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Los Angeles County, CA March 2, 2004 Election
Candidates Answer Questions on the Issues
Member of the State Assembly; District 47; Libertarian Party

The questions were prepared by the League of Women Voters of California and asked of all candidates for this office.

See below for questions on Budget Crisis, Education, Water, Health Insurance

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1. What does California need to do to address the current budget crisis?

Answer from Peter D. "Pedro" De Baets:

Reduce spending.

2. What should the state's priorities be for K-12 education? For the Community College System?

Answer from Peter D. "Pedro" De Baets:

Implement Arizona-style Scholarship funds supported by Tuition Tax Credits to help parents get kids out of some failing public schools. Classroom funding reform: Larger portion of classroom funding should come from per-student funding as opposed to categorical funding. Reduce/eliminate education bureaucracy. Reduce/eliminate mandated testing requirements. Remove obstacles to private schooling and homeschooling.

3. What measures would you support to address California's water needs?

Answer from Peter D. "Pedro" De Baets:

Make health insurance more affodable by eliminating as much government interference in the health insurance market as possible, thereby re-invigorating the health insurance market with lively competition. Reduce/eliminate mandated coverage regulations, Reduce funding and resposibility of the State insurance department.

4. What should the Legislature be doing to address the needs of Californians without health insurance?

(No candidates submitted answers to this question)

Responses to questions asked of each candidate are reproduced as submitted to the League. 

The order of the candidates is random and changes daily.

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