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Top Issues
As a legislator, Delegate Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio is
committed first and foremost to representing her district. With that
in mind, she has chosen four top priorities as a legislator:
For
the latest information on these issues, download Jeannie's End of
Session Report for 2010!
Archived information on these areas is outlined below.
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Delegate Jeannie Haddaway
with Rod Paige, the former
US Secretary of Education.
Delegate Jeannie Haddaway,
First Lady Kendal Ehrlich and
Maryland Superintendant of
Education Nancy Grasmick
visit the Judy Hoyer Center
in Cambridge. |
Education
Delegate Jeannie Haddaway fully believes that a good
education is necessary for our children to succeed in life. As a
graduate of
Talbot County Public Schools and
Salisbury University, Haddaway knows the needs of our education system
first hand.
> Quality Educators
She believes that a good education starts with quality
educators, which is why she has supported teacher training programs and
retention and recruitment incentives such as
better pensions and
tax benefits.
> School Construction
She believes that a safe, inspiring learning
environment is critical to the educational experience. She has
successfully advocated for millions of dollars in school construction
funding for her district.
She voted for the
Public School Construction Act of 2005 which, if passed, would have
closed a corporate tax loophole and provided millions of dollars to local
jurisdictions for school construction.
> Back to Basics
She believes that in a global economy,
our students need to learn the basics while being immersed in technology so
they can be competitive in the job market and in their college education.
She serves on Women and Technology Task Force to encourage women to choose
education and careers paths in math and science. She also realizes
that technical education and technology schools will continue to be an
important part of the educational experience on the Eastern Shore.
> Music and The Arts
She believes that music and the arts are extremely important and can have
a positive impact on the lives of our youth. Arts programs
should not be the first programs to be cut in tight fiscal times. As
a member of the Legislative Arts Council, she
supports funding and programs of the arts and arts organizations in
Maryland.
For
the latest information on these issues, download Jeannie's End of
Session Report for 2010!
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Delegate Jeannie Haddaway
(far left)
breaks ground on the Eastern Shore Broadband Initiative in Pocomoke.
Delegate Jeannie Haddaway
talks
with Hip Hop & fashion mogul
Russell Simmons about minority-owned business and teaching young people
about financial literacy. |
Economy
As a member of the
House Economic Matters Committee,
Delegate Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio has dedicated a large portion of her term focusing
on economic development and assisting small businesses in Maryland and on the Eastern Shore.
As a small business
owner herself, she understand first hand the joys and difficulties of owning
your own business and operating it in Maryland.
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Maryland's Business Climate
Jeannie believes that Maryland's unfriendly business
climate must change in order to achieve true economic recovery.
Additionally, she believes that Maryland's uncompetitive tax rates need to
change. With that in mind, she has consistently voted in support of
small business.
Her pro-business voting record earned her the 2010 John
Shaw Business Award from Maryland Businesses for Responsible Government (MBRG).
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Broadband
She believes that bringing broadband to the Eastern
Shore will bring higher paying jobs, more telecommuting opportunities and
will improve the overall health of the Shore's economy. She
co-sponsored
House Bill 1156 which provided funding to get broadband started in rural
areas of Maryland and resulted in a groundbreaking ceremony in August 2006
(for the full story as reported by the Daily Times,
click here). She continues to advocate for broadband
infrastructure to be deployed across the State and the project is nearing
completion.
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Small and Minority-Owned Businesses
She believes that small and minority-owned businesses
are critical to the State's economy. With that in mind, she has
successfully advocated for more funding for Small Business Development
Centers, was an active participant in reforming the State's Minority
Business Enterprise program and helped create a linked deposit program to
provide capital to minority-owned businesses.
For
the latest information on these issues, download Jeannie's End of
Session Report for 2010!
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Delegates Jeannie Haddaway
and
Addie Eckardt, Senator Richard Colburn
and former Governor Robert Ehrlich present the Town of St. Michaels
with funding to improve their
waste water treatment plant.
Delegate Jeannie Haddaway
joins volunteers planting grasses
on Barren Island in Dorchester County. |
Environment
Delegate Jeannie Haddaway is dedicated to supporting
sound solutions to keeping our environment clean. She also believes
that science should be a key element in making policy decisions. As
the largest estuary in the United States, she knows how critical the
Chesapeake Bay is to Maryland's environment and economy. She is
dedicated to protecting the Bay and the 3,600 species that call it home.
In her opinion, oyster restoration, bay grasses and nutrient reduction are
key elements.
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Protecting the Environment in Tough Fiscal Times
While many legislators' environmental scores go down in
tough economic times, Jeannie's earned her highest score in the 2010
legislative session. She firmly believes that a balance can be struck
between the environment and the economy and that environmental policy should
not be a party issue.
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Nutrient Pollution
She co-sponsored the
Chesapeake Bay Restoration Fund
with Governor Ehrlich,
which will remove about one-third of the nutrient pollution from the Bay.
This is one of the most significant environmental policies of our time. She
was
successful in advocating funding from this program to the Eastern Shore.
