Tim Kuhn for NY City Council District 49
Strong, Independent Leadership for the Working Class

· Started the Michael J. Petrides AFJROTC unit in July 2000 and currently Senior Instructor & Program Director
· Directed and managed a multi-national, multi-lingual, United Nations peacekeeping unit during post-Desert Storm operations in the West Sahara, assigning all missions and duties to military officers from several countries
· Commanded a major flight operations unit responsible for utilization of multi-million dollar bomber & tanker aircraft, and training & instruction of over 150 military aviation officers
· Current Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) District #2 Vice-Commander
· Past American Legion Richmond County & Watkins-Kellett Post #277 Commander
· Past Staten Island Benevolent & Protective Order of Elk’s Lodge #841 Exalted Ruler
· NY State American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars legislative days participant in Albany each year, where we attend a veterans committee meeting to testify before the committee and then went to speak to our state legislators to let them know our positions and issues
Community Involvement
· Volunteer at the Project Hospitality Soup Kitchen in Stapleton each month, serving meals to the needy
· Volunteer helper at the Three Kings day celebration in Port Richmond, handing out gifts and food, along with doing crafts with the children
· Coordinate and march with my AFJROTC cadets in the Memorial Day Parade and St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Forest Ave., along with numerous other parades in Staten Island, Brooklyn, and Manhattan
· Past Chairman of the Richmond County American Legion Oratorical Contest for Richmond County High School students to compete in presentations on the U.S. Constitution
· Past Chairman of the Richmond County American Legion Essay Contest for Richmond County students from all grades to compete in written essays on American pride and Respecting our Veterans
· Past Chairman of the B.P.O. Elks Charity Committee, providing Thanksgiving and Christmas meals for the families of United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) kids in Port Richmond and putting on picnics for the UCP adult clients, children and their families
· Past Chairman of the B.P.O. Elks children and youth committee, sponsoring the annual Hoop Shoot competition for 8-13 year olds from all the schools across Richmond County

Issues and Positions
· Finally complete the North Shore rail line and stop the endless studies that go nowhere
· Reduce or eliminate all EZ Pass tolls on the Verrazano Bridge for Staten Island residents.
· Provide funding for better access to Hospital care through working with Richmond University Hospital, not to add on another wing, but to make use of the numerous unoccupied buildings in the various neighborhoods throughout the North Shore to bring the doctors to the people, rather than bring the people to the doctors for routine care and checkups, and provide funding to hire more doctors
· Keep our taxes low and reduce the size of government and government red tape and bureaucracy by balancing our budget to our current tax revenues by eliminating unnecessary or excessive programs and services, and then applying an equal cut across the board for all government services except life-saving medical care, care for the indigent elderly, police and fire protection services.
· Reform all welfare programs toward workfare programs, using recipients to fill government positions or subsidizing them to work in local businesses who need help but can’t afford to pay for additional employees
· Subsidize local businesses to keep employees working rather than laying them off and sending them home on unemployment. It will keep people working and boost their sense of worth, rather than making them feel unnecessary and invaluable
· Bring back term limits for ALL NY City elected positions and ensure that they can ONLY be changed by a vote of the people, not by any elected official