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Miner Writes Letter to Congress,
Supports Employment-Non-Discrimination Act
Mortgage Assistance
Coming to Syracuse
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SSIC Seeks to Educate Small Business
Owners with Boot Camp and Expo
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Rochester Elects
First Female Mayor, Lovely
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JSCB Phase II Will Hold First Meeting with New Board Members
Legislaton has been passed for the
Joint Schools Constructon Board
(JSCB), creatng the second phase of
the project authorizing the mayor
and superintendent to appoint new
members to the board. The frst
meetng of the new board will take
place on Thursday, Nov. 21, 9:00 a.m.,
at Syracuse City Hall.
I am excited to bring together a diverse
group of community leaders who have
the experience and ambiton needed
to get the job done, said Syracuse
Mayor Stephanie A. Miner. The Joint
Schools Constructon Board will be
well-served by these individuals. I
look forward to tackling the next big
challenge together.
The board compositon was codifed
into state law when the second phase
of the JSCB was authorized. The new
board now similarly resembles the
compositon of the city of Rochesters
Joint Schools Constructon Board.
During the frst phase of JSCB work,
three schools were completely rebuilt
including Fowler High School, the
Insttute of Technology at Central Tech,
and Dr. Weeks Elementary School.
The H.W. Smith K-8 School, another
project in the Phase I portolio, is
nearing completon.
The members of the JSCB are as
follows: Mayor Stephanie A. Miner,
Sharon L. Contreras, Superintendent
of Schools; Hon. Calvin Corridors,
Commissioner of Educaton; Edward
Cuello, AXA Equitable; Chuck
Merrihew, Vice President of External
Afairs and Advancement, Syracuse
University; Sharon Owens, Executve
Director of the Southwest Community
Center; and Hon. Van B. Robinson,
President of the Syracuse Common
Council.
This is an excitng tme in the
Syracuse City School District as we
embark on this next phase of school
constructon, said Sharon L. Contreras,
superintendent of the Syracuse City
School District. Our students and
teachers deserve world-class learning
environments. I look forward to
working with this new board to make
this a reality for our students, staf and
families.
SSIC Seeks to Educate Small Business Owners with Boot Camp and Expo
The South Side Innovaton Center
(SSIC) will be hostng the Grow Your
Business Boot Camp and Business
Expo, Dec. 7th from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00
p.m.
The event, funded by Sams Club Giving
Program, will feature presentatons
from local business professionals on
topics including media management,
technology, fnancial planning, access
to capital, branding, entty formaton,
legal issues, and growth and exit
planning.
Atendees will be able to network,
as well as meet other business
professionals and organizatons within
the local community. Partcipants will
also be provided lunch with a keynote
speaker.
The South Side Innovaton Center is
proud to be chosen as the facilitator
of the Grow Your Business Boot Camp
event sponsored by Sams Club, said
El-Java Abdul-Qadir, manager of the
SSIC. This event will connect small-
business owners with the resources
and tools they need to increase their
revenue, create jobs and contribute
positvely to their families and
community, which will ultmately
increase the vitality of the local
economy.
The South Side Innovaton Center aids in
the creaton of new ventures and helps
to make existng ones sustainable. The
program, launched in 2006 is part of
the larger South Side Entrepreneurial
Connect Project (SSECP), which seeks
to identfy and support sustainable
ventures, and includes infrastructure
building, student and faculty
engagement through consultng
teams, a microcredit fund, and training
programs for entrepreneurs and
opportunites for minority purchasing.
Sams Club Giving Program has a
long history of giving back to the
communites they serve through
product donatons, grants to local non-
proft civic organizatons and associate
volunteerism. The organizaton said
it has three main goals: reach small
business owners with educaton,
training and technical support; provide
access to capital that fosters business
growth; and increase revenue while
maintaining and creatng jobs.
The SSIC is located at 2610 S. Salina
Street in downtown Syracuse.
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2nd NY teen charged in fatal stabbing after party
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - Police in Syracuse
say theyve arrested a second teenager
in the fatal stabbing of another teen at
a party last month.
Ofcials say Thursday that 19-year-old
Jose Calderon of Syracuse has been
charged with second-degree murder
in the Oct. 27 slaying of 17-year-old
Charles Pits Jr.
Police say Pits was stabbed early that
morning during one of the fghts that
broke out as people were leaving a
party in the recreaton room of an
apartment building. The high school
senior was pronounced dead at
Upstate University Hospital.
