PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Jonathan Robadu, Member of UCATS 3882, on the Citizens' Air Complaint Program
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Jonathan Robadu, a member of the clerical union UCATS 3882, testifies about his experiences with the Citizens' Air Complaint Program since 2020. He emphasizes the program's importance in fighting for cleaner air for his children and opposes Intro 941 while supporting Intros 5 and 291.
- Robadu describes various idling behaviors he has observed, including unattended vehicles and drivers sleeping or watching movies.
- He shares personal concerns about air quality affecting his daughters' outdoor activities at school.
- Robadu provides an example of how the program has successfully reduced idling by Imperial Bag and Paper trucks near his office.
Jonathan Robadu
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Thank you, Mister chairman.
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My name is Jonathan Robadu.
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I'm a member of the clerical union, UCats.
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3882, and I've been a participant in the citizens' air complaint program since 2020.
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In that time, I've observed many idling vehicles.
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I've seen vehicles idling and left unattended.
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I've seen vehicles idling with the driver's asleep.
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I've seen vehicles idling with the driver charging their phone and watching a movie.
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One time I saw a vehicle left unattended and idling on Third Street for over an hour street.
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I have 3 daughters all in elementary school.
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I am here for them.
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Whenever the city issues a sufficiently severe air quality alert, they aren't permitted outside of recess.
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My children have already missed months and months of recess in their short lives because of the state of the world.
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Kids these days have a lot to be afraid of even the air.
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Sometimes I wonder if I've been foolish or selfish to bring them into this world such as it is.
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What kind of world am I gonna leave for my children?
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Are we gonna leave to our children?
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The air program gives me a chance to fight for a cleaner world for them.
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I owe them that.
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The air program is making a difference.
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Imperial bag and paper trucks always used to idle outside my office.
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I submitted idling complaints against them, and now they never do.
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Across the whole city, complaints against imperial bag and paper in 2024 are only a fraction of what they were in prior years.
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Their trucks are still there, but they no they no longer idle.
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That's just one example.
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Intro 941 aims to stifle the promise of cleaner air that the air program brings.
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It will help make the egregious item behavior that I observe every day more prevalent and poison our air, hurting our children in their future.
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Intros 5291 will help limit this.
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Please do the right thing and oppose intro 941 and support intros 5291.
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I promise you that my children will remember what choice you make.
