Judy Stiegler's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Judy Stiegler refused to tell citizens where she stands on any of the issues addressed in the 2010 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart, national media, and prominent political leaders.
This candidate has responded to a Political Courage Test in a previous election. As a continued effort to provide the American public with factual information on candidates running for public office, these archived responses are made available here.
Oregon State Legislative Election 2008 Political Courage Test
The Political Courage Test asks candidates which items they will support if elected. It does not ask them to indicate which items they will oppose. Through extensive research of public polling data, we discovered that voters are more concerned with what candidates would support when elected to office, not what they oppose. If a candidate does not select a response to any part or all of any question, it does not necessarily indicate that the candidate is opposed to that particular item.
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding abortion.
| a) Abortions should always be illegal. | |||
| X | b) Abortions should always be legal. | ||
| c) Abortions should be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy. | |||
| X | d) Abortions should be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape. | ||
| X | e) Abortions should be legal when the life of the woman is endangered. | ||
| f) Abortions should be subject to a mandatory waiting period. | |||
| g) Require clinics to give parental notification before performing abortions on minors. | |||
| The right to choice is limited per the decision of Roe v. Wade and its progeny. The choice posed under "b)" above is misleading in that there are limitations which have been imposed on the ability to obtain an abortion for over 30 years through Roe v. Wade and clarified by later case law. I support those limitations as they reflect the current law of the land. | |||
State Budget: Indicate what state funding levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one level per category, you can use a number more than once.State Taxes: Indicate what state tax levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one level per category, you can use a number more than once.
| Greatly Increase | a) Education (Higher) | ||
| Greatly Increase | b) Education (K-12) | ||
| Maintain Status | c) Emergency preparedness | ||
| Slightly Increase | d) Environment | ||
| Greatly Increase | e) Health care | ||
| Slightly Increase | f) Law enforcement | ||
| Slightly Increase | g) Transportation and highway infrastructure | ||
| Maintain Status | h) Welfare | ||
| Maintain Status | a) Alcohol taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | b) Cigarette taxes | ||
| Slightly Increase | c) Corporate taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | d) Gasoline taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | e) Income taxes (incomes below $75,000) | ||
| Maintain Status | f) Income taxes (incomes above $75,000) | ||
| Maintain Status | g) Property taxes | ||
| Slightly Increase | h) Vehicle taxes | ||
| Undecided | 1) Should accounts such as a "rainy day" fund be used to balance the state budget? | ||
| Undecided | 2) Should fee increases be used to balance the state budget? | ||
| Education and public safety are two essential functions of government. Increased funding of education has a direct correlation to reductions in crime. Investment in education is an investment in public safety. Basic healthcare for every Oregon citizen should be a right not a privilege. There is still work to be done in the arena of welfare reform. Providing basic healthcare for all Oregonians will lead to a reduction in welfare roles. | |||
| Until such time as Oregon makes the decision to seriously address the issue of tax reform, we will continue to struggle to maintain even current levels of service, particularly during economic downturns. The way this question as posed assumes the same sources of revenue currently in the mix, which frankly begs the question of real tax reform. | |||
| "Rainy Day" funds should not be seen as an excuse not to make hard choices when it comes to setting the state's budget. They should be viewed as a way to keep essential services funded when unexpected circumstances impact the economy and the state's ability to collect the revenues needed to fund these services. | |||
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding campaign finance and government reform.c) Do you support limiting the following types of contributions to state legislative candidates?
| Yes | a) Do you support the current limit of terms for Oregon governors? | ||
| No | b) Do you support limiting the number of terms for Oregon state senators and representatives? | ||
| No | 1) Individual | ||
| Undecided | 2) PAC | ||
| Undecided | 3) Corporate | ||
| No | 4) Political Parties | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information? | ||
| No | e) Do you support imposing spending limits on state-level political campaigns? | ||
| Undecided | f) Should Oregon participate in the federal REAL ID program? | ||
| PAC and Corporate donations should be transparent and fully disclosed. | |||
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding crime.
| a) Increase state funds for construction of state prisons and hiring of additional prison staff. | |||
| X | b) Support the death penalty in Oregon. | ||
| X | c) Support programs to provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related skills and job-placement assistance when released. | ||
| X | d) Implement penalties other than incarceration for certain non-violent offenders. | ||
| e) Decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana. | |||
| X | f) Minors accused of a violent crime should be prosecuted as adults. | ||
| g) Support state and local law enforcement officials enforcing federal immigration laws. | |||
| X | h) Support hate crime legislation. | ||
| Passage of Initiative Petition 40 in Oregon would necessitate the building of additional prisons and the hiring of additional staff. Hopefully, this measure will be defeated, as its ramifications could be devastating to things such as education, healthcare, programs for seniors, mental health services and other areas of public safety, to name a few. Regarding enforcement of federal immigration laws, this should be the responsibility of federal law enforcement entities, and not fall on the shoulders of state and local law enforcement whose primary job should be to protect our communities. | |||
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding education.
