On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for State House (ME) - District 118
Candidates who qualify will be invited to take the 2024 Political Courage Test.
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding abortion.
X | 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) Prohibit public funding of abortions and to organizations that advocate or perform abortions. | |||
g) Require clinics to give parental notification before performing abortions on minors. | |||
Existing Maine state law provides for "informed consent" for minors and protects women's constitutional right to choice. Current Maine state law requires no changes at this time. |
State Budget: Indicate the funding levels (#1-6) you will support for the following general categories. Select one level per category.State Taxes: Indicate the tax levels (#1-6) you will support. Select one level per tax.
Greatly Increase | a) Education (Higher) | ||
Greatly Increase | b) Education (K-12) | ||
Slightly Increase | c) Emergency preparedness | ||
Greatly Increase | d) Environment | ||
Greatly Increase | e) Health care | ||
Slightly Increase | f) Law enforcement | ||
Slightly Increase | g) Transportation and highway infrastructure | ||
Slightly Increase | h) Welfare | ||
Slightly Increase | a) Alcohol taxes | ||
Slightly Increase | b) Capital gains taxes | ||
Slightly Increase | c) Cigarette taxes | ||
Slightly Increase | d) Corporate taxes | ||
Slightly Increase | e) Gasoline taxes | ||
Slightly Decrease | f) Income taxes (incomes below $75,000) | ||
Slightly Increase | g) Income taxes (incomes above $75,000) | ||
Greatly Decrease | h) Property taxes | ||
Maintain Status | i) Sales taxes | ||
Maintain Status | j) Vehicle taxes | ||
Yes | l) Should the state sales taxes be extended to Internet sales? | ||
Yes | m) Should accounts such as a rainy day fund be used to balance the state budget? | ||
Yes | n) Should fee increases be used to balance the state budget? | ||
Maine's successful "Dirigo Health" program should be protected & expanded. Maine's very successful "Land for Maine's Future" program should be protected and expanded. | |||
Greatly increase Consider state regional local option taxes on meals & lodging | |||
In Maine, the "Rainy Day" fund has been used to balance budgets - but should be rarely. Fee increases have, too - but should be rarely. |
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 Maine governors? | ||
No | b) Do you support the current limit of terms for Maine state senators and representatives? | ||
Yes | 1) Individual | ||
Yes | 2) PAC | ||
Yes | 3) Corporate | ||
Yes | 4) Political Parties | ||
Yes | d) Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information? | ||
Yes | e) Do you support imposing spending limits on state level political campaigns? | ||
Yes | f) Do you support adopting statewide standards for counting, verifying and ensuring accuracy of votes? | ||
Yes | g) Do you support prohibiting media exit polling of voters until all polling locations in Maine are closed? | ||
Yes | h) Should Maine recognize civil unions between same-sex couples? | ||
Maine was the first state to pass "clean elections" (i.e., public funding) of govenor & state legislature races. Over 70% of all state legislators (including me) run on "clean elections". It leaves us beholding to no one but the public - no PAC's or corporations. It works well! |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding crime.
X | a) Increase state funds for construction of state prisons and hiring of additional prison staff. | ||
b) Implement the death penalty in Maine. | |||
X | c) Support programs to provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related skills and job-placement assistance when released. | ||
d) End parole for repeat violent offenders. | |||
X | e) Implement penalties other than incarceration for certain non-violent offenders. | ||
X | f) Strengthen penalties and sentences for drug-related crimes. | ||
g) Minors accused of a violent crime should be prosecuted as adults. | |||
X | h) Require that crimes based on race, ethnic background, religious belief, sex, age, disability, or sexual orientation be prosecuted as hate crimes. | ||
X | i) Increase state funding for community centers and other social agencies in areas with at-risk youth. | ||
j) Strengthen sex-offender laws. | |||
k) Support the restriction of the sale of products used to make methamphetamine (e.g. tablets containing pseudophedrine, ephedrine and phenylpropanolamine). | |||
X | l) Support the continued publication of Maines sex offender registry. | ||
Maine passed a tough version of "Jessica's Law" this past session. I voted for it. Vocational training is vital for life after serving time - a reclaimed life can do much in society; a lost opportunity does nothing. |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding education.
