Ngu-Henry Lowendorf, uMkhandlu Wezokuthula wase-United States
Yini edolobheni laseNew Haven elingazenza ngemali eningi ekhululiwe ngokusika isabelomali sezempi sase-US? Lokhu kwakuyi-hearing yomphakathi iBhodi lika-Alders ngoJanuwari 26, 2017.
Izinhloko zeminyango yamadolobha eziningana zafakazela ukuthi zingakwazi ukufeza izibopho zabo ezidingweni zabahlali baseNew Haven uma nje beba nemithombo.
Ikomidi Lezinkonzo Zobuntu LeBhodi eliholwa yiWard 27 Alder Richard Furlow laqhubezela ukulalela ngenxa yesinqumo esasikhulunywa nguMkhandlu Wezokuthula WaseNew Haven noMkhandlu Wokuthula Omkhulu waseNew Haven.
U-Seth Godfrey, uSihlalo weKhomishini Yokuthula, wabonisa ukuthi i-55% yezintela zethu zombuso wezombusazwe iya empini kodwa kufanele iqondiswe ukuze ihlangabezane nezidingo zabantu emadolobheni ampofu njengeNew Haven.
Isitatimende seMeya uToni Harp sifunde ukusekela imali yokubuyisela izimali zokubhekana nokulamba, ukugula nokuguga kwengqalasizinda eqhubekayo. Imali eyengeziwe izovumela amandla anjalo amasiko njengama-ballet ne-escus, i-opera yama-full time, i-opera, isikhungo sobuciko sokufundisa amakhono okulondolozwa kwemlando.
Ezinye izikhulu zedolobha zafika etafuleni ukuzofakaza, abaningi babo babonga iBhodi ithuba lokukwenza "ukuthi uma" ukucabanga.
U-Dierdre Gruber no-Arecelis Maldonado abavela emphakathini wezempilo bayakhathazeka ukuthi abahlengikazi be-42 bakhonza izikole ze-56 nezingane ze-8,000 ezinezidingo zezokwelapha ezibandakanya ukugoma, okungahlinzekwa ngemali eyanele.
UMnyango wezokuThuthukiswa komuzi awukho ngaphansi komsebenzi, kubike uMqondisi Matt Nemerson. Ngomsebenzi "wezokuthula," indawo yokuhlala kanye nezindlu zingabhekiswa, kuhlanganise nokuphela kokungenamakhaya. Ngempela, izinsizakalo zezindlu zabangenamakhaya zidinga cishe izigidi ezingu-$ 100. I-Tweed-New Inesiza sezindiza ingayandisa umzila wayo ukuze ihambisane nezindiza zezindiza. Izinhlelo ze-incubator zokuzuzisa amabhizinisi amancane kanye nosomabhizinisi bazokwazi ukukwazi ukukwenza. Umuzi ungabambisana nabathuthukisi abazimele abathenga umhlaba kanye nebhange benethemba lokwenza inzuzo enkulu kunokuba bazakhele izindawo zokuhlala noma izimboni. Isikhala sezimboni singalungiselelwa izinkampani ezizifuna emzini wethu.
"Lokhu kuzwa kuhlinzeka ngethuba langempela lokubuka isithombe esikhulu," waqala injini yomuzi uGiovanni Zinn. Imigwaqo, imigwaqo yasemgwaqweni, amabhuloho kanye nokudonsa konke kudinga ukusebenza. Kukhona i-gap $ 110 yezigidi. Kumelwe sibhekane nogwini lwethu oluzoguqulwa ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu. Isiteshi sesigodi sidinga ukudonswa kulinganiselwa ku-$ 50 million. Izindlu zokuqasha zidinga izixazululo zamandla avuselelekayo. Ukwenza izinto zibe zibi nakakhulu, silindele ama-dollar asezingeni eliphansi. UZinn uqedile ngokusho, "Siyabonga ngethuba lokwenza 'kuthiwani uma' ucabanga. '
UJeff Pescosolido, umqondisi wemisebenzi yomphakathi, wanezela endabeni. Imali eningi isho imigwaqo engcono kanye nokuhamba okuphephile. I-$ 3 million ukuqala futhi i-$ 2 million ngonyaka iyadingeka ukuze kulungiswe umgwaqo. Imishini ebuyekeziwe izothuthukisa isevisi. Imiklamo yonyaka, isihlabathi sasebusika, imigwaqo yasendlini eyakhiwe kabusha, ukuhleleka konke kudinga imali eyengeziwe nabasebenzi.
