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Best and Worst of
2005: A Review
From the Progressive Line
KUDOS
John
Kowalko...
John
for his unflinching/unselfish support of the
areas marginalized citizens
and for his activism
in trying to keep the lawmakers in Dover honest
in regard to energy policy.
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Labor's Voice...
"The Imminent Threat of Eminent
Domain...
clearly there is no basis to exclude
economic and social fairness
from the public..."
read more...
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"Much of
the (media) reporting
of this event is inaccurate
in stating that the hearing was
"disrupted..."
"...A silent
protest is not a
disruption. Actually,
Valihura disrupted his
own meeting,
taking
censorship and
repression to a new
level." -
John Kowalko
View
the Delaware State News
account...
...View the
News
Journal account of
this incident.
View the Delaware
on-line Overview
of the Energy Crisis,"Poor
fear heating costs will leave them cold"
...Progressive
Line story
John Kowalko, director of the
utility program of the Association of
Community Organizations for Reform Now,
or ACORN, said his group is making
efforts to speak for those in low-income
housing who cannot afford to heat their
homes, especially in the winter.
At last week's state House Energy
Committee meeting, Kowalko and a fellow
member of ACORN were forcefully removed
from the room after displaying their
frustration with the committee's refusal
to let their voices be heard, he said.
The group has been attempting to push an
affordable utilities bill through the
state House and Senate but were not
allowed to participate in any of the
state hearings on the matter, Kowalko
said. He is frustrated because the
legislative meetings have not addressed
the low-income community thus far.
"We were not being heard, so I decided
to don a gag to symbolically represent
the public community's inability to
speak," he said.
Kowalko and ACORN will continue to work
to assist low income communities who
will suffer the most from the increases
in electric prices, despite not being
heard by their representatives, he said.
"The Legislature doesn't want to be seen
as taking a stance on something that
won't get them votes," he said. "The
people I represent arc people who don't
have a voice, but they are members of
the community."
For Immediate
Release
Contact: John Kowalko
October 25th,
2006 302
547 9351
302 737 2396
kowalkoforthe25th@verizon.net
CANDIDATE
JOHN KOWALKO ISSUES STATEMENT
ON STATE OF DAIMLER-CHRYSLER PLANT
IN HIS DISTRICT
John Kowalko, candidate for State
House in the 25th District, unveiled
his
plan to ease the financial crisis
facing the Chrysler Plant. John
Kowalko
said that although the Chrysler Plant is
located in the 25th District the
ramifications of any closure would send
economic shock-waves statewide.
His statement follows:
"The situation has to be addressed with
comprehensive and
sustainable solutions. Implementing a
Universal Health Care program for
Delaware would be the single most
effective initiative to ease the
economic
burdens besetting our business
communities, both large and small. I am
a
steadfast proponent for Health Care
Coverage for all Delawareans via a
single-payer system. The costs of
private health insurance adds over $1300
to the per vehicle price according to
Daimler-Chrysler VP Hadrych-2004
Washington Post.
The Big Three automakers have said 'the
public health system (in Canada)
significantly reduces total labor
costs... compared to the cost of private
health insurance services purchased by
U.S. Automakers'-[same article].
It is obviously a first step that must
be taken now to relieve some of the
cost-burden of doing business in
Delaware while strengthening Delaware's
opportunity to compete in a Global
economy. The ultimate result of Health
Care reform is an attraction to new
business growth in Delaware."
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