League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
Fresno, Tulare County, CA March 2, 2004 Election
	Stan R. Warkentin Answers Questions Candidate for Member of the State Assembly; District 31; Republican Party

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Questions & Answers

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

First, stop paying for votes. Elect independant thinkers that will put the California first. Stop empowering people to live off the state. Motivate the poor with children to hold to there values. When people have a guide they will look to themselves for the answers and not the Government. There is a plan in place for 30,000 new jobs in Madera and Fresno Counties and now we need to keep the leadership in those Counties to see it through.

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

Just a few years ago we were told that student enrollment was shrinking and now all of a sudden we have an over-flow. Get rid of the Lottery (Tax). Give 10% of the budget to education. With or without the Lottery. College is something Earned and not a Right. No Government Loans or Grants. We are enslaving our youth to a life of Debt. Give a One Time Amnesty and Forgive all loans to students (wipe out there records and debt).

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

I would promote to the public that we need 3 dams that should be built by Californians. We need to start soon. There is one already on the boards. So what is the problem. And that is my question to all Californians.

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

We already have a system in place and there are certain people out there that would like you to believe that people are dying in the streets and at hospital doorsteps. Nothing makes a person feel so low as to have government intervention in there lives. If the Federal Government would like to mandate health then let them write the check up front.