Dave Wetzel - Labour Party Activist / Land Value Tax advocate

Dave Wetzel June 2006

Dave Wetzel spends every spare waking
moment thinking about how to achieve
a fair and just society. He probably does it
in his sleep also.

Currently employed as Vice Chair of London
Transport he brings a wealth of experience
and common sense to this vital role helping
to implement good transport policy and traffic
management for Mayor Ken Livingstone.

His other passion is tax reform and Dave firmly
believes that Land Value Tax is the only way to go
when it comes to tax reform. Land, not labour,

should be taxed in a fair and just society.

Capital gains should be returned to the community.
Land Value Tax is about the efficent use of land and
the redistribution of wealth... "The Labour Land

Campaign advocates a more equitable distribution

of the Land Values that are created by the whole

community. We are a voluntary group working

for land reform within the Labour Movement.

Our members are members of the British Labour

Party, Trade Unions and Cooperatives, or are

individuals who support our aim to share land wealth
through Land Value Taxation."

It was my great pleasure to be taken for a meal

with Dave and his wife Heather in London back

in May of this year. They are both politically active

thinking people and wonderful company. It is said

that behind every great man is a woman, Heather

fits that role but is a strong individual in her own right.
Dave is a very unassuming man with stories to
tell that are rich in anecdote and metaphor.

We will talk more about Dave Wetzel later but his

introduction to you is well overdue.