VOTE DONNIE K. WHITLEY FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 2 TUESDAY AUGUST 3, 2010 |
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| NEW FACE, NEW IDEA, NEW BEGINNING |
| Candidate for State Representative of District 2, DONNIE WHITLEY will focus on Michigan's hard-working families. As a husband and father, he understands the urgent need to create jobs NOW and provide training to working mothers and fathers for the jobs of the future. He can relate to their concerns of ensuring quality education for our youth, affordable health care for our seniors and safe neighborhoods for our communities. These are fundamental elements upon which to build a quality life. As a youth, DONNIE WHITLEY attended primary and secondary schools within District 2, graduating from Osborn High School in 1992. He would later go on to serve his country in the United States Army, obtaining an Honorable Discharge in 1996 and returned to civilian life as a resident of District 2. DONNIE WHITLEY has a vision and a plan to deal effectively with the problem of abandoned homes. A 36-year resident of District 2, DONNIE WHITLEY has witnessed firsthand the spread of abandoned homes in the community. As a student at Wayne State University, he analyzed the epidemic, resulting in a 1998 documentary film focusing on the causes of the problem and its effects on communities within District 2. No child in this District should have to fear walking past abandoned homes traveling to and from school. DONNIE WHITLEY is a union member in good standing since 1989. He has been affiliated with United Food Workers, AFSCME Council 25, MCO-SEIU, and is currently a member of UAW Local 6000 (State Employee’s Union). He is a very active union member and will fight to keep Michigan’s unions strong. While Detroit has the infrastructure for a variety of new jobs, many of these new opportunities have bypassed the City Detroit. DONNIE WHITLEY believes that with reallocation of the States resources, Detroit can prepare its workforce for Green jobs and the growing healthcare industry. As a communications major at Wayne State University, DONNIE WHITLEY started a film company “FilmWaves” because of the lack of local television opportunities. He is an advocate of Michigan’s growing film industry and understands the multitude of new jobs that can result. Due to budgetary cuts and overcrowding the Michigan Department of Corrections has been forced to more readily place ex-offenders back into our communities. Often, these individuals return with few job skills, fewer job prospects and even less hope of creating a new life as a productive citizen. Our communities bear the burden of absorbing these individuals and it adversely affects some Districts more than others. DONNIE WHITLEY has years of experience working within the criminal justice system and has a plan and a vision to bring attention to this problem in District 2. Creating a new framework for education in Michigan is a major component of DONNIE WHITLEY”S plan to stop the “brain drain” and keep our best skilled and brightest minds in the State upon graduation from our colleges, universities and trade schools. We need an educational system that is bold, forward-looking and effective. Transforming Michigan’s economy is a challenge, but DONNIE WHITLEY is committed to a balanced legislature that works for ALL of Michigan’s citizens. VOTE DONNIE WHITLEY FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE OF DISTRICT 2 New Face, New Ideas, New Beginning!! + Bring more Jobs to Michigan + Improve Public Education in Detroit + Putting Family First +No Right to Work State + Equal Public Safety protection between the Suburbs and the City of Detroit + Stop the practice of Insurance Red-lining for City of Detroit residents + Expand and develop small businesses and entrepreneurs who provide goods and services to the community + Quality Recreation and employment opportunities for our children and Teens + Fight for YOUR fair share of the resources available in Lansing + Without a strong Detroit, there cannot be a strong Michigan Paid for by the Committee to Elect Donnie K. Whitley P.O. Box 341027 Detroit, MI 48234 313-891-8562 Email Donnie@WhitleyforStateRep.com |
District 2 begins at the city limits of Detroit and Kelly Rd., south on Kelly
Rd. to Hayes Rd., south on Hayes Rd. to Kilbourne Ave. to Park Dr., south
on Park Ave. to E. Outer Dr., west on E. Outer Dr to Gratiot Ave., south on
Gratiot Ave to Conrail Railroad, west on Conrail Railroad to Erwin Ave.,
north on Lynch Rd. to Van Dyke Ave., north on Van Dyke Ave to Quinn
Ave., west on Quinn Ave. to Packard Ave., north on Packard Ave. to E. 7
Mile Rd., east on E.7 Mile Rd. to Helen Ave., north on Helen Ave to the city
limits of Detroit (E. 8 Mile Rd.), east and south on the city limits of Detroit to
Kelly Rd., the point of beginning.
Rd. to Hayes Rd., south on Hayes Rd. to Kilbourne Ave. to Park Dr., south
on Park Ave. to E. Outer Dr., west on E. Outer Dr to Gratiot Ave., south on
Gratiot Ave to Conrail Railroad, west on Conrail Railroad to Erwin Ave.,
north on Lynch Rd. to Van Dyke Ave., north on Van Dyke Ave to Quinn
Ave., west on Quinn Ave. to Packard Ave., north on Packard Ave. to E. 7
Mile Rd., east on E.7 Mile Rd. to Helen Ave., north on Helen Ave to the city
limits of Detroit (E. 8 Mile Rd.), east and south on the city limits of Detroit to
Kelly Rd., the point of beginning.