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Gail for Rail Parker, Independent Greens of Virginia (IG) retired U.S. Air Force officer, business owner, mother, grandmother.

Conservative Gail for Rail Parker is an attractive, appealing, and well known Independent Green Party fiscal hawk.

Gail for Rail Parker is the state Vice Chair of the Independent Greens of Virginia. www.VoteJoinRun.US

Gail for Rail Parker advocates for "More Trains, Less Traffic".

Parker was elected, and re-elected as one of two Virginia Representatives to the Metropolitan Council of Governments Transportation Planning Board Citizens Advisory Committee.

Gail for Rail Parker was elected chair of the Public Safety Committee of the Fairfax County Federation of Civic Associations.

Gail for Rail Parker is a well known, and respected fiscal conservative calling for balancing the federal budget, and paying off the federal debt. Cut no bid uncontested contracts. Cut spending. Cut taxpayer subsidies to oil, auto, blacktop, cement.

Gail for Rail Parker is for "More Candidates, Less Apathy".

Gail for Rail recruits people to get on the ballot as Independent Greens and stand for office.

Gail for Rail Parker has been an Independent Green Party candidate on the ballot every year since 2005.

2005 - Virginia state House of Delegates -44th District
2006 - U.S. Senate, Virginia
2007 - Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, Chairman
2008 - U.S. Senate, Virginia
2009 - Virginia state House of Delegates -44th District
2010 - U.S. House of Representatives - 1st District
2011 - Fairfax County Board of Supervisors - Mt Vernon District

As a retired U.S. Air Force officer, Gail for Rail advocates for installing an auditable accounting system at the Pentagon, and across the U.S. Military.
Gail for Rail Parker, and Dr. Jill Stein are two popular "fiscal hawks" and Independent Green and Green Party leaders, who have noted the U.S. spends more tax dollars on the military than the rest of the world combined. Both Parker and Stein have called for practical, reasonable, common sense spending cuts.

Gail for Rail's education:
Gail for Rail Parker has graduate degree is in Business Administration, her undergrad degree is in Business Management. Gail for Rail holds a certificate in Software Engineering Administration equivalent to a second master's degree and is a certified Information System Security Professional.

Issues:
(1) More Trains, Less Traffic.
(2) Green Jobs! Grow Green jobs make America more secure with more solar, wind, and geothermal renewable energy jobs.
Expand Bike Share.
(3) Adhering to the Arms Export Control Act
(4) The Economy, grow jobs with ecology & renewables.
(5) The Federal Debt
Solutions:
(1) Build Rail,.... All types of rail: high-speed, light-rail, passenger and freight
(2) Installing an auditable accounting system at the Pentagon
(3) Stopping those no-bid, uncontested contract awards
(4) Eliminate the Foreign Military Sales program
Priorities:
(1) Eliminate the financial barriers that prevent building Rail
(2) Install an auditable accounting system, count the money and cut out the waste
(3) Stop those no-bid, uncontested contracts
(4) Move funding from the Federal Highway Administration to the Federal Transit Administration for Rail
(5) Bring our children home and turn overseas bases over to our friends and allies
(6) Cut taxpayer subsidies to oil, auto, cement, blacktop.

Rationale:
Keep the economy vibrant with Rail
When Northern Virginia prospers all of Virginia prospers. Rail will keep us moving forward. Grow revenue by building Rail! Rail increases the value of our homes and businesses. Rail saves lives. Rail is safer and more secure. Rail increases national security by cutting dependence on foreign oil.

Priorities in Virginia:
New Tracks, More Trains, More often for VRE and Amtrak
Light rail around the Beltway at 1/5 the cost of those deadly tollroads.
Light rail to Fredericksburg and Silver Spring
Rail along I-395, I-95, I-81
Doubled passenger rail capacity in Virginia within five years.
Double-stack, double track Virginia Avenue Tunnel
Connect Washington Metro Area with Nationwide High-Speed Rail Corridors
High-speed rail across Virginia. To Richmond, Virginia Beach, Roanoke, Bristol.
Beautify and protect our community with adequate funding for education, police and fire protection, and environmental preservation.

www.VoteJoinRun.US

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