Survey Results

Page: 2006 Montgomery County Questionnaire

1. Candidate Last Name:
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		Response Count
[ShowReplies]		4

2. Candidate First Name
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		Response Count
[ShowReplies]		4

3. Office Seeking
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		Response Count
[ShowReplies]		4

4. District if Applicable
	answered question	1
	skipped question	3
		Response Count
[ShowReplies]		1

5. Party:
	answered question		4
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		Response Percent	Response Count
Democrat		50.0%	2
Republican		25.0%	1
Other (please specify) [ShowReplies]		25.0%	1

6. Campaign Address:
	answered question		4
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		Response Percent	Response Count
Committee Name: [ShowReplies]		100.0%	4
Street Address: [ShowReplies]		100.0%	4
City: [ShowReplies]		100.0%	4
State: [ShowReplies]		100.0%	4
Zip: [ShowReplies]		100.0%	4

7. Candidate Contact Information:
	answered question		4
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		Response Percent	Response Count
Phone: [ShowReplies]		100.0%	4
Fax: [ShowReplies]		100.0%	4
Email: [ShowReplies]		100.0%	4

8. Treasurer Name & Address:
	answered question		4
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		Response Percent	Response Count
Treasurer Name: [ShowReplies]		100.0%	4
Street Address: [ShowReplies]		100.0%	4
City: [ShowReplies]		100.0%	4
State: [ShowReplies]		100.0%	4
Zip: [ShowReplies]		100.0%	4

9. Does your campaign accept PAC contributions?
	answered question		4
	skipped question		0
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		100.0%	4
No		0.0%	0

10. Restrictions on PAC contributions
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	skipped question	2
		Response Count
[ShowReplies]		2

11. Previous Elected/Appointed Office
	answered question		3
	skipped question		1
		Response Percent	Response Count
1 [ShowReplies]		100.0%	3
2 [ShowReplies]		33.3%	1
3		0.0%	0
4		0.0%	0
5		0.0%	0
6		0.0%	0

12. Term of Previous Office
	answered question		3
	skipped question		1
		Response Percent	Response Count
1 [ShowReplies]		100.0%	3
2 [ShowReplies]		33.3%	1
3		0.0%	0
4		0.0%	0
5		0.0%	0
6		0.0%	0

13. Have you ever received the AFL-CIO endorsement?
	answered question		4
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		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		75.0%	3
No		25.0%	1

14. When?
	answered question	3
	skipped question	1
		Response Count
[ShowReplies]		3

15. Have you ever assisted a labor organization to achieve any of its goals?
	answered question		4
	skipped question		0
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		75.0%	3
No		25.0%	1

16. Please Explain:
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[ShowReplies]		4

17. Please explain why you seek labor's endorsement?
	answered question	4
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		Response Count
[ShowReplies]		4

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18. Do you support requiring any businesses which receives public support, in the form of industrial revenue bonds, enterprise zone benefits, tax increment financing, tax breaks and the like, to provide jobs with living wages and benefits?
	answered question		4
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		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		75.0%	3
No		25.0%	1

19. Comments
	answered question	3
	skipped question	1
		Response Count
[ShowReplies]		3

20. Do you support passage of a Large Retailer Accountability Act which would require that retail stores larger than 75,000 square feet pay a living wage, provide adequate health benefits, adhere to community standards including no sale of groceries, guns & ammunition and engage in first source hiring agreements?
	answered question		4
	skipped question		0
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		50.0%	2
No		50.0%	2

21. Comments
	answered question	4
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		Response Count
[ShowReplies]		4

22. The District of Columbia has passed a “Labor Peace Act” in order to insure to protect its economic interests in major development projects. This act applies where the District has a substantial economic investment. The act requires that project employers and labor organizations reach "Labor Peace" agreements. These agreements typically guarantee that no strikes or lock outs will occur and that employers will recognize labor organizations if they have a “majority showing”—usually through authorization cards. Do you favor a “labor peace” bill in Montgomery County similar to one passed in the District of Columbia that requires employers who receive county economic benefits to reach agreements that construction and operations of the project will not be obstructed by strikes or other work stoppages?
	answered question		4
	skipped question		0
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		50.0%	2
No		0.0%	0
Other (please specify) [ShowReplies]		50.0%	2

23. Comments
	answered question	3
	skipped question	1
		Response Count
[ShowReplies]		3

24. Once a contract agreement has been reached between a collective bargaining agent and the county or other government entity, do you commit to fully funding those contracts?
	answered question		4
	skipped question		0
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		100.0%	4
No		0.0%	0