Isitatimende esivela kuMichael Carter, oyiChief Administrative Officer yaseNew Haven, sifundwe kwirekhodi. Ukubuyisela amaPaki neMisebenzi Yomphakathi emazingeni ka-2008 - ngaphambi kokuncibilika komnotho emhlabeni - kungasho ukuqasha abantu abangama-25 abasikiwe kwabokuqala nabangu-15 bakamuva. Kudingeka ama- $ 8 million ukwakha igaraji lezimoto eziluhlaza zedolobha. UCarter wenanela ngokubonga "ngokudala lo msebenzi wokucabanga."
I-gap enkulu emisebenzini yabantu yabhekiswa nguMarta Okafor, umqondisi wezinkonzo zomphakathi. Asikwazi ukuhlangabezana nezidingo eziyisisekelo. Kufanele sibheke "ukungabi namakhaya emgwaqweni, okungafani nokuhlala okungenamakhaya okungapheli." Kufanele sibheke izingane ngaphandle kwezindlu ezizinzile. Sivimbela kanjani ukungenamakhaya komuntu olahlekelwe umsebenzi futhi akanakho izimali. Sikhokha kanjani izinyanga ze-1-2 ukuqasha aze athole umsebenzi, noma ahlinzeke ukuhamba ukuze afike emsebenzini wakhe. Akukho lutho lwemindeni, akukho lutho kumbhangqwana ngaphandle kwezingane. Ngaphandle kwezimali, singayakha kanjani iziteshi zokusabalalisa ukudla komphakathi futhi sinikele ngamasevisi amaningi kubantu abadala kanye nentsha?
Izakhamizi zomphakathi nazo zafakaza.
U-Patricia Kane, omelele iNew Haven Green Party, uthe leli zwe liye emnothweni wezempi unomphela kusukela ngeMpi Yezwe II, isengozini futhi iNew Haven inzima ukuhlangabezana nezidingo zomuntu. Wayegqugquzela umnotho wezolimo ngenye amandla engeziwe kanye nomnotho wendawo yokudla.
UMkhandlu Wokuthula Omkhulu Omusha Omusha, omunye wabaxhasi besinqumo esaholela kulolu daba, wawumelelwa nguHenry Lowendorf.
Wancoma imizamo emihle yedolobha ukuze ibe yindawo engcwele kubantu abavela kwamanye amazwe. Waxhuma izingozi zezinto ezimbili ezikhona ezisongela abantu - ukufudumala komhlaba kanye nempi yenuzi - njengokungathi sikwazi ukulawula. Wacaphuna bobabili uMartin Luther King, owabheka impi njengesitha sabahluphekayo, noMengameli uDwight Eisenhower abone amalungiselelo empi njengesithasizinda sezwe lethu. Ukulingana kwesigamu sesihlanu sesabelomali somuzi kuthathwe abakhokhi bentela baseNew Haven minyaka yonke ngempi, okumele kube negebe elikhulu emisebenzini, ingqalasizinda, i-Headstart ne-college scholarships. Futhi wabiza iziphathimandla zedolobheni ukuba zicele abavela ezweni lethu ukuthi balungise uhlelo lokuhambisa imali empini ngezidingo zabantu.
Ezinye izakhamuzi zedolobha nazo zafakaza kulokhu okuqala ukuzwa ngalokho okwakwenziwa umuzi ukukhulisa izakhamuzi zethu ngomcebo waminyaka yonke owawuthatha empini.
Isixazululo sitshela amalungu ethu eCongress ukuthi anqume isabelomali sesigodi futhi athumele izimali ezilondolozwe emadolobheni ethu adlulisele iKomidi futhi ngoFebruwari wadlulisa iBhodi lika-Alders ngokuvumelana. Kuthunyelwe kuCongresswoman Rosa DeLauro, uSeninitiri uRichard Blumenthal noSenator Chris Murphy. Kuze kube manje akukho mpendulo eyamukelwe. UMeya weHarp uphinde wathumela inguqulo ebuyekeziwe yokuxazululwa kwiNgqungquthela yamaMeya yase-US lapho idluliselwa khona.
