Background
Capozzi, John was born on May 23, 1956 in Rahway, New Jersey, United States. Son of John and Jean Ann Heinzinger Capozzi.
Capozzi, John was born on May 23, 1956 in Rahway, New Jersey, United States. Son of John and Jean Ann Heinzinger Capozzi.
He ran as a Candidate to become an At-Large Councilmember on the Council of the District of Columbia and was defeated September 10, 1996. Capozzi is considered the possible inspiration for the character Tommy Carcetti in the Home Box Office drama The Wire. He currently works with BRMi Consulting, a growing consulting firm located near Union Station (Washington, District of Columbia)
Prior to his election as Shadow United States. Representative of the District of Columbia, Capozzi was involved in organizing protests in front of the Rayburn House office building in support of District of Columbia Statehood.
He met with a number of Congresspersons prior to the 1993 vote for District of Columbia Statehood, the only vote of its kind to be held by the House of Representatives.
As the Shadow Representative, Capozzi worked with the Reverend Garyland Ellis Hagler and Council member William Lightfoot in pointing out Fannie Mae, then the largest private sector company in District of Columbia, was exempt from paying District of Columbia corporate income taxes. As a shareholder in the company, Capozzi sponsored a s shareholder"s initiative to have the company make a payment in, lieu of taxes, to District of Columbia. In 2002, at Capozzi"s initiative, the District of Columbia Council debated a proposal to change the District"s flag in protest of District of Columbia"s lack of voting rights in Congress.
The new design would have added the letters "District of Columbia" to the center start and the words "Taxation without Representation" in white on the upper and lower bars, the format already used on District licence plates. Capozzi"s proposal was passed by the council by a 10–2 vote, but the final design was never adopted.
In August 2009 Capozzi made headlines in a local publication, East of the River.
The former shadow Representative was highlighted by reporter, Gerri Williams in an article called "A ". The solar concept was not new to Capozzi, who worked for the District of Columbia government’ General’ s Office of the Chief Technology Officer. In 2010 Capozzi, as an active District of Columbia SUN member, filed a shareholder resolution with Pepco to force the company to reduce total greenhouse gas emissions from products and operations.
He was quoted by a District of Columbia advocacy group, The Fight Back, as saying, "If they were making more money through solar then maybe they would have had more capacity to do a better job with reliability.".
Member of Barney Circuit Neighborhood Watch Association (founding member, president since 1993).
Married; children: Camille Grace, Hans Soren.