The April 26th special election for the D.C. Council (as well as for the State Board of Education for Wards 4 and 8 ) is in just four days.
LISTEN TO BRYAN WEAVER
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LISTEN TO TOM BROWN
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Voting has already begun at One Judiciary Square.
TheFightBack is putting the same ten questions to each of the candidates for at-large councilmember.
From Tom Brown’s website [The Current omitted a write-up of Brown’s candidacy]: “A native Washingtonian, Tom Brown… attended H.D. Woodson Senior High School and later went on to join the United States Air Force… In the late 1980s Tom worked in the social service capacity as an assistant director of an assisted living facility which housed over 250 adults, many of whom were homeless and/or diagnosed with mental/emotional challenges… In 1999, Tom was recruited by an executive at Riggs Bank (now PNC Bank) to start an entrepreneurship program at Anacostia Senior High School.”
From The Current: “Bryan Weaver served on the Adams Morgan Advisory neighborhood commission from 2003 to 2010. He run Hoops Sagrado, a nonprofit he founded in 1996 to take at-risk D.C. youth to Guatemala every summer for basketball clinics, language and cultural exchange and community building. He previously worked as assistant secretary for the Democratic National Committee.”
Questions for Council candidates:
1. D.C.’s top income tax bracket begins at $40,000, so someone making $40,000 or $4 million pays the same tax rates as someone making far less. Are you in favor of taxing the District’s highest income earners in order to avoid further cuts to safety net services?
2. What are your thoughts on former Chancellor Michelle Rhee’s so-called school reform?
3. Do you support Walmart’s attempt to bring four stores to the District of Columbia?
4. D.C. taxicab fares are some of the lowest in the country. Would you be in support of making D.C.’s fares competitive with neighboring jurisdictions?
5. What is your position on the recently introduced taxicab medallion legislation?
6. D.C. councilmembers are the second highest paid city council in the country, according to a report by the Pew Charitable Trust. Yet, in addition to their $125,000 salary, councilmembers are able to earn outside income. If elected, will you commit to foregoing any additional income and stick to just your Council salary?
7. What is your position on the HPV vaccine, which is mandated for sixth grade girls in the District of Columbia and Virginia, and nowhere else in the U.S.?
8. What is your position on statehood versus voting rights for the District of Columbia?
9. Did you vote for Adrian Fenty in the recent mayoral election?
10. Is there anything you’d care to add?
For more information about voting in the upcoming election contact DC Board of Elections and Ethics at 441 4th St, NW, Suite 250 North, Washington, DC, 20001. Telephone: (202) 727-2525 or toll free at 1-866-DC-VOTES.
Related Links:
www.bryanweaverdc.com
www.whytombrown.com
www.dcboee.us
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