Legislative Agenda

The following is a press release issued by DFMC A-List Candidate for Monroe County Council Geoff McKim.

Geoff McKim, Democratic candidate for the Monroe County Council, is proposing the creation of a county stormwater utility to control flooding, protect the county's bodies of water, and help fund the inevitable costs of growth more fairly. "Development – that is, replacing of natural vegetation with buildings, concrete, and other impervious surfaces – causes pollution of our lakes and streams, and also increases the incidence of flooding," said McKim. Thirteen of Monroe County's waterways have been declared "impaired" by the state. "We need a system that ensures that the County has the resources to manage the problem – it is the price we have to pay for growth."

DFMC A-List Candidate for Monroe County Commissioner Mark Stoops filed the following press release.

I would like to discuss universal health care – but on a local level. I would like to propose that we in Monroe County can create a single payer health care system that is efficient and comprehensive – but most of all, humane.

It is not necessary for us to wait years for a state or federal health care plan that has been transformed by special interests into a shadow of true universal health care. I believe we have the people, the knowledge, and the basic infrastructure to create a local system now.