NaMaliya Ellis, Chikumi 2, 2020
From Nyowani Haven Independent
Mazana eveNew Haveners akatendeukira kune akanzwa kuruzhinji rwevanhu, achikoka matambudziko maviri matsva kupidigisa vanogadzira mutemo kuti vatsigire chimwe chikonzero chekare.
Dare rehutano uye reHuman Services reNew Haven Board reAlders rakaita musangano weChipiri manheru. Mushure mekunzwa humbowo, iwo maalders akabvumirana musarudzo achibvumirana pakubata referendamu pane zvinoshandiswa mukushandiswa kwemubatanidzwa. Yakurudzirwa neKomisheni Yorunyararo, referendamu isingamiriri inodaidzira US Congress kuti ishandise mari yemauto kugadzirisa zvinokoshesesa munzvimbo dzemaguta, kusanganisira dzidzo, basa uye kusimba.
Iyo yekunzwa kwemaawa maviri-yakareba, yakaitirwa paZoom uye inogara yakatenderera paYouTube, inoratidzira vagari vanonetseka vanopfuura makumi matatu vachipa humbowo mutsigiro yereferendamu. Ufakazi hwavo hwakashora mari yemubatanidzwa uye yakaratidza zvinodiwa zvemunharaunda.
Mukutsigira kucheka mari yemauto, ufakazi hwakawanda hwakakwevera hukama pakati pereferendamu nerufu rwazvino rwekufa kwaGeorge Floyd muM Minneapolis mapurisa, sekuratidzira mari yekutanga kwemauto nemapurisa. Eleazor Lanzot, mumiriri weNew Haven Rising, akanongedza kuuraya kwaFloyd senzira yehurongwa hwakaputswa. Kufa kwaFloyd kwaisave "bug muhurongwa," akadaro Lanzot. "Ndozvakavakirwa system kuita."
Lindsay Kosharin weNationalambili Zvinotarisirwa Project kuInstitute for Policy Studies akapa mharidzo inoongorora mari yemubatanidzwa ne "Pentagon" yakasvibiswa. Kosharin akataura zvikamu makumi mashanu neshanu muzana zvemubatanidzwa wemari yakashandisirwa mari yemauto, uye ndokuratidza bhajeti rakadzikira rakapihwa hutano nedzidzo semuenzaniso "wakasarudzika."
Vatauri vakataura kuti mari yakazvipira muchiuto inogona kushandiswa zviri nani pane zvinodiwa nevanhu vemunharaunda - sekubata nedenda reCovid-19. Vazhinji vakatsanangura chirwere ichi vachiratidza kukosha kwekudyara mari muhutano hweveruzhinji. Vamwe vakataura nezvekushomeka kwehupfumi kubva kuhutachiona vachipokana nekudyara kwakawanda muzvivakwa nemabasa. Kosharin akataura nezvehuwandu hwekuti mauto anopokana nehugandanga akatsigira mari yekubatsirwa kweconavirus nechinhu chevatatu.
Marcey Jones, anobva kuNew Haven People's Center, akagovana nemisodzi kuti babamunini vake vachangobva kuuraya hutachiona. Akaratidza kukanganisika kwehutachiona kumatunhu mashoma uye akatsigira mari yakawandisa yekugadzirisa kusaenzanirana kwenzvimbo uye kukwidziridza mazwi evashoma.
"Kuwedzera manzwi edu chinhu chatinofanira kuita," akadaro Jones.
Joelle Fishman, akabata chigaro cheNew Haven Peace Commission iyo yakanyora referendamu, akabatanidza referendamu nekusakwana kwehurongwa kwakakonzerwa nekunetsana kuri kuitika kwemapurisa nehusungwa. Pane padanho renzvimbo, akataura kusaenzana mune zvehupfumi pakati penzvimbo dzakasiyana dzeNew New. "Tinoda maitiro matsva anosimudza munhu wese," akadaro.
Vamiriri vakati wandei vekuNew Haven Public zvikoro vakashora kushomeka kwemari yekudzidza muguta, vachidaro zviitiko zvevadzidzisi vezvikoro vachitenga zvekushandisa zvevadzidzi muhomwe.
Vamiriri vanobva mumapoka anoverengeka ekushandura mamiriro ekunze, kusanganisira Sunrise New Haven uye New Haven Climate Movement, vakashora mauto senzira huru yekusvibisa, uye vakakurudzira mari yakawedzerwa kuti iite zvirambidzo. Vakadana shanduko yemamiriro ekunze seyakanyanya kutyisidzira mauto aisakwanisa kugadzirisa.
Mufundisi Kelcy GL Steele vakasimudza kushushikana pamusoro pekushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze se "dambudziko rehutano" rinoda kuwedzera kutarisirwa uye mari. "Zvine njodzi kwatiri kufamba mune yedu yemangwana isina kugadzirira," akadaro.
Chaz Carmon, anoshanda muNew Haven zvikoro system, akafananidza referendamu senhanho "yekudyara muhupenyu," uye kure neuto, rinoisa "mukuchengeteka, asiwo mukufa."
Referendamu yakatsanangurwa, iyo yakawana rutsigiro musarudzo kubva kukomiti, ichaenda kuNew Haven Board yeAlders kuti inotenderwa. Kana zvikamu zviviri muzvitatu zveema alders zvikavhota hongu, referendamu ichaonekwa paNov. 3 bhoti.
