Marty-Governor-DFL; Position Paper Collection

Table of Contents

1. John Marty Summary
2. Position Paper: Agriculture & Farmers
3. Position Paper: Children and Families
4. Position Paper: Crime Prevention
5. Position Paper: Environmental Protection
6. Position Paper: Gay & Lesbian Rights
7. Position Paper: Health Care
8. Position Paper: Labor & Jobs
9. Position Paper: Senior Citizens
10. Position Paper: Women
11. Op/Ed Feature: Marty on Public Education
12. Press Release: 50 Reasons to Vote: Reason number 39
13. Press Release: Marty-Larson Memo, including "General Election Radio Begins", "50 Reasons to Vote for Marty-Larson (numbers 40-50)", and "Marty's Move" from the Northfield News 9/28/94.
14. Press Release: Carlson Is Not Telling the Truth About Taxes
15. Press Release: Marty Warns That Carlson's Policies will Make an Endangered Species of Middle-Income Families

John Marty Summary

• 1986, elected to Minnesota Senate -- Re-elected 1990,1992
• 95% AFL-CIO voting record (1987-93)
• 100% MN NOW voting record
• 97% Children's Defense Fund voting record
• 89% Farmers Union
• Sierra Club Environmentalist of the Year, 1993
• Endorsed by:
  • Minnesota NOW Political Committee
  • DFL Feminist Caucus
  • DFL Lesbian/Gay Caucus
  • Minn Democratic-Farmer-Labor party
  • (AFSCME) American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees

Tax Reform

• John Marty has authored legislation to shift tax burden from low & middle income people to those with higher incomes
• John Marty will continue to shift the tax burden from regressive property taxes to progressive income taxes based on people's ability to pay.

Education

• John Marty has worked and will continue to work to lully frind Head start and Early Childhood Family Education.
• John Marty believes investing in children will help avoid far greater costs down the road.
• John Marty will work for a fair and adequate funding formula to ensure that communities statewide receive the money they need to provide a quality of education (this means progressively shifting away from a property tax flinding system to an income tax based on ability to pay).

Labor

• As a senator, John Marty has fought to guarantee decent wages and safe working conditions for all Minnesotans.
• John Marty supports binding arbitration in settling first contracts.
• John Marty supports notifying workers of their right to have a union representative present for disciplinary hearings.
• Equal time for unions to meet with workers if employers use work time to lobby against organizing drives
• John Marty will fight against trade agreements and other political and economic policies that take away Minnesotans jobs or drive down wages to an unlivable level.

Agriculture and Rural Development

• Supports farm policies that help family farmers get fair prices for their products in an environmentally sound and sustainable manner.
• State must aggressively promote economic development for small businesses in rural Minnesota communities to ensure their survival

Crime

• John Marty stresses the need for more emphasis on getting at the root causes of crime, and preventing its occurrence.
• John Marty has worked to implement school drug education programs in an effort to stem teen suicide and chemical dependency.
• John Marty authored a provision to screen juveniles in detention for mental health and chemical dependency problems to make sure they receive appropriate help.
• John Marty authored legislation to allow victims of abuse to seek legal protection from their abusers.
• John Marty has been heavily involved in legislation to address the problems of sexual assault and domestic abuse, and has worked to greatly increase sentences for violent sex offenders.
• John Marty authored several successfiil bills to toughen our DWI laws.

Government Reform

• Chair, Senate Ethics and Campaign Reform Committee
• In his gubernatorial campaign, John Marty is refusing all contributions from PACs and lobbyists, and will accept no individual contributions of over $ 100 per person per year.
• Author of Campaign Finance Reform legislation
• Author of ethics legislation this session that would prohibit the perks and gifts lobbyists give elected officials

Environment

• John Marty has been at the forefront of some of Minnesota's most progressive environmental initiatives regarding resource conservation.
• John Marty authored several major recycling bills including proposals to expand the market for recycled materials and to ban toxic substances from packaging.
• John Marty authored a number of provisions to promote energy conservation including new energy efficiency standards for appliances and housing.
• John Marty is working for legislation to reduce the exposure of children and pets to lawncare pesticides.
• John Marty has authored provisions to sharply curtail the amount of mercury and other toxic metals that are incinerated and dispersed in the air.
• John Marty is a powerful advocate of efforts to move commuters from their cars to public transit.

Children and Families

• John Marty supports a single payer health care plan similar to Canada's, if the federal plan grants such authority.
• John Marty is a longtime advocate for meeting the health and nutrition needs of children.
• John Marty has authored legislation to fully invest in WIC, Headstart and other cost saving prevention programs -- paying for them through progressive tax increases on high income citizens.
• Advocates welfare reform that moves people from welfare to decent jobs.

Human Rights

• John Marty has been a consistent leader on human rights issues in Minnesota.
• Authored legislation protecting against hate crimes and promoting opportunity for women and minority owned businesses
• John Marty is continuing to fight for extending the statute of limitations for violations of the Human Rights Act.

Abortion

• John Marty strongly supports a woman's right to choose.
• John Marty strongly supports increased education and access to birth control and family planning in order to prevent unwanted pregnancies.

Seniors

• John Marty helped lead the "living will" legislation.
• John Marty supports Alternative Care Grants and Living at Home/Block Nurse programs to allow seniors to receive care while living independently.

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