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| Eileen Cody, Democrat (Incumbent) |
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| Candidate: State Representative, |
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| Eileen Cody |
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District 11, Position 1 |
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| Age: 46 |
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| Residence: Seattle |
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| Occupation: |
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Registered nurse |
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| Education: |
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B.S. in nursing,
Creighton University |
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| Political history: |
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State representative, 1994-present |
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| Endorsements: |
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Washington State
Labor Council, AFL-CIO, King
County Democrats, Washington
State Council of Police and Sheriffs |
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| Campaign Web site: http://www.eileencody.com |
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| Campaign theme: No response. |
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| 1. |
What is your position on the initiatives proposed on this year's November ballot? |
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I-713 - Animal trapping |
yes |
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I-722 - Property taxes |
no |
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I-728 - School district financing |
yes |
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I-729 - Charter schools |
no |
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I-732 - Teacher raises |
no |
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I-745 - Transportation funding |
no |
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| 2. |
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has declared blanket primary elections like Washington's violate political parties' constitutional rights, what form of new primary election system would you propose adopting? |
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If it would pass the constitutional
test, I would like to see us broaden
how we currently do presidential
primaries to all primary elections.
In other words, you would not have
to register in a specific party prior
to the election but would declare a
party at the polls. |
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| 3. |
Would you continue the trend of recent years and support tax cuts for businesses? Which ones specifically? If not, why? |
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I believe that any future tax cuts
should first be geared toward the
individual citizen as they have not
enjoyed much relief from the tax
cuts that were given to business. I
would support business tax cuts
aimed at attracting into our state
new businesses that would provide
family-wage jobs. |
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| 4. |
Would you support a Constitutional amendment that would allow tax breaks for homeowners but not for business or commercial property? Why or why not? |
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Yes, I would support a constitutional amendment that would benefit homeowners because as you mentioned above, in recent years most of the tax breaks have been for businesses. |
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| 5. |
What privacy legislation would you support? Would you exempt financial institutions? Why or why not? |
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I support legislation that would
ensure that our personal information could not be sold from one
business to another. I would not
exempt financial institutions from
the legislation because I believe
that we as individuals should have
the right to decide who has access
to our financial history. |
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| 6. |
A commission studying transportation funding says a new financing mechanism is needed to keep Washington transportation projects on track. How would you propose financing future transportation projects? |
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I strongly believe that we need to
find a permanent revenue stream
that would be kept outside of the
general fund so that transportation
is not competing with education
and social services for funds and
that this could be accomplished by
authorizing a sales tax on gas. |
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| 7. |
With some states reconsidering the death penalty, what is your position and what changes, if any, do you think are needed in Washington's law? Under what circumstances would you support a moratorium? |
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I oppose the death penalty as I do
not believe that it serves the purpose of deterring crime. At the
least I believe that Washington
should proceed with a moratorium
and examine the concerns regarding the use of the death penalty in
disproportionate numbers for minorities. |
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| 8. |
A judge struck down Initiative 695's provision that would have required a public vote for all tax and fee increases. Would you support a Constitutional amendment that would require the public vote? Why or why not? |
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I do not support a constitutional
amendment. I believe that it is the
role of the Legislature to adopt the
budget and the role of each individ
ual legislator to represent their
constituents in that process. |
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