Letter to the legislature 5 1-22-10

I hope you will consider the following ideas that I think are very important:

1. In Victor Steinbruek Park, can we make it a gathering place for the whole community? This includes allowing homeless people and people with residences to visit and gather to show gratitude and mourning for those who have passed away. To promote the "Tree of Life" idea. And allow a replacement of the original plantings so to allow people to keep up the gardens.

2. Can more P Patches be opened up specifically for homeless people so they can grow food they would need and working with the soil is quite healing for all of us!!

3. Can we please tax all capital gains for businesses and put this money back into the tax base. Please. Also, continue to close more business/company loopholes for getting taxes from businesses. Much more of this needs to be done than what already has been looked at. The poor and homeless will need money from this for food, social services, library needs, clothing, toiletries, etc. We need to open more shelters and affordable, low income housing--certainly on a sliding scale. Please. Also more facilities like the Urban Rest stop need to be opened.

4. All millionaires should be taxed 1.5 % of total earnings and put this money back into the coffers of our tax base.

Thank you very much for listening!

Aaron Crosetto