Police arrested 16-year-old Gilberto
Rodriguez of Syracuse soon afer the
atack and charged him with second-
degree murder.
It couldnt immediately be determined
if Calderon has a lawyer.
TSA Ready for Holiday Travel Season
The Transportaton Security
Administraton (TSA) highlighted
security procedures Wednesday ahead
of the busy holiday travel period to
remind travelers about the steps they
can take to be prepared for airport
security.
TSA has implemented several risk-
based security measures that are
intended to make the passenger
experience at airports across the
country easier and create an enhanced
sense of safety.
According to industry forecasts,
airports and airlines antcipate more
than 25 million air travelers natonwide
during this 12-day Thanksgiving travel
period, a 1.5 percent increase over
2012.
TSA has implemented risk-based
procedures to further strengthen
transportaton security while
improving the passenger experience
whenever possible, said TSA
Administrator John S. Pistole. We
remain prepared, especially during this
holiday season, to keep passengers
safe as they travel.
TSA has expanded its TSA Pre-Check
program to additonal airports and
airlines natonwide, which allows pre-
approved airline travelers to leave on
their shoes, light outerwear and belt,
keep their laptop in its case and their
3-1-1 compliant liquids/gels bag in a
carry-on in select screening lanes.
Later this year, TSA will launch an
applicaton program, allowing more
U.S. citzens and lawful permanent
residents to enroll in TSA Pre-Check.
If a passenger is eligible for expedited
screening, a TSA Pre-Check indicator
will be embedded in the barcode
of the boarding pass so that, when
its scanned at the checkpoint, the
passenger may be referred to a TSA
Pre-Check lane.
Many partcipatng airlines said they
will also print a TSA Pre-Check indicator
directly on the boarding pass so
passengers will know in advance that
they have been cleared for expedited
screening.
Passenger preparedness can have a
signifcant impact on wait tmes at
security checkpoints natonwide. To
alleviate misunderstandings at the
security checkpoint, TSA is reminding
travelers of the following tps: 3-1-
1 for liquids: Liquids, gels, aerosols,
creams and pastes must be 3.4 ounces
(100 ml) or less and all botles must ft
in a one-quart sized plastc bag to be
placed in a bin for screening.
Gifs: While wrapped gifs are
allowed, security ofcers may need
to unwrap a gif to resolve an alarm.
TSA recommends passengers wrap
gifs afer their fight or ship them
ahead of tme to avoid the possibility
of having to open them during the
screening process. Small snow globes
are allowed in carry-on luggage when
packed in a passengers plastc 3-1-1
bag.
Food: Food items such as pies and
cakes are permited, but may require
further inspecton. If travelers are
not sure if a food item is considered
a liquid or gel, it is best to pack the
item in checked baggage or ship it to a
destnaton in advance.
Prepare for security: Have a U.S. federal
or state-issued photo ID and boarding
pass out, and remove liquids and large
electronics, including laptops, from
carry-on baggage. Also, remember to
remove shoes, outerwear, and bulky
jewelry and to empty all pockets. Place
valuable items in a carry-on bag.
TSAs Wounded Warrior Screening
program: This program allows
expedited screening and curb to gate
service for this group of citzens.
Nine domestc carriers using the TSA
Pre-Check program include Alaska
Airlines, American Airlines, Delta
Air Lines, Hawaiian Airlines, JetBlue
Airways, Southwest Airlines, United
Airlines, US Airways and Virgin
America.
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Mortgage Assistance
Coming to Syracuse
By Delani Weaver
The Mortgage Assistance Unit of the
Department of Financial Services will
be coming to Syracuse Nov. 21 at the
Onondaga County Library on South
Geddes St. from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Homeowners will have an opportunity
to meet with several staf members
from the New York State Department
of Financial services to help with
whatever issue or concern they may
have with their mortgage or mortgage
company.
The following services will be ofered:
Understanding what happens
when you fall behind on mortgage
payments; learning more about the
foreclosure process in New York
State; understanding your rights as a
homeowner; knowing the alternatves
to foreclosure; learning more about
federal programs, loan modifcaton
and other relief; fling a complaint;
and seeking resoluton with your bank
or mortgage services.
Those seeking help are urged to
bring all relevant documents such as
identfcaton, records of mortgage
payments, correspondence from
lenders and foreclosure notces.
Residents can also come to Salina
Town Hall on Nov. 22 on School Road
in Liverpool for assistance.
