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Los Angeles County, CA March 3, 2015 Election
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Step Jones
Answers Questions

Candidate for
Council Member; City of Los Angeles; District 4

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Questions & Answers

1. What do you think is the single most important issue facing the City of Los Angeles today? As Council Member, what would you do to deal with it?

Step Jones for LA City Council district #4

What makes me different? I'm not interested in legislating your social affairs; my only tenet is that you don't harm other people.

Things your previous and present City Council do will continue to affect your life morally and socially, I believe we can make our own social and moral decisions.

Vaping, condoms, Iran, elephant trainers, creating days for different things: eg. renters day, El Salvador day, and Jiff the Pomeranian day, Rialto schools, Philippines independence, meatless Mondays, banning genetically modified crops in the City of LA, and Fresno.

I plan to focus City of LA's budget of 8 Billion dollars a year, not including forward obligations.

I believe the LAPD should be the highest paid police department in the country, and with being the highest paid zero tolerance in performing their duties.

Fire and paramedics should be the highest paid in the country, and with being the highest paid zero tolerance in performing their duties.

Streets need to be repaved.

Sidewalks need to be fixed.

Homeless should be taken care of with a coordinated effort between public and private agencies.

Parks need to be maintained and beautified.

Our streets need to be better illuminated in many areas and junk needs to be picked up.

Jobs.

Seniors.

There are serious issues in our City so it is imperative to stay focused on what's important to our lives.

I will not be engaged in your moral or social affairs.

Voting for me will be a vote to stop the non-sense so we can get back to running the City of Los Angeles.

2. The City Administrative Officer has estimated a $300 million budget shortfall for 2015-2016. What steps do you propose to deal with this problem and how much do you estimate each step would reduce the shortfall?

