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The questions were prepared by the League of Women Voters of Buffalo/Niagara and asked of all candidates for this office.
Read the answers from all candidates (who have responded).Questions & Answers
1. There is growing support for reform of the Rockefeller drug laws. What will you do to: a.) Initiate significant reform of these laws; b.) Provide adequate financial support for programs, on the community level, designed to cope with the impact of such reform?
I believe that these laws will be reformed. There seems to be a sentiment to pass reform in the Assembly and I would support it in the Senate. I am against adding to the state's already bloated bureaucracy, at least initially. Hopefully, concomitant savings might be realized from a decrease in the prison population.2. What programs and actions will you support to protect communities from the negative consequences of the state’s increasing dependence on gambling revenue?
I assume that by "negative consequences" of gambling, you refer to the danger of gambling addiction and its impact on families and communities. Since state sponsored gambling is a fait accompli, perhaps some revenue could be diverted to outreach programs and to increasing public awareness of these dangers through the media. At very least, the state's lottery advertising should contain some warning regarding problem gambling. I am against state sponsored gambling in principle, but it is probably here to stay.
Responses to questions asked of each candidate are reproduced as submitted to the League.
- Original answers for a published Voters Guide were limited to 50 words and are presented as submitted. Candidates have since been invited to supply answers of any length for the Web.
Read the answers from all candidates (who have responded).
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