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The Green Party of New Jersey
Updated May 08, 2008
David Alcantara

for

Atlantic County Freeholder!!!

 

David Alcantara has been a local resident for over thirty years.  He graduated from Atlantic City High School and from Georgetown University in Washington, DC.  He received his law degree at the University of Toledo College of Law in Toledo, OH.

David lives in Galloway Township with his wife, Elen, and two children.

David has superb accomplishments in the community and public sector:

He founded Local 54's Spanish office, promoting union rights

He is the founder and president of the Pleasantville Charter School for Academic Excellence managing a $2 million budget

He served as conflicts prosecutor in Pleasantville for two years

He was the founding secretary of HAAC

He serves as trustee of the Atlantic Cape Community College for Minority Affairs

He has provided pro bono assistance to the Cape Atlantic Legal Services

He served as President of the Coalition for Peace and Justice in 1996-7

He formerly served as the assistant secretary to the Atlantic County Democrats

He is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association and the Atlantic County Bar Association


David Alcantara offers viable and real solutions to increase job security, promote local industry and provide for a healthier and safer environment.  David supports:

  • Renewing the Office of the Public Advocate

  • Expanding the Family Leave Act to 2 years

  • Returning to fault insurance to lower auto insurance rates

  • Creating drug courts that address rehabilitation and alternative drug sentencing

  • Consolidating school districts to lower local property taxes

  • Childproof handguns to save children's lives

  • Halting overbuilding in Egg Harbor and Galloway Townships

  • Permitting medical marijuana and decriminalizing some drug laws

  • Easier access to public utility information

  • Defibrillators for police departments

  • Establishing a binding Initiative and Referendum process

  • Reducing air pollution from the B L Englund electric plant

  • Higher wages and better training for our teachers--attracting and keeping the best

  • Elected police civilian review boards with enforcement powers

  • After school activities for our children

  • Expansion of the Legal Services and Public Defender's Offices

  • Easier ballot and voting access

  • Banning soft money contributions in New Jersey elections

  • Providing proportional political representation at all levels

  • Equal free broadcast media time for all candidates

  • Public financing of campaigns

  • Phasing out the dangerous Salem and Oyster Creek nuclear power plants

  • Investment in alternative, renewable power


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