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Onondaga County, NY November 7, 2006 Election
Candidates Answer Questions on the Issues
Member of the State Assembly; District 120

The questions were prepared by the League of Women Voters of Syracuse and asked of all candidates for this office.     See below for questions on Member Items, STAR Rebates

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1. "007" accounts, better known as member items, account for 200 million in tax payer dollars doled out to individual legislators each year. These pork barrel funds are not covered under New York’s Freedom of Information Laws. Do you support efforts to make the distribution of these funds public record? Why or why not?*

Answer from William B. Magnarelli:

I have no problem with making member items public. In fact, now, I do so once the recipients are notified. Members items insure that local needs are met by local legislators.

2. What is your view of the STAR tax rebate program? Would you support it as is; increase it; or do away with it altogether? Is it a fair and equitable method of easing the school tax burden for al New Yorkers?*

Answer from William B. Magnarelli:

I have seen research showing uneven benefits from STAR. This concerns me. STAR relieves the property tax burden on homeowners, and this relief is needed. However, more equitable distribution of STAR benefits is required to make sure poor districts get what they need.

Responses to questions asked of each candidate are reproduced as submitted to the League. 
  • Original answers for a published Voters Guide were limited and are presented as submitted. Candidates have since been invited to supply answers of any length for the Web.

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