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CHRISTOPHER YOUNG ANNOUNCES HUNGER STRIKE
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SENT: Friday, March 24th, 1:00 PM
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U.S SENATE CANDIDATE FILES D.E.M COMPLAINT
Providence, RI - On Friday March 24th, 2006, democrat Christopher Young, candidate for U.S. Senate,
Mayor of Providence, and Lt. Governor, announced he has filed a complaint with the Department of
Environmental Management in opposition to the construction of a school or YMCA on the former Gorham
Manufacturing site at 333 Adelaide Avenue. Candidate Young also seeks an investigation into the
contamination of the groundwater at the site, affecting Mashpaug Pond as well as the rest of this sub-
watershed including Roger Williams Park and the Pawtuxet River.
Young’s complaint reads as follows:
“Complainant is concerned about plans to construct school and other facilities at former Gorham
Manufacturing site in Providence, abutting Mashpaug Pond. Young stated, “According to public testimony,
the level of toxins at this site would prohibit its use as a site for a school for children even after
environmental remediation were performed.” Complainant believes that based on toxicological data, site
should have use restrictions similar to those for lead painted structures. Complainant also has concerns
about groundwater at site affecting Mashpaug Pond as well as rest of this sub-watershed including Roger
Williams Park and the Pawtuxet River.”
Chris Young stated, “I have filed this complaint to attempt to voice the concerns of hundreds of East Side
and Providence residents who attended Wednesday’s open public meeting concerning the closing of
Nathan Bishop and the contamination of the 333 Adelaide Avenue site, which is the former site of Gorham
manufacturing. Toxic materials and contaminants appear to be on this site where Cicilline wants to build a
school. When you consider the Springfield Street School was constructed on an old dump in Providence, it
seems Cicilline has little concern for Providence’s children.”
Candidate Young further stated, “The Department of Environmental Management also has stated that high
levels of dioxins have been found in fish for the abutting Mashpaug Pond. I have also become aware that
Mashpaug Pond connects to a sub-watershed which includes Roger Williams Parks ponds and the
Pawtuxet River. I feel there may be an enormous environmental cleanup that Textron may be responsible
for since Textron was the owner of the Gorham Manufacturing site. This cleanup may include the Pawtuxet
River. I have sought the help of other governmental agencies in regards to this matter. I feel any
settlement agreement is premature regarding Textron and the cleanup of this site until further studies
including a fully comprehensive contamination and medical and cancer study for the surrounding sub-
watershed can be conducted.
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SENT: Thursday, March 23rd, 3:01 PM
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CANDIDATE CHRISTOPHER YOUNG STATES HE DOES NOT SUPPORT THE CLOSING OF NATHAN
BISHOP MIDDLE SCHOOL
Providence, RI - On Thursday March 23rd, 2006, democrat Christopher Young, candidate for U.S. Senate,
Mayor of Providence, and Lt. Governor, testified that he does not support the closing of Nathan Bishop.
Chris Young stated, “Cicilline has hired DeJong, a consulting group, at a cost of $450,000. Take that
amount and add it to the $190,000 school-facilities study that Gilbane Building Co. was supposed to have
finished by December 2004 but didn’t and you have approximately $700,000 dollars that could have gone
to helping Nathan Bishop improve or toward fixing the leaking roof here at Hope High school.
The total spending by the city of Providence has increased by $100 million dollars for the 2006 budget
compared to the city budget before he took office. Yet under Cicilline’s administration Hope High School’s
roof still leaks and Providence schools go without basic infrastructure needs. This is not only fiscal
mismanagement, but it also brings into question the legitimacy of Cicilline’s administration. Why wasn’t
Cicilline at the public meeting at Hope High school on Wednesday night to hear in person the concerns of
hundreds of East Side and Providence residents? Serious environmental concerns were also brought up
in testimony as to the construction on the 333 Adelaide Avenue property, which is the former site of Gorham
manufacturing. Toxic materials and contaminants appear to be on this site where Cicilline wants to build
another school. When you consider the Springfield Street School was constructed on an old dump in
Providence, it seems Cicilline has little concern for Providence’s children.”
The last speaker at last nights public meeting was a young man who attends Nathan Bishop named
Carlos Mendez and he stated in opposing the closing of Nathan Bishop, “If people care about our
community why don’t they care about our kids and how we are going to be in our future? If David Cicilline
cares so much, then why isn’t he here?”
Chris Young has posted his press releases on his website WhereToVote.com
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SENT: Thursday, March 16th, 3:41 PM
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CHRISTOPHER YOUNG ANNOUNCES 14th DAY OF HUNGER STRIKE IN THE WAR TO END
CHILDHOOD POVERTY!
Providence, RI - On Thursday March 16th, 2006, democrat Christopher Young, candidate for U.S. Senate,
Mayor of Providence, and Lt. Governor, announced his 14th day of his Hunger Strike. Chris Young
continues into his 14th day of his hunger strike, drinking only water, to draw attention to childhood poverty in
Rhode Island.
Chris Young stated, “I have entered the 14th day of my Hunger Strike to draw attention to the issues that
cause childhood poverty in Rhode Island and most specifically Providence.”
Chris Young further stated, “Federal Nutrition Programs such as the School Lunch, School Breakfast and
Summer Food Programs including the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and
Children (WIC) which provides nutritious food, nutrition education, and access to health care for low-
income pregnant women, mothers, infants and young children to age 5 who are at nutritional risk because
of their household income are vital to our society and are on the front lines of the war to end childhood
poverty. In Rhode Island, 73% of households with children participate in school lunch programs, 55% in
school breakfast programs, and 20% in the Summer Food Program. I believe this is because getting a
school lunch places less of a stigma on a child when other children are eating the same meals. These
programs are vital for children, because they provide the nutrition they need in order to be able to focus on
learning. I will support these programs when elected to political office.”
Chris Young further stated, “Due to health concerns I will be taking a break from my Hunger Strike after this,
the 14th day. I will continue to fight as a soldier in this war to end childhood poverty.”
Chris has posted his press releases for the past 14 days of his Hunger Strike on his website
WhereToVote.com
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SENT: Tuesday, March 14th, 12:14 PM
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CHRISTOPHER YOUNG AIDS IN SEARCH FOR MISSING URI STUDENTS
Providence, RI - On Tuesday March 14th, 2006, democrat Christopher Young, candidate for U.S. Senate,
Mayor of Providence, and Lt. Governor, announced he will attempt to assist Coast Guard crews who are
continuing their search for three University of Rhode Island students who disappeared on a row boat on
Narragansett Bay.
A helicopter and 41-foot utility boat are among the rescue craft participating in the search, which began
early Monday and went through the night.
Police said the missing students were at a small, off-campus party before they launched the boat early
yesterday morning.
Chris Young stated, “This is so close to where I’m living for the next few months on the coast that I feel I
should do something.”
Chris Young further stated, “Last night we walked the beach near where we are living and today I’ll search
further along the shore line. I wish I could do more. I pray for their safety. They are in God’s hands.”
Chris Young has also entered the 12th day of a Hunger Strike, drinking only water, to draw attention to the
issues that cause childhood poverty in Rhode Island and most specifically Providence.
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SENT: Monday, March 13th, 2:41 PM
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CHRISTOPHER YOUNG ANNOUNCES 11th DAY OF HUNGER STRIKE!
Providence, RI - On Monday March 13th, 2006, democrat Christopher Young, candidate for U.S. Senate,
Mayor of Providence, and Lt. Governor, announced his 11th day of his Hunger Strike. Chris Young
continues into his 11th day of his hunger strike, drinking only water, to draw attention to childhood poverty in
Rhode Island. Each day of his hunger strike, Young has been calling attention to a different contributing
reason to the problem of childhood poverty in Rhode Island.
Chris Young stated, “Today I have entered the 11th day of my Hunger Strike (due to health concerns I took a
break on Saturday and Sunday,) to draw attention to the issues that cause childhood poverty in Rhode
Island and most specifically Providence.”
Chris Young further stated, “The Food Stamp Program, a Federal Nutrition Program, is the nation’s largest
Federal food assistance program and the largest non categorical entitlement program for low-income
people. Participation in food stamps is crucial to helping low income families attain a nutritionally adequate
diet and move toward self-sufficiency. Unlike welfare or TANF, food stamps are not time-limited. Food
stamps are targeted to reach low-income people who have the most difficulty affording an adequate diet.
In Rhode Island, only 36% of the client households of the Food Bank network receive Food Stamps, down
from 46% in 2001 and 49% in 1997. Recipients stated that food stamp benefits lasted only 1.9 weeks. In
Rhode Island, 72% of emergency food recipients had applied for Food Stamps. For emergency food
recipients in Rhode Island who did not apply for food stamps, 59% believed that they were not eligible due
to income. A review of clients’ self reported household income indicates, however, that, nationally, two
thirds of those households that believe they are not income eligible for food stamps are in fact income
eligible for the program. In Rhode Island, 29% of those not applying for food stamps are income eligible.
Also a negative experience that a participant has felt in the past in applying has discouraged participation.
