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  ATIC > Committees > Elections > ACC Candidates > Mike (Lowell) Gleason  

Mike (Lowell) Gleason - Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) Candidate

Party:

Republican, Clean Elections Candidate

Seat Sought:

2 Year Seat

Campaign Web Site:

Unknown

Adoption of ATIC Platform Statements:

Yes

Response to ATIC Candidates Questionnaire:

As seen in the Arizona Republic... Mike Gleason responds to the Arizona Republic's questions. (more...)

1. What is your vision of the state of the telecommunications industry in Arizona over the next 2 to 4 years, and what can the Arizona Corporation Commission do to encourage further development and expansion of healthy competitive telecommunications markets?

The telecommunication industry should increase in size, diversity of product, ease of use and user friendly products by use of strategic planning and market size prediction. The Corporation Commission can promote healthy competition without red tape, which would stifles the innovation and certainly of new product development. This will create jobs and give the ratepayer better service and products.

2. How do you envision the decisions and actions of the Arizona Corporation Commission in the regulation of telecommunications affect the state's overall economy? What do you believe the priority for advancing the development of advanced telecommunications services is for the Corporation Commission and what specific actions would you take as Commissioner to advance the state of telecommunications in Arizona?

The regulation of the telecommunication industry competitive with companies in other states and other countries. The priority for advancing telecommunication service and products is very high. The development can be encouraged by leaving development decisions to the company that invests the money in the new service and equipment.

3. Many policy experts assert that a disparity in the availability and quality of advanced telecommunications services exists among various social, cultural, geographic and economic groups. Do you agree with such an assessment, and if so:

  1. Do you believe such disparities should be reduced or eliminated and why?
  2. Which areas of disparity in Arizona should be reduced or eliminated first?
  3. What specific policies would you support as Corporation Commissioner to bridge the "Digital Divide" in Arizona?
  4. Should the Corporation Commission do more to facilitate infrastructure development in rural and semi-rural areas, and what specific actions would you undertake as Commissioner to encourage rural telecommunications infrastructure development?

A diversity of the availability of many services exists among almost any group of people. The purpose of the ACC is to make services available not to cause their economical distribution. Policy initiatives by the legislature and rate setting by the ACC can encourage services such as e-learning.

4. The term "Universal Service" for telecommunications services means different things to different people. What is your definition of this term, and what, if anything, is its application with regard to advanced telecommunications services? How can the Universal Service Fund be used to help bridge the Digital Divide? What additional changes, if any, would you propose to the current Arizona Universal Service program?

The ACC policies should embrace market driven solutions. Government intrusion into the market stifles competition and generates more government intrusion. The universal Service Fund should be used to foment the development of telecommunications to groups of people not to individuals. A general fund welfare program should fund individuals who need assistance to have voice communications.

5. Security of our electronic data and information has become a critical issue in our personal and business lives, especially following the tragic events of September 11, 2001. Similarly, many are concerned about compromises to individual privacy from unauthorized use of personal information and data by third parties for marketing and sales purposes.

  1. What role do you envision for the Arizona Corporation Commission in preserving and protecting the integrity and safety of our electronic data?
  2. What specific policies would you support to protect the privacy of individuals against the unauthorized use of personal data and information?

It is the responsibility of the ACC to insure integrity and safety of electronic data under present laws. Enforcement of the present laws will protect the privacy of individuals of in most cases. If more stringent privacy rules are needed it is in the purview of the legislature to set such policy.

6. What kind of quantitative and qualitative performance measurements should be applied to the ACC, so that Arizonans can readily determine if the Commission is providing high quality service to citizens?

The time to react to applications sent to the ACC should be analyzed to measure the performance of the ACC. A time frame for decisions in cases before the Commission should reflect the complication and the size of the case.

7. What are the three most important issues facing the Corporation Commission over the next 2 to 4 years?

Deregulation of electric power generation, integration of long distance service and local service, amelioration of rate shock that the new arsenic law will cause and continuation of the consumer fraud investigations conducted by the ACC.

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