This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------F0ECC1B7B0AD510425E12045 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------F0ECC1B7B0AD510425E12045 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: by amethyst.tc.umn.edu (mbox kushn002) (with Cubic Circle's cucipop (v1.22 1998/04/11) Mon Nov 20 18:46:41 2000) X-From_: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Nov 20 18:46 CST 2000 Received: from mhub3.tc.umn.edu by amethyst.tc.umn.edu with ESMTP for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mon, 20 Nov 2000 18:46:38 -0600 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from [128.101.250.89] by mhub3.tc.umn.edu with ESMTP for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mon, 20 Nov 2000 18:46:35 -0600 Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 18:46:28 -0700 From: "Jordan S. Kushner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Jordan S Kushner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jordan S Kushner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: test Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------B16D6B8663C4C868B2858C96" X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------B16D6B8663C4C868B2858C96 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------B16D6B8663C4C868B2858C96 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii; name="CITY CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE.htm" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="CITY CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE.htm" <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="WordPerfect 9"> <META NAME="DATE" CONTENT="0/0/0"> <META NAME="Author" CONTENT="Computer Services"> <TITLE>MINNEAPOLIS 2001 CITY CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE: </TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000ff" VLINK="#551a8b" ALINK="#ff0000" BGCOLOR="#c0c0c0"> <BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2"> <BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2"> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 10pt"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New" STYLE="font-size: 10pt"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial" STYLE="font-size: 14pt">MINNEAPOLIS 2001 CITY CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE: </SPAN></P> <BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2"> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 14pt"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial" STYLE="font-size: 14pt"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New" STYLE="font-size: 14pt"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN>BRIAN HANNINEN</SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial">Candidate for City Council, Ward 2</SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial">Neighborhoods of Cedar-Riverside, Como, Downtown East, Elliot Park, Marcy-Holmes, Prospect Park East River Road, Seward, and University</SPAN></P> <BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2"> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial">Comments:</SPAN></P> <BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2"> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial">I envision Minneapolis becoming a city that provides opportunities for all of its residents to achieve fulfilling lives. The individual defines fulfillment whether it is defined by career, religion, family, art, physical exercise, music, philosophy, or other fields of human endeavor. Government can assist individuals by investing in public infrastructure, parks, commercial districts, housing, education, consumer protection regulations, the courts, and all other facets of civic life. The City of Minneapolis must continue to maintain and invest in the civic life of the City. Residents must be engaged in the decisions that occur within their neighborhoods and communities. Greater participation by individuals in civic life will create the Community that all of us seek.</SPAN></P> <BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2"> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>Under what circumstances would you support any public funding for sports </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>facilities intended primarily for the use of private professional teams? </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"> </SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial">I will support the public financing of sports facilities if both 1) the sports facility will advance the creation of community among the residents of the City and the region; and 2) the City of Minneapolis receives a reasonable return on its investment. For condition #1 to occur, the sports facility will have to work with the residents of the surrounding neighborhood to identify how the facility could: support the commercial success of community business; reduce concerns of safety around the facility; provide meeting space for community events; and support the philanthropic organizations within the neighborhood and Twin Cities region. For condition #2 to occur, the professional sports team and the City would have to reach agreement on the City's share of: concessions' sales, revenue generated from luxury boxes, proceeds from advertising within and outside the sports facility, as well as any other revenue-generating activities. The project would also have to return to the property tax rolls as soon as financially possible.</SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"> </SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>Under what circumstances would you support subsidies or special tax </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>breaks for for-profit corporations engaged in commercial development? </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"> </SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial">Business subsidies can be provided to strengthen the long-term economic success of the residents and businesses within the City of Minneapolis. Among the goals to be supported by business subsidies include: 1) new employment opportunities; 2) livable wages; 3) support of local entrepreneurs; 4) brownfield cleanup and redevelopment; and 5) repairs to the City's physical infrastructure. Ideally business subsidies would go to local businesses that will create linkages with several other local businesses. Development on brownfields is desired because of the infrastructure already present at these sites and the need to reduce the commercial development on farmland and natural areas in the metropolitan region. The fiscal constraints faced by the City of Minneapolis and the Minneapolis Community Development Agency (MCDA) will require careful selection of business subsidies and their recipients.</SPAN></P> <BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2"> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>What is your position on domestic partner benefits for city employees? </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"> </SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial">Domestic partnerships, regardless of sexual orientation, should receive medical and retirement benefits from the City. All workers must be able to help support their families. Guidance from the State of Minnesota for a legal definition of a domestic union would be helpful. However, the City should proceed to apply benefits equally among its employees even if the State does not provide guidance in this matter.