| X | a) Support state funding of universal pre-K programs. | ||
| b) Support federal education standards and testing requirements for K-12 students (No Child Left Behind). | |||
| X | c) Support state education standards and testing requirements for K-12 students. | ||
| X | d) Support requiring public schools to administer high school exit exams. | ||
| e) Allow parents to use vouchers to send their children to any public school. | |||
| f) Allow parents to use vouchers to send their children to any private or religious school. | |||
| X | g) Provide state funding to increase teacher salaries. | ||
| h) Support using a merit pay system for teachers. | |||
| X | i) Provide state funding for tax incentives and financial aid to help make college more affordable. | ||
| j) Support allowing illegal immigrant high school graduates of Oregon to pay in-state tuition at public universities. | |||
| There are aspects of some of the above principles which I might be able to support, such as intra-district vouchers, or allowing illegal immigrant high school graduates to pay in-state tuition under some circumstances. The problem with many of the above so-called principles, is that they are presented in a cut and dried manner with no room for more realistic responses. Education, in particular, doesn't lend itself to this approach very easily, as it is about people, and people's lives, and there is nothing less cut and dried than that. | |||
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding employment.
| X | a) Increase funding for state job-training programs that re-train displaced workers and teach skills needed in todays job market. | ||
| b) Reduce state government regulations on the private sector. | |||
| X | c) Provide low interest loans and tax credits for starting, expanding, or relocating businesses. | ||
| X | d) Provide tax credits for businesses that provide child care for children in low-income working families. | ||
| X | e) Increase state funds to provide child care for children in low-income working families. | ||
| f) Increase the state minimum wage. | |||
| g) Support laws that prevent employers from dismissing employees at will. | |||
| X | h) Support financial punishments for those who knowingly employ illegal immigrants. | ||
| X | i) Support increased work requirements for able-bodied welfare recipients. | ||
| X | j) Increase funding for employment and job training programs for welfare recipients. | ||
| Yes | k) Allow employers of hazardous jobs, who employ medical marijuana users, to establish a drug-free workplace. | ||
| I would be willing to entertain low interest loans and tax credits only to small and medium sized businesses for activities described in "c)". | |||
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding the environment and energy.
| X | a) Promote increased use of alternative fuel technology. | ||
| b) Support increased production of traditional domestic energy sources (e.g. coal, natural gas, oil, etc). | |||
| c) Support providing financial incentives to farms that produce biofuel crops. | |||
| X | d) Use state funds to clean up former industrial and commercial sites that are contaminated, unused, or abandoned. | ||
| e) Support funding for improvements to Oregon's- power generating and transmission facilities. | |||
| X | f) Support funding for open space preservation. | ||
| X | g) Limit carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases linked to global warming. | ||
| X | h) Enact environmental regulations even if they are stricter than federal law. | ||
| State funds should only be used as a last resort in the instances set forth in "d)". | |||
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding guns.
| Yes | a) Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows? | ||
| Yes | b) Should citizens be allowed to carry concealed guns? | ||
| No | c) Should a license be required for gun possession? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support current levels of enforcement of existing state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support current state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns? | ||
| The current law allows carrying of concealed firearms with a permit. I support continuing this requirement. Also, "d)" is unclear and potentially misleading in its intent. | |||
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding health.
| X | a) Ensure that citizens have access to basic health care through managed care, insurance reforms, or state-funded care where necessary. | ||
| b) Guaranteed medical care to all citizens is not a responsibility of state government. | |||
| c) Support an Oregon constitutional amendment declaring health care a fundamental right. | |||
| d) Limit the amount of damages that can be awarded in medical malpractice lawsuits. | |||
| X | e) Allow patients to sue their HMOs. | ||
| X | f) Require hospitals and labs to release reports on infections that are a risk to public health, while not compromising patient confidentiality. | ||
| X | g) Support physician assisted suicide in Oregon. | ||
| h) Support allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes. | |||
| Enjoying a basic level of health care access should be a right of all Oregon's citizens. How this is achieved will require a variety of strategies, as well as collaboration and cooperation across both the private and public sectors of our state. | |||
['Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding social issues.', 'Legislative Priorities']
| Yes | a) Should Oregon continue to recognize domestic partnerships between same-sex couples? | ||
| Yes | b) Should same-sex couples be allowed to marry? | ||
| Yes | c) Should Oregon provide state-level spousal rights to same-sex couples? | ||
| No | d) Do you support a moment of silence in public schools? | ||
| No | e) Do you support voluntary prayer in public schools? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support sexual education programs that include information on abstinence, contraceptives, and HIV/STD prevention methods? | ||
| No | g) Do you support abstinence-only sexual education programs? | ||
| No | h) Should the state government consider race and gender in state government contracting and hiring decisions? | ||
| Yes | i) Do you support affirmative action in public college admissions? | ||
| Yes | j) Should Oregon continue affirmative action programs? | ||
| Undecided | k) Do you support state funding of stem cell research? | ||
| Undecided | l) Do you support state funding of embryonic stem cell research? | ||
| No | m) Do you support allowing pharmacists who conscientiously object to emergency contraception to refuse to dispense it? | ||
| Though I do not oppose stem cell research, I question whether state funding is the appropriate avenue for funding such research. | |||
| Education, pre-K through graduate school ultimately returns much more than it costs. Additional priorities are providing basic healthcare to all Oregonians, ensuring seniors the ability to live with dignity in their own homes for as long as possible, and assuring that our streeets are safe. Tax reform must be seriously considered as a funding mechanism including increasing the corporate minimum tax. | |||
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