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Alameda, Contra Costa County, CA March 2, 2004 Election
Candidates Answer Questions on the Issues
State Senator; District 9; Peace and Freedom Party


The questions were prepared by the League of Women Voters of California and asked of all candidates for this office.

See below for questions on Budget Crisis, Education, Water, Health Insurance

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1. What does California need to do to address the current budget crisis?

Answer from Tom Condit:

Reinstate the 2% vehicle license fee. Reinstate higher income tax brackets on high incomes. Legalize marijuana and tax it. Call off the failed "war on drugs" and release the prisoners.

Assess commercial property at real value. Repeal Proposition 13.

Bring back the California estate tax.

Tax capital gains and dividends at the same or a higher rate as earned income.


2. What should the state's priorities be for K-12 education? For the Community College System?

Answer from Tom Condit:

End the testing mania and put teachers in charge of developing curricula. Fix the bathrooms and water fountains in all schools.

Make school board members and superintendents file state economic disclosure forms, so we can see who's making money off the testing and computer expenditures.

Eliminate community college student fees.

Make community colleges the bedrock of the higher education system, putting money into them before the University system.


3. What measures would you support to address California's water needs?

Answer from Tom Condit:

Institute strict limits on residential water consumption and tiered billing for residential and commercial usage.

Stop building in desert areas.


4. What should the Legislature be doing to address the needs of Californians without health insurance?

Answer from Tom Condit:

Institute a "single-payer" universal health system, without insurance company profits.


Responses to questions asked of each candidate are reproduced as submitted to the League. 

The order of the candidates is random and changes daily.


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