</SPAN></P> <BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2"> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>What, if any additional civilian oversight for the Minneapolis police </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>department do you support? </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"> </SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial">Will comment at a later time.</SPAN></P> <BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2"> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>Do you have any proposals to address racial profiling and other racial </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>disparities in police encounters with citizens? </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"> </SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial">The elevation of racial profiling to public awareness has revealed the underlying racial biases within the City of Minneapolis. The City and the region have never acknowledged the discrimination that its residents, businesses, and governments have practiced. I say "have practiced" because the stereotypes with which we use to hire employees, to direct renters and homebuyers to particular neighborhoods, and to inform clients of available services, are still used. While discrimination is not as overt as it once was in Minneapolis, it still exists. Racial profiling is, I think, more a reflection of the behavior of the people in the region rather than a reflection of Police Department policy. This is not to say that I excuse the police for its treatment of citizens. On the contrary I condemn both the actions of the Minneapolis Police Department <SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: underline">and</SPAN> the actions of the residents, businesses, and governments in the City and the surrounding region.</SPAN></P> <BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2"> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial">I propose that the racial tensions among all parties in the City be dealt with openly. A Citywide discussion of our racial past, present, and future should be done. The City of Minneapolis should act as coordinator of such a community discussion. The media outlets must be engaged to publicize the issue. Citizens must be actively recruited to discuss and then act upon the proposals from such discussions. The City of New Orleans had gone through just such an effort and can be used as a model for us to consider.</SPAN></P> <BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2"> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial">As for the Minneapolis Police Department, all efforts should be made to continually reinforce through training and management's actions that race can not be used as a tool for providing public safety. I believe that the City of Minneapolis should have a police department that continuously seeks to improve its performance. I support investing in training, professional development, and technology that can give the City a police department that serves its residents effectively and equally.</SPAN></P> <BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2"> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>What support or criticism do you express for current police department </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>practices such as the following: </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>- CODEFOR </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial">- <EM>SAFE program</EM> </SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial">- <EM>Responses to political protests</EM> </SPAN></P> <BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2"> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial">Will comment at a later time.</SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"> </SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>Do you believe that police department leaders should have a role in </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>setting policy for the city government? If so, what do you believe </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>should be the scope and extent of that role? </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"> </SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial">Police department leaders should have a role in setting internal policy for the Police Department. The City Council and the Mayor have responsibility for establishing policies for the police department with regards to emphasis on public safety initiatives, i.e. SAFE, community policing, CODEFOR, et cetera. Police department officials have the responsibility for providing the city leaders with information necessary to base decisions upon. This is true for all city agencies -- agency managers and staff provide information to the City Council and Mayor on which sound and reasoned decisions can be based. All City agencies, including the Police Department, are responsible for determining internal policies and procedures that support the City Council's and Mayor's policies.</SPAN></P> <BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2"> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>Do you support the city's policy of holding landlords and their property </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>accountable for the criminal actions of tenants, non-tenants and </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>passerby? What changes or enhancements to this policy, if any, would </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>you support? </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"> </SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial">Will comment at a later time.</SPAN></P> <BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2"> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>How do you feel about the city's physical appearance? </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"> </SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial">The City of Minneapolis is a striking city. Its downtown and neighborhoods are comparatively clean. The abandoned commercial and industrial buildings can be magnets for arson and catalysts for neighborhood blight. These properties must either be demolished or, preferably, be securely boarded up until the properties can be sold for redevelopment. The aging sewer and water system, which we can not see, should also be of concern to the City.</SPAN></P> <BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2"> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>Do you believe that there is any problem with the amount of trash and </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>graffiti on the streets? What solutions would you propose? </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"> </SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial">Both trash and graffiti contribute to the perception of decline of a city. Communities within Minneapolis will benefit as the occurrences of graffiti and trash in our parks and on our streets decrease. I support waiting to allow the City's current anti-graffiti program to have sufficient time to accurately evaluate the results of the program. After an evaluation of the program is conducted, the City Council and the Mayor can judge how to proceed.