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PVA 2002 Candidate Information

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~ University of Colorado Board of Regents ~

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This page contains candidate information about the candidates for University of Colorado Board of Regents - Congressional District 2.

Highlights from this race:

• The "Pro-Animal Pick" for this race is Cindy Carlisle (Democratic Party) because of her questionnaire response score of 100%. To volunteer to help her campaign, please send her email at cacarlisle@msn.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

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

CD2	Cindy Carlisle (D)	Yes - dogs, cats, birds, horses
CD2	Flux Jason Neo (L)	Did not respond
CD2	Diane Greenlee (R)	Did not respond

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

CD2	Cindy Carlisle (D)	Yes - dog, fish
CD2	Flux Jason Neo (L)	Did not respond
CD2	Diane Greenlee (R)	Did not respond

3. Over 10,000 Coloradans have contacted University of Colorado officials asking them to close the dog labs. Do you believe that you, as a regent, would have any power to stop the use of dogs at the University of Colorado School of Medicine? Yes/No/Undecided

CD2	Cindy Carlisle (D)	Yes
CD2	Flux Jason Neo (L)	Did not respond
CD2	Diane Greenlee (R)	Did not respond

4. Do you believe that you, as a regent, would have a duty to listen to those who elected you and, at times, to take action based on the opinions of those same people? Yes/No/Undecided

CD2	Cindy Carlisle (D)	Yes
CD2	Flux Jason Neo (L)	Did not respond
CD2	Diane Greenlee (R)	Did not respond

5a. Do you have a personal opinion on the use of dogs at the University of Colorado School of Medicine? Yes/No/Undecided
5b. If so, what is your opinion?

CD2	Cindy Carlisle (D)	Yes - They should not be used when an acceptable alternative exists.
CD2	Flux Jason Neo (L)	Did not respond
CD2	Diane Greenlee (R)	Did not respond

6. Do you believe that the University of Colorado School of Medicine could teach physiology without the use of dogs? (Please keep in mind that over 70 medical schools do.) Yes/No/Undecided

CD2	Cindy Carlisle (D)	Yes
CD2	Flux Jason Neo (L)	Did not respond
CD2	Diane Greenlee (R)	Did not respond

7a. Do you believe that students should be given an alternative to animal dissection? Yes/No/Undecided
7b. If so, do you believe that these alternatives should be advertised to students (as opposed to their not being disclosed unless students specifically ask about them)? Yes/No/Undecided

CD2	Cindy Carlisle (D)	Yes/Yes
CD2	Flux Jason Neo (L)	Did not respond
CD2	Diane Greenlee (R)	Did not respond

8. Would you be likely to support legislation requiring, or even just requesting, the university to stop obtaining dogs from Class B dealers? (Class B dealers obtain animals from a variety of sources, including "free to good home" ads. Stolen companion animals may be provided to a lab through a Class B dealer.) Yes/No/Undecided

CD2	Cindy Carlisle (D)	Yes
CD2	Flux Jason Neo (L)	Did not respond
CD2	Diane Greenlee (R)	Did not respond

9. Would you be willing to consider factual documentation supporting PVA's position on a specific issue? Yes/No/Undecided

CD2	Cindy Carlisle (D)	Yes
CD2	Flux Jason Neo (L)	Did not respond
CD2	Diane Greenlee (R)	Did not respond

Please add any other comments ...

CD2	Cindy Carlisle (D)	None given
CD2	Flux Jason Neo (L)	Did not respond
CD2	Diane Greenlee (R)	Did not respond

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Candidate questionnaire scores

CD2	Cindy Carlisle (D)	Overall Questionnaire Response Score = 100%
CD2	Flux Jason Neo (L)	Did not respond
CD2	Diane Greenlee (R)	Did not respond

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