Rhode Islanders have to be made more aware of income qualifications for this vital program. I believe,
much like Governor Carcieri’s AAA registry program, that a program needs to be set in place with a
supermarket chain to process food stamp applications (or at least a short prescreening application form
must be made available at supermarkets). This could be done as a community service activity on the
behalf of the supermarket. This I believe will lessen any stigma associated with using food stamps. In
addition to this, much like the USDA Food Stamps Pre-Screening Eligibility Tool (http://209.48.219.49
/fns/index.jsp) on their website, local libraries could post a sticker on their public computers with the web
address to link to this tool for pre screening for food stamps.”
Chris Young further stated, “I believe a better job must be done by the local, state and federal governments
to utilize federal programs to feed Rhode Island’s hungry, and most especially Rhode Island’s hungry
children. I also feel that participation by the public needs to be increased by bringing more awareness of
the income qualifications for Food Stamps. This can be achieved in many ways, another one being
requiring this information to be presented through federal funding of public television or licensing
agreements through the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of other media sources. We need
elected politicians who can think outside the box in Rhode Island, and when elected I will do just that. ”
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SENT: Friday, March 10th, 3:41 PM
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CHRISTOPHER YOUNG ANNOUNCES 10th DAY OF HUNGER STRIKE!
Providence, RI - On Friday March 10th, 2006, democrat Christopher Young, candidate for U.S. Senate,
Mayor of Providence, and Lt. Governor, announced his 10th day of his Hunger Strike. Chris Young
continues into his 10th day of his hunger strike, drinking only water, to draw attention to childhood poverty in
Rhode Island.
Chris Young stated, “I have entered the 10th day of my Hunger Strike to coincide with Lent to draw attention
to the issues that cause childhood poverty in Rhode Island and most specifically Providence.”
Chris Young further stated, “I would like to recap the reasons for childhood poverty I’ve addressed in the
last ten days:
The lack of affordable housing; the way the Federal Reserve has mismanaged interest rates (inflating the
housing market); high property taxes on the state level and disproportionate increases in Providence
according to wages; a 8.2 trillion dollar National Debt which has more than doubled in the last 6 years; the
loss of America’s jobs and wages that don’t keep up with inflation; a failing Providence school system; $12
billion in cuts to federal student loan programs (increasing education loan interest rates); Bush's proposed
cuts in education that include 42 ranging from funding to drug-free schools to federal support for the arts
and technology and parent-resource centers; the inability for students to discharge student loan debt
through bankruptcy; increased utility prices; increased gasoline prices; an illegal war that will cost 1 trillion
dollars when completed; cuts to health care including $36 billion in Medicare support and $4.9 billion in
Medicaid support for poor children's health care; the lack of honest government through verifiable elections
(http://wheretovote.com/votinglistsProvidence.html); the lack of accountability in public office as evidenced
by the Mayor of Providence, Cicilline who is seemingly not to even be aware of that fact that murders are up
22% and rape is up 18% in Providence, as evidenced by his saying “the crime rate is down for the third
consecutive year” in his “State of the City Address” on February 9th, 2006; and equal public financing of
elections. All of these are contributing reasons to childhood poverty in Rhode Island and have not been
addressed adequately by Mr. Chafee or Mr. Cicilline. I also believe many of these issues fundamentally
violate the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
There were no congressional delegates from Rhode Island at the Public Utilities Commission protesting
the utility rate increases in Rhode Island or insisting upon federal rate control as to the price of gasoline.
Cicilline won’t tax Brown University and Chafee won’t attempt to release the American people from the
fraudulently acquired national debt that has reached 8.2 trillion dollars and has more than doubled under
Chafee’s leadership. Their voices are silent on all of these issues but my voice won’t be if I am elected to
the U.S. Senate, Mayor of Providence or Lieutenant Governor.”
Nationally known philanthropist Alan Shawn Feinstein commended Young for calling attention to childhood
poverty. Young stated, “I want to support the Feinstein National Campaign to Help Fight Hunger and his $1
Million Giveaway to Fight Hunger. I do not take campaign contributions to run for political office. Please, if
anyone wishes to donate to my campaign, instead please donate to the Feinstein National Campaign to
Help Fight Hunger and his $1 Million Giveaway to Fight Hunger. For further information go to
feinsteinfoundation.org or call 401-467-5155.”
Campaign to Elect Christopher Young
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SENT: Thursday, March 9th, 3:41 PM
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CHRISTOPHER YOUNG ANNOUNCES 9th DAY OF HUNGER STRIKE!
Providence, RI - On Thursday March 9th, 2006, democrat Christopher Young, candidate for U.S. Senate,
Mayor of Providence, and Lt. Governor, announced his 9th day of his Hunger Strike. Chris Young continues
into his 9th day of his hunger strike, drinking only water, to draw attention to childhood poverty in Rhode
Island.
Chris Young stated, “I have entered the 9th day of my Hunger Strike to coincide with Lent to draw attention
to the issues that cause childhood poverty in Rhode Island and most specifically Providence. The loss of
51, 740 affordable housing rental units under $500 dollars per month over the last few years, according to
a Providence College sociology study by Eric Hirsch and the American Community Survey by the U.S.
Census Bureau, is directly related to a lack of leadership on a local level meaning Cicilline, and a national
level meaning Chafee. This loss of affordable housing for the low income residents within Providence and
also statewide will have long term effects on childhood poverty in Rhode Island and Providence.”
Chris Young further stated, “On a national level there is a lack of leadership, housing advocates have
begun to worry that the Federal Reserve may not stop with just one or two more interest rate hikes but may
actually boost rates three more times this year. Some economists believe that 30-year mortgage rates
could rise as high as 7 percent by the end of the year or higher. If low income families couldn’t afford
housing before, they really can’t even qualify for it now.
According to the study, Hunger in America 2005, a report on Emergency Food Distribution in the United
States and Rhode Island in 2005, hunger reaches into virtually all communities across the United States
and across the State of Rhode Island, affecting even the least likely of victims. Children are especially
vulnerable to issues of hunger and poverty. In Rhode Island, 50,000 children, or 21%, live in poverty. In
Rhode Island, 31% (19,500) of all persons served by the Food Bank network are children under 18. In
Rhode Island, 14,990 seniors or 10.6%, live in poverty and 7.5%, (4,674) of all persons served by the Food
Bank network are 65 years or older. In Rhode Island, 2.7% -- or 1,682 persons -- are homeless. In Rhode
Island, of the emergency food recipients with a place to live, 72% rent their homes, and only 1.4% live free
with someone else. Of renters, 26% are late with their rent or mortgage payments.
In the last four years Rhode Island shelters have seen a dramatic escalation to 6,020 individuals over the
past year, nearly 800 families, which equates to over 200,000 bed nights in Rhode Island shelters. This
includes 1,564 children as well. Those who manage shelters say the rise in income inequality and the
effect that has had on the housing market, along with the Government’s lack, of action - have caused this
crisis.
The poorest one-fifth of families in Rhode Island were making $12,000 per year annual salary in the late
1970s and $10,000 in the late 1990s. That’s down 17%. There is no subsidized housing construction
going on in the state and that is a leadership issue. We’ve built less than 500 units per year of multi-family
housing over the past 15 years. And a lot of that is high-end condos, high-rent apartments in downtown
Providence, benefiting former mayors and politicians.
What has the federal government done? It spent $83 billion on housing programs in 1978, but is now only
spending $29 billion. With escalating need, the federal government has dropped the ball. Where is Chafee
on this issue? The number of low and moderate income units in Rhode Island is now about 35,000 but
we have 155,000 households making under $35,000 a year.
It is just wrong to have 6,000 people living under the circumstances they’re living under, in places that are
meant for emergencies only. We have people who have been living in shelters for five and six years.
Healthcare is going to drive many more people into homelessness. Further proposed cuts to health care
include $36 billion in Medicare and $4.9 billion in Medicaid support for poor children's health care, with little
protest form Rhode Islands’ congressional delegation or Cicilline.
The average rent now is $1,100 per month. In order to be able to afford that rent, you would have to make
$45,000 a year.
There is a lack of Rhode Island state funding for subsidized housing production relative to neighboring
states:
Connecticut and Massachusetts are spending $21 and $25, respectively, per capita on housing
production. Rhode Island is spending $7.50 per capita.
Chris Young will post daily updates as to his hunger strike and press releases on his website
WhereToVote.com. Young said as to his Hunger Strike, “I believe housing and homelessness have not
been adequately addressed by elected political leaders. I hope to allow for increased tax revenue by taxing
private colleges like Brown University and re assessing property taxes lower as interest rates increase to
ease the affordable housing crisis. Tax abatement deals for the politically connected have allowed for
unabated, increased control, by a few, of the housing market in Rhode Island. This must stop.”
Young said, “Rhode Island has the third highest childhood poverty rate in the country. I think Rhode
Islanders need to change this by voting in the democratic primary on September 12th, 2006 and voting for
Chris Young.”
Sources: Eric Hirsch, Coalition for the Homeless; Hunger in America 2006, February 23, 2006, Rhode
Island Community Food Bank
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SENT: Wednesday, March 8th, 2:58 PM
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CHRISTOPHER YOUNG ANNOUNCES 8th DAY OF HUNGER STRIKE!
