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I'll try and find time to flesh them out tomorrow.
PERS – S says K was ignoring the problem until he brought it up 4 years ago
K put 40 troopers back on the road and expanded the crime labs trying to find more funds anywhere to hire more
2 billion in future revenues. 1.4 will go back in kickers
DA’s back K S by local sheriffs
rural crime seems to be rising?
S says K believes that state government can’t operate an more cheaply and we have to raise taxes to pay. I believe we can change the way it runs and cut costs.
K I reformed Pers, Juvenile justice system, and ?
Education K efficiency in school system, unified health care, outsourcing payroll and ? , start with pre-school to avoid spending in juvenile system. reporter asks – where will this money come from? k – things like the health care, transportation is a big chunk of budget. all OR needs to be educated. This is the most important thing we can invest in. S says we’re not getting the job done. More money is not the answer. ( That’s not what he said asshole!) plan to keep college avail to working ors s- community college reducing teaching staff in k-12??!! k – Shared Responsibility program for college loans
k has done nothing about global warming until lately, sounds like. S will not address it at all, says governors have nothing they can do about it. (except PREPARE moron!!)
s says the feds have not been pulling the rug out from under or k – we need to insist the feds honor the contract with the NW in effect for 100 years
Salvage logging S does not accept the premise of the question K timber harvest up 30%. must salvage within 2 years, but that’s not happening. after that they need to be left for the good of the forest.
S against of rez casinos
dykes need repairs S – we have to get on top of this, no one is paying attention. access the conditions, the state did not build these, we need to find people responsible and charge them K – pacific corp. had the respon. of maintaining the dykes, they have not been maintained.
il. immigration K – (too many services given to illegal) Fed law has laws that are being broken. Tough on border situation, humane to people For guest worker program s – said didn’t I already answer that? says k has given 4 different answers K I have been consistent about immigration, agrees with bush ick
Priority first 6 months s – we’re going to change some of the agency heads, do audits, education involves more money but also more scrutiny k- greater efficiency, 14 of 18 recs made by business education, health care (Healthy care), OR renewable energy capitol of the us.
liked k’s answer about leg. meeting 120 days one year, 60 next to deal with budget issues caused by fed. gov.
S- merit pay for teachers k- no, give ops to more education, pay based on teachers investment, time etc.
s - k has proposed $4 mill in new taxes k- nothing more important then investing in education. global economy, you have to be able to compete. didn’t really refute the new taxes except some funding from current programs
#48 s – no on #48. yes on #41 – k- first time he’s said no on 48, $41 horrible for OR, will take money that is needed to rebuild general fund that fell 25% in 03
closing comments K – I’m not the flashiest politician around, and I don’t attend a lot of photo ops. or in #10 in job creation, economic growth, rate of hunger, business growth. s – action plan for Oregon. Is it time for change? (stole the dem line, lol) used editorial comments to boost his creds!
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