Martin O’Malley holding fundraiser in RI next month.
Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley will visit the state on the evening of Tuesday, July 7, for a “cookout” fundraiser at the Jamestown home of former Princeton Review CEO Michael Perik and his wife, Liz, according to an invitation obtained by WPRI.com.
http://wpri.com/2015/06/24/martin-omalley-holding-fundraiser-in-ri-next-month/
O'Malley's accomplishments:
1. Ended death penalty in Maryland
2. Prevented fracking in Maryland and put regulations in the way to prevent next GOP Gov Hogan fom easily allowing fracking.
3. Provided health insurance for 380,000
4. Reduced infant mortality to an all time low.
5. Provided meals to thousands of hungry children and moved toward a goal for eradicating childhood hunger.
6. Enacted a $10.10 living wage and a $11. minimum wage for State workers.
7. Supporter the Dream Act
8. Cut income taxes for 86% of Marylanders (raised taxes on the rich).
9. Reformed Maryland’s tax code to make it more progressive.
10. Enacted some of the nation’s most comprehensive reforms to protect homeowners from foreclosure.
Mother Jones magazine called him the best candidate on environmental issues.
Article here:
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/12/martin-omalley-longshot-presidential-candidate-and-real-climate-hawk
He is the Presidential Candidate With a Plan to Run the US on 100% Clean Energy
That leaves Martin O'Malley, the former mayor of Baltimore and two-term governor of Maryland, who's trailing all of the above in the polls. In the wake of the pope's headline-grabbing encyclical on the environment, which champions the moral need to fight global warming and calls for a swift transition from fossil fuels to clean energy, the presidential contender published an op-ed in USA Today outlining an extremely ambitious plan to do precisely that.
"I believe, within 35 years, our country can, and should, be 100% powered by clean energy, supported by millions of new jobs," O'Malley writes. "To reach this goal we must accelerate that transition starting now."
"As president, on day one, I would use my executive power to declare the transition to a clean energy future the number one priority of our Federal Government."
Whole article here:
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/martin-omalley-clean-energy-candidate
The specifics of O'Malley's plan:
-Create a national Renewable Energy Standard that would mandate 100 percent clean energy by 2050
-Launch a seemingly New Deal-styled Clean Energy Job Corps that would retrofit buildings for efficiency and build green spaces
-Have the EPA enforce a "zero tolerance" methane leak policy (currently, natural gas production releases a staggering amount of the super-greenhouse gas into the atmosphere)
-Call on Congress to enact a carbon cap that would charge companies for their carbon pollution, and return the revenue to lower and middle class families
-Deny the Keystone XL and halt offshore oil drilling in Alaska
He said:
We have a choice.
For all of the progress we've made in rebuilding our economy after the 2008 crash, there is still so much that needs to be done. Right now, there are more repercussions for a person driving with a broken taillight in our country than there are for the CEO of a big bank being a chronic violator of SEC rules. No one is holding CEOs accountable for reckless behavior, and they're putting our economy at risk. We must not allow another Wall Street meltdown to bring down hard-working families.
I am not beholden to Wall Street interests and that's why your grassroots contribution to this campaign is so important.
We're up against a critical fundraising deadline in just one week. Donate $35 today and join the only campaign that will stand up to Wall Street.
Thank you,
Martin O'Malley
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