Indlela esifeze ngayo ukuzwa komphakathi ngokuhambisa isinqumo semali eNew Haven CT.
Okuhlangenwe nakho kweNew Haven kubonisa umlando omude wokusebenza komsebenzi edolobheni, ukutholakala kweKhomishana yokuThuthukiswa komuzi waseMetropolitan kanye nokwakhiwa kwesikhashana eside namalungu eBhodi Alders kanye noMeya.
UMkhandlu Wokuthula Omusha Omkhulu waqala isinqumo entwasahlobo ka-2016 eyathunyelwa yi-City Peace Commission eBhodini lika-Alders. Sasilandele inkambiso efanayo ku-2012 lapho sethula ngempumelelo isinqumo esibiza ukubeka obala ukubonisana ukusika isabelomali sempi futhi sisebenzise imali esindelwe izidingo zomuntu. Ukubamba iqhaza kunqobe i-6 ku-1 nezingxenye ezintathu zevotela ezibandakanya.
Sisebenze kanye nesihlalo seKomiti Yezinkonzo Zabantu EBhodi, esihlangana nabo njalo, ukuqinisekisa ukuthi isinqumo sifikile ngaphambi kwekomidi lakhe. Siphinde saxoxisana nesinqumo ngesinqumo seMeya ngaphambi kokuthi siqinisekise ukuthi uvumele ukuba izinhloko zeminyango zifakaze. Sasikhathazekile ngokuthi bangabe besaba ukungeza umsebenzi omningi emisebenzini yabo ematasa. Ngaphambi kokhetho lwakhe njengoMeya, uToni Harp wayengu-senator wezwe owasisebenzela ukuba wethule umthetho obiza ukudala ikhomishana ye-CT ehlola ukuguqulwa kusuka empini kuya ekukhiqizeni umphakathi. Siphinde sixoxisane nenye yezinsizakalo zomthetho ezisiza, ezinikezela ngamalungu eBhodi Alders, okuzo zonke izinhloko zeminyango zihlangana kakhulu nabakhileyo edolobheni futhi zizosiza kakhulu ekulaleleni. IKomiti Yezinkonzo Zabantu yabamema lezo zikhulu zedolobha.
Ngakho senza umsebenzi wesikole.
Ubufakazi bukaHenry Lowendorf:
NginguHenry Lowendorf, oyisihlalo esiphezulu soMkhandlu Wokuthula Wase-Greater New Haven. Ngingumongameli weKadi leDemocratic Democratic Committee kanye nelungu leDemocratic Town Committee.
U-Alder Furlow namalungu eKomidi Lezinsizakalo Zabantu, ngiyabonga ngokubamba le nkulumo.
Siphila ezikhathini ezingavamile.
NgoLwesihlanu olwedlule uhulumeni osabela kakhulu emlandweni wethu wathatha ukulawula eWashington. Imikhosi emikhulu yamaMgqibelo eqhubekela phambili e-United States. Babenabantu abayizigidi ababengakaze bahlanganyele emibonisweni yomphakathi ukuphikisa izinqubomgomo ezibhubhisa zaleyo hulumeni.
Lokhu kuzwa kwenzeka phakathi kwezinsongo ezinkulu thina kanye nedolobha lethu esiye sabhekana nazo esikhathini sethu sokuphila.
Ukusekela okuhloniphekile nokusha kwesibindi kwabasemzini edolobheni lethu kuzofuna bonke omakhelwane bethu bamele amalungelo abantu. Siyazi ukuthi wonke amalungelo ethu ahlaselwa.
Yebo, iNew Haven kumele ibe idolobha elingcwele lamalungelo angaphandle, kodwa futhi nelungelo lokuthola umsebenzi omuhle, ilungelo lokuthola imfundo enhle kakhulu kanye nelungelo lokunakekelwa kwezempilo okusezingeni kanye nelungelo emigwaqweni ephephile.
Ukushisa okukhulu komhlaba kusongela ukuphepha kwethu namuhla futhi esikhathini eside. Olunye usongo kithi nempucuko yombuso wezikhali zenuzi ngokungazelelwe ezivela eYurophu noma eSiriya.
Kodwa-ke, usongo olusha ukuthi i-US entsha yokuphatha neCongress ibonisa yonke inhloso yokusika izimali emadolobheni, izinsizakalo zabantu kanye nezidingo zomuntu, ukusika ithambo.