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Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner sent
a leter to each member of New Yorks
Congressional Delegaton Wednesday,
urging representatves to support the
Employment Non-Discriminaton Act
(ENDA).
Miner also encouraged members to
be advocates for New Yorks lesbian,
gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT)
community by speaking up to their
party leadership and working to bring
the bill to the foor of the House of
Representatves for an up or down
vote.
We cannot rest untl each and
every New Yorker and each and
every American is able to go to work
and to school without the fear of
discriminaton because of who they
are and who they love, said Miner.
This bill extends protectons already
enshrined in law for race, sex, natonal
origin, age, religion, and disabilites to
sexual orientaton and gender identty.
LGBT Americans deserve this type
of equal treatment, which should be
aforded to all Americans, and this bill
takes a decisive step in that directon.
The Employment Non-Discriminaton
Act requires decisions related to
the hiring, fring, promoton, or
compensaton of an employee be
made without regard to their sexual
orientaton or gender identty. ENDA
passed the United States Senate on
November 7, 2013. Currently, 29 states
have no law protectng individuals in
the workplace based on their sexual
orientaton. Thirty-three states lack
protectons for individuals based on
their gender identty.
Mayor Miner said she has been a
leader on issues of LGBT equality
during her administraton. On the
frst day marriage equality was legal
in the state of New York; the mayor
opened City Hall to perform marriage
ceremonies. In December 2012, Miner
signed a law prohibitng discriminaton
based on gender identty and gender
expression.
The full text of Mayor Miners leter to
the Congressional delegaton can be
found below:
Dear Representatve:
I am writng to urge your support for
the Employment Non-Discriminaton
Act and act to have this important
legislaton placed on the foor for
an up or down vote. This law, which
will ban workplace discriminaton on
the basis of sexual orientaton and
gender identty, is an important part
of advancing the basic American idea
that we are all created equal and
live in a country which both respects
and protects our diferences. This
law will extend the same protectons
given on the basis of race, religion,
natonal origin, age, and disability to
sexual orientaton and gender identty.
It is based on similarly successful
legislaton, including Title VII of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 and the Americans
with Disabilites Act of 1990.
These laws are fundamental
expressions of who we are as
Americans: a person should have
decisions related to their hiring, fring,
promoton, or compensaton made
based on the quality of their work,
not because of who they are or who
they love. In 2013, an individual can
be fred for their sexual orientaton in
29 states. In 33 states, including New
York, an individual can be fred based
on their gender identty. This is not
acceptable. The tme to protect some
of our most vulnerable citzens is now.
Each day as mayor, I think about the
legacy I will leave to the young people
of our community. I believe this is an
incumbent duty of all public ofcials:
what kind of communites and what
country are we going to leave for the
next generaton? It is my hope that
we are able to foster tolerance and
respect and ofer dignity to each of
our consttuents. We cannot lose sight
that LGBT-Americans are more than
a hyphen; they are Americans and
deserve our full commitment to their
equality.
Sincerely,
Stephanie A. Miner
Mayor
Miner Writes Letter to Congress,
Supports Employment-Non-Discrimination Act
Mayor Stephanie Miner
Lovely Warren made history earlier this
month, becoming the frst woman, the
frst African American woman and the
youngest person to be elected Mayor
of Rochester, NY.
It was a sweet victory for Warren afer a
long drama-flled electon process. She
received 18,000 votes, 55% to beat out
incumbent mayor Tom Richards who
received 40% of the votes. Green Party
candidate Alex White came in a distant
third place with 5% of the votes.
Lovely was favored to win afer her
surprise defeat of Richards in the
Democratc Primary on September
10. But although Richards ended
his campaign shortly afer, his name
would stll appear on the ballot under
the Independent and Working Families
party lines.
Feeling that Richards could stll win
in the general electon, Richards
supporters, including city employees,
waged a campaign of their own against
Warren. In the end, their eforts were
unsuccessful.
We never gave up, we kept the faith
and to God be the Glory, Warren said.
I want to congratulate Lovely Warren
on her victory tonight. We have
already begun work on the transiton
and I have instructed senior stafand
Im asking all City employees to do
whatever it takes to ensure a smooth
and cooperatve transiton process,
Mayor Richards said. The job of mayor
goes far beyond a single individual. Its
now tme for the entre community to
come together and support the new
Mayor and contnue working to make
our City great.
