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Meredith Gorfein, the Democratic Candidate for
the 31st District in the House of Delegates stands for:
* EDUCATION • Use our tax dollars for public schools, not private;
Encourage involvement between teachers and parf Strengthen the bond between our schools and the com. • Raise the standards and rewards for our teachers • Renovate our schools with State funding; • Reduce class sizes for our at-risk kids; • Ban all guns on school property at all times. <s* ■ Vi ; (VEA) for commitment to and pul education. • On the 1 -gisladve R< member of I am a fierce advocate for children and public education. My votes will affirm this.
LOCAL AUTHORITY
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provide more tools for local authorities to manage growth; • Allow Adequate Public Facilities Ordinances to control the location and timing of development; • Reduce taxpayer costs resulting from growth by assessing impact fees; •Return more of our State dollars to the localities.
* Constituents’ needs are more important than developer’s “needs”. My votes will affirm this. ENVIRONMENT • Create a dedicated funding source for Land Conserva •Advocate the conservation and protection of our rural af Stewardship of the land improves the qual our lives and economy. My votes will affirm this.
HEALTH CARE • Make health insurance for every citizen of this State a reality; • Create purchasing pools for health insurance for small businesses and the self-employed. Everyone should have access to affordable health insurance. My votes will affirm this.
Consider what I stand for, and then consider how my
opponent voted. The difference between us is enormous. * 4 H 4 * * * * * * i i i a * * i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i
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