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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.
See below for questions on
Rockefeller Drug Laws,
Gambling Revenue
Click on a name for candidate information. See also more information about this contest.
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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?*
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Answer from Dale M. Volker:
a. A great deal of reform has been done over the last two years which have eliminated virtually all of the so-called Rockefeller Drug Laws. b. I support funding of drug courts and treatment for those non-violent drug felony offenders to ensure that they get the treatment and sentences that are fair and equitable.
Answer from Tom Casey:
Eliminate incarceration for non-violent drug users, subject to judge being given discretion to incarcerate after three convictions if a threat to society such as driving while under influence.
Extend all health insurance coverage to include drug addiction rehabilitation and provide funds for those who are sentenced to rehabilitation in-lieu of jail who cannot pay for with own resources
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2. What programs and actions will you support to protect communities from the negative consequences of the state’s increasing dependence on gambling revenue?*
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Answer from Tom Casey:
Strongly support legislation prohibiting any expansion of all gambling venues in New York State from casinos to lottery/OTB expansion. Would support measures to reduce present level of legalized gambling.
Answer from Dale M. Volker:
I believe that an equitable funding mechanism must be part of a casino going into a municipality, so that the municipality has the funding to ensure that their city/county has appropriate personnel (fire/police/gambling treatment services) to protect their community.
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.
The order of the candidates is random and changes daily. Candidates who did not respond are not listed on this page.
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