Warren will assume ofce January 1,
2014.
Rochester Elects First Female Mayor, Lovely
STATE
Lovely Warren
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - An unruly football
fan who survived a fall from the top
deck of Ralph Wilson Stadium onto
a man below has been banned from
the stadium and could face charges,
ofcials said Monday.
Video from Sundays game between
the Bufalo Bills and New York Jets
shows the fan sliding down the 300
level railing in a seated positon before
fipping backward and plummetng
about 30 feet to the 200 level.
He and the man he landed on were
treated inside the stadium before
being taken to a hospital, where they
were treated and released, authorites
said.
Bills President and Chief Executve
Russ Brandon called the fallen fans
behavior irresponsible and in violaton
of the fan code of conduct.
This individual will not be permited
back into Ralph Wilson Stadium,
Brandon said in a statement.
Season tcket-holder Jef Savidge, of
Rochester, said play on the feld had
stopped for a television tmeout when
the falling fan suddenly landed across
the neck and shoulders of a man across
the aisle from him.
He kind of bounced of him and landed
about two rows down on the ground,
Savidge said in an interview. I heard
somebody scream from behind us, Oh
my God! or something like that.
The man who fell got up and said he
was OK but was stopped by security
from leaving, Savidge said. Arriving
emergency workers put a neck brace
on him and carried him away on a
chair stretcher, he said.
A security ofcer, meanwhile, held the
head of the fan who was struck to keep
him from moving as he sat upright in
his seat awaitng medical atenton,
Savidge said. He was carried out on a
backboard.
As much as it was kind of chaotc,
everybody was in control, he said.
The Bills ban on the man sliding down
the railing was supported by Erie
County Executve Mark Poloncarz,
who said the fan has shown that he is
a danger to himself and others.
Yesterdays reckless and dangerous
incident at Ralph Wilson Stadium is an
example of the type of behavior that
gives Bufalo a bad reputaton and that
can never be tolerated, dismissed or
accepted, Poloncarz said.
The Bills lease the stadium from the
county.
Brandon said the team is cooperatng
with an Erie County Sherifs
investgaton of the incident. Sherifs
spokeswoman Mary Murray, citng
the investgaton, did not release the
names of the men. She said charges
are possible.
In September 2012, a 20-year-old fan
from Tennessee died when he tumbled
over a railing at the Georgia Dome and
struck a man below during a college
game.
Since 2003, more than two dozen cases
of fans falling at stadiums have been
reported across the United States,
according to the Insttute for the Study
of Sports Incidents. The insttute is part
of the Natonal Center for Spectator
Sports Safety and Security, based at
the University of Southern Mississippi.
Fans fall from deck at NY stadium caught on video
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Democrats
eased the way for swif approval of
President Barack Obamas current and
future nominees on Thursday, votng
unilaterally to overturn decades of
Senate precedent and undermine
Republicans ability to block fnal
votes.
The 52-48 vote to undercut venerable
flibuster rules on presidental
appointees capped more than a
decade of struggle in which presidents
of both partes complained about
delays in confrming appointees,
partcularly to the federal courts.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid,
who launched the move, accused
Republicans of unbelievable,
unprecedented obstructon of
Obamas selectons to fll court
vacancies and other ofces.
Its tme to change the Senate, before
this insttuton becomes obsolete, he
said.
His Republican counterpart, Sen.
Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, accused
Democrats of exercising raw power,
and said they would regret it when
politcal fortunes switched.
He likened the efort to the presidents
since-discredited promise that
Americans who like their health care
can keep it under Obamacare, notng
that Reid promised last summer he
wouldnt seek to change the process
for approving appointees. He may as
well just have said, If you like the rules
of the Senate, you can keep them,
McConnell said.
At issue was a rule that can require a
60-vote majority to assure a yes-or-no
vote on presidental nominees to the
courts or to cabinet departments or
other agencies.
Under a parliamentary maneuver
scripted in advance, Democrats led
by Reid sought to change proceedings
so that only a simple majority was
required to clear the way for a fnal
vote.
Supreme Court nominatons would
be exempted from the change and
subject to a traditonal flibuster, the
term used to describe the 60-vote
requirement to limit debate.
The change would be the most far-
reaching since 1975, when a two-thirds
requirement for cutng of flibusters
against legislaton and all nominatons
was lowered to 60 votes.
