Maynard Palmer's Positions in Bakersfield Mayoral Race

By Maynard Reed Palmer

• Increase the minimum wage by $1 per hour above the Federal standard. Provide free bus passes and rent control for minimum wage workers.

• Provide more shelters and food for the homeless, also free bus passes and donated cars for their use.

• Legalize marijuana use for adults over 21 years old. Users must be in possession of a permit. Permits would be available for a $25 filing fee per year at the courthouse.

• Eradication of all other drugs!

• Establish a dental school that would make services available free to low income people.

• Establish an optometry school that would make services available free to low income people plus make available eye glasses at a reduced rate.

• Bring in new industry for good paying jobs.

• New stadium for Sam Lynn Ball Paark.

• Make the Canal Project a reality.

• School uniforms for all grades.

• Add a city tax of 25 cents per pack of cigarettes.

• Add a city tax of 2% on earnings above $60,000 per year.