Jason Smith

==Background==
* D, past candidate for Harrisburg Mayor
==Links==
* http://www.smithforharrisburg.com
==Issues==
===Harrisburg_2.0, a manifesto from Jason Smith, candidate===
===1. Empower Parents===
After four years and $500 million invested, PSSA scores have barely budged, and we are still one of the lowest performing districts in the state. The School District Improvement Plan has not been followed, important resources have been diverted from our classrooms to legacy-building projects, and frustrated parents feel cut out of a process that is clearly undemocratic. As your mayor, I'll return our schools to community control as quickly as possible.
===2. Clean Up Our Streets===
Filthy streets are a sign of an inefficient administration, and are an invitation to crime. As your mayor, I will reinstate bulk pickup, enforce Operation Clean Sweep, and spend a weekday per month with my gloves on cleaning up neighborhoods alongside volunteers and my own staff. Under my watch, Harrisburg will be a clean place we can be proud of.
===3. Support Our Police===
Spending millions on useless artifacts, overpaid consultants, and pet projects while our police department is under-supported is a crime. As your mayor, we'll better target our resources, improve customer service in the department, confront gang- and drug-related violence head-on, and accurately report our crime statistics to you and to the Federal government. As your mayor, I'll back up our cops and make our community safe, period.
===4. Lower Taxes===
Harrisburg's 36-mil taxes equal Carlisle and Camp Hill combined. We cannot continue to tax our people from their homes. Through usage fees, we will begin to provide tax relief, paid by those who use our city but don't live here. We will provide incentives to preserve historic structures. And I will defend our city from further county tax increases. As your mayor, we'll do what we can to reduce taxes now while increasing our tax base for long-term relief.
===5. Plan for the Future===
Harrisburg needs a long-range development plan so that we can improve our "product" and welcome back the 4,300 residents we've lost since 1980. My 30-page Harrisburg 2.0 plan creates a customer-friendly civic center by moving city hall to the site of our failed Civil War museum. Harrisburg 2.0 then supports neighborhood renewal by creating areas of distinction that celebrate our diverse cultures and provide economic opportunities for our residents. You can download the whole plan at my web-site: www.smithforharrisburg.com. As your mayor, I'll support an open public process that enables the people to shape the future of their city and creates the conditions we need for economic renewal and
residential growth.
==Insights==
Smith, Jason