It would deliver a major blow to
the GOPs ability to thwart Obama
in making appointments, though
Republicans have promised the same
fate would await Democrats whenever
the GOP recaptures the White House
and Senate control.
It also could adversely afect the level
of bipartsan cooperaton in the Senate
- a quality already in short supply in an
era of divided government.
The maneuvering occurred afer a
decade in which frst one party, then
the other, nursed a lengthening list of
grievances over delays in confrmaton
for nominees to the courts.
McConnell noted that Democrats
sought to thwart some of President
George W. Bushs conservatve
appointees, while Democrats say the
GOP has done the same to Obamas
appointees.
In a certain sign that a showdown was
imminent, dozens of senators fled in
to listen to Reid and McConnell swap
accusatons and then cast votes on a
complicated series of parliamentary
moves.
Even so, there was no doubt about the
outcome, if Reid insisted. Democrats
control 55 seats, compared with 45 for
Republicans.
These nominees deserve at least
an up-or-down vote. But Republican
flibusters deny them a fair vote, he
said.
To which McConnell noted that the
Senate has confrmed 215 of Obamas
picks to the courts since he became
president, and rejected two. Thats
a confrmaton rate of 99 percent, he
said pointedly.
The nominee involved was Patricia
Millet, an atorney and one of
three nominees to the District of
Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals
whose nominaton Republicans have
prevented from coming to a fnal vote.
Few if any complaints have been lodged
against the qualifcatons possessed by
Millet or the other two appointees,
District Judge Robert L. Wilkins and
law professor Cornelia Pillard. Instead,
Republicans have argued that there is
no need to confrm any of the three
because the courts caseload doesnt
warrant it.
The need for change is obvious,
Reid, of Nevada, said in remarks on the
Senate foor. He said that in the natons
history, there have been 168 flibusters
against presidental appointees. Half
of them have occurred during the
Obama administraton - during the last
four and a half years, he added.
Notng that Democrats have
periodically talked of changing the
rules in recent month, he added,
were not interested in having a gun
put to our head any longer.
It was unclear how quickly Millet
might be confrmed.
The clash capped a period of increasing
irritaton on the part of Democrats.
They have decided that their base
demands a permanent campaign
against the president and maximum
use of every tool available, Sen. Jef
Merkley, D-Ore., a leading advocate
of revamping flibuster rules, said
Wednesday of Republicans. He said
that consideraton is trumping the
appropriate exercise of advice and
consent by GOP senators.
The D.C. Circuit Court is viewed as
second only to the Supreme Court in
power because it rules on disputes
over White House and federal agency
actons. The circuits eight judges are
divided evenly between Democratc
and Republican presidental
appointees.
Senior Democrats wary of future GOP
retaliaton untl recently opposed the
move, but growing numbers of them
have begun lining up behind Reids
efort.
In additon, two dozen groups, including
the AFL-CIO and Sierra Club, wrote
lawmakers Wednesday supportng
the change, saying that rampant,
ideology-based obstructonism is the
new norm in the U.S. Senate.
Last summer, Democrats dropped
threats to rewrite Senate rules afer
Republicans agreed to supply enough
votes to end flibusters against Obamas
nominees to the Natonal Labor
Relatons Board as well as nominees
to head the Environmental Protecton
Agency, the Labor Department and
other agencies.
Democrats vote to curb filibusters on appointees
NY governor announces energy campus in Buffalo
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - A Bufalo
brownfeld site where a steel plant
once stood will be transformed into
a high-tech manufacturing complex
focused on clean energy.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced
during a news conference Thursday
that the state will invest $225 million
in infrastructure on the 90-acre site of
the former Republic Steel plant along
the Bufalo River in South Bufalo.
Two California-based companies,
Soraa and Silevo, will invest $1.5 billion
to relocate parts of their operatons to
the site, creatng 850 jobs.
Ofcials hope the site will become a
natonal hub for high-tech and green
energy businesses.
The governor has pledged to invest $1
billion in state funding in the economy
of upstate New Yorks largest city over
several years.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A New York state
legislator says its tme to crack down
on the violent knockout game in
which youths sucker punch innocent
bystanders for kicks.
Republican Assemblyman Jim Tedisco
of Schenectady tells The Associated
Press Thursday that his bill would make
the violent game a gang assault with
a sentence of up to 25 years. Youths
would be charged as adults.
Tedisco says his measure is intended to
be a deterrent to stop the game and
avoid more serious injuries by what he
calls twisted and cowardly thugs.
