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Douglas Deitch
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The questions were prepared by the League of Women Voters of Santa Cruz County and asked of all candidates for this office.
Read the answers from all candidates (who have responded).Questions & Answers
1. What guidelines would you use to make decisions about the County Budget in hard economic times?
Fiscal Responsibility - 20% Pay Pension Parity Program Cut
- Implement pay/pension/parity cuts necessary to maintain county financial solvency and bankruptcy, starting from the top
- Establish new pay principle, with no one paid more than our county judges or medical doctors (around $180K/year)
- Emphasize real estate and other taxes and our local economy as revenue sources using highest and best use principle
- Recognize new financial reality + eco and poverty based state and federal funding sources are no longer available
2. In your opinion, what are the most important issues facing the County in the next five years?
Community Safety - Follow the Law Fiscal Responsibility - 20% Pay Pension Parity Program Cut Water Supply - A Full Loch Lomond Reservoir 24/7/365 Beats Desalination Community Development - "Balance For A Self-Sustaining Community" Transportation - Regional Vision With Regional Solutions
Responses to questions asked of each candidate are reproduced as submitted to the League. Candidates' responses are not edited or corrected by the League.Read the answers from all candidates (who have responded).
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