Sustainability Survey of Political Candidates - 2003

Part of the Mission of Sustainable Fairfax is to educate the residents and merchants of Fairfax about sustainability and to increase public access to government. Our organization does not support any specific candidate in any election, and we are not tying our name to any specific candidate in this current election. However, we did want to produce a voter guide to educate the public on the candidates' positions on the issues of sustainability.

We decided that the best way to collect this information would be to publish the candidates' responses to a survey about sustainability. The eight topics selected for the survey are: Housing, Watershed Quality, Global Warming, Local Self-Reliance, Public Health, Building Community, Public Paricipation in Government, and Transportation. Use the links below to compare the candidate positions:

Questionnaires were distributed to all candidates, and were written to avoid suggesting our position on the issue. We did our best to ensure that the format of the survey and the presentation of the results do not give one candidate prominence or otherwise create an appearance that one or more candidates is acceptable or unacceptable to our organization. For example, the order in which responses for each topic are listed is randomly assigned. These results will also be publicly posted in front of our evolving Sustainability Center at 141 Bolinas Rd. in Fairfax as well as at other locations throughout town. Please contact us at 459-3768 if you are interested in receiving a copy.