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Illinois Governors race candidate profile: Democrat William Walls III
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William "Dock" Walls III Candidate Profile
William Walls III is the current director of the Committee for a Better Chicago. Walls is an outspoken community activist, politician and former aide to former Chicago mayor Harold Washington. As a Chicago activist, Walls has never held an elected office at a city-wide, nor state-wide level, yet has experience with the political nuances of Chicago-based politics. Wall's campaign focus has been built upon a laundry-list platform addressing a broad range of issues.
Resume
- Walls attended Horace Mann Elementary and Chicago Vocational High School.
- 1986 - graduated from IIT-Chicago-Kent College of Law
- 1983 to 1986 - Confidential Assistant to Chicago Mayor Harold Washington
- Served as National Political Director to Rev. Jesse L. Jackson's Rainbow PUSH
Platform
Walls has promised to institute reform initiatives such as:
- 8-year term limits
- Allow the state to seize the profits and campaign funds of any official convicted of corruption.
- Public disclosure of inspector general reports pertaining to state workers found guilty of wrongdoing.
- Strengthen the oversight of the contracts award process.
- Increase government accountability by strengthening the public records law.
- Increase lobbyist expense report requirements.
- Whistleblower Rewards
- Financial Risk Bonds
Economy & Budget:
- To attract new businesses, we must increase our overall education level.
- Deflate our Economy
- Reduce the cost of living and re-adjust our wages, accordingly.
- Lower consumer costs
- Lower and stabilize motor fuel and home heating costs
- Reduce the cost of nutritional foods.
- Increase consumer spending power.
- Control Prices through collective buying.
- Reward retailers who maintain low prices.
- Maintain Fixed Incomes at the current levels
- Lobby for reduced Interest rates.
- Diminish prospects of artificial price inflation.
- Lower local production costs
- Eliminate the Greed Factor.
- Limit the profits margin of government contractors.
- Greater reliance upon not-for-profit organizations.
- Institute a 4 day a week-10 hour a day, forty hour work week for State employees.
- Reduce, Recycle, Reuse, Repair Retrofit
- Reduce Consumption
- Reduce demand and thereby, reduce prices
- Reduce Profit Margins
- Only fund truly necessary Capital Projects.
- Avoid unwarranted costly Debt Service.
- No wild, sweeping Capital Budget Program only truly necessary Capital Projects. Debt Service is too costly.
Taxes: Walls supports a tax increase, although providing no specific written proposal.
Budget Cuts: Walls provides no specific, written plan addressing potential budget cuts.
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