Member of the State Assembly; District 60; Republican Party Questions & Answers

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League of Women Voters of California Education Fund

Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino Counties, CA

March 2, 2004 Election

Candidates Answer Questions on the Issues
Member of the State Assembly; District 60; Republican 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 W. "Bill" Mac Aloney:

-Put a cap on spending.
-Open the books.
-Fix workers compensation by making more competitive insurance providers.
-Make more cuts in the budget to reduce bond debt amount.
-Ensure Indian Tribal Casinos pay appropriate revenues from gaming profits.

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

Answer from W. "Bill" Mac Aloney:

K-12
-Prioritize infrastructure repairs for safe/efficient classrooms.
-Divert more lottery money into local control.
-Insist on classrooms of 20:1 ratio. (Students v. Teacher)

Communtiy College

-Help create more technology classes.
-Increase more diverse commercial skills training.
-Better cooperation with manufacturing/services industry on campus, so students can intern while learning for job access.

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

Answer from W. "Bill" Mac Aloney:

-Continued water saving education.
-Tax incentives for efficiency by cities.
-Address urban run-off concerns, that protect our precious Costal regions.

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

Answer from W. "Bill" Mac Aloney:

-Provide better education and access of vendors and/or providers in the insurance industry to the public.
-Ask insurance companies to market better to the uninsured, with better packages and options at realistic prices.

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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