Gordon Hintz (54) on Issues
From his campaign website (http://hintzforassembly.com/issues.html)
Fiscal Responsibility: Supports balanced budget through responsible spending, lowering health care costs, reviewing state tax exemptions (individual taxpayer is paying a higher share of total state revenue than before) long-term planning and tough decision-making, not gimmicks.
TPA/TABOR: Opposes risky tax scheme that would cripple our kids' education, reduce police and fire service, and decimate the University system, including UW Oshkosh and devastate economic development in Wisconsin. Joins the Green Bay and Madison Chambers of Commerce, and ADVOCAP, Clarity Care, ARC of Oshkosh in opposing this amendment.
Property Tax Relief: Opposes cuts in shared revenue which have had negative impacts on city services, raised fees, and put pressure on the property tax ultimately resulting in the proposed garbage fee. Supports local control of budget decision making. Supports dedicated revenue source for shared revenue.
Responsible Sentencing Laws: Supports Sen. Carol Roessler’s (R-Oshkosh) Addicted Offenders Accountability and Public Safety Act (AOAPSA), which passed the Senate 33-0. This bill offers alternatives to incarceration for non-violent drug and substance abuse offenders impacted by Wisconsin's mandatory drug sentences and offers the chance of treatment instead of prison for some non-violent individuals
K-12 Education: Opposes the $400 million cut to K-12 funding in the Republican Assembly 2005-2007 budget that would have led to massive cuts or large local property tax increases. Supports making the education funding formula more equitable to address different needs of different districts. Supports funding for the SAGE small class program, and early kindergarten program.
Higher Education: Recognizes UW System as an investment for the state by producing educated and trained employees and entrepreneurs to drive our economy. Supports UW-Oshkosh Growth initiative to increase number of residents with bachelor's degree. Supports long term vision for UW system. Believes financial aid should be sufficient to insure that all qualified students can afford to attend a UW institution.
Concealed Weapons: Support local and statewide law enforcement officials who oppose the NRA’s bill to allow hidden and loaded weapons to be carried into malls, movie theaters, and playgrounds.
Prescription Drugs: Supports the creation of public/private insurance pools to negotiate directly with drug companies and purchase prescription drugs in bulk to save money. Supports Governor Doyle’s initiative to allow Wisconsin residents to import cheaper drugs made in Canada.
Environment: Supports protecting the Stewardship fund, preserving farmland and reducing mercury contamination in our lakes. Opposes hidden efforts to loosen regulation standards supported by polluters and believes that improving the environment and economic development are compatible.
Civil Rights: Opposes writing discrimination into the state constitution in order to deny certain specific taxpaying citizens rights.
Economic Development: Supports incentives for investment in technology, regional efforts along economic borders to attract business beyond local political borders. Support living wage and an end to subsidies for retail development in areas unless they are isolated in depressed areas.
Health Care: Supports real comprehensive health care reform that lowers costs and increases access through creation of public/private insurance pools that lowers health care premiums and prescription drug costs by eliminating the need to make up the costs of care for the uninsured (SB 486 or AB 1140 are good starting points).
Stem Cell Research: Supports potential life saving embryonic stem cell research that might someday offer cures to those individuals and families suffering from Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, Multiple Sclerosis, diabetes and other debilitating diseases. Recognizes Wisconsin’s economic growth opportunities in this research industry.
Women’s Health: Supports legislation that ensures emergency contraception (EC) for rape victims. Oppose legislation that allows health care providers to withhold medical care, information, and treatment options, and allows personal religious beliefs to trump patients' rights.
Family Planning: Opposed AB 991, which would have curtailed funding for health care services to low-income women by changing the minimum age for receiving these services. Services include cervical and breast cancer screening, STD testing and treatment, and access to birth control. WI DHFS estimates that the program has decreased teen pregnancy by 15% and reduced the number of abortions.
Election Reform : Supports SB 612 which helps local polling officials ensure that every vote is valid and every vote is counted. The bill increases screening to prevent ineligible felons from voting and authorizes the Elections Board to conduct a post-election audit of people who registered to vote on election day.
Ethics Reform: Supports comprehensive ethics reform (SB 1), banning convicted felons from serving as registered lobbyists (AB 927), and banning fundraising during the budget process (AB 66).
Campaign Reform: Supports iniatives that maintain competitive elections such as independent redistricting, public financing, and full disclosure of independent interest group spending.
