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  Msg#: 1230                                         Date: 07-21-95  23:11
  From: William Hamilton                             Read: Yes    Replied: No 
    To: All                                          Mark:                     
  Subj: City of Chas. Platform
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Here is the text of the Platform of the City of
Charleston Democratic Party.  it was adopted at
the party convention on June 13.

               CITY OF CHARLESTON DEMOCRATIC PARTY
                            PLATFORM

     We, the Democratic Party of the City of Charleston, pledge
ourselves to promote all efforts to provide an efficient and
progressive city government that will be concerned with the
quality of life of all its citizens.

     We endorse the program of our city administration to
maintain a visible, responsive, and effective police force that
has been recognized nationally.

     We believe, however, that the prevention of crime is not
just a police department problem; it requires involvement of the
entire community to denounce all forms of crime and to seek to
remove the root causes.

     We encourage full support for our city's fire department
which has also been recognized nationally.

     For public safety and emergency preparedness, we commend
superb leadership of our city, particularly in the aftermath of
Hurricane Hugo.

     We urge the continuation of the very successful housing
policy  of our city administration and encourage an accelerated
effort to remove or have repaired deteriorated properties which
are a blight on the community.

     We applaud the various administration plans to encourage
economic development of commercial properties including
revitalization of upper King Street and older West Ashley
shopping districts.  We encourage attracting new businesses to
our community and the continued effort to manage tourism.

     We are proud of the accomplishments of our Democratic
administration in beautifying the streets, improving and
embellishing our fine park system,especially West of the Ashley
and James and John's Islands.

     We hail the efforts of the city in the protection and
preservation of neighborhoods.  In particular, we appreciate the
extension of this effort West Ashley with the successful
resolution of the location of the Substance Abuse
Commission and the high power transmission lines, and we
anticipate similar success throughout the City.

     We support continued enrichment of our cultural life
through such activities as the Spoleto Festival, Piccolo
Spoleto, the Moja Festival, etc.

     We urge our city administration to work diligently toward
completion of the drainage improvement projects and to work
aggressively with state and federal agencies who are responsible
for the completion of the Mark Clark Expressway, the replacement
of the Grace Bridge, and for resurfacing of most of our streets.

     We applaud the city for lowering its tax rate and
exercising fiscal prudence.  Recognizing the unfair burden
placed on our citizens by the policy of reasessment by the State
of South Carolina, we encourage efforts to reform the process of
property reassessment so as not to burden our citizens.

     The Democratic Party of the City of Charleston calls upon
the citizens of this city to think about its government not as
THE government, but in reality OUR government, our
responsibility.  A hallmark of the administration of this great
city is how well its citizens are involved in working for the
common good.

-- Adopted by the City Democratic
 Convention, Charleston, SC   
June 13, 1995                  

      





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