One of my priorities is to reform the system of member items, also known as “pork. ” Last year $200 million in member items, all taxpayer dollars, were doled out. Who received them and why was not a public process. Legislators use these monies as an unfair advantage over their political opponents by distributing the funds close to Election Day. Please give me your opinions as I prepare legislation to reform the current system. There is room for two respondents below.

1. Should all members of the state legislature receive the same amount of money to distribute throughout the communities they represent?

YES NO

YES NO

2. Should the member items system be changed so that it has specific standards to qualify for these dollars?

YES NO

YES NO

3. Should legislators be prohibited from giving out member items sixty days before an election so they do not have an unfair advantage over their political opponents?

YES NO

YES NO

4. Comments.

Please mail completed form to:
Assemblywoman Sandy Galef
2 Church Street
Ossining, NY 10562-4802

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