The Town of St. Michaels became the first waste water treatment plant to
receive funding for improvements that will bring their plant to
enhanced
nutrient removal status.
> Shoreline Erosion and Habitat
Restoration
She believes that shoreline erosion is a
significant contributor to nutrient pollution as well. Because of this
belief, she continues to advocate for
strategic, large-scale solutions such as rebuilding some of
Maryland's islands. This includes
Poplar
Island, which has become a national model for habitat restoration and
beneficial use of dredge. She believes that similar projects should
take place on the
Mid-Bay Islands (James and Barren) and our inhabited islands on the
Eastern Shore. She also feels that the state should enhance programs
that help landowners secure their shorelines.
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Land Preservation
She believes that land preservation is a key issue
facing the Eastern Shore today. She co-sponsored the
Critical Farms
legislation and the
Maryland Growth Management Act of 2006. She supports full funding
of Program Open Space and . (See also, "agriculture" below)
For
the latest information on these issues, download Jeannie's End of
Session Report for 2010!
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Delegate Jeannie Haddaway
at the
Wicomico Horse and Farm Show.
Delegate Haddaway and
other elected officials join
former
Governor Ehrlich and
representatives
from the poultry industry for the signing
of the
Avian Influenza Indemnity Plan.
Delegate Jeannie Haddaway
with her
father, Herman Haddaway
aboard the Barbara Ann.
Delegate Jeannie Haddaway
on a dredge boat with Guy Spurry and John Salmon.
Delegates Jeannie Haddaway
and
Addie Eckardt talk with crab pot
makers from Thomas Crabpots
in Marion, MD. |
Eastern Shore
An Eastern Shore native, Delegate Jeannie Haddaway is
the daughter of a waterman and the granddaughter of a farmer. Her
dedication to Maryland's two top industries is nearly unrivaled in
Annapolis. She is a member of the Rural Caucus, a graduate of the LEAD
Maryland Agricultural Leadership Program and a board member of the Maryland
Agriculture Education Foundation.
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Broadband
She believes that bringing broadband to the Eastern
Shore will bring higher paying jobs, more telecommuting opportunities and
will improve the overall health of the Shore's economy. She
co-sponsored
House Bill 1156 which provided funding to get broadband started in rural
areas of Maryland and resulted in a groundbreaking ceremony in August 2006
(for the full story as reported by the Daily Times,
click here). Her commitment and advocacy for broadband has led to
near completion of the project and deployment of hundreds of miles of fiber
across the State.
> Agriculture
As the granddaughter of a farmer, Delegate Haddaway
recognizes that agriculture is one of Maryland's largest economic engines.
With a
100% voting record with the
Maryland Farm Bureau, it is clear that she is committed to policies that
will keep agriculture viable, increase bio-security and preserve farmland.
In her very first year in office, she co-sponsored
legislation to create
MARBIDCO, which provides financing to agriculture and resource based
businesses. Since that time MARBIDCO has helped countless
businesses improve their viability and stay in farming.
Since that time, Jeannie has sponsored her own
legislation to make it easier for farmers to sell their products at farmers
markets and across the state including raw milk cheeses and eggs.
Since then, she has supported and co-sponsored key
policies including the
Critical Farms legislation to preserve farmland and legislation to
provide tax relief to farmers.
Important Ag Links:
> Commercial Fishing
As the daughter of a watermen,
Jeannie is particularly familiar with commercial fishing on the Chesapeake
Bay. Growing up on the Choptank River, Jeannie is no stranger to
trot lines and oyster tongs and much of her commitment to the health of
the Bay is because of her personal experiences with it.
She has been instrumental in
including Eastern Shore watermen in policy discussions and in protecting
their livelihood while protecting our natural resources.
In her very first year in office, she co-sponsored
legislation to create
MARBIDCO, which provides financing for aquaculture businesses and
supported
aquaculture legislation that enhances services for aquaculture within
the Maryland Department of Agriculture.
She also started an annual
"Meeting with the Watermen" to hear about their concerns and
advocated on their behalf in 2010 when the State of Maryland tried to put
oystermen out of work.
Important Commercial Fishing
Links:
> Heritage Tourism
Delegate Jeannie Haddaway's family
dates back to the 1700s and 1800s in Talbot and Caroline Counties, making
the Eastern Shore's heritage of personal importance to her. On her
father's side (the Haddaway's), a relative was one of the first town
commissioners of
St. Michaels and another owned
Haddaway's Shipyard. Her mother's family members were farmers
that came to Caroline County from Germany.
With this in mind, Jeannie
realizes the importance of
historic preservation and heritage tourism, both for educational
purposes and economic development. She co-sponsored legislation for
the Maryland Historical Trust's
Heritage Structure Rehabilitation Tax Credit Program (see also
HB679 of 2004, which was passed into law) and the
Historic Preservation Loan Fund
for refinancing historic properties. In 2010, she cosponsored the
Sustainable...which allowed the important historic tax credit program to
continue.
Important Heritage Links:
For
the latest information on these issues, download Jeannie's End of
Session Report for 2010!
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