Providence, RI - On Wednesday March 8th, 2006, democrat Christopher Young, candidate for U.S. Senate,
Mayor of Providence, and Lt. Governor, announced his 8th day of his Hunger Strike. Chris Young continues
into his 8th day of his hunger strike, drinking only water, to draw attention to childhood poverty in Rhode
Island.
Chris Young stated, “I have entered the 8th day of my Hunger Strike to coincide with Lent to draw attention
to the issues that cause childhood poverty in Rhode Island and most specifically Providence. Cuts to
education, due to a lack of leadership on a local and national level, through changes to federal student
loan programs (increasing interest rates) and the inability for students to discharge student loan debt
through bankruptcy will have long term effects on childhood poverty in Rhode Island and Providence.”
Chris Young further stated, “Congress has passed a deficit-reduction bill last month that cut $12 billion
from student loan programs, and was signed by the president. The new law will slash subsidies to
lenders and raise interest rates on loans taken out by parents. Lawmakers have already approved another
increase in interest rates for Stafford loans, used by nearly 10 million students each year. Both rate
increases take effect July 1.
The higher interest rates and rising tuition costs will hurt students and parents and increase the number of
children who live in poverty in Rhode Island. Can a parent of a child in poverty get a higher paying job
without a better education (the median income in Providence is only $23,000. per year)? Department of
Education figures state that approximately 400,000 qualified students do not enroll in four-year colleges
each year because of financial barriers.
According to the Project on Student Debt, a nonprofit advocacy group, the average debt of college
graduates has jumped by 50 percent over the last decade.
Students with Stafford loans, the most common type of federal loan, who have locked in variable rates as
low as 4.7 percent this year will face higher monthly payments when those loans shift to a fixed rate of 6.8
percent in July. Parent Loans for Undergraduate Students, better known as PLUS loans, had been
scheduled to rise from the current rate of 6.1 percent to a fixed rate of 7.9 percent. But lawmakers, seeking
even further cuts in the budget package, boosted the rate even higher, to 8.5 percent. These changes are
making the loans even less attractive to many parents.
Congress in recent years has not boosted funding for Pell Grants -- which are awards, not loans -- to help
students struggling to pay for college.”
Young said, “They should have lowered interest rates and increased Pell Grants - instead the changes
were mostly aimed at paying for $70 billion in tax cuts.”
As part of the new bill:
-- Students who have been paying variable interest rates of 4.7 percent (for in-school students) to 5.3
percent (for college graduates) for their federal Stafford loans will now pay a fixed rate of 6.8 percent. The
change, first approved by Congress in 2002, will affect nearly 10 million students who receive Stafford
loans each year. An average college student who graduates with $17,500 in student loans will pay an
additional $1,600 in interest over 10 years by switching from a 5.3 percent variable rate to a 6.8 percent
fixed rate.
-- Interest rates for loans taken out by parents will jump from a variable rate of 6.1 percent to a fixed rate of
8.5 percent cent under the bill passed by Congress last month. About 800,000 parents each year take out
the federal loan, called the PLUS loan. A parent who took out $10,000 in PLUS loans will pay an additional
$1,500 over 10 years in interest by switching to an 8.5 percent fixed rate.
-- Loan limits for freshmen will be raised from $2,625 to $3,500, and for sophomores from $3,500 to
$4,500. But the total amount a student can borrow through the program will stay the same at $23,000.
-- Student borrowers will no longer be able to consolidate their loans while they are in school, and they
won't be able to consolidate their loans with their spouse's loans.
-- The 3 percent origination fee for loans will be phased out gradually by 2010. But a separate 1 percent
loan guaranty fee will be included.
Chris Young will post daily updates as to his hunger strike and press releases on his website
WhereToVote.com. Young said as to his Hunger Strike, “I believe education is one of the only ways a child
can be pulled out of poverty. These cuts to education are wrong. On a related note, it is also wrong for
lawmakers to have changed the law not to allow the discharge of student loan debt in bankruptcy. This is
especially true as the economy appears to be headed toward a recession and increased unemployment.
This is a form of indebted servitude or slavery and stagnates our economy.
I also believe this fundamentally violates the U.S. constitution and the Bill of Rights. I will make education
affordable if elected to the U.S. Senate and write re-enact law to allow the discharge of student loan debt
after 6 years of non payment. This is in line with most states’ statue of limitations on debt.”
Young said, “Rhode Island has the third highest childhood poverty rate in the country. I think Rhode
Islanders need to change this by voting in the democratic primary on September 12th, 2006 and voting for
Chris Young.”
Sources: Department of Education, Public Interest Research Group, United States Student Association
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SENT: Tuesday, March 7th, 6:04 PM
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CHRISTOPHER YOUNG ANNOUNCES 7th DAY OF HUNGER STRIKE!
Nationally known philanthropist Alan Shawn Feinstein commends Young for calling attention to childhood
poverty
Providence, RI - On Tuesday March 7th, 2006, democrat Christopher Young, candidate for U.S. Senate,
Mayor of Providence, and Lt. Governor, announced his 7th day of his Hunger Strike. Chris Young continues
into his 7th day of his hunger strike, drinking only water, to draw attention to childhood poverty in Rhode
Island.
Chris Young further states, “I want to support the Feinstein National Campaign to Help Fight Hunger and
his $1 Million Giveaway to Fight Hunger. I do not take campaign contributions to run for political office.
Please, if anyone wishes to donate to my campaign, instead please donate to the Feinstein National
Campaign to Help Fight Hunger and his $1 Million Giveaway to Fight Hunger.”
For the ninth straight year, Alan Shawn Feinstein will divide $1 million among hunger fighting agencies
nationwide, using it to help them raise funds during March and April, 2006. Feinstein Leadership Schools
throughout Rhode Island are also joining in this effort.
Agencies should simply inform their donors that the more of a donation they make to their agency - from
March 1st to April 30th– the more of the Feinstein money will be added to their donation! Many agencies
say that featuring this in their mailings and telephone solicitations has increased their donations two or
three times their usual returns. For further information go to feinsteinfoundation.org or call 401-467-5155.
Feinstein’s past $1 million challenges to fight hunger have raised a record $480 million for agencies
nationwide. Agencies should tell their donors that their donation toward this campaign makes them
partners in the most successful grassroots campaign to fight hunger of all times. That is something they
can take great pride in.
Alan Feinstein said about Chris Young’s Hunger Strike to draw attention to Childhood Poverty, “I commend
Chris Young for the sacrifice he is making through his hunger strike to help call attention to childhood
poverty in Rhode Island.”
Young said, “Rhode Island has the third highest childhood poverty rate in the country. I think Rhode
Islanders need to change this by voting in the democratic primary on September 12th, 2006 and voting for
Chris Young.”
Chris Young stated, “I have entered the 7th day of my Hunger Strike to coincide with Lent to draw attention
to the issues that cause childhood poverty in Rhode Island and most specifically Providence. There are
unaddressed issues, due to a lack of leadership on a national level, such as increased utility prices,
increased gasoline prices, the way the Federal Reserve has mismanaged interest rates (inflating the
housing market and property taxes, therefore reducing the amount of affordable housing) as well as future
cuts to healthcares programs. These are root causes for Childhood poverty in Rhode Island and
Providence.”
Chris Young further stated, “I believe the lack of leadership in regards to unchecked increases to our
national debt (that has exploded from federal deficits to $8.2 trillion) has given the Federal Reserve, a
bunch of private banks, permission to raise interest rates and disguises the justification for cuts to vital
programs. The federal reserve kept interest rates low for too long driving the real estate bubble to the point
where it is about to pop by inflating the housing market, allowing justification for increased property taxes
and reducing affordable housing. Our children and our children's children have been given a set of
obligations to this debt that they will owe to the foreign central banks who have bought a large amount of
the national debt.
Bush's proposed cuts in education include 42 ranging from funding to drug-free schools to federal support
for the arts, technology and parent-resource centers. Further cuts to health care include $36 billion in
Medicare and $4.9 billion in Medicaid support for poor children's health care. These cuts are directly
related to the national debt, yet no voices from our congressional delegation strongly protest these cuts in
filibuster or open public protest.
All of this so that Bush's budget can make permanent his first-term tax cuts to the rich (which are set to
expire by 2010,) and to fund a war where there are impeachable statements Bush made as to why we went
to war.
There were no congressional delegates from Rhode Island at the Public Utilities Commission protesting
the utility rate increases in Rhode Island or insisting upon federal rate control as to the price of gasoline.
Their voices are silent on all of these issues but my voice won’t be if I am elected to the U.S. Senate.”
Chris Young will post daily updates as to his hunger strike and press releases on his website
WhereToVote.com. Young said as to his Hunger Strike, “I believe in the people of the state of Rhode
Island. Alan Shawn Feinstein has been a role model to me as one of these great people and gives me
inspiration to keep going.”
Campaign to Elect Christopher Young
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SENT: Monday, March 6th , 1:34 PM
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CHRISTOPHER YOUNG ANNOUNCES 6th DAY OF HUNGER STRIKE!
Providence, RI - On Monday March 6th, 2006, democrat Christopher Young, candidate for U.S. Senate,
Mayor of Providence, and Lt. Governor, announced his 6th day of his Hunger Strike. Drinking only water for
over 5 days now, Chris Young continues into his 6th day of his Hunger Strike to draw attention to childhood
poverty in Rhode Island.
