This is why I am urging you to support Denise Monroe Hearn for State Representative in District 12 in Southwest Detroit. I want us to help send her to Lansing this time and NOT come in second place.
Not Former State Representative Belda Garza, who is way past her prime and needs to hang it up.
Not Lisa Marie Randon.
Not Nellie Saenz.
Not former police officer Daniel Solano.
Not Rochelle Smith.
Even though I like Rashida Tlaib she cannot represent this district at this time. Sorry, Rashida.
And we sure cannot allow this man to win. It would be psychologically and politically embarrassing for Southwest Detroit.
A vote for Carl Ramsey is a vote for Mayor Kilpatrick. After all of the mess that has been going on in Detroit do you want a mouthpiece of Mayor Kilpatrick going to Lansing to further embarrass us? Hey, I like Carl but stick to the day job.
To be perfectly honest, I think this race will come down to Rashida Tlaib, Belda Garza and Denise Monroe Hearn. So allow me to explain why Denise is the candidate we must push to Lansing.
I personally KNOW her passion for crafting public policy to fight adult illiteracy. While Denise and I have worked together to craft polices to curtail illiteracy in our community her commitment to reversing this trend to make citizens more educated about life and prosperity. The woman knows how to work both sides of the aisle FOR REAL as she put me on board to fight adult illiteracy in our community.
Denise falls into our category of being held accountable, building integrity and embracing trust with her constituents which she has been doing already for a long time. When you hear the name Denise Monroe Hearn people get excited in her district. The rest of the names people are either disgusted or have never heard of these people running for state office.
While Denise and I may view the whole charter school issue (which is a heavy hitter for me) a little different (and I do mean VERY LITTLE) her whole platform on illiteracy is extremely important. Over 50% of Detroiters are functionally illiterate. This is a threat not just to state security but national security. It would be faster to implement 95% of Ms. Hearn's platform on educational reform through less bureaucracy like charters than Detroit Public Schools. Not leaving out DPS but if a district cannot even get their finances together then what's the reason for doing business with them? Our children in the 12th district need academic results rapidly and while Detroit schools continue to turn out 24% of graduates with a 6th grade skill level we need to give the traditional model a rest and listen to what parents what for their children.
This includes charters. And with Marathon Oil forging ahead with a 2 1/2 -year project to expand its Detroit refinery at a cost of nearly $2 billion we are talking about transforming the entire district into a hub of economic development, green technology and stability for families in the area. Remember, this is the same Denise Monroe Hearn that FOUGHT Marathon Oil on environmental issues that brought the attention of former U.S.Attorney General John Ashcroft to take action. What can a Carl Ramsey or any other candidate do to create a free market economic power in Southwest Detroit to bring jobs, prosperity and keeping families intact with a major refinery in their backyard?
Theme based charters can be in the thick of things in terms of creating green schools and environmental friendly academies that educate children, send those same children on internships to Marathon Oil and how to utilize environmental friendly technology to decrease chronic ailments such as asthma and repopulate families in depleted areas such as Del Ray.
But she is not anti-charter unlike Carl Ramsey who was endorsed by the Detroit Federation of Teachers. I know for a fact that this guy is anti-charter school and his supporters cannot tell me anything different. Also, Ms. Tlaib said while she is a product of public schools she is taking a neutral position on the issue. She said she doesn't want to see traditional public schools abandoned, but she also wanted to study any details of any proposal to expand charter schools.
This is a coward move to me to take a neutral position on education. Remember, this is Rep. Tobocman's senior policy analyst talking about a study to expand charter schools. A STUDY ON CHARTERS? Ms. Tlaib, because you live in Dearborn (not Detroit) there are charter schools that are doing far better than your Dearborn Public Schools. Advanced Technological Academy, Henry Ford Academy and Riverside Academy are some of the excellent charter schools in Dearborn that service children in the 12th district.
The candidates for the 12th district would have us believe that the solution to the insurance crisis is greater regulation. Although acting like a legislative Dirty Harry might enhance a candidate's machismo, increasing Michigan's already heavy regulatory environment is akin to trying to put out a fire with gasoline.
Michigan has the highest premiums in the country and is the most heavily regulated marketplace. Even though the Michigan Department of Insurance does not regulate the price of most homeowners policies, it heavily regulates the risks that each policy must cover.
Consumers end up paying for more coverage than they may want or need. These mandates drive consumers and insurers out of the market because neither can afford the demands of the regulators.
Denise would like to fundamentally reform Michigan's insurance system along the lines of Illinois, which has low regulation and very low prices for insurance.
With Michigan facing a potential budget shortfall measured in the billions of dollars, and a growing dissatisfaction with the state's "Robin Hood" finance system compounded by the political season, everyone seems to have adopted a favored method to tax Michigan.
No one denies that some government is essential for prosperity; the chaos of anarchy is as dismal a place to start a business as one with heavy government intervention. But the overwhelming weight of the evidence clearly demonstrates that in most industrialized countries, government has reached the point where it is a serious drag on economic growth. This is the case in Michigan and especially in Southwest Detroit.That is the reason why we need to elect someone who is serious about legislative and economic reform in Michigan. That person is Denise Monroe Hearn.
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Rashida Tlaib lives in Springwells Village in southwest Detroit, on Rathbone Street. She did move to Dearborn after getting married, she has since returned to Detroit.
for what? to run for office?
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