THE ENERGY CRISIS: “If these companies...

THE ENERGY CRISIS:

“If these companies want to do business in California, we need to

make sure they give us back the millions of dollars they stole from

us. In the future, we need to get tougher with these companies and

not let them play games with us.”

LOCAL GOVERNMENT:

“The state shouldn’t be butting in when it’s a local issue. When

there is a concern about public health or safety, there is a reason

for the state to come into the picture. But otherwise I don’t think

it should interfere with the local governments.”

CLEAN AIR AND CLEAN WATER:

“I believe there should be a strong focus on cleaning up the water

flowing into the ocean. I know we have budget constraints, but I

believe that this is an important issue and we need to make sure

allocations are made for it.

EDUCATION:

“We need to make sure we continue to maintain the student-teacher

ratio at 20 to 1. We need to keep our class sizes small.”

CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS:

“You can’t take money from insurance companies and regulate them.

I know it’s probably naive to believe no one takes contributions, but

I really believe it leaves a lot of room for conflicting interests in

the future.”