The two candidates and their platforms:
1) Brian Moore.
- 35 years of civil involvement.
- U.S. Peace Corps volunteer from 1969-1972.
- M.A. in Public Administration from Arizona State University.
- 20 years in the HMO/Managed Care industry.
- "Immediate and unconditional withdrawal of American military and corporations from Iraq and Afghanistan."
- Repeal of Patriot Act I and II.
- Supports elimination of the use of torture.
- Conduct a War Crime Commission against the Bush administration.
- Opposes the Stimulus Bill unless "all financial and private institutions are nationalized and controlled by workers."
- He is an open Socialist.
- Advocates a National Health System.
- "Initiate a guaranteed income for all American families, working or not, at a level of $35,000 per year per adult."
- Phase out all nuclear power plants.
- End U.S. Cuban Embargo.
- Calls for treaty outlawing all weapons of mass destruction.
- Abolish CIA, NSA and Homeland Security.
- "Unconditional disarmament by the U.S."
- Support Kyoto Protocol.
- Legislate a 30 hour work week, six weeks leave, and a full pension.
- Opposes capital punishment.
- Stop America's participation in NAFTA, WTO, IMF, and World Bank.
- Promote a multi-party system.
- End U.S. arms sales throughout the world.
- Advocates a constitutional amendment "requiring binding vote of people on all issues of war or military intervention."
- Right of workers to form a union and to strike.
- $15 per hour minimum wage.
- A "steeply graduated income tax and estate tax."
- Federal ban on all forms of job discrimination.
- End all restrictions in law and work place, marriages and sodomy laws.
Colbert Video with Moore.
2) Alex Sink.
- "26 successful years in business."
- Currently Florida's Chief Financial Officer.
- Put a stop to "Project Aspire, an $89 million, over-budget and under-performing state accounting program she inherited upon taking office"
- Launched initiatives like the Safeguard Our Senior Task Force to "protect older Floridians from financial fraud" and Florida Housing Help, a program that "provides assistance to Floridians facing mortgage foreclosure."
- She is the chair of Take Stock in Children.
- She was president of Florida's largest bank, in charge of over "$40 billion in customer deposits while supervising more than 9,000 employees in 800 branches."
- "Stabilize and expand small business."
- Creation of a Florida job-creation tax credit.
- "Increase efforts to market Florida as a retirement destination."
- Use her role to promote successful companies in Florida to the world.
- Expand R&D tax credits.
- "Leverage up to $2 billion for high-tech investment" from the Florida Retirement System Trust Fund.
- Create Energy Finance Districts which would "provide residential, commercial, and industrial loans to retrofit properties with energy-efficient systems."
- Create a small business ombudsman within the Governor's Office.
- Will "require that state regulatory agencies work together to simplify regulations."
- Create a "one-stop" web portal for start-up businesses.
- Require all top state agency officials to sign performance contracts with benchmarks.
- Create a "non-partisan watchdog office...to make state government more efficient."
- Invest in high-quality pre-kindergarten education programs.
- Invest in intervention programs to reduce crime.
- Eliminate numerous exemptions from competitive bidding requirements.
- Consolidate call centers, the state fleet management and "unneeded state property."
- Reduce state cell phone usage to save "$6 million" as well as the use office supplies to save an additional $14 million.
- Go after more federal transportation funding.
- Hire a contractor to help the state draw down more federal funds.
- "Merit pay for teachers and charter schools need to be part" of educational reform.
- Require full disclosure of state party credit card spending.
- Ban gifts from Vendors to State agency employees.
- Promote Florida's new Property Assessed Clean Energy program, "which allows local governments to offer low-interest loans to property owners for making energy-efficient improvement to their homes."
- Impose "stiff state fines" on private companies that knowingly hire undocumented workers.
- Veto any legislation that diverts money from the state's highway trust fund to other projects.
- Offer tax incentives for businesses to use rail.
MyFloridaCFO.com
Sink Unveils Alternative Energy Plan
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