
BIOGRAPHY
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Craig Carozza-Caviness was born in Washington D.C. on May 22nd, 1982. After spending some time living in Northwest D.C. with his parents, Craig moved to Silver Spring, Maryland, where he resided under the care and tutelage of his brilliant, loving, and compassionate grandparents. His grandmother, Shirley Carozza Caviness, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Veteran Affairs, and his grandfather Michael Carozza, former Deputy Commissioner of Social Security created a positive environment filled with a love of the arts and a healthy respect for bipartisan politics, debate, and thoughtful progressive engagements. Craig graduated from the Barrie Day School, a Montessori academy in Silver Spring and spent his undergraduate years at local community college, Montgomery College, the University of Hartford, and Howard University.
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Since the age of 18, Craig pursued his passion working as a full-time musician and songwriter. Under his stage name, Incwell, he performed at every venue from The Fillmore, in Silver Spring, to Strathmore, in Rockville, charming concert-goers with motivational, esoteric, and introspective music. In his free time, he took to schools and group homes in his community to perform and provide mentorship to youth. Craig now works as an insurance consultant and Real Estate agent servicing Maryland, Virginia, and D.C. From health insurance to qualified pension plans, to property taxes, his applicable wealth of knowledge has helped him serve his community virtuously. Craig’s journey has been well-documented by accredited novelist William Bennett, who featured Craig in his novel, "The Book of Man;" an exposé on positive pathways to manhood, and, by the Washington Post the award-winning series, "Being a Black Man." Despite his accomplishments, Craig names his crowning achievement his family. Craig married his lovely wife, Erika (Quintanilla) in 2014, and they have three children. Craig and Erika understand the complex problems working families face both, here in Montgomery County, and across the country. Craig’s humility, compassion, and thoughtful approach to everything he does fosters a contagious energy when tackling difficult challenges, both at work and at home. A Democrat, whose convictions are deeply steeped in EQUALITY, equal treatment, and equal opportunity, he plans to fight for progressive innovation and growth, aimed at strengthening and stimulating our local economy. As a life-long Maryland and D.C. resident, Craig Carozza-Caviness will be a strong advocate for his constituents because he recognizes the challenges they face and the importance of being heard.


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Montgomery County, Maryland is home to a rich diverse culture and a long storied history. With over a million residents across the county, there are a myriad of complex issues facing families, small businesses, teachers, union workers, government employees, students, immigrants, and senior citizens.
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As a life-long Montgomery County resident, Craig Carozza-Caviness understands these issues well. A free-thinker, Craig hopes to help shape the County Council by implementing innovative problem solving and progressive ideologies. His core values are central to his platform, families, equality and equal opportunity, public safety, education, building and maintaining a reliable transportation network, affordable housing, and small business. All of the aforementioned issues fall under the larger umbrella of, "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT," as growth and infrastructure costs are rising. If elected, Craig intends to serve his community with humility, compassion, integrity, and the dignity of the seat.



WHAT'S TRENDING
Why ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT?


Why economic development? The answer is simple. We have to build a strong infrastructure that will not only generate significant revenue but also encourage and incentivize other businesses and individuals to move to our county.
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The next logical question is, how do we build and create a strong local infrastructure?
-Strengthen Police and SRO presence and support
-Avoid repressive policies that target low income families and economic inquality
-Early intervention & prevention
-More targeted programs for at-risk individuals
-Increased efforts to defend the rights of our LGBTQ, minority, immigrant, and Muslim communities

-More dedicated funding for schools
-Free Community College
-Free universal Pre-K countywide, accessible to all families
-More targeted funding for after school programs
-Raising educator wages (not just teachers)

-Affordable housing and reasonable property taxes
-Build "Transit-oriented developments," which encourage the use of public transportation
-Roll back restrictive non-safety zoning codes such as parking minimums
-Supports commercial linkage fees

-Dedicated funding for WMATA achieved through thoughtful and compassionate budgetary cuts and spending
-Purple light rail
-Rapid bus
-Corridor Cities Transitway
-Maintaining, building, and improving upon a reliable transportation network

-Additional funding & incentives for green initiatives rewarding businesses and residents
-Zone and create a "green business district," for green & organic businesses only, supplied using only or a majority of local agriculture
-Create a "green finance initiative," where green startups or projects can receive priority funding

-"Legalize & Monetize." Legalize recreational cannabis and tax the proceeds
-Support small business growth
-R&D tax credits
-Create a countywide, facilitated, operated and managed ISP (internet service provider) for a nominal fee to residents, as
internet is considered a utility, and utilities are provided by the county. This will create jobs, revenue, and combat net neutrality
-Equal rights, equal pay, and opportunity equality
-More county sponsored education/workshops to encourage
and promote small business growth and success