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Damon Leroy Hoppe stood for the Green Party
Damon has studied, worked and lived most of his life in Staffordshire. He has campaigned for the environment, human rights and economic justice since a very young age and has been active in Green politics from the early 1990s.
His previous political experience includes a two-year term as Students’ Union President where he gained an invaluable insight and experience of political practice. He has also previously been a candidate in local and European elections in addition to possessing a wealth of campaign experience gained from working in the NGO sector.
Damon is currently the co-ordinator of the Stafford and Stone branch of the Green Party. He is also a post-graduate research student and works in his spare time as a volunteer advisor for the Citizens Advice Bureau.
Damon lived in Yarnfield, Stone, Staffordshire at the time
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Damon's top issues throughout this campaign were:
Polling has closed on this profile as the election has past.
| Issue 1. | A Green New Deal for Staffordshire! To tackle the threat of unemployment. - Staffordshire County Councils should use its massive purchasing power to promote sustainable communities through the procurement of local contractors and services. Saving Jobs and services – No to privatisation of Home Care services. No to PFI. No more financial gambling of our money! No more short term savings but with long term increased costs and hardships, especially for the cared-for. A Living wage for ALL council employees. [Report Post] |   |
| Issue 2. | Fight Post Office closures and seek to reopen closed Post Offices as Community Hubs. [Report Post] | |
| Issue 3. | No to Incineration or co-incineration – it damages both health and the environment – We demand a zero waste strategy! [Report Post] | |
| Issue 4. | Promote buses and an integrated travel provision - free transport for Pensioners, people with a long term heath condition or disability and under 16’s. [Report Post] | |
| Issue 5. | Expanding properly funded Youth clubs and activities into every community and encouraging families and communities to work together. [Report Post] | |
You can no longer ask Damon questions as this election has past.