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All 117 Things That Leslie Knope's Campaign Ad Says She Supports

Last night's episode of "Parks and Recreation" featured a campaign ad for Leslie Knope that had a long crawl of programs and ideas that Leslie supported. We transcribed that crawl. So now you can know where the Pawneean Politician really stands.

The Campaign Ad

Everything Leslie Knope Supports (The funniest ones have asterisks)

1. Parks

2. Public Safety

3. Environmental regulation

4. Local proposition 45

5. Local proposition 86

6. Local proposition 102F

7. More Dog Parks

8. Senior Citizens Rights

9. Safe Streets

10. Safe Sidewalks*

11. Better Schools

12. Lower Taxes

13. Better Parks

14. Better business climate

15. Better Better Business Bureau*

16. Cleaner Streets

17. Improve greenways

18. More snow plows

19. Protecting Pawneeans

20. Improving tourism

21. More trash cans

22. Energy-efficient street lights

23. Westside Detoxification and Revitalization Project

24. Repaving Grand Avenue

25. More Teachers

26. Fewer Libraries*

27. Improve intergovernmental agency communication

28. Clean-up barefoot lake

29. Passing Pawnee Jobs Bill P-129.4

30. Playgrounds in every park

31. Playgrounds in every schoolyard

32. Playgrounds in every residential block

33. Clean energy

34. One police officer for every 5 citizens*

35. One park ranger for every 10,000 raccoons*

36. Resodding Hilltop Cemetery

37. Start talking to Cuba again*

38. Emergency evacuation drills

39. Plow For Charity

40. Forming an Ad Hoc Sub-Committee Oversight Committee*

41. Challenging the norm*

42. Pawnee Corn Subsidies

43. Finally Passing PR-61, formally recognizing South Korea*

44. Official peace treaty with Wamapoke Tribe*

45. Four-way stops at every intersection*

46. Unionizing ice cream trucks*

47. Get Europe out of debt*

48. Free trade with Illinois*

49. Enact RRP- Raccoon Relocation Project*

50. Pawnee Community College tuition in exchange for 4 years of public service

51. Doubling Pawnee Hospital's emergency room nurse staff

52. Legalize Korean*

53. Lower the obesity level*

54. Stop global terrorism*

55. Re-open the toucan exhibit at Pawnee Zoo*

56. Find Gabe the Toucan*

57. More community gardens

58. Ordinance 11F: To re-pave City Sidewalks

59. Budget Reform

60. Updated Technologies for Local Schools

61. Better retirement benefits for city employees

62. Edward Phillips Senior Center Remodeling

63. Speed bumps in front of elementary schools

64. Unemployment benefits

65. Re-installing the Main St. Farmers Market

66. No turtles as pets*

67. New uniforms for youth sports programs

68. Free Public Wi-Fi

69. Updated childcare facilities

70. Shutting down the Child Left Behind program*

71. Handicap parking placards for the obese*

72. FREE PARKING EVERYWHERE*

73. Cleaner drinking water

74. Regulate heights of trampolines*

75. Memorial for those lost in the trampoline "incident"*

76. Control the floods*

77. Funding for public art commission

78. Fencing in correctional facilities*

79. New police patrol cars

80. Funding overtime for police

81. Rebuilding the PTA

82. Prosecuting former PTA president Linda Trifle*

83. Profitable government organizations

84. Shutting down underground shooting ranges*

85. Making sure city contracts employ local workers

86. Providing more economic development grants and micro-loans to small businesses

87. Foster partnerships with sister cities

88. More buses to speed up morning commutes

89. More streets to accommodate additional buses*

90. Require all city employees to check and respond to email*

91. Working sewers*

92. More parades

93. Grants for scientists to discover new forms of energy

94. Leave a lasting impression on all visitors

95. Challenge the norm** (Ed. note: So important it's listed twice.)

96. Finish the statue of Burt Bacharach*

97. No more conflict diamonds*

98. Bulletproof glass everywhere*

99. Free cookies at every street corner*

100. One school for every student*

101. Require flattering mirrors in public restrooms*

102. Develop a municipal composting operation

103. Enforce existing speeding and noise ordinances

104. Upgrade existing parks

105. Create an anti-graffiti youth outreach program

106. Free cake when it's your birthday*

107. Reevaluate NAFTA*

108. Rickshaw Wednesdays*

109. Making it illegal to refuse a hug*

110. Make downtown more people-friendly

111. Sell candy in government buildings to pay down the debt

112. Get Pawnee a licensed pharmacy*

113. Better screening processes at local adoption agencies*

114. Finding homes for the adopted children of Day Labor Corp.*

115. Prop 6A: To Recognize All Five Food Groups*

116. Pawnee

117. Hot Dogs