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Candidates Answer Questions on the Issues Member of the State Assembly; District 119 | |||||
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The questions were prepared by the Leagues of Women Voters of New York State and asked of all candidates for this office. See below for questions on Economy, Budget, Campaign Finance, Redistricting, Education Click on a name for candidate information. See also more information about this contest.
Answer from Sam Roberts: We need to make the Power for Jobs program permanent so that businesses do not need to guess every year whether or not they will receive low-cost energy. This program is extremely beneficial to Central NY businesses.
Answer from Sam Roberts: The state must cut costs because revenue has not kept pace with spending. Consolidation of state agencies must be continued and efforts to uncover waste and duplicative services must stay on course. I have a record of working to consolidate on my days in the county legislature; I sponsored a measure to consolidate city and county economic development agencies.
Answer from Sam Roberts: There are those elected officials and those running for office in the state who abuse the system and try to hide where their campaign contributions come from and skirt the rules; more bodies are needed to enforce the rules that exist so no crooked politician can slip through the cracks.
Answer from Sam Roberts: Politics needs to be taken out of redistricting and I support reform measures proposed by Andrew Cuomo and included in the NY Uprising pledge creating an independent commission to draw district lines instead of legislators.
Answer from Sam Roberts: I do support a property tax cap, but only if it is specifically tied to mandate relief for school districts and local governments. We need to relieve school districts of unfunded mandates so more money goes where it belongs - into the classrooms.
The order of the candidates is random and changes daily. Candidates who did not respond are not listed on this page. |