</SPAN></P> <BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2"> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial">I am a little wary of the City's attempt to have businesses sponsor trash containers in front of their businesses. I hope that succeeds in keeping those areas free of trash on the streets. If not, the City Council and the Mayor will have to find money to provide this as a public service.</SPAN></P> <BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2"> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>What initiatives would you propose to increase the supply of affordable </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>housing? </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"> </SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial">Will comment at a later time.</SPAN></P> <BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2"> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>Do you support strengthening the living wage ordinance? If so, </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>describe. </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"> </SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial">Will comment at a later time.</SPAN></P> <BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2"> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>What solutions or initiatives would you propose to improve the quality </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>of life in the most impoverished areas of the City? </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"> </SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial">Will comment at a later time.</SPAN></P> <BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2"> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>Do you believe that the City should be committed to social </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>responsibility in determining its investments and business </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>transactions? For example, would you support the following: </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>- Refusal to contract with or invest with companies that use sweatshop </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>labor </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>- Refusal to contract with or invest in companies that are actively </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>involved with oppressive governments </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"> </SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial">The City should be socially responsible when using its financial resources. The City should not encourage the use of labor practices that destroy the human spirit such as sweatshops and child labor. I would support that the City refuse to contract or invest with companies that use sweatshop labor. </SPAN></P> <BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2"> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial">The second suggested policy is more problematic. The problem arises in defining oppressive governments. Is it a government without democratically elected leaders, i.e., Vatican City? How does one define democratic -- is it election by popular vote (Iran) or election by representatives of the people (the U.S. Electoral College)? Is it oppressive when police confessions are the typical means in determining guilt (Japan)? Is an oppressive government defined as one with a large segment of a nation's population imprisoned (the U.S.)? Is an oppressive government one that spends more money for its military than reasonably needed for national defense (France)? I would support a policy that forbids City agencies to have any business dealings with companies that are actively involved with oppressive governments only if there is a universally accepted definition of oppressive government. By "universally accepted" I mean that this definition is not exclusively defined through Western belief systems.</SPAN></P> <BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2"> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>What proposals would you advance to reduce the high levels of air </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>pollution in the city? </EM></SPAN></P> <BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2"> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial">Will comment at a later time.</SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"> </SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>What level of priority and what initiatives would you support for </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>maintaining the quality and integrity of the lakes, creeks, and rivers </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>in the City? </EM></SPAN></P> <BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2"> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial">Will comment at a later time.</SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"> </SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>Would you support any initiatives to encourage the use of organic </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>foods? If so, please describe. </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"> </SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial">Will comment at a later time.</SPAN></P> <BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2"> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>Do you support the current noise plan for the airport? Do you support </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>moving the airport to another location? How would you go about </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>addressing the noise issues? </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"> </SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial">Will comment at a later time.</SPAN></P> <BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2"> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>What is your analysis of the current process for distributing NRP funds? </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"> </SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial">Will comment at a later time.</SPAN></P> <BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2"> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>What are your feelings and assessment of the diversity of people that </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>you would be representing, in terms of ethnicity, income, values, life </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>styles, age, and physical appearance? How will you be able to respect </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>and serve their needs? How will you balance the needs of different </EM></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Courier New"><EM></EM></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"><EM>groups whose concerns or interests my at times be in conflict? </EM></SPAN></P> <BR WP="BR1"><BR WP="BR2"> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial">Will comment at a later time.</SPAN></P> </BODY> </HTML> --------------B16D6B8663C4C868B2858C96-- --------------F0ECC1B7B0AD510425E12045--