Chris Young stated, “I have entered the 6th day of my Hunger Strike to coincide with Lent to draw attention
to the issues that cause childhood poverty in Rhode Island and most specifically Providence, and the lack
of honest government is a root cause for Childhood poverty in Rhode Island and Providence.”
Chris Young further stated, “I believe main reasons childhood poverty exists in Providence are fear, the lack
of honest government and the lack of companies that want to locate in Providence paying high wage jobs.
When Cicilline stated in his “State of The City Address” that the “crime rate is down” in Providence even
though there has been an approximately 22% increase in murders in the city last year, it was evident that
honesty is the last thing on this city governments’ mind. Twisting of the truth is what this administration is
good at, so they can get re-elected no matter what the cost is to Providence and the states residents’
safety.”
Chris Young further states, “Rhode Island has the third highest childhood poverty rate in the country. Why
do Providence residents fear walking outside? They fear getting stabbed, shot or murdered in some other
way. This obviously affects the way they feel about their lives and self esteem. Why is the median income
in Providence $23,000 per year, a level that makes it difficult for parents to feed their children? I feel it is
because companies don’t want to locate in a city where the murder rate is up 22% and the Mayor of the city
seemed to not even be aware of that fact, as evidenced by his saying “the crime rate is down for the third
consecutive year” in his “State of the City Address” on February 9th, 2006. Now that the real crime statistics
are out, Cicilline changes his position. I think the residents in Providence need to change their position in
the democratic primary on September 12th, 2006 and vote for Chris Young.”
Chris Young will post daily updates as to his Hunger Strike and press releases on his website
WhereToVote.com. Young said as to his Hunger Strike, “I can’t imagine how someone can do that. How
can Cicilline twist the truth in his “State of the City Address” to benefit himself at the cost of the children in
Providence? Cicilline's M.O. seems to be Promises, Promises, Promises, and if that doesn’t work twist
the truth. The 3rd homicide of the year happened last night as a woman was stabbed outside a
Laundromat in Providence; I wonder what promises Cicilline will make next.”
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SENT: Friday, March 3rd, 1:34 PM
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CHRISTOPHER YOUNG ANNOUNCES 3rd DAY OF HUNGER STRIKE!
Providence, RI - On Friday March 3rd, 2006, democrat Christopher Young, candidate for U.S. Senate, Mayor
of Providence, and Lt. Governor, announced his 3rd day of his Hunger Strike. Drinking only water for the
past 3 days, Chris Young continues into his Hunger Strike to draw attention to childhood poverty in Rhode
Island. Chris Young spoke again on the Helen Glover show again today on 920 WHJJ about the election
process in Rhode Island and the recent news that Matt Brown, Young’s opponent in the U.S. Senate race,
has allegedly taken illegal campaign contributions. Young believes if candidates like Brown can conduct
this type of behavior and elections are rigged in the state of Rhode Island with 35,000 fraudulent voters on
the Providence voting list alone, (http://wheretovote.com/votinglistsProvidence.html), Cicilline still not
removing them after 3 and a half years, then candidates who stand to end childhood poverty in the state of
Rhode Island can not get elected.
Chris Young stated, “I believe Matt Brown needs to resign his position as Secretary of State. I believe even
the question as to Mr. Brown taking illegal campaign contributions is cause for him to resign since, if he
stays in office, he will be indirectly overseeing my election. If these are illegal campaign contributions it is
in violation of the states ethic’s code as well as election laws.
In addition to this, his office has stated publicly that they will attempt to block my run for the U.S. Senate.
Matt Brown has indirect oversight of this decision and Matt Brown is my opponent. I believe this also may
be in direct conflict with the states ethic’s code and cause for Mr. Brown to resign.”
Chris Young further states, “Rhode Island has the third highest childhood poverty rate in the country. Matt
Brown and Cicilline still have not cleaned these 35,000 fraudulent voters from the voting list in Providence,
and Cicilline has been Mayor for 3 and a half years. Does organized crime use these names to make
ballots and applications to vote?
I have entered the 3rd day of my Hunger Strike to coincide with Lent to draw attention to the issues that
cause childhood poverty in Rhode Island and most specifically Providence, and the lack of verifiable
elections in the state and the lack of equal public financing of elections is a root cause of childhood poverty.
I do not take campaign contributions and I am not heard in the media but I am not in the pocket of big
corporations either. Corporations fund campaigns to create laws to steal from the Federal budget as well
as Rhode Island’s state budget and city/town budgets, consequently stealing from Rhode Island’s children
by forcing cuts in vital programs that aid those in most need in Rhode Island.
Chris Young will post daily updates as to his Hunger Strike and press releases on his website
WhereToVote.com. Young said as to his Hunger Strike, “Although I have lost 12 pounds so far, the Rhode
Island media is still silent as to a U.S. Senate candidate on a hunger strike.”
2nd Press Release on the Hunger Strike was:
Providence, RI - On Thursday March 2nd, 2006, democrat Christopher Young, candidate for Mayor of
Providence, U.S Senate, and Lt. Governor, spoke on the Helen Glover show on 920 WHJJ about
Providence school superintendent Don Evans’ proposal to push Providence children from kindergarten
through 8th grade with no middle school graduation.
Chris Young stated, “I believe this pass-through from kindergarten to 8th grade will force children to go
further unnoticed in an already failing Providence school system.”
Chris Young offers as his plan to improve Providence schools: “The Providence school system needs to
hire assistant teachers for early childhood development of reading, writing and arithmetic stills. These
assistant teachers would work one-on-one with every child to ensure they can read, write and do arithmetic
in the 1st grade through 4th grade levels, where researchers conclude language and cognitive
development first forms. The money to pay for this can come from taxing Brown University, which has a $2-
billion endowment according to Bloomberg, and other private colleges in Providence.”
Chris Young further states, “Rhode Island has the third highest childhood poverty rate in the country and
Cicilline is directly responsible for Providence’s share of that statistic since he has been Mayor for 3 and a
half years.
I have entered the 2nd day of my Hunger Strike to coincide with Lent to draw attention to the issues that
cause childhood poverty in Rhode Island and most specifically Providence, the lack of adequate education
being one of these issues.
Providence schools are failing in every way and Cranston’s Mayor Laffey wants to begin charging
Providence for the children who are running away from Providence schools to receive an education in
Cranston because of the lack of education the Providence schools supply. Cicilline has failed Providences
children. Cicilline's and the Providence city council’s lack of ideas and leadership are now about to steal
Providence property tax and sales tax payers’ money to fund the Cranston school system.
Let’s look at it this way - all the money Providence will lose to Cranston schools could go instead to fund
assistant teachers to help with early childhood development. The assistant teachers would gain great job
experience and Providence children would benefit.
I believe Mr. Evan’s idea to push children through kindergarten to 8th grade is silly. I believe a middle
school graduation offers a child a sense of accomplishment to help them with their self esteem. I also
believe self esteem and a sense of self worth are needed for children to guide them to become all that they
are capable of becoming. I believe the distributive environment in the Providence school system can be
cured by helping children learn to read, write and do arithmetic. Not only do these skills add to self
esteem, but they also give the child the ability to understand what is going on around them and allows
them to focus on learning rather than trying to entertain themselves because they are bored out of their
minds because they don’t fully understand what is going on around them. This is basic common sense;
Cicilline seems to have neither common sense nor ideas.”
Chris Young will post daily updates as to his Hunger Strike and press releases on his website
WhereToVote.com. Young said as to his Hunger Strike, “I have lost 4 pounds so far, and the Journal still
has not done a story on my Hunger Strike.”
1st Press Release on the Hunger Strike was:
On Young’s website,WheretoVote.com, Young stated in a press release, “Rhode Island has the third
highest childhood poverty rate in the country yet Cicilline, Chafee and my other opponents seem not to be
mentioning it in the mainstream media. Since the media refuses to cover my candidacies and the issues
for which I am running, most prominently childhood poverty, I will begin a hunger strike on March 1st to
coincide with Lent.
The Providence Journal has run over approximately 100 articles on the U.S. Senate race, the Mayoral race
in Providence, and the Lt. Governor race since my announcement on Tuesday, December 27, 2005. The
Providence Journal has only mentioned me and my platform in three of those articles, 3% out of 100. How
can childhood poverty be addressed if the candidates who are trying to bring it into the light are denied
access to the media? What is clear is that the reasons childhood poverty exists, such as the National
Debt, increased taxation, (including property taxes and the Federal Reserve’s interest rate increases), high
utility prices, the lack of gasoline price regulation by the federal government, the loss of America’s jobs and
wages that don’t keep up with inflation will not be addressed by my opponents. Cicilline won’t tax Brown
University and Chafee won’t attempt to release the American people from the fraudulently acquired nation
debt that has reached 8.2 trillion dollars and has more than doubled under Chafee’s leadership. The
American people pay 2 billion dollars per day in interest on this debt cutting Federal funding to the states.
In regards to the state budget, vital programs to assist those in most need are being cut as Brown
University still does not have to pay property taxes on it’s over 250 pieces of property, conservative
estimates state that over 100 million dollars can be raised by taxing private college’s non academic
property.
The rich get to eat at Brown’s University Club and Rhode Island children pay the price.”
