Senator Brown's 8th District Survey Question Title * 1. Rank these issues in order of importance (1-most, 12-least) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Taxes and Spending 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Transportation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Health Care 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Social Services 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Public Safety and Crime 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Energy and Power 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 State Government 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Agriculture and Water 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Jobs and the Economy 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Environment and Conservation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 K-12 Education Question Title * 2. Do you support or oppose increasing the gas tax to complete Tri-Cities-area projects? Strongly Support Support Oppose Strongly Oppose Question Title * 3. What should the top priority for public education be? K-12 class size reductions Increasing teacher salaries Early childhood education Increasing parental involvement Other (please specify) Question Title * 4. Last year the Legislature set aside an additional $1 billion for targeted education outcomes. The Supreme Court has recently ordered the Legislature to put more money into education right away. Do you agree with the Supreme Court? Yes -- We need more education funding this year No -- It's a supplemental budget year No -- We need to see outcomes before putting more money into education Question Title * 5. Which course do you prefer to move forward with cleanup at Hanford? Focus all efforts on finding funding to speed up construction of a waste treatment plant Focus all efforts on finding a safe way to pull the waste out of the leaking tanks and move it (by rail or freight) to another U.S. location Other (please specify) Question Title * 6. Regarding cleanup at Hanford, how would you suggest funding the waste treatment plant? How do you think the state and federal government should go about finding a safe way to remove the waste for shipment? Question Title * 7. The governor has again proposed ending tax incentives, like those used to encourage manufacturing and telecommunication jobs. Do you agree with Gov. Inslee that the state should end tax incentives, even if they are proven to create jobs? Yes No Unsure Question Title * 8. Recently Gov. Jay Inslee announced that he would halt executions in the state of Washington for as long as he’s in office. Do you agree with his decision? Yes No Undecided Question Title * 9. What issue should be the absolute highest priority of the Legislature? Next
