Marc Lande
Running For Delegate
Green Initiatives
In high school I interned for the former Senator from Colorado Timothy Wirth who is a leader environmentalist. I volunteered in Bonners Ferry, Idaho and Tok, Alaska. In Alaska, I saw a frontier. It was easy to visualize what this land looked like before settlers, with rolling forest and vibrant rivers...It is of the uttermost importance to protect our National Parks and expand protections.
In this District, I am pro-environmentalist. Initiatives to end the carbon footprint by 2035 in Montgomery County are outstanding.
I was a student when curbside recycling started. I would like to see a major increase in recycling. Furthermore, some countries are virtually stopping their land fill waste. To me, to one day have no landfills would be a vision of a brighter Montgomery County.
I pray that one day we will have major upgrades in green technology. How super cars have not hit the market for under $20000 and solar panels as inexpensive as A/C units, boggles my mind.
If we want to stop global warming and climate change we got to change our ways. the Prius I drive, the garbage I recycle, the cleaner energies from utilities such as pepco are all stop gap measures. Eventually, we need a green evolution and we need it now. Obama was on the right track. Democrats are going to win this battle.
Green regulations for our foods, for corporations and small businesses are much more important than the boring tax policies that might allow you to expand wealth by buying a few more stocks. Our children future depends on green initiatives in the District as much as Peace initiatives.
I will work towards green iniatives while looking to expand the growth of Bethesda and Chevy Chase that does not cram people into high rises and town houses and destroy nature. The purple line did not take environmental considerations as serious as it should have. If we can still stop it I am all in favor of it.
Ultimately, I would like to increase affordable housing with the possible effect of have people moving into cities and out of countrysides. Maybe a homelessness organization that can get people out of the shelters and into an apartment. And I will be in none of these developers pockets.
I am not in people's pockets...I will work to keep it that way.
Non-Violence
To set forth towards fighting for the people of District 16, I must offer a vision.
One day, I see a country that uses peaceful actions to resolve their disputes rather than violence actions to resole their disputes.
A better world for our children would be one based around peace. But how do we achieve this?
An ethic of doing no harm to another is a way to ensure that you take a peaceful path when it comes to hurting another soul.
Of course, people look to their government for protection.
I understand that this is a dangerous world. I ensure I will work towards iniatives to get us to a place where we resolve on disputes positively.
The Constitution needs to change to take a major step towards an America built around life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Education iniatives, gun control legislation, evening the playing field and declaring we will not accept our President using nuclear weapons under any circumstances are a start for District 16.
From the state of Maryland ensure early childhood day care to peace and conflict resolution cirriculum we can start to achieve a vision where we reject violence.
As a country, the violence between us seems to be increasing. Now is a time to take a stand for a better future for our Country. The path towards non-violence is their for one who seeks it. That has remained constant in any time through human history.
The choice to elect leaders, the right to vote is a privilege so let's elect leaders who will be looking for radical solutions not just the boring policies of most of Republicans and Democrats. Voices are standing to reject violence. Join us on this fight.
So the people of this District do not objectify me as a appeaser or traitor. I fully believe we had no choice but to fight World War II. Our self defense was at stake. And we utterly destroyed the war like HIlter and Nazis. In beating the Nazis, we proclaimed that the right of self defense is a right to any current situation.
But unlike any other time in history we have the ability to educate like never before. As we can build bridges we must confront war like aggression with history lessons and pleads for peace. The 20th century was the bloodiest century in human history. Let us make the 21st Century the century of diplomacy. This is not appeasement. This is a commitment to seek peace and solutions when confronted with war like aggression. Join me in educating the world that we always have choices. And let us elect leaders that will have the wisdom and knowledge to know we all have choices. Let us not have history repeat itself again.