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Erie County, NY November 7, 2006 Election
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Crystal D. Peoples
Answers Questions

Candidate for
Member of the State Assembly; District 141

 
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The questions were prepared by the League of Women Voters of Buffalo/Niagara and asked of all candidates for this office.
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Questions & Answers

1. There is growing support for reform of the Rockefeller drug laws. What will you do to: a.) Initiate significant reform of these laws; b.) Provide adequate financial support for programs, on the community level, designed to cope with the impact of such reform?

I will continue to vote for and support fiscal allocations for drug treatment and alternative to incarceration programs. Also, I support the numerous changes in sentencing guidelines for offenses involving the possession and sale of controlled substances by removing non-violent felon classification from determinate sentences and allowing judicial discretion.

2. What programs and actions will you support to protect communities from the negative consequences of the state’s increasing dependence on gambling revenue?

I will continue to support existing gambling prevention, treatment and recovery programming with special emphasis on low income and minority communities. We will prepare articles for a special edition newsletter that addresses education and awareness, training, and most important, treatment for problem gamblers and their families.


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