25. Comments
	answered question	2
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		Response Count
[ShowReplies]		2

26. Do you support legislation that would require final and binding arbitration of all labor disputes by public employees?
	answered question		4
	skipped question		0
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		100.0%	4
No		0.0%	0

27. Comments
	answered question	4
	skipped question	0
		Response Count
[ShowReplies]		4

28. Substandard construction is often accompanied by substandard wages. There have been instances in Montgomery County of contractors flying in low wage workers. Do you favor enacting a County prevailing wage law similar to those applicable in Prince George's County and the District of Columbia?
	answered question		4
	skipped question		0
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		75.0%	3
No		25.0%	1

29. Comments
	answered question	3
	skipped question	1
		Response Count
[ShowReplies]		3

30. As a result of Bush administration policies the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has been severely weakened. To compensate for the lack of federal and state leadership in this area, the Montgomery County Commission on Health has created a workplace health and safety taskforce to conduct an initial assessment of the hazards facing workers employed in Montgomery County and present recommendations for action. Do you believe Montgomery County government should actively promote occupational safety and health including the enactment and enforcement of workplace health and safety standards which exceed those approved by OSHA?
	answered question		4
	skipped question		0
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		100.0%	4
No		0.0%	0

31. Comments:
	answered question	2
	skipped question	2
		Response Count
[ShowReplies]		2

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32. Do you support legislation that provides that any public entity be required to recognize a union providing that union submits authorization cards by a majority of eligible members and provides that once a union is recognized that all persons covered in the bargaining unit pay reasonable service fees, if they choose not to belong to the recognized union?
	answered question		4
	skipped question		0
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		100.0%	4
No		0.0%	0

33. Comments
	answered question	2
	skipped question	2
		Response Count
[ShowReplies]		2

34. Do you support a “Workers Freedom Act” that would prohibit employers from compelling workers to attend mandatory meetings to listen to their employers’ religious and political beliefs, including the employer’s beliefs about joining a union?
	answered question		4
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		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		75.0%	3
No		25.0%	1

35. Comments
	answered question	2
	skipped question	2
		Response Count
[ShowReplies]		2

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36. The Montgomery County Council has passed a bill to lower prescription drug costs by permitting importation of Canadian drugs. Do you think this law should be implemented without Federal Drug Administration approval?
	answered question		4
	skipped question		0
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		75.0%	3
No		25.0%	1

37. Comments
	answered question	4
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		Response Count
[ShowReplies]		4

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38. Affordable housing in Montgomery County is getting harder and harder to find. Do you favor forcing developers to set aside units for affordable housing when building new housing or converting buildings to condominiums?
	answered question		4
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		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		100.0%	4
No		0.0%	0

39. Comments
	answered question	3
	skipped question	1
		Response Count
[ShowReplies]		3

40. Transit is a vital part of moving workers around the District: Which of the following do you favor funding?
	answered question		4
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		Response Percent	Response Count
Inner Purple Line		100.0%	4
Corridor Cities Transitway		100.0%	4
Other [ShowReplies]		75.0%	3

41. Comments
	answered question	3
	skipped question	1
		Response Count
[ShowReplies]		3

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42. For the measures above that you have agreed to support, would you be willing to:
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		Response Percent	Response Count
Co-sponsor legislation		75.0%	3
Work with our lobbyists to pass the bill		75.0%	3
Testify at a hearing in support of legislation		75.0%	3
Speak at public events in support of legislation		75.0%	3
Write a letter in support of legislation		75.0%	3
Other (please specify) [ShowReplies]		25.0%	1

43. In order to help strengthen working people’s interests, would you be willing to:
	answered question		4
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		Response Percent	Response Count
Urge employers to respect their employees right to form a union by remaining neutral during a union organizing campaign		75.0%	3
Urge employers to recognize a union voluntarily when the majority of their employees choose to form one?		75.0%	3
Write a letter to unorganized workers endorsing an organizing drive by a labor union?		50.0%	2
Write a letter to urge an employer to re-hire a worker fired because he supported the union during an organizing drive?		75.0%	3
Urge the general public to utilize union produced products (for example Cingular Wireless)?		75.0%	3
Walk a picket line in support of a labor union?		75.0%	3
Other (please specify) [ShowReplies]		25.0%	1