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SENT: Friday, March 24th, 1:00 PM
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
U.S SENATE CANDIDATE FILES D.E.M COMPLAINT
Providence, RI - On Friday March 24th, 2006, democrat Christopher Young, candidate for U.S. Senate,
Mayor of Providence, and Lt. Governor, announced he has filed a complaint with the Department of
Environmental Management in opposition to the construction of a school or YMCA on the former Gorham
Manufacturing site at 333 Adelaide Avenue. Candidate Young also seeks an investigation into the
contamination of the groundwater at the site, affecting Mashpaug Pond as well as the rest of this sub-
watershed including Roger Williams Park and the Pawtuxet River.
Young’s complaint reads as follows:
“Complainant is concerned about plans to construct school and other facilities at former Gorham
Manufacturing site in Providence, abutting Mashpaug Pond. Young stated, “According to public testimony,
the level of toxins at this site would prohibit its use as a site for a school for children even after
environmental remediation were performed.” Complainant believes that based on toxicological data, site
should have use restrictions similar to those for lead painted structures. Complainant also has concerns
about groundwater at site affecting Mashpaug Pond as well as rest of this sub-watershed including Roger
Williams Park and the Pawtuxet River.”
Chris Young stated, “I have filed this complaint to attempt to voice the concerns of hundreds of East Side
and Providence residents who attended Wednesday’s open public meeting concerning the closing of
Nathan Bishop and the contamination of the 333 Adelaide Avenue site, which is the former site of Gorham
manufacturing. Toxic materials and contaminants appear to be on this site where Cicilline wants to build a
school. When you consider the Springfield Street School was constructed on an old dump in Providence, it
seems Cicilline has little concern for Providence’s children.”
Candidate Young further stated, “The Department of Environmental Management also has stated that high
levels of dioxins have been found in fish for the abutting Mashpaug Pond. I have also become aware that
Mashpaug Pond connects to a sub-watershed which includes Roger Williams Parks ponds and the
Pawtuxet River. I feel there may be an enormous environmental cleanup that Textron may be responsible
for since Textron was the owner of the Gorham Manufacturing site. This cleanup may include the Pawtuxet
River. I have sought the help of other governmental agencies in regards to this matter. I feel any
settlement agreement is premature regarding Textron and the cleanup of this site until further studies
including a fully comprehensive contamination and medical and cancer study for the surrounding sub-
watershed can be conducted.
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SENT: Thursday, March 23rd, 3:01 PM
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CANDIDATE CHRISTOPHER YOUNG STATES HE DOES NOT SUPPORT THE CLOSING OF NATHAN
BISHOP MIDDLE SCHOOL
Providence, RI - On Thursday March 23rd, 2006, democrat Christopher Young, candidate for U.S. Senate,
Mayor of Providence, and Lt. Governor, testified that he does not support the closing of Nathan Bishop.
Chris Young stated, “Cicilline has hired DeJong, a consulting group, at a cost of $450,000. Take that
amount and add it to the $190,000 school-facilities study that Gilbane Building Co. was supposed to have
finished by December 2004 but didn’t and you have approximately $700,000 dollars that could have gone
to helping Nathan Bishop improve or toward fixing the leaking roof here at Hope High school.
The total spending by the city of Providence has increased by $100 million dollars for the 2006 budget
compared to the city budget before he took office. Yet under Cicilline’s administration Hope High School’s
roof still leaks and Providence schools go without basic infrastructure needs. This is not only fiscal
mismanagement, but it also brings into question the legitimacy of Cicilline’s administration. Why wasn’t
Cicilline at the public meeting at Hope High school on Wednesday night to hear in person the concerns of
hundreds of East Side and Providence residents? Serious environmental concerns were also brought up
in testimony as to the construction on the 333 Adelaide Avenue property, which is the former site of Gorham
manufacturing. Toxic materials and contaminants appear to be on this site where Cicilline wants to build
another school. When you consider the Springfield Street School was constructed on an old dump in
Providence, it seems Cicilline has little concern for Providence’s children.”
The last speaker at last nights public meeting was a young man who attends Nathan Bishop named
Carlos Mendez and he stated in opposing the closing of Nathan Bishop, “If people care about our
community why don’t they care about our kids and how we are going to be in our future? If David Cicilline
cares so much, then why isn’t he here?”
Chris Young has posted his press releases on his website WhereToVote.com
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SENT: Thursday, March 16th, 3:41 PM
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CHRISTOPHER YOUNG ANNOUNCES 14th DAY OF HUNGER STRIKE IN THE WAR TO END
CHILDHOOD POVERTY!
Providence, RI - On Thursday March 16th, 2006, democrat Christopher Young, candidate for U.S. Senate,
Mayor of Providence, and Lt. Governor, announced his 14th day of his Hunger Strike. Chris Young
continues into his 14th day of his hunger strike, drinking only water, to draw attention to childhood poverty in
Rhode Island.
Chris Young stated, “I have entered the 14th day of my Hunger Strike to draw attention to the issues that
cause childhood poverty in Rhode Island and most specifically Providence.”
Chris Young further stated, “Federal Nutrition Programs such as the School Lunch, School Breakfast and
Summer Food Programs including the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and
Children (WIC) which provides nutritious food, nutrition education, and access to health care for low-
income pregnant women, mothers, infants and young children to age 5 who are at nutritional risk because
of their household income are vital to our society and are on the front lines of the war to end childhood
poverty. In Rhode Island, 73% of households with children participate in school lunch programs, 55% in
school breakfast programs, and 20% in the Summer Food Program. I believe this is because getting a
school lunch places less of a stigma on a child when other children are eating the same meals. These
programs are vital for children, because they provide the nutrition they need in order to be able to focus on
learning. I will support these programs when elected to political office.”
Chris Young further stated, “Due to health concerns I will be taking a break from my Hunger Strike after this,
the 14th day. I will continue to fight as a soldier in this war to end childhood poverty.”
Chris has posted his press releases for the past 14 days of his Hunger Strike on his website
WhereToVote.com
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SENT: Tuesday, March 14th, 12:14 PM
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CHRISTOPHER YOUNG AIDS IN SEARCH FOR MISSING URI STUDENTS
Providence, RI - On Tuesday March 14th, 2006, democrat Christopher Young, candidate for U.S. Senate,
Mayor of Providence, and Lt. Governor, announced he will attempt to assist Coast Guard crews who are
continuing their search for three University of Rhode Island students who disappeared on a row boat on
Narragansett Bay.
A helicopter and 41-foot utility boat are among the rescue craft participating in the search, which began
early Monday and went through the night.
Police said the missing students were at a small, off-campus party before they launched the boat early
yesterday morning.
Chris Young stated, “This is so close to where I’m living for the next few months on the coast that I feel I
should do something.”
Chris Young further stated, “Last night we walked the beach near where we are living and today I’ll search
further along the shore line. I wish I could do more. I pray for their safety. They are in God’s hands.”
Chris Young has also entered the 12th day of a Hunger Strike, drinking only water, to draw attention to the
issues that cause childhood poverty in Rhode Island and most specifically Providence.
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SENT: Monday, March 13th, 2:41 PM
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CHRISTOPHER YOUNG ANNOUNCES 11th DAY OF HUNGER STRIKE!
Providence, RI - On Monday March 13th, 2006, democrat Christopher Young, candidate for U.S. Senate,
Mayor of Providence, and Lt. Governor, announced his 11th day of his Hunger Strike. Chris Young
continues into his 11th day of his hunger strike, drinking only water, to draw attention to childhood poverty in
Rhode Island. Each day of his hunger strike, Young has been calling attention to a different contributing
reason to the problem of childhood poverty in Rhode Island.
Chris Young stated, “Today I have entered the 11th day of my Hunger Strike (due to health concerns I took a
break on Saturday and Sunday,) to draw attention to the issues that cause childhood poverty in Rhode
Island and most specifically Providence.”
Chris Young further stated, “The Food Stamp Program, a Federal Nutrition Program, is the nation’s largest
Federal food assistance program and the largest non categorical entitlement program for low-income
people. Participation in food stamps is crucial to helping low income families attain a nutritionally adequate
diet and move toward self-sufficiency. Unlike welfare or TANF, food stamps are not time-limited. Food
stamps are targeted to reach low-income people who have the most difficulty affording an adequate diet.
In Rhode Island, only 36% of the client households of the Food Bank network receive Food Stamps, down
from 46% in 2001 and 49% in 1997. Recipients stated that food stamp benefits lasted only 1.9 weeks. In
Rhode Island, 72% of emergency food recipients had applied for Food Stamps. For emergency food
recipients in Rhode Island who did not apply for food stamps, 59% believed that they were not eligible due
to income. A review of clients’ self reported household income indicates, however, that, nationally, two
thirds of those households that believe they are not income eligible for food stamps are in fact income
eligible for the program. In Rhode Island, 29% of those not applying for food stamps are income eligible.
Also a negative experience that a participant has felt in the past in applying has discouraged participation.
