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Humboldt County, CA November 7, 2006 Election
Smart Voter Political Philosophy for Dave Meserve

Candidate for
Member, City Council; City of Arcata

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ENERGY & FOOD INDEPENDENCE

  • Urgent Attention to greenhouse gas reduction
  • Bicycle and pedestrian corridors throughout town
  • Low-cost financing for residential and commercial solar
  • Community-owned renewable resource utility
  • Inexpensive, easy-to-use curbside recycling
  • Solid waste reduction
  • Preserving agricultural land and growing food locally
  • A multi-use trail to Eureka alongside light rail and a tourist train

SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, & POLITICAL JUSTICE

  • Defending civil liberties
  • Checking corporate power
  • Living wage ordinance and fair labor practices for all
  • Directly addressing national policies that harm the people of Arcata
  • Incentives for small, locally-owned businesses and light industry
  • Affordable housing
  • Emergency and transitional housing
  • Seating the Hoopa Tribe on the HCAOG board
  • Recreational activities by and for local youth
  • Citizens' Police Review Committee

PUBLIC COMFORT & SAFETY

  • Police foot patrols on the Plaza
  • Targeting criminal behavior without profiling
  • Downtown rest rooms
  • Wide Sidewalks downtown

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