a) Support national standards and testing of public school students. | |||
b) Provide parents with state-funded vouchers to send their children to any public school. | |||
c) Provide parents with state-funded vouchers to send their children to any private or religious school. | |||
X | d) Increase state funds for school capital improvements (e.g. buildings and infrastructure). | ||
X | e) Increase funds for hiring additional teachers. | ||
X | f) Support teacher testing and reward with merit pay. | ||
g) Endorse voluntary prayer in public schools. | |||
h) Require public schools to administer high school exit exams. | |||
X | i) Provide state funding to increase teacher salaries. | ||
X | j) Increase funding for Head Start programs. | ||
X | k) Provide state funding for tax incentives and financial aid to help make college more affordable. | ||
X | l) Support sexual education programs that include information on abstinence, contraceptives, and HIV/STD prevention methods. | ||
m) Support abstinence-only sexual education programs. | |||
This session Main mandated minimum teachers salaries of $30,000 - I supported it. Maine should create loan-forgiveness programs for U-Maine students who commit to teaching, health professions, etc, in Maine areas of high need - and do so in our next Legis. session. |
Employment: Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding employment.Affirmative Action: Should race, ethnicity or gender be taken into account in state agencies decisions on:
X | a) Increase funding for state job-training programs that retrain displaced workers and teach skills needed in todays job market. | ||
b) Reduce state government regulations on the private sector in order to encourage investment and economic expansion. | |||
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. | ||
X | f) Include sexual orientation in Maine's anti-discrimination laws. | ||
X | g) Increase the state minimum wage. | ||
Yes | a) Public employment | ||
Yes | b) State college and university admissions | ||
Yes | c) State contracting | ||
d) Other or expanded principles | |||
Place special emphasis on support for small business - the backbone of Maine's economy. |
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, and oil). | |||
X | c) Use state funds to clean up former industrial and commercial sites that are contaminated, unused, or abandoned. | ||
d) Increase funding for improvements to Maine's power generating and transmission facilities. | |||
X | e) Support funding for open space preservation. | ||
X | f) Enact environmental regulations even if they are stricter than federal law. | ||
I support Maine's ongoing efforts for fuel source diversity - bio-diesel, hydro, bio-mass, etc; Maine is a leader in research in the field of domestic, non-traditional, fuel sources. |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding guns.
X | a) Maintain and strengthen the enforcement of existing state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns. | ||
b) Ease state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns. | |||
c) Repeal state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns. | |||
d) Allow citizens to carry concealed guns. | |||
X | e) Require background checks on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows. | ||
f) Require a license for gun possession. | |||
X | g) Support notifying individuals protected by an abuse order when the abuser attempts to purchase a firearm. | ||
Require manufacturers to provide child-safety locks on firearms at point of original sale. |
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) Transfer current Medicaid recipients into managed care programs. | |||
c) Limit the amount of punitive damages that can be awarded in medical malpractice lawsuits. | |||
X | d) Support patients' right to sue their HMOs. | ||
e) Guaranteed medical care to all citizens is not a responsibility of state government. | |||
X | f) Continue to support Dirigo Health in Maine. | ||
g) Legalize physician assisted suicide in Maine. | |||
h) Continue to allow doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes. | |||
Maine has, and should continue to do so, ensure that its elders and other recipients get needed prescription medicines despite the on-going national screw-up that is "Medicare Part D". |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding welfare.
a) Support increased work requirements for able-bodied welfare recipients. | |||
X | b) Increase funding for employment and job training programs for welfare recipients. | ||
X | c) Increase access to public transportation for welfare recipients who work. | ||
d) Redirect welfare funding to faith-based and community-based private organizations. | |||
X | e) Use federal TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) funds to extend health and child care subsidies to the working poor. | ||
f) Support marriage promotion programs for welfare recipients. | |||
g) Eliminate government-funded welfare programs. | |||
Support & expand Maine's successful "Parents as Scholars" program now imperiled by Federal cutbacks. |
1) Loan Forgiveness Program - for Univ. of Maine graduates who are Maine residents & comit legally to terms of service in state in needed fields...in regions of Maine with demonstrated need.... 2) Land for Maine's Future - Re-fund and expand...this popular & important program to purchase for public use significant Maine lands...against increasing land speculation & sales driven by outside invesotrs... 3) Housing Bonds - Bond for AFFORDABLE housing...Maine's housing stock is...increasing out of reach to average families. Build for middle income ranges in areas needing it baldy. |
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