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Project 2025 cast shadow over 2024 election
By Joseph Moss Voice Editorial Writer
The upcoming presidential election is very crucial to the lives of any minority living in the United States. Besides the candidates running for office, one of the most important thing to pay attention to is Project 2025, also known as the 2025 Presidential Transition Project.
This is the dream life for a far-right Republican but a nightmare for any Democrat. Project 2025 is a 900-page policy that focuses on four main policies: restore the family as the centerpiece of American life; dismantle the administrative state; defend the nation's sovereignty and borders; and secure God-given individual rights to live freely. The ideas in the plan are those of a highly conservative think tank known as the Heritage Foundation that looks to Donald Trump being elected as president.
It calls for an end to the Department of Education, which funds K-12 schools, manages student loans and financial aid programs. It would place the Department of Justice and the entire federal bureaucracy under presidential control.
It mentions “abortion” about 200 times and calls for the abortion pill to be withdrawn from the market. It even proposes eliminating terms like “sexual orientation,” “gender equality,” “abortion” and “reproductive rights” from all laws and federal regulations.
This is not even half of what would change if Project 2025 becomes a reality. Our lives as we know it would completely change. It’s important that we do our own research before casting a vote this upcoming November. It’s not only your life that depends on it but your family, friends, and loved ones whose lives also depend on it.
Joseph Moss is a junior mass communication major who calls Cleveland, Ohio home.
Race to the White House
Where Trump, Harris stand on the issues
Kamala Harris
Below is a brief synopsis of some of the issues, taken from her campaign website, that Harris plans to address if elected president in November.
*Make Rent More Affordable: Build three million more rental units and homes that are affordable
Donald Trump
Rebuild the Economy: Lower taxes, bigger paychecks, and more jobs for American workers.
Stop Crime and Restore Safety: More funding to hire and retrain police officers, strengthen qualified immunity and other protections for police officers, increase penalties for assaults on law enforcement, put violent offenders
to end the national housing supply crisis in her first term.
*Provide a Pathway to the Middle Class Through Quality, Affordable Education: Help more students afford college by increasing the maximum Pell Grant award by $900 — the largest increase in more than a decade — and invested in community colleges.
and career criminals behind bars, and surge federal prosecutors and the National Guard into high-crime communities.
Defend Law and Liberty: Defend the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms, and uphold your religious liberty, including the Constitutional right to pray in public schools.
Protect Parent Rights:
Also, upscale programs that create good career pathways for noncollege graduates. Restore and protect reproductive freedoms: As president, she will never allow a national abortion ban to become law. And when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive freedom nationwide.
Reward states and hool districts that abolish teacher tenure for grades K-12 and adopt Merit Pay, cut the number of school administrators, adopt a Parental Bill of Rights, and implement the direct election of school principals by the parents.
County Council Candidates for Seat 2
Matthew Reinhart
1. “With my background in law enforcement, as you can imagine, Public Safety is another priority of mine. I will ensure our law enforcement will have the necessary tools to keep our public safe as well as the officers that perform that very function.”- M. Reinhart
2. Reinhart specializes in incarceration and the police force. He wants to start up
job trainings and create the first “Jail farm” in Volusia County. He would like to start a job fair in the jails and get these individuals trained and hopefully employed. Barber, cosmetology, and even virtual welding classes are just a few things Reinhart plans to do.
3. Recidivism rate (It refers to a person’s relapse into criminal behavior, often after the person receives sanctions or undergoes intervention for a previous crime) Florida’s recidivism rate is about 25.4% over three years.
By Sanaa Towers
Steve Miller
Why are you running?
Steve Miller, owner of Miller Tax Services on George W. Engram Boulevard, highlights the financial struggles of Daytona Beach residents and stresses the need for affordable housing and living wage jobs. He advocates for revitalizing neighborhood business districts to bring jobs closer to home and believes devel-
opment incentives should focus on creating living wage jobs. Additionally, he calls for strengthening the community by offering recreational opportunities for children and creating gathering spaces for the elderly to ensure their active participation in community life. What are your three top priorities?
Steve Millertop three priorities are: increasing affordable
housing, attracting higher-paying jobs, and providing youth recreation programs; revitalizing older neighborhood business districts like Mary McLeod Bethune Boulevard and Ridgewood Avenue; and ensuring development incentives lead to real, verifiable, and enforceable benefits.
By Thomas Kyales
Wildcats speak out about upcoming elections
By Macayla Bell
Gary Jones, 18
“I feel like it going to be interesting election…Trump did a lot of things to tear down the black community. I feel like Kamala is more for the people. I am not register to vote as of yet, but I plan, too.”
Jaylil Bryant, 19
“I feel like both sides have an issue. Trump says whatever he feels like and doesn't think about it. I am registered to vote. And, with me being 19, I feel like I have a little power and I pay taxes.”
Benjamin McoDonalds, 17
“I’m for Kamala. I feel confident in the youth come this November. I hope the youth make the right decision to lead our country.”
