Dayton3
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If I Were Governor of Arkansas (bolded items would probably require some spending by the state.
- A ban on the forced consolidation/annexation of public schools in this state.
- Reform how state unemployment insurance is paid by allowing lump sum payments for further education or relocating within Arkansas.
- Reduce the number of black people having amputations by requiring angiograms prior to that step being taken.
- Create research program aimed at doubling the survival rates for Pancreatic cancer.
- Double the amount of blood donated in Arkansas annually.
- Prenatal health care initiative to radically reduce the rate of black infant mortality.
- Invest in the Rapid Roadway/Runway Repair Vehicle
- Replace the death penalty with life in solitary confinement
- Demilitarize police forces in the state. Reduce armored vehicles & SWAT teams.
- Discourage police forces from shooting people’s pets.
- Introduce a statewide “instant background check” system for all firearms.
- Reform how orders of protection are implemented in Arkansas (remote monitoring).
- Reform state penal laws so that actual prison space is reserved for violent criminals.
- Increase funding and efficiency for the state crime lab. Increase the clearance rate for homicides in Arkansas to 80% or better.
- Require all new school construction and renovation to include gun proof/tornado proof shelters in all classrooms and large common areas (cafeterias, libraries).
- Add new ships to the Inland Maritime Museum (Little Rock)
- Establish an Inland Combat Aircraft Museum, perhaps in Blytheville.
- Encourage the building of a new nuclear power plant in Eastern Arkansas.
- Encourage the building of a large amusement park in Eastern Arkansas.
- Ban self-driving vehicles from state highways.
- Encourage the building of a major U.S. oil refinery in Eastern Arkansas.
- Issue no pardons or commutations. Set no execution dates (see #2)
- Dramatically increase the amount of bamboo grown and harvested in Arkansas.
- Dramatically increase the amount of Switchgrass harvested in Arkansas (ethanol production).
- Ban full contact football for anyone under 15 years old.
- Create mobile learning centers (like the old bookmobiles) to bring education to isolated young persons.