Rhode Islanders have to be made more aware of income qualifications for this vital program. I believe,
much like Governor Carcieri’s AAA registry program, that a program needs to be set in place with a
supermarket chain to process food stamp applications (or at least a short prescreening application form
must be made available at supermarkets). This could be done as a community service activity on the
behalf of the supermarket. This I believe will lessen any stigma associated with using food stamps. In
addition to this, much like the USDA Food Stamps Pre-Screening Eligibility Tool (http://209.48.219.49
/fns/index.jsp) on their website, local libraries could post a sticker on their public computers with the web
address to link to this tool for pre screening for food stamps.”
Chris Young further stated, “I believe a better job must be done by the local, state and federal governments
to utilize federal programs to feed Rhode Island’s hungry, and most especially Rhode Island’s hungry
children. I also feel that participation by the public needs to be increased by bringing more awareness of
the income qualifications for Food Stamps. This can be achieved in many ways, another one being
requiring this information to be presented through federal funding of public television or licensing
agreements through the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of other media sources. We need
elected politicians who can think outside the box in Rhode Island, and when elected I will do just that. ”
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SENT: Friday, March 10th, 3:41 PM
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CHRISTOPHER YOUNG ANNOUNCES 10th DAY OF HUNGER STRIKE!
Providence, RI - On Friday March 10th, 2006, democrat Christopher Young, candidate for U.S. Senate,
Mayor of Providence, and Lt. Governor, announced his 10th day of his Hunger Strike. Chris Young
continues into his 10th day of his hunger strike, drinking only water, to draw attention to childhood poverty in
Rhode Island.
Chris Young stated, “I have entered the 10th day of my Hunger Strike to coincide with Lent to draw attention
to the issues that cause childhood poverty in Rhode Island and most specifically Providence.”
Chris Young further stated, “I would like to recap the reasons for childhood poverty I’ve addressed in the
last ten days:
The lack of affordable housing; the way the Federal Reserve has mismanaged interest rates (inflating the
housing market); high property taxes on the state level and disproportionate increases in Providence
according to wages; a 8.2 trillion dollar National Debt which has more than doubled in the last 6 years; the
loss of America’s jobs and wages that don’t keep up with inflation; a failing Providence school system; $12
billion in cuts to federal student loan programs (increasing education loan interest rates); Bush's proposed
cuts in education that include 42 ranging from funding to drug-free schools to federal support for the arts
and technology and parent-resource centers; the inability for students to discharge student loan debt
through bankruptcy; increased utility prices; increased gasoline prices; an illegal war that will cost 1 trillion
dollars when completed; cuts to health care including $36 billion in Medicare support and $4.9 billion in
Medicaid support for poor children's health care; the lack of honest government through verifiable elections
(http://wheretovote.com/votinglistsProvidence.html); the lack of accountability in public office as evidenced
by the Mayor of Providence, Cicilline who is seemingly not to even be aware of that fact that murders are up
22% and rape is up 18% in Providence, as evidenced by his saying “the crime rate is down for the third
consecutive year” in his “State of the City Address” on February 9th, 2006; and equal public financing of
elections. All of these are contributing reasons to childhood poverty in Rhode Island and have not been
addressed adequately by Mr. Chafee or Mr. Cicilline. I also believe many of these issues fundamentally
violate the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
There were no congressional delegates from Rhode Island at the Public Utilities Commission protesting
the utility rate increases in Rhode Island or insisting upon federal rate control as to the price of gasoline.
Cicilline won’t tax Brown University and Chafee won’t attempt to release the American people from the
fraudulently acquired national debt that has reached 8.2 trillion dollars and has more than doubled under
Chafee’s leadership. Their voices are silent on all of these issues but my voice won’t be if I am elected to
the U.S. Senate, Mayor of Providence or Lieutenant Governor.”
Nationally known philanthropist Alan Shawn Feinstein commended Young for calling attention to childhood
poverty. Young stated, “I want to support the Feinstein National Campaign to Help Fight Hunger and his $1
Million Giveaway to Fight Hunger. I do not take campaign contributions to run for political office. Please, if
anyone wishes to donate to my campaign, instead please donate to the Feinstein National Campaign to
Help Fight Hunger and his $1 Million Giveaway to Fight Hunger. For further information go to
feinsteinfoundation.org or call 401-467-5155.”
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SENT: Thursday, March 9th, 3:41 PM
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CHRISTOPHER YOUNG ANNOUNCES 9th DAY OF HUNGER STRIKE!
Providence, RI - On Thursday March 9th, 2006, democrat Christopher Young, candidate for U.S. Senate,
Mayor of Providence, and Lt. Governor, announced his 9th day of his Hunger Strike. Chris Young continues
into his 9th day of his hunger strike, drinking only water, to draw attention to childhood poverty in Rhode
Island.
Chris Young stated, “I have entered the 9th day of my Hunger Strike to coincide with Lent to draw attention
to the issues that cause childhood poverty in Rhode Island and most specifically Providence. The loss of
51, 740 affordable housing rental units under $500 dollars per month over the last few years, according to
a Providence College sociology study by Eric Hirsch and the American Community Survey by the U.S.
Census Bureau, is directly related to a lack of leadership on a local level meaning Cicilline, and a national
level meaning Chafee. This loss of affordable housing for the low income residents within Providence and
also statewide will have long term effects on childhood poverty in Rhode Island and Providence.”
Chris Young further stated, “On a national level there is a lack of leadership, housing advocates have
begun to worry that the Federal Reserve may not stop with just one or two more interest rate hikes but may
actually boost rates three more times this year. Some economists believe that 30-year mortgage rates
could rise as high as 7 percent by the end of the year or higher. If low income families couldn’t afford
housing before, they really can’t even qualify for it now.
According to the study, Hunger in America 2005, a report on Emergency Food Distribution in the United
States and Rhode Island in 2005, hunger reaches into virtually all communities across the United States
and across the State of Rhode Island, affecting even the least likely of victims. Children are especially
vulnerable to issues of hunger and poverty. In Rhode Island, 50,000 children, or 21%, live in poverty. In
Rhode Island, 31% (19,500) of all persons served by the Food Bank network are children under 18. In
Rhode Island, 14,990 seniors or 10.6%, live in poverty and 7.5%, (4,674) of all persons served by the Food
Bank network are 65 years or older. In Rhode Island, 2.7% -- or 1,682 persons -- are homeless. In Rhode
Island, of the emergency food recipients with a place to live, 72% rent their homes, and only 1.4% live free
with someone else. Of renters, 26% are late with their rent or mortgage payments.
In the last four years Rhode Island shelters have seen a dramatic escalation to 6,020 individuals over the
past year, nearly 800 families, which equates to over 200,000 bed nights in Rhode Island shelters. This
includes 1,564 children as well. Those who manage shelters say the rise in income inequality and the
effect that has had on the housing market, along with the Government’s lack, of action - have caused this
crisis.
The poorest one-fifth of families in Rhode Island were making $12,000 per year annual salary in the late
1970s and $10,000 in the late 1990s. That’s down 17%. There is no subsidized housing construction
going on in the state and that is a leadership issue. We’ve built less than 500 units per year of multi-family
housing over the past 15 years. And a lot of that is high-end condos, high-rent apartments in downtown
Providence, benefiting former mayors and politicians.
What has the federal government done? It spent $83 billion on housing programs in 1978, but is now only
spending $29 billion. With escalating need, the federal government has dropped the ball. Where is Chafee
on this issue? The number of low and moderate income units in Rhode Island is now about 35,000 but
we have 155,000 households making under $35,000 a year.
It is just wrong to have 6,000 people living under the circumstances they’re living under, in places that are
meant for emergencies only. We have people who have been living in shelters for five and six years.
Healthcare is going to drive many more people into homelessness. Further proposed cuts to health care
include $36 billion in Medicare and $4.9 billion in Medicaid support for poor children's health care, with little
protest form Rhode Islands’ congressional delegation or Cicilline.
The average rent now is $1,100 per month. In order to be able to afford that rent, you would have to make
$45,000 a year.
There is a lack of Rhode Island state funding for subsidized housing production relative to neighboring
states:
Connecticut and Massachusetts are spending $21 and $25, respectively, per capita on housing
production. Rhode Island is spending $7.50 per capita.
Chris Young will post daily updates as to his hunger strike and press releases on his website
WhereToVote.com. Young said as to his Hunger Strike, “I believe housing and homelessness have not
been adequately addressed by elected political leaders. I hope to allow for increased tax revenue by taxing
private colleges like Brown University and re assessing property taxes lower as interest rates increase to
ease the affordable housing crisis. Tax abatement deals for the politically connected have allowed for
unabated, increased control, by a few, of the housing market in Rhode Island. This must stop.”
Young said, “Rhode Island has the third highest childhood poverty rate in the country. I think Rhode
Islanders need to change this by voting in the democratic primary on September 12th, 2006 and voting for
Chris Young.”
Sources: Eric Hirsch, Coalition for the Homeless; Hunger in America 2006, February 23, 2006, Rhode
Island Community Food Bank
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SENT: Wednesday, March 8th, 2:58 PM
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CHRISTOPHER YOUNG ANNOUNCES 8th DAY OF HUNGER STRIKE!
Providence, RI - On Wednesday March 8th, 2006, democrat Christopher Young, candidate for U.S. Senate,
Mayor of Providence, and Lt. Governor, announced his 8th day of his Hunger Strike. Chris Young continues
into his 8th day of his hunger strike, drinking only water, to draw attention to childhood poverty in Rhode
Island.
