$55 million for us unspent
Last year, Council Finance Chair Frank Smith and city officials were
unable to spend $55 million in federal block grant money intended to build sewers and
parks, pay for day care, and improve housing for the poor. (Source: Washington
Post 7/20/97; DC Budget Office)
The worst schooling in the nation
80% of DC public school graduates score below basic on
standardized math and reading tests. Frank Smith has been a long-standing member of the
City Councils Education Committee. (Source: 1998 DC Budget Report)
The worst garbage pick-up in the nation
The average sanitation worker for DC picks up 10 tons of garbage per
week while the average sanitation worker in Indianapolis picks up 35 tons. Frank Smith
serves on the Consumer and Regulatory Committee. (Source: Washington Post
7/21/97)
The worst crime in the nation
While the city council has stumbled repeatedly in its role as
government watchdog, DC's murder rate is 350% higher than New York and 250% higher
than Philadelphia. (Source: Washington Post 7/21/97) |
Frank Smiths tenure on
the City Council has been ineffective. He oversees public housing, but has had no
significant role in trying to fix a program that continually has thousands of vacant units
and long lines of would-be tenants. City Paper, 1998
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Enough is Enough.
On September 15, in the Ward 1 Primary...
VOTE NO ON FRANK SMITH
...and make this years salary his last.
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