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Erie County, NY November 7, 2006 Election
Candidates Answer Questions on the Issues
Member of the State Assembly; District 145

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

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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?*

Answer from Mark J. Schroeder:

Judges need to have more discretion in sentencing drug offenders, and other sentencing reforms are needed in the form of drug treatment programs and drug courts. Buffalo City Court Judge Robert Russell's drug court serves as an excellent model for other court systems throughout the state.

2. What programs and actions will you support to protect communities from the negative consequences of the state’s increasing dependence on gambling revenue?*

Answer from Mark J. Schroeder:

I support programs such as Gambler's Anonymous and the New York Council on Problem Gambling, a not-for-profit independent corporation dedicated to increasing public awareness about the problem and compulsive gambling and advocating for support services and treatment for persons adversely affected by gambling.

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.

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