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PVA 2002 Candidate Information
~ Boulder County Commission ~

This page contains candidate information about the candidates for Boulder County Commissioner - District 3.

Highlights from this race:

The "Pro-Animal Pick" for this race is Tom Mayer (Democratic Party) because of his questionnaire response score of 64%. To volunteer to help his campaign, please send him email at mayer4commission@aol.com.
All candidates in this race are listed below, along with their responses or a notation that they did not respond.

Notes:

Responses are given exactly as they were written. Spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors were not corrected.
PVA imposed a 25-word limit on comments because of space limitations; however, if a candidate exceeded this limit we did not cut the text off in mid-sentence. In any case where a candidate's comment is not shown in full, we have included a note to contact us for the full comment.
Each candidate's party affiliation is indicated in parentheses immediately following his or her name below. Party abbreviations are as follows. "ACP" - American Constitution Party; "COPI" - Concerns of People, Inc. Party; "CRP" - Colorado Reform Party; "D" - Democratic Party; "G" - Green Party; "L" - Libertarian Party; "N" - Natural Law Party; "R" - Republican Party; "U" - Unaffiliated.

Candidate questionnaire scores

1a. Did you grow up with animals? Yes/No
1b. If so, what kind?

District 3	Tom Mayer (D)	Yes - Dog
District 3	Tony Sileo (L)	Yes - Dogs, cats, chickens, rabbit, hampster, fish
District 3	James E. Murphy (R)	Did not respond
District 3	Randy Luallin (U)	Late entry into race - no questionnaire sent

2a. Does your family have animals? Yes/No
2b. If so, what kind?

District 3	Tom Mayer (D)	Yes - Cat
District 3	Tony Sileo (L)	Yes - Dog, fish
District 3	James E. Murphy (R)	Did not respond
District 3	Randy Luallin (U)	Late entry into race - no questionnaire sent

3. Are you in favor of the spaying/neutering of dogs and cats to reduce overpopulation? Yes/No/Undecided

District 3	Tom Mayer (D)	Yes
District 3	Tony Sileo (L)	Yes
District 3	James E. Murphy (R)	Did not respond
District 3	Randy Luallin (U)	Late entry into race - no questionnaire sent

4. Colorado statute now contains felony cruelty provisions for aggravated cruelty to animals. In your own opinion, should aggravated cruelty/violence to animals be a state felony?
Please choose (N) no; (Y) yes; (U) undecided; or (Q) yes, in certain cases (e.g., extreme cases only, or after the first offense)

District 3	Tom Mayer (D)	(Q)
District 3	Tony Sileo (L)	(Y)
District 3	James E. Murphy (R)	Did not respond
District 3	Randy Luallin (U)	Late entry into race - no questionnaire sent

5. Would you be likely to support county or state legislation prohibiting the use of elephants in traveling acts, such as circuses? Yes/No/Undecided

District 3	Tom Mayer (D)	Undecided - Not sure it's a county issue
District 3	Tony Sileo (L)	No - In favor of regulations regarding proper treatment of animals used in entertainment. Also #4 applies to people who break the regulations.
District 3	James E. Murphy (R)	Did not respond
District 3	Randy Luallin (U)	Late entry into race - no questionnaire sent

6. Of the two following value statements, to which are you likely to give higher priority?
(a) Wildlife and their environment are to be protected and preserved.
(b) Wildlife and their environment are to be managed.

District 3	Tom Mayer (D)	(a)
District 3	Tony Sileo (L)	(a)
District 3	James E. Murphy (R)	Did not respond
District 3	Randy Luallin (U)	Late entry into race - no questionnaire sent

7. In 1999, the Colorado General Assembly passed legislation prohibiting the relocation of prairie dogs across county lines without the consent of the "receiving" county's commission, even if the group moving the prairie dogs plans to move them to land it owns. Would you be willing to consider with an open mind a detailed, comprehensive plan for moving rescued prairie dogs to your county? Yes/No/Undecided

District 3	Tom Mayer (D)	Yes - Boulder County and municipalities make real efforts to relocate our own prairie dogs. I'm not sure we'll have room for other county's animals
District 3	Tony Sileo (L)	Yes
District 3	James E. Murphy (R)	Did not respond
District 3	Randy Luallin (U)	Late entry into race - no questionnaire sent

8. Would you be likely to support state legislation to (1) require counties to allow county-level ballot initiatives and (2) establish consistent procedures and criteria for such initiatives? Yes/No/Undecided

District 3	Tom Mayer (D)	Undecided - I believe that county initiatives are already allowed in Boulder County
District 3	Tony Sileo (L)	No - This should be left up to each county to decide.
District 3	James E. Murphy (R)	Did not respond
District 3	Randy Luallin (U)	Late entry into race - no questionnaire sent

9. Would you be willing to consider factual documentation from PVA on a given issue? Yes/No/Undecided

District 3	Tom Mayer (D)	Yes
District 3	Tony Sileo (L)	Yes
District 3	James E. Murphy (R)	Did not respond
District 3	Randy Luallin (U)	Late entry into race - no questionnaire sent

Please add any other comments ...

District 3	Tom Mayer (D)	None given
District 3	Tony Sileo (L)	None given
District 3	James E. Murphy (R)	Did not respond
District 3	Randy Luallin (U)	Late entry into race - no questionnaire sent

Candidate questionnaire scores

District 3	Tom Mayer (D)	Overall Questionnaire Response Score = 64%
District 3	Tony Sileo (L)	Overall Questionnaire Response Score = 57%
District 3	James E. Murphy (R)	Did not respond
District 3	Randy Luallin (U)	Late entry into race - no questionnaire sent

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