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EMCQ is proud to provide the following information on candidates running for local offices. As a non-profit organization, EMCQ does not endorse any candidate over another, but provides information the candidates have supplied. Click on the below links to review the responses to EMCQ's questionnaire. Responses are in  PDF formats. To download a free copy of Adobe Reader to read PDFs,  click here.  Summaries for all responses for each office are located on the end of each section as well as the bottom of this page.

 
Board of Education
 
Tommy Le Judy Docca Nancy Navarro  
Patricia O'Neill Phil Kauffman Shirley Brandman  
       
Summary of Board of Education Responses
 
County Council at Large Response
 
Bill Jacobs Duchy Trachtenberg x George Leventhal x  
Hugh Bailey x Marc Elrich x Micahel Subin x  
Nancy Floreen x Reggie Felton x Tufail Ahmad x  
Bette Petrides x      
Summary of County Council At Large Responses
 
County Council District
 
Bob Dorsey Hans Riemer Marilyn Praisner  
Mark Fennel Mike Knapp Sharon Dooley  
Valerie Ervin Phil Andrews Mike Jones  
Summary of County Council District Responses
 
County Executive
 
Chuck Floyd x Robin Ficker Ike Leggett x  
       
Summary of County Executive Responses
 

Responses by Board of Education Candidates to Equality Montgomery County’s Candidate Questionnaire -- 2006

(See www.emcq.org for copies of individual candidate completed questionnaires)

 

Question #

 

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

First Name

Last Name

District

Comprehensive Sex Ed Incl that GLBT Is Not a Choice

No Conversion Therapy

Stronger Enforcement of Safe Schools

Cultural Training on LGBT issues

Willing to Speak Out In Support

Desire More Information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shirley

Brandman

At Large

Y

Y

Y*

*

Y

Y*

Tommy

Le

At Large

Y

Y

Y

Y

*

*

Judy

Docca

1

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Michael

Ibanez

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Patricia

O'Neill

3

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

N

Philip

Kauffman

5

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Nancy

Navarro

5

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Response Key

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Y = yes

N = no

* = provided a written response

NA = no response

Blank = no questionnaire was returned

 
                       

 

 Complete Questions:

 1.   Do you support a comprehensive sex education curriculum in Montgomery County Schools that, while stressing the importance of abstinence for teens, provides students with information on sexually transmitted diseases based on established scientific evidence, and recognizes, again based on established scientific evidence and the conclusions of every mainstream medical and mental health professional association (including the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Psychiatric Association), that sexual orientation is not a choice and homosexuality is not a medical or other disorder? 

2.             Do you agree that notions of so-called "conversion" or "reparative" therapy, which have been explicitly opposed by the American Medical Association (see  AMA Policy Number H-160.991 published at  http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/14754.html ), should not be part of the health education curriculum? 

3.                Recognizing that in Montgomery County Schools an environment of tolerance for students’ use of homophobic epithets still exists, do you support an allocation of funds to the Montgomery County Department of School Safety and Security dedicated specifically to stronger enforcement of the Safe Schools Policy? 

4.             Given that LGBT parents and their children as well as LGBT youth and educators are all part of the Montgomery County Schools community and bring unique experiences and needs to the schools, do you support a specific allocation of funds to cultural competency training on LGBT issues for Montgomery County teachers? 

5.             Would you speak out in support of measures that advance the cause of equality for LGBT people and their families? 

6.             Do you feel that you could benefit from additional education on LGBT issues to help you discuss these issues with constituents and/or the media?
 

Responses by County Council At Large Candidates to Equality Montgomery County’s Candidate Questionnaire -- 2006

Question #

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

First Name

Last Name

Party

Add Gender Identity To Anti-discrim-ination

Enact Equal Benefits in County Con-tracts

Oppose Consti-tutional Amend-ment

Establish Office LGBT Affairs

Establish LGBT Liaison Unit in MCPD

Stronger Enforce-ment of Safe Schools

Compre-hensive Sex Ed Incl that GLBT Is Not a Choice

No Conver-sion Therapy in Cur-riculum

Cultural Training on LGBT issues for Teachers

Speak Out In Sup-port

Desire More Infor-mation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amber

Gnemi

Rep

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adol

Owen-Williams

Rep

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tom

Reinheimer

Rep

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shelly

Skolnick

Rep

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tufail

Ahmad

Dem

Y

Y

Y

*

*

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Hugh

Bailey

Dem

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Marc

Elrich

Dem

Y

Y

Y

*

*

Y*

Y*

Y

Y*

Y

Y

Reggie

Felton

Dem

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

NA

Y

Y

Nancy

Floreen

Dem

*

Y

Y

Y

Y