Gubernatorial Candidates
The ATIC Elections Committee prepared four Position Statements approved by the ATIC Board on May 29, 2002 and posted for public review and candidate adoption or adaption online. The Gubernatorial candidates have responded to our request for adoption of these platform statements as follows:

Governor of Arizona
Gubernatorial Candidate	Arizona Infrastructure	The Digital Divide	Advanced Applications	Cyber Security
Barry Hess (L)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Richard Mahoney (I)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Janet Napolitano (D)	NR	NR	NR	NR
Matt Salmon (R)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Note: "NR" stands for No Response to date.

Additionally, the Elections Committee prepared and distributed a survey regarding critical issues in technology, telecommunications, and economic development to the candidates for Governor of the State of Arizona. You can find the full responses for the following candidates:

October 17, 2002: Archived audio/video coverage of Gubernatorial Candidates Breakfast Forum Streaming Windows Media courtesy of Kino Digital Communications (see video segments)

• Richard Mahoney (Independent, Clean Elections Candidate, http://www.mahoneyforgovernor.com/)
• Janet Napolitano (Democrat, Clean Elections Candidate, http://www.governor.state.az.us/)
• Matt Salmon (Republican, http://www.salmonforgovernor.com/)

The other candidate for Governor who has not yet responded to our questionnaire is:

• Barry Hess (Libertarian, http://www.hessforgovernor.org/)

To further engage the candidates, ATIC held a Gubernatorial Candidates Breakfast Forum on October 17 at Mesa Community College in cooperation with the East Valley Partnership (EVP) and Salt River Project (SRP) Political Involvement Committee (PIC). The State General Election is November 5, 2002. Get involved with the candidates of your choice.

Prior to the September 10 primary, the following candidates were active and we thank them for their efforts and involvement:

• Betsey Bayless (Republican, Clean Elections Candidate, http://www.betseybayless.com/)
• Frank Devera (Republican, http://www.devera4governoraz.host12.com/)
• D. Roger Etcetera (Independent)
• Gary Fallon (Libertarian, http://garyfallon.org/)
• Alfredo Gutierrez (Democrat, Clean Elections Candidate, http://www.alfredo2002.com/)
• Scott Malcomson (Reform, http://calbeck.tripod.com/scott4gov/rp.htm)
• Mike Newcomb (Democrat, Clean Elections Candidate, http://www.newcomb2002.com/)
• Mark Osterloh (Democrat, Clean Elections Candidate, http://www.markosterloh.com/)
• Carol Springer (Republican, Clean Elections Candidate, http://www.carolspringer.com/)

Answers by all responding candidates to each of the seven questions are available below:

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 State of Arizona do to encourage further development of healthy competitive telecommunications markets?
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2. A major economic benefit from development of telecommunications infrastructure and technology in Arizona will be job growth. We have the opportunity for Arizona's economy to experience significant growth of high skilled, high paying jobs in the telecommunications industry. What role will you play in assuring that Arizona attract and grow high tech industry and rewards Arizonans with those jobs?
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3. In order to nurture and attract organizations to Arizona that develop and promote advanced networked applications, it is important for the state to have a technology literate work force. What would you do to help ensure such a workforce in Arizona?
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4. Keeping in mind that advanced networked applications require a robust, high-capacity telecommunications infrastructure, what can the State of Arizona do to allow for and/or promote the development of such applications?
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5. Do you support the use of publicly sponsored incentives to attract businesses to locate or re-locate operations to Arizona? What types and levels of incentives should be offered to attract businesses in what industries? What incentives would you recommend, if any for growing existing businesses?
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6. 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 to bridge the "Digital Divide" in Arizona?
   4. Should the State of Arizona do more to facilitate infrastructure development in rural and semi-rural areas, and what specific actions would you propose to encourage rural telecommunications infrastructure development
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7. 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 State of Arizona in preserving and protecting the integrity and safety of our electronic data?
   2. In the drive to be secure, is there a danger in compromising the privacy rights of individuals, and how would you propose to balance the need for security with privacy rights?
   3. What specific policies would you support to protect the privacy of individuals against the unauthorized use of personal data and information:
   1. By government?
   2. By businesses?
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8. Government has as a primary responsibility the preservation of the vital public records of its citizens. As we move down the path of more and more E-government, we have not adequately funded the costs associated with preserving the records E-government produces. Nor have our preservation policies kept pace. What steps would you take to adequately preserve such records and how would you prioritize them?
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For the Gubernatorial candidates' responses to the Arizona Republic's questions please see
http://arizonarepublic.com/special43/articles/governorissues.html