Partcipants try to punch a stranger so
hard they are rendered unconscious,
ofen while other youths record the
atack for online sites.
Tediscos bill will also include prison
tme for those convicted of atending
to watch or record the assaults.
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WILLIAM SPRIGGS
OPINION/EDITORIAL
The views expressed on our opinion pages are those of the author and do not
necessarily represent the position or viewpoint of MRMG or CNY Vision
(TriceEdneyWire.
com) - The U.S.
Gross Domestc
Product (the
value of all goods
and services in
the economy)
fgures show
GDP per person
is $53,211. Thats
per person, not
per family. Those
fgures also show
we annually spend $2,797 per person
on food-thats $233 per person a
month. Afer netng out imports, we
sell nearly $14 billion in food overseas.
Clearly America is a wealthy naton
that is fully food secure.
So the issue is not Americas resources
of income and land, it is our choices
in the distributon of our resources.
Presumably, this value propositon
was setled when President Lyndon B.
Johnson signed the 1964 Food Stamp
Act into law, with support from the
labor movement.
To be eligible for the Supplemental
Nutriton Assistance Program (SNAP),
a family must have a total income
(including any other federal assistance)
that is less than 130 percent of the
poverty line (except in six states
with limits up to twice the poverty
level); for a family of two adults and
one child, that means income below
$25,389 a year.
The maximum beneft for a family of
three fell from $526 to $497 a month
on Nov. 1. Low-income families tend
to be either old or young. And young
families happen to be where most of
Americas children live. So, there are
some 21 million children who currently
are fed, in part, by SNAP benefts. That
is almost one in four U.S. children.
In 2009, when Congress passed the
American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act, it boosted the maximum SNAP
beneft to help families during the
worse labor market since the Great
Depression. But that boost was set to
expire at the end of October 2013, in
hopes the labor market would have
recovered. The labor market has not
recovered. There are stll 1.5 million
fewer payroll positons in America
today than in January 2008. This
means that unemployment is real; it is
not the result of people being lazy in
looking for work.
And young people-in partcular-have
been hit hardest. Among the key age
groups for young parents, the share of
20- to 24-year-olds who are employed
is at 61.8 percent, down from 69.3
percent in January 2008; and for those
25 to 34, the share holding down jobs
has fallen to 74.6 percent, down from
79.6 percent in January 2008.
House Republicans have voted to cut
SNAP, shifing the blame for the weak
economy onto young workers and the
weight of the costs on our children by
ignoring policymakers failures to get
the economy running. In a naton so
rich it can export food, this is morally
wrong. Rather than pass plans to hire
teachers to restore our childrens
classroom sizes, or hire constructon
workers to fx our broken roads and
bridges, Republicans argue it is beter
to cut federal spending on things like
SNAP to get the federal budget in
order. Some Republicans think federal
defcits are morally wrong because
defcits leave bills for our children.
These same Republicans fought
President Barack Obama hard to keep
tax cuts in place for the wealthiest
people on the planet, ignoring that
those tax cuts make the federal defcit
larger. And no moral calculus says we
should starve our children of food
and educaton today to save them as
weaklings for the future.
This is more than morally wrong. It
is bad economics. The Consumer
Expenditure Survey gives a deep view
of Americas consumpton paterns.
An interestng fact in that data is that
among families in the income range
to qualify for SNAP, they all consume
on average $20,000 to $25,000 a year.
This makes sense, as it would be hard
to imagine how someone could eat,
be clothed and have shelter and not
spend at least $20,000 a year. This
means at that income level, they do
not save, they spend every dollar. Cuts
in their SNAP benefts mean they will
have to cut something else to contnue
eatng.
This is not a cut simply to families
struggling with an economy that is not
producing enough jobs and wages that
are barely keeping pace with infaton.
It means pulling millions of dollars out
of the economy. This means less sales
revenue for small businesses selling
clothes or shoes or childrens books.
And fewer buyers mean less need for
sales clerks, meaning fewer jobs.
The current economic policies of
lowering the defcit by half, boostng
corporate profts to record highs and
breaking Dow Jones average records
for stocks has not meant relief on
Main Street, Martn Luther King Jr.
Boulevard or Csar Chvez Way. We
need to strengthen policies that help
everyone.
Cutting Food Assistance Is More Than Morally Wrong
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(SPM Wire) Every year, more than
100,000 children in foster care are
available for adopton. Many spend
more than fve years waitng for
permanent, loving homes, according
to the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services.
