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Sonoma County, CA June 3, 2008 Election
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Position on issues confronting Sonoma County and beyond

By Susan K. Baritell

Candidate for Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of Sonoma; Supervisorial District 2

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We have many challenges ahead of us, here are just a few:
SMART - the train between Sonoma and Marin counties: YES.

Proposition 98 - anti eminent domain, also eliminates rent-control: NO.

Proposition 99 -- prevents government from taking private property to benefit corporations for profit; no reference to rent control: YES.

Measure I in Sonoma County -- parcel tax to fund arts and music in schools: YES.

Universal Single-payer health care: YES.

Paper ballots: YES. No more electronic voting machines with secret, proprietary software that prevents us from seeing how the votes are counted. Sonoma County currently uses software to count the optical-scanned ballots we mark, and that software is secret. The County Board of Supervisors is responsible for purchasing this software, and must cancel the contract.

Comprehensive Ground-water Management Plan for Sonoma County: YES.

Schwarzenegger's proposed revival of the peripheral canal, voted down by California years ago: NO.

No Child Left Behind: Abolish it now.

Military recruiters on high school and college campuses: NO.

Less stringent Federal auto emission standards replacing California's emission standards: NO.

Community Impact Reports - YES

Campaign Finance Reform - publicly funded campaigns so that our representatives are beholden to us, not big business.YES

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