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PVA 2004 Candidate Information

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~ District Attorney - Judicial District 11 ~

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This page contains candidate information about the candidates for District Attorney in Judicial District 11.

Highlights from this race:

• PVA chose not to select a "Pro-Animal Pick" in this race.
• 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.
• PVA's selections for "Pro-Animal Picks" and "Paws Down" candidates are based solely on the candidates' stances on animal-related issues.
• 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?

JD11	Rocco Meconi (D)	Yes - cats and dogs
JD11	Molly Chilson (R)	Did not respond

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

JD11	Rocco Meconi (D)	Yes - cats
JD11	Molly Chilson (R)	Did not respond

3. Colorado statute contains felony cruelty provisions for aggravated cruelty to animals. Would you be likely to enforce these statutes? Yes/No/Undecided

JD11	Rocco Meconi (D)	Yes
JD11	Molly Chilson (R)	Did not respond

4. What resources would you devote to a suspected case of cruelty to animals?

JD11	Rocco Meconi (D)	depends on case but clearly in aggravated cases.
JD11	Molly Chilson (R)	Did not respond

5. Would you be likely to dedicate significant resources to a suspected case of aggravated cruelty to animals? Yes/No/Undecided

JD11	Rocco Meconi (D)	Yes
JD11	Molly Chilson (R)	Did not respond

6. In a case such as the recent one in Englewood in which a person kidnapped several dogs and set them on fire, what resources would you be likely to dedicate to investigation and prosecution?

JD11	Rocco Meconi (D)	Investigation and prosecution
JD11	Molly Chilson (R)	Did not respond

7. Please select one or more of the choices listed below to finish the following sentence. Cruelty to animals should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law because of . . . .
a) the pain and suffering of the animals involved
b) the possibility of future crimes against humans by the animal abuser
c) the District Attorney's responsibility to prosecute violations of statute
d) (or) Cruelty to animals should not be prosecuted.

JD11	Rocco Meconi (D)	a & b
JD11	Molly Chilson (R)	Did not respond

8. Given the link that often exists between animal abuse and the abuse of other vulnerable members of a household, would you work to facilitate cross-reporting between agencies addressing all forms of domestic abuse, including animal abuse? Yes/No/Undecided

JD11	Rocco Meconi (D)	No
JD11	Molly Chilson (R)	Did not respond

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

JD11	Rocco Meconi (D)	Yes
JD11	Molly Chilson (R)	Did not respond

Please add any other comments ...

JD11	Rocco Meconi (D)	None given
JD11	Molly Chilson (R)	Did not respond

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Candidate questionnaire scores

JD11	Rocco Meconi (D)	Overall Questionnaire Response Score = 79%
JD11	Molly Chilson (R)	Did not respond

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