MWPC Application for Endorsement

 

Date Submitted: 6/7/04

Name:  Douglas L. Krick

Email address:  doug@krick.us

Mailing address:  79 Chittick Road #2, Boston, MA 02136-3409

Home Phone: 617-686-2564                            Office Sought:  State Representative

Work Phone:  617-686-2564                           District:  14th Suffolk

Hdqtr. Phone:  617-686-2564                          Political Party:  Libertarian

Contact Person:  Doug Krick                            Do you have a Primary:  Yes

                                                                        If so, date:  Tues. Sept. 14, 2004

 

Only candidates who support the policies of the MWPC willl be considered eligible for the MWPC PAC interview and endorsement.

 

Part I:  Do you support?                    (Please indicate carefully)

 

1.  The Supreme Court’s decision in Roe vs. Wade granting freedom of choice on abortion to all women during the first and second trimesters of pregnancy,

Support

 

2.  The removal of restrictions on the right to abortion services for the following groups:

            a.)  pregnant teenagers, age 16 and above.

            b.)  state or municipal employees covered by state/municipal health state/municipal health insurance.

 

 

Yes

No

Und.

1.  The Supreme Court’s decision in Roe vs. Wade granting freedom of choice on abortion to all women during the first and second trimesters of pregnancy,

Support

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.  The removal of restrictions on the right to abortion services for the following groups:

 

 

 

      a)  pregnant teenagers, age 16 and above

X

 

 

      b)  state or municipal employees covered by state/municipal health state/municipal health insurances.

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.  Legislation requiring spousal, parental, judicial, or other conditions of approval or notification in order for a woman to have an abortion.

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

4.  Initiatives for publicly and privately funded child care programs including tax credits, tan incentives, and/or local, state, and federal funding.

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

5.  A federal Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution as follows:

     “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of sex.”

X

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.  Equal rights for all citizens regardless of sexual orientation, religion, race, or ethnic background.

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Part II:  Additional Policy Issue Questions

 

1.  What are your priority issues?  How will you address those issues once elected?

 

I am running as “The Freedom Candidate”.  I am the only candidate in my race to support equal rights for all people, regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, sexual identity, color of skin, nationality, or any other factor used to sub-divide the people of this world.  All people are created equal.  Period.

 

Once elected, I intend to fix Massachusetts law that is discriminatory and unbalanced.

 

2.  What are your thoughts for addressing the following critical issues?

            a)  Domestic violence and violence against women

            b)  The prevention of sexual harassment in the workplace

 

This country has become obsessed with legislating morality and criminalizing consensual behavior between consenting adults.  I would put and end to these intrusive laws.  This will free up the police, court system, and the jails, so that we can focus on the important issues that we face, such as any and all violent crime including the issue of domestic violence, and violence against women.

 

Sexual harassment is behavior that crosses a line, has a specific definition, and has been criminalized.  We need to take our responsibilities seriously and allow charges to be investigated without a witch-hunt occurring.  This can be done more effectively and at less cost to the taxpayer, by cleaning out the bad laws that are on the books.

 

3.  How have you demonstrated your support for reproductive choice, and how would you do so as an elected official?

 

I pledge that I will vote for individual freedom every time, every issue.  This includes the choice to make your own reproductive decisions.  No exceptions, no excuses.

 

4.  What proposals would you support/have you supported to increase the availability of affordable childcare?

 

I would attempt to limit governmental intrusion into the childcare facilities.  This will allow the childcare providers to provide a better service at a lower cost, and permit more people to enter into the business of childcare, thereby providing more competition and giving people more options.

 

5.  What committee assignments would you request and why?

 

The Committee of Public Safety.  That way I would be able to keep a closer eye and help guide more bills that affect the voters directly.

 

 

Part III:  Other information about you

 

Please attach your one page campaign biography and a sample of your campaign brochure or palm card (if ready).

 

A campaign brochure is not available at this time.  But if I am endorsed by MWPC, I will prominently place that endorsement on both my website and all campaign materials.  I would be honored to receive it.

 

I entered Massachusetts politics in 1998, when I was working on the Dean Cook for Governor campaign.  Since then, I have been working for equal rights in the sexual minority community.  In 2000 I formed a new organization, the Pink Pistols, that has since grown to a national organization that now has 43 chapters in a majority of states in the US.

 

 

Please fill out this and mail this application to:

 

Massachusetts Women’s Political Caucus

59 Temple Place, suite 449

Boston, MA 02111