This was taken on 11.18.06
Fiscal Responsibility: Supports balanced budget through responsible spending, lowering health care costs, reviewing state tax exemptions (individual taxpayer is paying a higher share of total state revenue than before) long-term planning and tough decision-making, not gimmicks.
TPA/TABOR: Opposes risky tax scheme that would cripple our kids' education, reduce police and fire service, and decimate the University system, including UW Oshkosh and devastate economic development in Wisconsin. Joins the Green Bay and Madison Chambers of Commerce, and ADVOCAP, Clarity Care, ARC of Oshkosh in opposing this amendment.
Property Tax Relief: Opposes cuts in shared revenue which have had negative impacts on city services, raised fees, and put pressure on the property tax ultimately resulting in the proposed garbage fee. Supports local control of budget decision making. Supports dedicated revenue source for shared revenue.
Responsible Sentencing Laws: Supports Sen. Carol Roessler’s (R-Oshkosh) Addicted Offenders Accountability and Public Safety Act (AOAPSA), which passed the Senate 33-0. This bill offers alternatives to incarceration for non-violent drug and substance abuse offenders impacted by Wisconsin's mandatory drug sentences and offers the chance of treatment instead of prison for some non-violent individuals
K-12 Education: Opposes the $400 million cut to K-12 funding in the Republican Assembly 2005-2007 budget that would have led to massive cuts or large local property tax increases. Supports making the education funding formula more equitable to address different needs of different districts. Supports funding for the SAGE small class program, and early kindergarten program.
Higher Education: Recognizes UW System as an investment for the state by producing educated and trained employees and entrepreneurs to drive our economy. Supports UW-Oshkosh Growth initiative to increase number of residents with bachelor's degree. Supports long term vision for UW system. Believes financial aid should be sufficient to insure that all qualified students can afford to attend a UW institution.
Concealed Weapons: Support local and statewide law enforcement officials who oppose the NRA’s bill to allow hidden and loaded weapons to be carried into malls, movie theaters, and playgrounds.
Prescription Drugs: Supports the creation of public/private insurance pools to negotiate directly with drug companies and purchase prescription drugs in bulk to save money. Supports Governor Doyle’s initiative to allow Wisconsin residents to import cheaper drugs made in Canada.
Environment: Supports protecting the Stewardship fund, preserving farmland and reducing mercury contamination in our lakes. Opposes hidden efforts to loosen regulation standards supported by polluters and believes that improving the environment and economic development are compatible.
Civil Rights: Opposes writing discrimination into the state constitution in order to deny certain specific taxpaying citizens rights.
Economic Development: Supports incentives for investment in technology, regional efforts along economic borders to attract business beyond local political borders. Support living wage and an end to subsidies for retail development in areas unless they are isolated in depressed areas.
Health Care: Supports real comprehensive health care reform that lowers costs and increases access through creation of public/private insurance pools that lowers health care premiums and prescription drug costs by eliminating the need to make up the costs of care for the uninsured (SB 486 or AB 1140 are good starting points).
Stem Cell Research: Supports potential life saving embryonic stem cell research that might someday offer cures to those individuals and families suffering from Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, Multiple Sclerosis, diabetes and other debilitating diseases. Recognizes Wisconsin’s economic growth opportunities in this research industry.
Women’s Health: Supports legislation that ensures emergency contraception (EC) for rape victims. Oppose legislation that allows health care providers to withhold medical care, information, and treatment options, and allows personal religious beliefs to trump patients' rights.
Family Planning: Opposed AB 991, which would have curtailed funding for health care services to low-income women by changing the minimum age for receiving these services. Services include cervical and breast cancer screening, STD testing and treatment, and access to birth control. WI DHFS estimates that the program has decreased teen pregnancy by 15% and reduced the number of abortions.
Election Reform : Supports SB 612 which helps local polling officials ensure that every vote is valid and every vote is counted. The bill increases screening to prevent ineligible felons from voting and authorizes the Elections Board to conduct a post-election audit of people who registered to vote on election day.
Ethics Reform: Supports comprehensive ethics reform (SB 1), banning convicted felons from serving as registered lobbyists (AB 927), and banning fundraising during the budget process (AB 66).
Campaign Reform: Supports iniatives that maintain competitive elections such as independent redistricting, public financing, and full disclosure of independent interest group spending.
This was taken on 11.18.06
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