Wengay Newton

Infrastructure / Transportation I support building a new stadium on 15 acres at the Tropicana Field site. Education Reimagining Education and Career Help (REACH) Act. Has 35 Million dollars in funding for Vocational Education, Career Education and Technical Education skilled trade. Education Fully Fund youth After-School and Summer Jobs Programs. Criminal Justice / Public Safety Support community policing and push for strong enforcement of existing laws. Continue to fund public education and recruitment programs. Education Parents should be able to choose the best education for their children for better outcomes. No matter your financial situation, income or zip code. Your child shouldn't have limited options, be bullied or become a statistic of the School To Prison Pipeline. Environment / Energy Sea Level Rise – Preserve and protect natural structures such as barrier islands, oyster and coral reefs, mangroves, seagrass, and salt marshes can work in unison with built infrastructure, such as seawalls, to absorb storm surges. Environment / Energy Smart Development – Create Policies for Smart growth practices can lessen the environmental impacts of development with techniques that include encouraging compact development, reducing impervious surfaces, safeguarding environmentally sensitive areas, mixing land uses. Education Funding to allow high schoolers to start apprenticeships and other job training while still in high school, eventually spitting them right out into Florida's high-demand job market. Guns Gun Buy Back Programs. Environment / Energy Clean Energy – We must encourage the use of Solar, Natural Gas, Biomass and other renewable energy sources. Housing Creating much needed Workforce Housing. Housing Fully support and actively recruit clients for Habitat for Humanity. They provide affordable home ownership, equity, and generational wealth. Economy Boost Home Based-Businesses - Self-employment is an important way for people to earn a living in difficult economic times, making it critical that cities support home-based businesses. Housing Allowing Homeowners to construct ADU's - tiny homes, in-law apartments or granny flats — with relative ease on lots zoned for single-family use will substantially expand the supply of small, affordable homes. Education Access to Higher Education and Certifications.