Survey
Response:
PUBLIC
LIBRARY
PORNOGRAPHY
The US
Supreme
Court in its
2003 ruling United
States v.
American
Library
Association,
Inc, upheld
the use of
library
internet
pornography
filters.
Chief
Justice
Rehnquist
stated for
the
plurality
that "to
fulfill
their
traditional
missions,
public
libraries
must have
broad
discretion
to decide
what
material to
provide to
their
patrons.
Although
they seek to
provide a
wide array
of
information,
their goal
has never
been to
provide
'universal
coverage,'"
and "most
libraries
already
exclude
pornography
from their
print
collections
because they
deem it
inappropriate
for
inclusion."
In 2010, the
Washington
State
Supreme
Court ruled that
public
libraries'
use of
internet
filters does
not violate
the state
constitution. See
FVRL porn
history here. Will
you as a
city
councilor
appoint,
recommend or
request
(depending
on your
level of
authority)
only library
board
candidates
who oppose
the
inclusion of
pornography
in public
libraries,
whether by
internet or
printed
materials?
Yes
REGULATION
OF
RECREATIONAL
MARIJUANA
Recreational
marijuana
was
legalized in
Washington
State in
2012 by Initiative
502.
The drug
though is
still banned
federally,
and
considered
dangerous by
many,
including the
AMA, the
APA, and The
American
Academy of
Child and
Adolescent
Psychiatry. Citizens
Against
Legalizing
Marijuana
(CALM) states
"The
normalization,
expanded
use, and
increased
availability
of marijuana
in
our communities
are
detrimental
to our
youth, to
public
health, and
to the
safety of
our society."
The Alaska
Association
of Police
Chiefs describes
some of the
negative
aspects of
legalizing
the drug
here.
For
additional
dangers see here.
For an
extensive
report by
the National
Academy of
Sciences
(Jan 2017) see
here.
Resilient
marijuana
black
markets
traffic
across state
lines,
negatively
impacting
others. For
that and
other
reasons,
marijuana is
not a States
Rights
issue. What
is your
position on
the legal
production,
processing
and sale of recreational marijuana
in the
jurisdiction
of the
office you
are seeking?
_____
Support
__X__ Oppose
_____
No Opinion
_____
Other:
CITY
GOVERNMENT
The
Mayor/Council
form of city
government
has a
balance of
power
between the executive
(mayor) and legislative
(council)
branches,
whereas the
Council/Manager
form of city
government
"is too much
like a
business
corporation
which is not
suitable for
managing
community
needs."
Also, "without
an elected
chief
executive,
the
community
lacks
political
leadership."
(Both
quotes
Municipal
Research and
Service
Center)(See
also RealMayor.org).
Additionally,
the Common
Good principle
of subsidiarity is
weakened by
the
bureaucratization
of city
government,
effected by
moving
decision
making
authority
from elected
officials to
staff (mayor
to
manager). See
Camas
commentary. What
is your
opinion
about the
form of city
government?
__X__
Support
Mayor/Council
_____
Support
Council/Manager
_____ No
Opinion
_____ Other
Position
(please
state):
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