests, for the career politicians, by the corporate lobbyists. Campaign Finance reform is too important to be left to politicians. CEOs should pay their fair share of the tax burden on their stock options.