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Marin County, CA March 2, 2004 Election
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Education and Health Care: The Haves and Have Nots

By John Leonard

Candidate for Supervisor; County of Marin; Supervisorial District 3

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As Marin becomes more economically segregated we face the challenge of providing health care and educational opportunities to all of our children
As a near-Marin native (I was born in San Francisco but moved here with my family at the age of three) who attended Old Mill, Edna Maguire, and Tamalpais, I am aware that while Marin is somewhat more ethnically diverse than it was when I was growing up here, it is considerably more economically segregated. My service on the Marin Child Care Commission, and now on Marin's First Five Commission, has taught me that lower-income residents face serious obstacles to medical care and equal educational oppportunities in high income and, consequently, high cost areas such as Marin. Medical professionals, who face a high cost of doing business in Marin, cannot be blamed for not accepting patients with Medical coverage, which is already inadequate in terms of reimbursement and is being further reduced. Similarly, no one can blame the large number of parents in Marin who send their children to preschool to take advantage of the opportunity for early socialization and educational enrichment for their children. But this should make us conscious of the need to provide healthcare to children whose parents cannot afford health insurance, and the need to provide early education opportunities to parents who cannot afford the cost of sending their children to preschool. It is a tribute to our citizens that we strongly support our public schools and communal values. We need to focus on making sure we support health care and educational opportunities for all of our children.

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