Chris Young stated, “I have entered the 8th day of my Hunger Strike to coincide with Lent to draw attention
to the issues that cause childhood poverty in Rhode Island and most specifically Providence. Cuts to
education, due to a lack of leadership on a local and national level, through changes to federal student
loan programs (increasing interest rates) and the inability for students to discharge student loan debt
through bankruptcy will have long term effects on childhood poverty in Rhode Island and Providence.”
Chris Young further stated, “Congress has passed a deficit-reduction bill last month that cut $12 billion
from student loan programs, and was signed by the president. The new law will slash subsidies to
lenders and raise interest rates on loans taken out by parents. Lawmakers have already approved another
increase in interest rates for Stafford loans, used by nearly 10 million students each year. Both rate
increases take effect July 1.
The higher interest rates and rising tuition costs will hurt students and parents and increase the number of
children who live in poverty in Rhode Island. Can a parent of a child in poverty get a higher paying job
without a better education (the median income in Providence is only $23,000. per year)? Department of
Education figures state that approximately 400,000 qualified students do not enroll in four-year colleges
each year because of financial barriers.
According to the Project on Student Debt, a nonprofit advocacy group, the average debt of college
graduates has jumped by 50 percent over the last decade.
Students with Stafford loans, the most common type of federal loan, who have locked in variable rates as
low as 4.7 percent this year will face higher monthly payments when those loans shift to a fixed rate of 6.8
percent in July. Parent Loans for Undergraduate Students, better known as PLUS loans, had been
scheduled to rise from the current rate of 6.1 percent to a fixed rate of 7.9 percent. But lawmakers, seeking
even further cuts in the budget package, boosted the rate even higher, to 8.5 percent. These changes are
making the loans even less attractive to many parents.
Congress in recent years has not boosted funding for Pell Grants -- which are awards, not loans -- to help
students struggling to pay for college.”
Young said, “They should have lowered interest rates and increased Pell Grants - instead the changes
were mostly aimed at paying for $70 billion in tax cuts.”
As part of the new bill:
-- Students who have been paying variable interest rates of 4.7 percent (for in-school students) to 5.3
percent (for college graduates) for their federal Stafford loans will now pay a fixed rate of 6.8 percent. The
change, first approved by Congress in 2002, will affect nearly 10 million students who receive Stafford
loans each year. An average college student who graduates with $17,500 in student loans will pay an
additional $1,600 in interest over 10 years by switching from a 5.3 percent variable rate to a 6.8 percent
fixed rate.
-- Interest rates for loans taken out by parents will jump from a variable rate of 6.1 percent to a fixed rate of
8.5 percent cent under the bill passed by Congress last month. About 800,000 parents each year take out
the federal loan, called the PLUS loan. A parent who took out $10,000 in PLUS loans will pay an additional
$1,500 over 10 years in interest by switching to an 8.5 percent fixed rate.
-- Loan limits for freshmen will be raised from $2,625 to $3,500, and for sophomores from $3,500 to
$4,500. But the total amount a student can borrow through the program will stay the same at $23,000.
-- Student borrowers will no longer be able to consolidate their loans while they are in school, and they
won't be able to consolidate their loans with their spouse's loans.
-- The 3 percent origination fee for loans will be phased out gradually by 2010. But a separate 1 percent
loan guaranty fee will be included.
Chris Young will post daily updates as to his hunger strike and press releases on his website
WhereToVote.com. Young said as to his Hunger Strike, “I believe education is one of the only ways a child
can be pulled out of poverty. These cuts to education are wrong. On a related note, it is also wrong for
lawmakers to have changed the law not to allow the discharge of student loan debt in bankruptcy. This is
especially true as the economy appears to be headed toward a recession and increased unemployment.
This is a form of indebted servitude or slavery and stagnates our economy.
I also believe this fundamentally violates the U.S. constitution and the Bill of Rights. I will make education
affordable if elected to the U.S. Senate and write re-enact law to allow the discharge of student loan debt
after 6 years of non payment. This is in line with most states’ statue of limitations on debt.”
Young said, “Rhode Island has the third highest childhood poverty rate in the country. I think Rhode
Islanders need to change this by voting in the democratic primary on September 12th, 2006 and voting for
Chris Young.”
Sources: Department of Education, Public Interest Research Group, United States Student Association
Campaign to Elect Christopher Young
ourmedia@yahoo.com
SENT: Tuesday, March 7th, 6:04 PM
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CHRISTOPHER YOUNG ANNOUNCES 7th DAY OF HUNGER STRIKE!
Nationally known philanthropist Alan Shawn Feinstein commends Young for calling attention to childhood
poverty
Providence, RI - On Tuesday March 7th, 2006, democrat Christopher Young, candidate for U.S. Senate,
Mayor of Providence, and Lt. Governor, announced his 7th day of his Hunger Strike. Chris Young continues
into his 7th day of his hunger strike, drinking only water, to draw attention to childhood poverty in Rhode
Island.
Chris Young further states, “I want to support the Feinstein National Campaign to Help Fight Hunger and
his $1 Million Giveaway to Fight Hunger. I do not take campaign contributions to run for political office.
Please, if anyone wishes to donate to my campaign, instead please donate to the Feinstein National
Campaign to Help Fight Hunger and his $1 Million Giveaway to Fight Hunger.”
For the ninth straight year, Alan Shawn Feinstein will divide $1 million among hunger fighting agencies
nationwide, using it to help them raise funds during March and April, 2006. Feinstein Leadership Schools
throughout Rhode Island are also joining in this effort.
Agencies should simply inform their donors that the more of a donation they make to their agency - from
March 1st to April 30th– the more of the Feinstein money will be added to their donation! Many agencies
say that featuring this in their mailings and telephone solicitations has increased their donations two or
three times their usual returns. For further information go to feinsteinfoundation.org or call 401-467-5155.
Feinstein’s past $1 million challenges to fight hunger have raised a record $480 million for agencies
nationwide. Agencies should tell their donors that their donation toward this campaign makes them
partners in the most successful grassroots campaign to fight hunger of all times. That is something they
can take great pride in.
Alan Feinstein said about Chris Young’s Hunger Strike to draw attention to Childhood Poverty, “I commend
Chris Young for the sacrifice he is making through his hunger strike to help call attention to childhood
poverty in Rhode Island.”
Young said, “Rhode Island has the third highest childhood poverty rate in the country. I think Rhode
Islanders need to change this by voting in the democratic primary on September 12th, 2006 and voting for
Chris Young.”
Chris Young stated, “I have entered the 7th day of my Hunger Strike to coincide with Lent to draw attention
to the issues that cause childhood poverty in Rhode Island and most specifically Providence. There are
unaddressed issues, due to a lack of leadership on a national level, such as increased utility prices,
increased gasoline prices, the way the Federal Reserve has mismanaged interest rates (inflating the
housing market and property taxes, therefore reducing the amount of affordable housing) as well as future
cuts to healthcares programs. These are root causes for Childhood poverty in Rhode Island and
Providence.”
Chris Young further stated, “I believe the lack of leadership in regards to unchecked increases to our
national debt (that has exploded from federal deficits to $8.2 trillion) has given the Federal Reserve, a
bunch of private banks, permission to raise interest rates and disguises the justification for cuts to vital
programs. The federal reserve kept interest rates low for too long driving the real estate bubble to the point
where it is about to pop by inflating the housing market, allowing justification for increased property taxes
and reducing affordable housing. Our children and our children's children have been given a set of
obligations to this debt that they will owe to the foreign central banks who have bought a large amount of
the national debt.
Bush's proposed cuts in education include 42 ranging from funding to drug-free schools to federal support
for the arts, technology and parent-resource centers. Further cuts to health care include $36 billion in
Medicare and $4.9 billion in Medicaid support for poor children's health care. These cuts are directly
related to the national debt, yet no voices from our congressional delegation strongly protest these cuts in
filibuster or open public protest.
All of this so that Bush's budget can make permanent his first-term tax cuts to the rich (which are set to
expire by 2010,) and to fund a war where there are impeachable statements Bush made as to why we went
to war.
There were no congressional delegates from Rhode Island at the Public Utilities Commission protesting
the utility rate increases in Rhode Island or insisting upon federal rate control as to the price of gasoline.
Their voices are silent on all of these issues but my voice won’t be if I am elected to the U.S. Senate.”
Chris Young will post daily updates as to his hunger strike and press releases on his website
WhereToVote.com. Young said as to his Hunger Strike, “I believe in the people of the state of Rhode
Island. Alan Shawn Feinstein has been a role model to me as one of these great people and gives me
inspiration to keep going.”
Campaign to Elect Christopher Young
ourmedia@yahoo.com
SENT: Monday, March 6th , 1:34 PM
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CHRISTOPHER YOUNG ANNOUNCES 6th DAY OF HUNGER STRIKE!
Providence, RI - On Monday March 6th, 2006, democrat Christopher Young, candidate for U.S. Senate,
Mayor of Providence, and Lt. Governor, announced his 6th day of his Hunger Strike. Drinking only water for
over 5 days now, Chris Young continues into his 6th day of his Hunger Strike to draw attention to childhood
poverty in Rhode Island.