Ngiyaqiniseka ukuthi abameleli bethu eCongress bazokwenqaba kangangokuthi bangakwenza yini imizamo yeningi lamaRiphabhulikhi ukuze bathuthukise izinhlelo ezizosiza izidingo zabakhamizi baseNew Haven. Kodwa yini edingekayo ukuze idolobha lethu lisinde futhi liphumelele into ehluke kakhulu kulokho esikuhlangenwe nakho kuze kube manje.
Ku-1953, uMongameli u-Eisenhower usixwayise, "Zonke izibhamu ezenziwayo, yonke imikhumbi yempi ethulwayo, yonke irokhethi edubulwayo isho, ngomqondo wokugcina, ukweba kulabo abalambile futhi abangondliwa, labo ababandayo futhi abangagqokile. Lomhlaba usezandleni awusebenzisi imali wedwa. Kuchitha umjuluko wabasebenzi bayo, ubuhlakani bososayensi bayo, amathemba ezingane zayo… Le akuyona neze indlela yokuphila, nganoma imuphi umqondo weqiniso. Ngaphansi kwefu lempi esongelayo, yisintu silenga esiphambanweni sensimbi."
Sizwile kubaholi bombuso wodolobha ubunzima idolobha lethu lizohlangabezana nezibopho zalo kubahlali balo. Ngokuyinhloko lezo zinkinga zivela ngezibhamu ezenziwe, izimoto zempi zaqaliswa futhi ama-rockets aphelelwa yisikhathi. Bashaya amandla esi sizwe. UMb. Martin Luther King, Jr., wakhuluma kahle nge-1967, "Ngangazi ukuthi iMelika ngeke ibeke izimali noma amandla ekuvuseleleni abampofu bayo nje kuphela lapho izinto ezifana neVietnam ziqhubeka nokudweba amadoda namakhono nemali njengenye idemoni , tube ethintekayo yokuthambisa. Ngakho-ke ngangicindezelekile ukuba ngibone impi njengesitha sabampofu futhi ngiyihlasele. "
Ku-2017, impi iyaqhubeka isitha sabampofu, ikakhulukazi iningi labantu.
I-Connecticut, enye yezindawo ezicebile kakhulu ezizweni ezicebile kunawo wonke emhlabeni, iqukethe amanye amadolobha ampofu kakhulu, kuhlanganise neNew Haven. Kumelwe sibhekane neqiniso lokuthi idolobha lethu neminye imizi idinga ukuzuza izinsiza ezidingekayo ngoba leli zwe lichitha kakhulu izimpi, emalungiselelweni empi, ekwakheni izikhali.
Isabelomali se-Federal ukuthi i-Congress ivole njalo ngonyaka i-53% ye-dollar yethu yentela ku-Pentagon nokufudumala. I-53%. Izingane, izikole, Imfundo, ingqalasizinda, imvelo, ezempilo, ucwaningo, amapaki, ezokuthutha - konke okunye okwabelana ngakho okusele.
Njalo ngonyaka Abathengi abasha baseNew Haven bathumela i-$ 119 million kwi-Pentagon. Lokhu kungu-18% webhajethi yedolobha.
Yini esingayenza ngaleyo mali? Dala
Imisebenzi yengqalasizinda ye-700, futhi
Imisebenzi ye-550 ehlanzekile yamandla, futhi
Imisebenzi yokufundisa esikoleni esiphakathi kwe-350.
Noma kungenzeka
Iziqu ze-600 ze-4 ngonyaka weyunivesithi
Izintambo ze-900 HeadStart zezingane
Imisebenzi ye-850 ezindaweni eziphezulu zobuphofu.
Izimpi eziqhubekayo nezingapheliyo azisenzi sivikelekile. Yini ezosenza sivikeleke yimisebenzi esiza izakhamuzi zedolobha lethu.
Uma sizophikisa ukuhlaselwa manje okuvela eWashington, sonke kufanele sibambe ndawonye. Futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke kufanele sitshele ukuthi abameleli bethu be-Congressional bayeke ukuxhasa izimpi, bayeke ukuxhasa ngemishini yokubulala, kodwa kunalokho baxhase imisebenzi eNew Haven nawo wonke amadolobha aseConnecticut adinga.
Ngiyabonga.