To raise awareness and help these
children fnd permanent adoptve
homes, each November the
Childrens Bureau, in partnership
with AdoptUSKids and Child Welfare
Informaton Gateway, sponsors
Natonal Adopton Month. The
initatve, which has been held yearly
since 1995, also serves to celebrate
adopton and recognize families with
adopted children.
The month-long celebraton also
includes Natonal Adopton Day, when
courthouses natonwide partcipate in
fnalizing hundreds and hundreds of
adoptons simultaneously. This year
it is being held on November 23rd. In
2012, more than 4,500 children were
adopted during the Natonal Adopton
Day celebraton in almost 400 cites
across the United States.
Prospectve adoptve parents can
learn more from such organizatons
as the Childrens Bureau (childwelfare.
gov/adopton/nam/) and the
Natonal Adopton Day Coaliton
(natonaladoptonday.org), which
has helped nearly 44,500 children
move from foster care to permanent
families.
All across the country, local state
and county departments of child
and family services are hard at work
seeking people who are considering
startng or expanding their families
through permanent adopton.
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(TriceEdneyWire.
com) I write this
week to afrm my
understanding that
we dont have to
wait for Womens
History or
Black History
Month to talk
about Black
women. In honor
of Addie Wyat and
on the occasion
of receiving the
United Food
and Commercial Workers Minority
Coalitons Addie Wyat Award, I want to
share informaton about this incredible
woman
whose lifes work lives on as a glowing
example for women and of dedicaton to
principles of civil and human rights,
and service to her community.
Refectng on the successes of numerous
civil rights organizatons and dedicated
actvists, I realize that more than a
signifcant number of our achievements
have origins that form under the infuence
of Addie and women like her.
Upon comparison, I was able to identfy
many common threads between Addie
and me, and that is a source of great pride.
Were both southern women and both are
known to have no hesitaton in speaking
our minds. We have both served on high-
level Presidental Commissions and have
both worked internatonally for human
justce. Were both ministers and both of
us have been honored in our selecton as
Ebony Magazines 100 Most Infuental
African Americans.
Addie worked for the UFCW and I was
supported by them when I ran for
Congress. She helped to organize the
Coaliton of
Black Trade Unionists and they were highly
supportve of me, too. As I developed
personally and professionally, Addie
served as a major role model in my life.
Im sure that few who knew Addie in her
early years would have imagined the
woman she would become. Although born
in
Mississippi, coming from humble
beginnings, Addies story of achievement
began in her adopted hometown of
Chicago, IL.
Like many who relocated to the north
during the era of the Great Migraton, she
took advantage of the available
industrial jobs hers in meatpacking.
Also like many in that era, Addie was able
to realize a measure of protecton with her
membership in a labor union. Her
union gave her a platorm to demonstrate
the strength of her character and
leadership skills. In the early 60s, she
was appointed to a positon on the
Labor Legislaton Commitee of the U.S.
Commission on the Status of Women. In
1976,
her leadership skills led to her electon as
Internatonal Vice-President of the UFCW.
The strength of her leadership wasnt
confned to being in the labor movement.
Addie was ordained as a minister in the
Church of God. Like so many ministers of
that era, she used the authority of her
pulpit as a vehicle to promote civil
rights. Supportng his fair housing
initatves in Chicago and the goals of the
March on Washington, she was one of the
thousands of unsung foot soldiers of Dr.
King.
Like many who wax sentmental about the
departed, I also make assumptons about
how Addie wouldve addressed
contemporary issues. Considering her
commitment to racial and gender fairness,
I believe the Marissa Alexander case
would be a hot-buton issue in Addies
life. I envision Addie speaking out and
raising defense fundsbut certainly
not just talking about what others should
do.
In an interview with Elizabeth Balanof,
Addie said, I fnd myself as a black woman
of tmes fghtng on three fronts
the workers front, the black front and
the female fronttrying to overcome all
of these pressuresSometmes I think
its much more difcult as a black woman,
because we have to carry the burden of all
these problems.
As a result of her work, and her infuence
on women of my generaton, we have a
duty to help women of a younger
generaton. More of us must mentor and
extend our experiences, knowledge and
guidance to those who follow.
_____
(Dr. E. Faye Williams, Chair of the Natonal
Congress of Black Women, Inc. 202/678-
6788. www.natonalcongressbw.org)
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