Chris Young stated, “I have entered the 6th day of my Hunger Strike to coincide with Lent to draw attention
to the issues that cause childhood poverty in Rhode Island and most specifically Providence, and the lack
of honest government is a root cause for Childhood poverty in Rhode Island and Providence.”
Chris Young further stated, “I believe main reasons childhood poverty exists in Providence are fear, the lack
of honest government and the lack of companies that want to locate in Providence paying high wage jobs.
When Cicilline stated in his “State of The City Address” that the “crime rate is down” in Providence even
though there has been an approximately 22% increase in murders in the city last year, it was evident that
honesty is the last thing on this city governments’ mind. Twisting of the truth is what this administration is
good at, so they can get re-elected no matter what the cost is to Providence and the states residents’
safety.”
Chris Young further states, “Rhode Island has the third highest childhood poverty rate in the country. Why
do Providence residents fear walking outside? They fear getting stabbed, shot or murdered in some other
way. This obviously affects the way they feel about their lives and self esteem. Why is the median income
in Providence $23,000 per year, a level that makes it difficult for parents to feed their children? I feel it is
because companies don’t want to locate in a city where the murder rate is up 22% and the Mayor of the city
seemed to not even be aware of that fact, as evidenced by his saying “the crime rate is down for the third
consecutive year” in his “State of the City Address” on February 9th, 2006. Now that the real crime statistics
are out, Cicilline changes his position. I think the residents in Providence need to change their position in
the democratic primary on September 12th, 2006 and vote for Chris Young.”
Chris Young will post daily updates as to his Hunger Strike and press releases on his website
WhereToVote.com. Young said as to his Hunger Strike, “I can’t imagine how someone can do that. How
can Cicilline twist the truth in his “State of the City Address” to benefit himself at the cost of the children in
Providence? Cicilline's M.O. seems to be Promises, Promises, Promises, and if that doesn’t work twist
the truth. The 3rd homicide of the year happened last night as a woman was stabbed outside a
Laundromat in Providence; I wonder what promises Cicilline will make next.”
Campaign to Elect Christopher Young
ourmedia@yahoo.com
SENT: Friday, March 3rd, 1:34 PM
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CHRISTOPHER YOUNG ANNOUNCES 3rd DAY OF HUNGER STRIKE!
Providence, RI - On Friday March 3rd, 2006, democrat Christopher Young, candidate for U.S. Senate, Mayor
of Providence, and Lt. Governor, announced his 3rd day of his Hunger Strike. Drinking only water for the
past 3 days, Chris Young continues into his Hunger Strike to draw attention to childhood poverty in Rhode
Island. Chris Young spoke again on the Helen Glover show again today on 920 WHJJ about the election
process in Rhode Island and the recent news that Matt Brown, Young’s opponent in the U.S. Senate race,
has allegedly taken illegal campaign contributions. Young believes if candidates like Brown can conduct
this type of behavior and elections are rigged in the state of Rhode Island with 35,000 fraudulent voters on
the Providence voting list alone, (http://wheretovote.com/votinglistsProvidence.html), Cicilline still not
removing them after 3 and a half years, then candidates who stand to end childhood poverty in the state of
Rhode Island can not get elected.
Chris Young stated, “I believe Matt Brown needs to resign his position as Secretary of State. I believe even
the question as to Mr. Brown taking illegal campaign contributions is cause for him to resign since, if he
stays in office, he will be indirectly overseeing my election. If these are illegal campaign contributions it is
in violation of the states ethic’s code as well as election laws.
In addition to this, his office has stated publicly that they will attempt to block my run for the U.S. Senate.
Matt Brown has indirect oversight of this decision and Matt Brown is my opponent. I believe this also may
be in direct conflict with the states ethic’s code and cause for Mr. Brown to resign.”
Chris Young further states, “Rhode Island has the third highest childhood poverty rate in the country. Matt
Brown and Cicilline still have not cleaned these 35,000 fraudulent voters from the voting list in Providence,
and Cicilline has been Mayor for 3 and a half years. Does organized crime use these names to make
ballots and applications to vote?
I have entered the 3rd day of my Hunger Strike to coincide with Lent to draw attention to the issues that
cause childhood poverty in Rhode Island and most specifically Providence, and the lack of verifiable
elections in the state and the lack of equal public financing of elections is a root cause of childhood poverty.
I do not take campaign contributions and I am not heard in the media but I am not in the pocket of big
corporations either. Corporations fund campaigns to create laws to steal from the Federal budget as well
as Rhode Island’s state budget and city/town budgets, consequently stealing from Rhode Island’s children
by forcing cuts in vital programs that aid those in most need in Rhode Island.
Chris Young will post daily updates as to his Hunger Strike and press releases on his website
WhereToVote.com. Young said as to his Hunger Strike, “Although I have lost 12 pounds so far, the Rhode
Island media is still silent as to a U.S. Senate candidate on a hunger strike.”
2nd Press Release on the Hunger Strike was:
Providence, RI - On Thursday March 2nd, 2006, democrat Christopher Young, candidate for Mayor of
Providence, U.S Senate, and Lt. Governor, spoke on the Helen Glover show on 920 WHJJ about
Providence school superintendent Don Evans’ proposal to push Providence children from kindergarten
through 8th grade with no middle school graduation.
Chris Young stated, “I believe this pass-through from kindergarten to 8th grade will force children to go
further unnoticed in an already failing Providence school system.”
Chris Young offers as his plan to improve Providence schools: “The Providence school system needs to
hire assistant teachers for early childhood development of reading, writing and arithmetic stills. These
assistant teachers would work one-on-one with every child to ensure they can read, write and do arithmetic
in the 1st grade through 4th grade levels, where researchers conclude language and cognitive
development first forms. The money to pay for this can come from taxing Brown University, which has a $2-
billion endowment according to Bloomberg, and other private colleges in Providence.”
Chris Young further states, “Rhode Island has the third highest childhood poverty rate in the country and
Cicilline is directly responsible for Providence’s share of that statistic since he has been Mayor for 3 and a
half years.
I have entered the 2nd day of my Hunger Strike to coincide with Lent to draw attention to the issues that
cause childhood poverty in Rhode Island and most specifically Providence, the lack of adequate education
being one of these issues.
Providence schools are failing in every way and Cranston’s Mayor Laffey wants to begin charging
Providence for the children who are running away from Providence schools to receive an education in
Cranston because of the lack of education the Providence schools supply. Cicilline has failed Providences
children. Cicilline's and the Providence city council’s lack of ideas and leadership are now about to steal
Providence property tax and sales tax payers’ money to fund the Cranston school system.
Let’s look at it this way - all the money Providence will lose to Cranston schools could go instead to fund
assistant teachers to help with early childhood development. The assistant teachers would gain great job
experience and Providence children would benefit.
I believe Mr. Evan’s idea to push children through kindergarten to 8th grade is silly. I believe a middle
school graduation offers a child a sense of accomplishment to help them with their self esteem. I also
believe self esteem and a sense of self worth are needed for children to guide them to become all that they
are capable of becoming. I believe the distributive environment in the Providence school system can be
cured by helping children learn to read, write and do arithmetic. Not only do these skills add to self
esteem, but they also give the child the ability to understand what is going on around them and allows
them to focus on learning rather than trying to entertain themselves because they are bored out of their
minds because they don’t fully understand what is going on around them. This is basic common sense;
Cicilline seems to have neither common sense nor ideas.”
Chris Young will post daily updates as to his Hunger Strike and press releases on his website
WhereToVote.com. Young said as to his Hunger Strike, “I have lost 4 pounds so far, and the Journal still
has not done a story on my Hunger Strike.”
1st Press Release on the Hunger Strike was:
On Young’s website,WheretoVote.com, Young stated in a press release, “Rhode Island has the third
highest childhood poverty rate in the country yet Cicilline, Chafee and my other opponents seem not to be
mentioning it in the mainstream media. Since the media refuses to cover my candidacies and the issues
for which I am running, most prominently childhood poverty, I will begin a hunger strike on March 1st to
coincide with Lent.
The Providence Journal has run over approximately 100 articles on the U.S. Senate race, the Mayoral race
in Providence, and the Lt. Governor race since my announcement on Tuesday, December 27, 2005. The
Providence Journal has only mentioned me and my platform in three of those articles, 3% out of 100. How
can childhood poverty be addressed if the candidates who are trying to bring it into the light are denied
access to the media? What is clear is that the reasons childhood poverty exists, such as the National
Debt, increased taxation, (including property taxes and the Federal Reserve’s interest rate increases), high
utility prices, the lack of gasoline price regulation by the federal government, the loss of America’s jobs and
wages that don’t keep up with inflation will not be addressed by my opponents. Cicilline won’t tax Brown
University and Chafee won’t attempt to release the American people from the fraudulently acquired nation
debt that has reached 8.2 trillion dollars and has more than doubled under Chafee’s leadership. The
American people pay 2 billion dollars per day in interest on this debt cutting Federal funding to the states.
In regards to the state budget, vital programs to assist those in most need are being cut as Brown
University still does not have to pay property taxes on it’s over 250 pieces of property, conservative
estimates state that over 100 million dollars can be raised by taxing private college’s non academic
property.
The rich get to eat at Brown’s University Club and Rhode Island children pay the price.”
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