Our children are our future!
As Mayor, Brazil will:
- build a strong public education system to prepare our children to
live and work in a technological society;
- establish a Department of Education specifically charged with
providing a first-rate education system for all our children;
- offer educational choices for our children: vocational and technical
education schools, magnet schools, Charter schools;
- provide elementary school teachers with excellent training, better
pay, an aide in every classroom, and smaller class sizes;
- increase parental involvement in our schools;
- continue to lead the fight to fund our summer jobs program; as he
worked his way through college, Brazil had a summer job!;
- continue efforts to make sure education dollars reach the classroom;
he recently fought to keep the school system from cutting librarians, guidance counselors,
and kindergarten teachers.
Brazil wants you to be safe! He:
- wrote all major anti-crime laws passed in the last seven years;
- led a successful fight for bills that created stiffer sentences for
criminals using guns, no parole for convicted murder felons, tough anti-car-jacking
penalties, and mandatory life sentences without parole for first degree murderers;
- fought to increase Police on the street — and has pledged, as
Mayor, to double police in our neighborhoods, and triple the number of police offers on
neighborhood foot patrols.
Brazil’s record for accountable government:
- won unanimous passage of a bill to reform the government’s
contracting procedures to eliminate waste and fraud;
- wrote the law setting performance standards for managers;
- opposed the “tax-and-spend” policies which led to
establishment of the Control Board;
- won unanimous Council approval of the Brazil School’s
Accountability Amendment this spring.
Brazil looked out for your money!
- only Council member to vote against the bloated FY 95 budget.
- only Council member to vote against $60 million in tax increases.
- wrote a law to reform DC’s contracting process, which will
eventually save $100 million a year of your tax dollars;
- led the successful effort to save $1.2 billion in fund assets from
the Federal take-over of our pension fund;
- led and won the fight to freeze your property taxes.
Harold Brazil is a winner!
- the only candidate for Mayor who has won a city-wide race;
- defeated a 16-year incumbent in his first Council election;
- won 91% of the vote in his re-election to the Ward 6 seat in 1994;
- got 34,000 more votes than any other in the 1996 At-Large race.
Brazil has experience D.C. needs!
- worked with small business as President of the Washington Local
Development Corporation;
- worked with Members of Congress as a lobbyist and as Legislative
Counsel on the staff of US Senator John Glenn;
- worked in the corporate world as Director of Government Relations for
PEPCO.
Harold Brazil's vision, a DC:
- where public schools provide quality education, our children excel in
school, sports, and the arts, and all of our youth have an opportunity to fulfill their
potential to lead productive lives;
- where neighborhoods are safe and our seniors can go out at night or
sit on their front porches without fear;
- where our communities have grocery stores, a variety of retail stores
and family restaurants;
- where employment is up and residents can find good jobs;
- where streets are clean, safe, and without potholes;
- where police walk the beat and arrive quickly when called;
- where housing is affordable and basic services are delivered
courteously and efficiently.
Brazil needs your support to get the
job done!
VOTE FOR BRAZIL FOR MAYOR SEPT. 15th!
Call or stop by to volunteer.
BRAZIL ’98, 1630 Connecticut Ave. NW, DC 20009
(202) 667-7790
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