Step Jones for City Council district #4

"Work out your own salvation" When I was growing up in La Porte, Indiana my mother had this huge needlepoint above the sink in our kitchen that had these words on it. You may think this needlepoint had religious overtones, but it really didn't. What my mother was trying to get through to the kids is mind your own business, and work to better yourself. Don't worry about what other people where doing, worry about what you are doing with your life. That brings us the current council, they spend a lot of time worrying about other communities and countries, instead of worrying about the City of LA. The council spent time on Iran, Fresno, the Philippines, as an example. What should we be worrying about and fixing is the budget of LA, which is over 8 Billion dollars a year. Really don't you think the City Council should keep its nose in Los Angeles? Let us talk about the elephant in the room, (although the City Council this year took up elephants and bull hooks, but the law doesn't take effect until 2017, so you have time to park your elephant outside the city. I know I am looking for a parking space now.) Of the 8 billion dollar budget over a billion dollars in going to pensions. Perhaps the City made bad deals in the past, but just because they made some bad deals, doesn't mean we can't take a look at what is going on the pension arena. Here is a peek at what is going on reported by the LA Times pensions per year. The median income in LA per person is $9,567. Deaton, Ronald F Department of Water and Power $317,876 Salas, Frank Department of Water and Power $290,707 Parks, Bernard C Police and fire $265,090 Lane, Kathryn E Department of Water and Power $217,843 Hokinson, Thomas C Department of Water and Power $207,891 Gascon, David J Police and fire $206,780 Driscoll, John Other agencies $205,794 Seaton, Bruce Other agencies $203,917 Davis, Julius I Police and fire $203,360 Gewe, Gerald A Department of Water and Power $199,906 Mathis, Darrell G Department of Water and Power $195,989 Bamattre, William R Police and fire $189,582 Neamy, Robert D Police and fire $187,752 Comrie, Keith Other agencies $186,368 Kawasaki, Lillian Y Department of Water and Power $181,848 Horii, Robert Other agencies $181,565 Carey, John Other agencies $179,001 Moore, Betty Other agencies $178,118 Mccarthy, Thomas J Department of Water and Power $175,612 York, Margaret A Police and fire $174,882 Pannell Jr, Willie L Police and fire $174,709 Manning, Donald O Police and fire $174,340 Pomeroy, Martin H Police and fire $174,238 Miyoshi, Kenneth S Department of Water and Power $173,705 Lee, Jerald Other agencies $170,088 Sporrer, Louis L Police and fire $169,737 Moore, Maurice R Police and fire $169,413 Bostic, Michael J Police and fire $168,650 Smith, Bradley Other agencies $167,751 Collins, Jack G Police and fire $167,293 Nichols, Norman E Department of Water and Power $167,129 Puglia, Frederick Department of Water and Power $166,541 Wickser, James F Department of Water and Power $166,062 Parker, Thomas P Department of Water and Power $165,763 Howe, Con Other agencies $164,873 La Chasse, Royal S Police and fire $164,722 Brunengo, Gino P Department of Water and Power $164,364 Bergmann, Ronald W Police and fire $163,976 Mattingly, Joseph Other agencies $163,652 Burt, Robert C Department of Water and Power $163,053 Burt, Raymond C Department of Water and Power $162,593 Gil, Robert S Police and fire $161,996 Spring, William K Department of Water and Power $161,852 Spease, Robert A Department of Water and Power $161,198 Weber, Kenneth G Department of Water and Power $161,085 Rock, Robert F Police and fire $160,805 Munson, Scott J Department of Water and Power $160,049 Koenig, Daniel R Police and fire $159,584 Mccarley, William R Department of Water and Power $159,382 Miera, Antonio Other agencies $159,325 Miroballi, Daniel E Department of Water and Power $159,151 Currie, Phyllis E Department of Water and Power $159,073 Powers, Norman J Department of Water and Power $158,923 Vernon, Robert L Police and fire $158,654 Duncan, Charles F Department of Water and Power $158,341 Mollinedo, Manuel Other agencies $157,983 Chase, Robert Other agencies $157,928 Clark, Stephen A Department of Water and Power $157,442 Leap, John M Police and fire $157,261 Mc Murray, James S Police and fire $157,261 Hamer, Bruce N Department of Water and Power $156,992 Kuebler, Bruce W Department of Water and Power $156,435 Parker, Junior L Police