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LWV League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
Santa Clara County, CA June 5, 2012 Election
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Leslie Reynolds
Answers Questions

Candidate for
Council Member; City of San Jose; Council District 10

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The questions were prepared by the League of Women Voters of San Jose/Santa Clara and asked of all candidates for this office.
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Questions & Answers

1. What experience related to city government would you bring to the City Council?

I am a school board member in the largest school district in Santa Clara County, with over site to 3,000 employees, 33,000 students, accountable to 250,000 San Jose Residents, and a $330 million annual budget. Former President of the Santa Clara County School Boards Association.

2. What concerns are of particular importance to the city and how would you address them?

San Jose has not had a balanced budget in 11 years, and that's not acceptable for the 10th largest city in America. We need to put everything on the table, commit to supporting our core services, and eliminate all the nice to have items, while San Jose can figure out a way to support itself. Eliminate barriers to businesses so we can attract a strong revenue stream, which will go a long way to support the core services. I support revising our pension system for all employees.

3. How would you balance the needs of the city as a whole with groups’ interests?

We need less government and more personal accountability and responsibility. Let's focus on what our real responsibility is, and fully restore all our core services while maintaining a sustainable, realistic balanced budget.

Responses to questions asked of each candidate are reproduced as submitted to the League.  Candidates' statements are presented as submitted. Word limits for answers are 400 words for all questions. Direct references to opponents are not permitted.

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