Candidate Questionnaire - CD 10 -Pat Mynatt

Candidate Questionnaire - CD 10 -Pat Mynatt

Note: We mistakenly sent the State Candidate Questionnaire to some of the Congressional Candidates (although some of the questions are the same on both questionnaires).

1. Would you support requiring all electronic voting machines to print on paper for each voter a complete summary of their voting choices, which will become, after their inspection, the authoritative record of their vote?

Response: yes

2. Would you support single payer universal health care?

Response: Yes. I think a Heath Tax which everyone pay something possibly 4% individual 4% employer something to cut out paper work more to care giving!

3. In February 2003 Santa Fe, New Mexico enacted a minimum wage ordinance which raised the minimum wage to $8.50/hour for all business and non-profits with 25 or more employees. The wage will increase to $9.50/hour in 2006 and $10.50/hour in 2008. Would you support similar legislation and an escalator clause that would guarantee cost of living adjustments?

Response: Yes! [illegible] jobs, Liveable wage, Health care for all if we had these two thing everything else fall into place!

4. Would you support enactment of legislation providing for public financing of general election campaigns for elective office at the local, state and federal levels?

Response: No! Their too many candidates running after primarys maybe give some thought to this.

5. Would you consider implementing a state income tax to be used to fund healthcare and public education?

Response: No

6. Would you support a ban on the death penalty?

Response: No

7. Would you support increased funding for renewable energy and ending subsidies to the oil and gas industry?

Response: yes.

8. Would you support programs to restore full funding for mental health/mental retardation adequate to provide food, shelter and medical/mental health treatment for the homeless?

Response: yes

9. Would you be in favor of changing the Texas method of selecting electors to the Electoral College from “winner take all” to proportional representation by popular vote?

Response: yes

10. Would you support Instant Runoff Voting?

Response: yes

11. Would you support a substantial increase in teacher compensation?

Response: yes

What other approaches would you take to improve the quality of public education in Texas?

Response: Stop teaching to test -n Let teacher have more say how they teach - think they should be cover by social security [illegible]. Fund the No Child Left Behind Act. Talk is cheap actions work!

12. How would you improve the environment of Texas i.e. TCEQ accountability, grandfathering of refineries, power plants etc and clean air emissions standards?

Response: Enforce emmission controls laws, vehicles business, air, water pollution, proper discarding harmfuls byproducts. in control, orderly & legal manner.

13. Are you dissatisfied with the way legislative districts are configured in Texas? If yes, what will you do about it?

Response: They should be done fairly not to favor one party over another. Will be interesting to see what happn March 1, 2006 Supreme Court Texas Redistricting Map?

Pat Mynatt RN. - nurse 40 yrs!
Last 17 yrs ER nurse 12 hr shift head nurse saving lives! Now concerned about saving families!
www.patmynatt.com