and fire $156,397 Furuta, Sam Other agencies $156,106 Parsons, Davis R Police and fire $155,625 Fratt, Jack Other agencies $155,592 Thomas, Thomas Other agencies $155,512 Howery, Donald Other agencies $155,471 Drummond, Craig G Police and fire $155,264 Giordano, Anthony E Police and fire $155,048 Miller, Donald Other agencies $154,399 Carter Jr, Cayler L Police and fire $153,784 Iannone, Marvin D Police and fire $153,484 Holmes, Fontayne Other agencies $153,411 Cathey, Dean E Police and fire $153,233 Mc Coy, Ronald A Department of Water and Power $153,104 Bisson, Wilfred W Police and fire $152,385 Roberts, Alfred J Department of Water and Power $151,627 Wah, Linda Department of Water and Power $151,622 Yamamoto, Noriyuki Department of Water and Power $151,526 Lorenzen, Thomas W Police and fire $150,667 Paniccia, Valentino Police and fire $150,611 Waters, Daniel W Department of Water and Power $150,419 Keddington, Leon H Department of Water and Power $150,263 Cotton, Eldon A Department of Water and Power $150,204 Butler, William K Department of Water and Power $150,187 Monk, B.C. Department of Water and Power $150,080 Sosa, Estella F Department of Water and Power $149,500 Pearce, Ward Other agencies $149,161 Martin, Robert S Department of Water and Power $149,148 Russell, Frances M Department of Water and Power $149,144 Evansen, Allen R Police and fire $148,572 Pinney, Garry Other agencies $148,518 Feldman, Jack J Department of Water and Power $148,349 Hillmann, Michael R Police and fire $148,304 Donohugh, Patrick Other agencies $148,192 Aguallo, Robert Other agencies $147,810 Schumann, John W Department of Water and Power $147,795 Vigue, James D Department of Water and Power $147,541 Yee, Stephen Other agencies $147,523 Banks, Ronald C Police and fire $147,298 Kodama, Mitchell M Department of Water and Power $146,796 Berg, Gregory R Police and fire $146,580 De Feo, Robert J Police and fire $146,574 Robles, Manolo C Department of Water and Power $146,515 Haase, Carl D Department of Water and Power $146,433 Gobler, Pat Other agencies $146,410 Johnson, Gerald L Police and fire $145,675 Noyes, Kent W Department of Water and Power $145,402 Millard, Robert Other agencies $145,061 Kroeger, Frank Other agencies $144,904 Shepard, Dorothy A Department of Water and Power $144,895 Custer, David E Department of Water and Power $144,522 Ward, William B Police and fire $144,292 Wong, Patrick P Department of Water and Power $144,011 Spratt, John M Department of Water and Power $143,955 Bastian, Robert B Department of Water and Power $143,474 Wemmer, Ricard C Police and fire $143,264 Blain, Alvin Other agencies $143,177 Williams, Gary S Police and fire $142,727 Merritt, Bradley R Police and fire $142,727 Peterson, Dennis E Department of Water and Power $142,288 Powell, F. Rennie Department of Water and Power $142,205 Wyss, Gerard A Department of Water and Power $141,856 Tubert, Patricia Other agencies $141,628 Scott, Gregory Other agencies $141,249 Bayne, John F Department of Water and Power $141,131 Kasner, Kenneth B Department of Water and Power $141,129 Howe, Merton W Police and fire $140,808 Holmes, Lawrence Other agencies $140,799 Dinse, Charles F Police and fire $140,564 Badgett, John D Police and fire $140,473 Mukai, Yoshiko Other agencies $140,446 White, John D Police and fire $140,366 Kroeker, Mark A Police and fire $140,366 Mahoney, Marilyn E Department of Water and Power $140,280 Wade, Barry M Police and fire $139,998 Billesbach, Jon L Department of Water and Power $139,887 Valkoff, Michaelyn Department of Water and Power $139,878 Hall, Vernon Other agencies $139,720 Jensen, Robert Other agencies $139,441 Escalante, Jessie T Department of Water and Power $139,400 Bonneau, Richard E Police and fire $138,961 De Vore, Charles L Department of Water and Power $138,876 Vallow, John R Department of Water and Power $138,671 Hansohn, Robert B Police and fire $138,622 Cudio, Carlo S Police and fire $138,534 Kawaguchi, Bobby H Department of Water and Power $138,471 Tillman, Donald Other agencies $137,956 Wong, Dora Department of Water and Power $137,644 Conner, Thomas Other agencies $137,641 Fricke, Allen D Department of Water and Power $137,547 Gates, Daryl F Police and fire $137,534 Cordova, Arnold R Department of Water and Power $137,477 Washington, Murdie Other agencies $137,401 Lawler, Gordon Other agencies $137,368 Callahan, John W Police and fire $137,058 Pesqueira, Paul S Police and fire $137,010 Gorman, Orpha Other agencies $136,895 Rowe, Stephen Other agencies $136,866 Wainer, Richard Other agencies $136,797 Sizemore, Marcella M Department of Water and Power $136,705 Buehring, Norman L Department of Water and Power $136,508 Longley, Edward Other agencies $136,452 Brennan, Gary J Police and fire $136,435 Lewis, Bayan Police and fire $136,362 Sturdevant, Thera Other agencies $136,157 Krokes, Lawrence J Police and fire $135,931 Orosel, James R Department of Water and Power $135,808 Haynie, Glenn E Department of Water and Power $135,580 Spitser, James Other agencies $135,467 Schlotman, Edward Other agencies $135,436 Georgeson, Duane L Department of Water and Power $135,316 Farrell, Edward Other agencies $135,256 Peters, Oscar Other agencies $135,125 Beck, George N Police and fire $135,116 Pentram, Robert A Department of Water and Power $135,065 Van Deest, Ronald D Department of Water and Power $134,625 Langewisch, Gary R Department of Water and Power $134,607 Platt, Raymond J Department of Water and Power $134,600 Bartel, Joan Other agencies $134,587 Hernandez, John Other agencies $134,433 Vranicar, Martin Other agencies $134,217 Werlich, John Other agencies $134,002 Bonaventura, Thomas Other agencies $133,756 Flodine, Ronald L Department of Water and Power $133,599 Lanski, Thomas A Department of Water and Power $133,401 Martin, Robert Other agencies $133,131 Hunter, Marciene Department of Water and Power $132,645 Forsyth, Robert C Department of Water and Power $132,429 Martin, Patricia A Department of Water and Power $132,282 Shiner, Philip Other agencies $132,276 Wilkinson, Michael A Department of Water and Power $132,255 Yoshimura, Robert Y Department of Water and Power $131,927 Reddick, Ronald Other agencies $131,922 Zimmon, Garrett W Police and fire $131,867 Hilker, Mary Lou Other agencies $131,861 Giles, Kenneth Other agencies $131,835 James, Curtis W Police and fire $131,595 Szymanski, Jerry C Police and fire $131,581 Birkenbach, Adam Other agencies $131,331 Frankle, Ronald A Police and fire $131,091 Simmons, Robert L Department of Water and Power $131,079 Olsen, Raymond A Police and fire $131,000 Ward, John Other agencies $130,877 Voors, David B Department of Water and Power $130,848 Lillo, Eric A Police and fire $130,545 Bustos, Richard Department of Water and Power $130,494 Hunt, Matthew V Police and fire $130,440 Mathieu, Odell Department of Water and Power $130,254 Carr, Robert W Department of Water and Power $130,253 Levant, Glenn A Police and fire $130,058 Culling, Claudia Other agencies $130,006 Littleton, Michael E Police and fire $129,953 Kalish, David J Police and fire $129,947 Mcreynolds, Laurent Department of Water and Power $129,821 Holland, Heber L Department of Water and Power $129,506 Davis, Judith B Department of Water and Power $129,450 Lembke, Eldred M Police and fire $129,413 Monroe, Jack L Police and fire $129,315 Dotson, David D Police and fire $129,303 Agopian, Robert P Department of Water and Power $129,253 Chambers, William M Police and fire $128,827 Kirkwood, Bernadette S Department of Water and Power $128,646 Whitney, Dennis B Department of Water and Power $128,506 Buccat, Michael W Department of Water and Power $128,503 Booth, William D Police and fire $128,479 Garcia, Benjamin C Department of Water and Power $128,274 Pardave, David Department of Water and Power $128,067 Kim, Paul M Police and fire $128,057 Davis, William P Department of Water and Power $127,943 Moran, William Other agencies $127,791 Langley, James Other agencies $127,666 Biagi, Delwin Other agencies $127,640 Glenn, Byron E Department of Water and Power $127,625 Ward, Mark S Department of Water and Power $127,507 Herrera, Jess J Department of Water and Power $127,258 Beal, Laura Johnson Other agencies $127,183 Culotta, Albert J Department of Water and Power $127,100 Cowen, Alan R Police and fire $126,831 Martinez, Frank Other agencies $126,828 Menkus, Royce Other agencies $126,824 Rollo, Bruce Other agencies $126,726 Osugi, Victor Other agencies $126,593 Pinder, Wilma Other agencies $126,461 Buchholz, Duane D Department of Water and Power $126,375 Really? Step Jones for City Council let's take on the issues that matter to LA. The City first and always.

3. What is the single most important issue facing your Council District today, and how would you deal with it?

The budget of the city. Spend my time working on the Budget and not your social or moral affairs, you can work those on your own.

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