L'Italo-Americano

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2014 www.italoamericano.com L'Italo-Americano 7 Peters and DeMaio Come to Little Italy ans and to "offer a tax credit to business that hire vets and keep them on the payroll." The Congressional Candidate ended with, "Little Italy is a fantastic community and I'm willing to be a voice with you, in local govern- ment. If you think we're messing up anything, don't yell at the TV; call me and yell at me." DeMaio Takes the Floor DeMaio welcome those gath- ered in Little Italy's Fire Station Museum by stating, "I actually want to hear from you and your thoughts." Dressed sartorially correct in a blue suit, white shirt and red striped tie, he warmed up Congressional hopefuls, Scott Peters and Carl De Maio came to Little Italy to present their respective positions regarding their upcoming race for California's 52nd congressional District based in San Diego. "It's no trouble at all to be here; I love Little Italy it's one of my favorite neighborhoods," said Peters beginning his informal meeting with members of the Little Italy community in San Diego. He was invited by Little Italy Residents Association's President, Annie MacMillan Eichman, who with other mem- bers of the community, were eager to hear what both candi- dates had to say regarding their plans for the Italian community and its environs. Citing some of his prior endeavors, Peters related that he had served as District representa- tive on the City Council 1, which represents La Jolla and Penasquitos. He also mentioned that he "worked hard on our ball- park district and the downtown area." As a gesture of his keen interest in improving some of the city, county and state's prob- lems, Peters cited his cut in pay by 8% which would be donated to charity. "I donated my city pension to help fund the new downtown library," said Peters, adding "we've invested in 24 major park investments; I love doing that kind of thing." Peters also stated that as Tourism, San Diego's Military presence and biotech- nology are big issues for San Diego, he would be focusing on improvements made in these areas. "We have the 3rd largest pop- ulation of veterans here in San Diego, as well as the largest pop- ulation of homeless, explained Peters. "I've got a bill to shelter homeless veterans," he said, adding that he has another to shelter elderly, homeless veter- to the audience by discussing the 4-year budget which, "we could not fix," he stated. "I'm very proud that we did. I don't look at republicans or democrats; I look at the people that can get the job done," he said. DeMaio reckoned that there are only "fundamental challenges between San Diego and Washington;" and that other than the billions, in the case of San Diego, and the trillions, in the case of Washington, things are "pretty much the same" as far as getting things done. He listed several of his beliefs stating that one should not be a party of "no." Next, he stated that "we need to reach out to all communi- ties." "San Diego is a city with so much diversification, but we need to treat each other with respect," said DeMaio, adding "My hope is to bring the commu- nity together. We can create jobs and make sure our children can get these jobs, by reaching out to all communities." DeMaio concluded his presen- tation stating that he advocates a "single subject rule," where each bill should have a single, notable subject on which voters can focus and vote. He cited San Diego's problems with immigra- tion as being confusing and con- taining "poison pills" of too many issues. "The super majority agree that we should secure the border," he pointed out, adding "We should vote on this single issue, not throw in other issues." rOBErT GALLO Carl De Maio Scott Peters

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