VOTERS’ GUIDE : CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES--40TH DISTRICT

Occupation

C. David Baker: Attorney

Roger Bloxham: Business Consultant

C. Christopher Cox: Lawyer, White House

John Hylton: Airline Pilot

John Kelly: Businessman

Patricia G. Kishel: Management consultant

Lida P. Lenney: Councilwoman

George Margolis: Hospital Administrator

Nathan Rosenberg: Businessman

Larry F. Sternberg: CPA, Financial Planner

Dave Williams: Businessman

William Yacobazzi: Attorney

Birth Date

Baker: 2/16/53

Bloxham: 5/16/28

Cox: 10/16/52

Hylton: 4/7/45

Kelly: 10/2/61

Kishel: 9/4/48

Lenney: 3/20/33

Margolis: 5/6/31

Rosenberg: 5/26/52

Sternberg: 7/11/27

Williams: 2/25/36

Yacobazzi: 4/1/41

Party Affiliation

Baker: Republican

Bloxham: Libertarian

Cox: Republican

Hylton: Republican

Kelly: Republican

Kishel: Republican

Lenney: Democrat

Margolis: Democrat

Rosenberg: Republican

Sternberg: Republican

Williams: Republican

Yacobazzi: Republican

Previous Public Offices

Baker: Irvine Councilman, 1986-88. Mayor, 1985-86.

Bloxham:

Cox: None

Hylton:

Kelly: Tustin City Councilman, 1986-present.

Kishel: None

Lenney: Laguna Beach City Council, 1986-present.

Margolis: Democratic State Central Committee. Los Angeles and Ventura Counties Central Committees.

Rosenberg: None

Sternberg: None

Williams: None

Yacobazzi: None

Do you believe a tax increase is necessary to reduce the deficit significantly

Baker: No

Bloxham: No

Cox: No

Hylton: No

Kelly: Yes

Kishel: No

Lenney: No

Margolis: No

Rosenberg: No

Sternberg: No

Williams: No

Yacobazzi: No

If so, which taxes would you consider raising?

Gasoline

Baker:

Bloxham:

Cox:

Hylton:

Kelly: Yes

Kishel:

Lenney:

Margolis:

Rosenberg:

Sternberg:

Williams: No

Yacobazzi:

Cigarettes

Baker:

Bloxham:

Cox:

Hylton:

Kelly: Yes

Kishel:

Lenney:

Margolis:

Rosenberg:

Sternberg:

Williams:

Yacobazzi:

Liquor

Baker:

Bloxham:

Cox:

Hylton:

Kelly: Yes

Kishel:

Lenney:

Margolis:

Rosenberg:

Sternberg:

Williams:

Yacobazzi:

Corporate income

Baker:

Bloxham:

Cox:

Hylton:

Kelly: No

Kishel:

Lenney:

Margolis:

Rosenberg:

Sternberg:

Williams:

Yacobazzi:

Personal income

Baker:

Bloxham:

Cox:

Hylton:

Kelly: No

Kishel:

Lenney:

Margolis:

Rosenberg:

Sternberg:

Williams:

Yacobazzi:

Do you support President Reagan’s appeal for a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget? Baker: Yes

Bloxham: Yes

Cox: Yes

Hylton: Yes

Kelly: Yes

Kishel: Yes

Lenney: No

Margolis: Yes

Rosenberg: Yes

Sternberg: Yes

Williams: Yes

Yacobazzi: Yes

Do you support President Reagan’s appeal for authority to sign spending bills while vetoing particular line items?

Baker: Yes

Bloxham: No

Cox: Yes

Hylton: Yes

Kelly: Yes

Kishel: Yes

Lenney: No

Margolis: No

Rosenberg: Yes

Sternberg: Yes

Williams: Yes

Yacobazzi: Yes

Do you think the so-called Star Wars defense program could achieve the President’s stated goal of making the country secure against Soviet missiles?

Baker: Yes

Bloxham: Yes

Cox: Yes

Hylton: Yes

Kelly: Yes

Kishel: Yes

Lenney: No

Margolis: Yes

Rosenberg: Yes

Sternberg: Yes

Williams: No answer.

Yacobazzi: Yes

In general, are you inclined to give the President about what he thinks is needed for “Star Wars” research?

Baker: Yes

Bloxham: No

Cox: Yes

Hylton: Yes

Kelly: Yes

Kishel: Yes

Lenney: No

Margolis: Yes

Rosenberg: Yes

Sternberg: Yes

Williams: Yes

Yacobazzi: Yes

Would you exchange SDI for deep cuts of 50% in long-range offensive weapons?

Baker: No

Bloxham: No

Cox: No

Hylton: No

Kelly: No

Kishel: No

Lenney: Yes

Margolis: Yes

Rosenberg: No

Sternberg: No

Williams: No

Yacobazzi: No

Would you reduce U.S. defense spending?

Baker: No

Bloxham: Yes

Cox: No

Hylton: No

Kelly: Yes

Kishel: No

Lenney: Yes

Margolis: Yes

Rosenberg: No

Sternberg: Yes

Williams: Yes

Yacobazzi: No

If so, by how much?

Baker:

Bloxham: 25%

Cox:

Hylton:

Kelly: 10%

Kishel:

Lenney: 10%

Margolis:

Rosenberg:

Sternberg:

Williams: No answer.

Yacobazzi:

Which programs?

Baker:

Bloxham: Most Navy rapair and contruction facilities, obsolete military bases.

Cox:

Hylton:

Kelly: Long range aircraft production.

Kishel:

Lenney: Star Wars, various missiles, overseas commitments, end nuclear testing.

Margolis:

Rosenberg:

Sternberg: We need to close surplus defense bases in U.S. Contract out PX facilities.

Williams:

Yacobazzi:

Would you have voted to approve the INF (intermediate-range nuclear forces) treaty?

Baker: Yes

Bloxham: No

Cox: Not sure.

Hylton: No

Kelly: Yes

Kishel: Yes

Lenney: Yes

Margolis: Yes

Rosenberg: Yes

Sternberg: No position.

Williams: Favor

Yacobazzi: Yes

Would you vote for continued aid to the Nicaraguan contras? Why?

Baker: For. Nicaragua is a loaded gun pointed at the head of America.

Bloxham: Against. U.S. position should be to keep us and all others out, allow aid from private citizens.

Cox: Yes. Contra pressure has generated what hope there is for democracy.

Hylton: For. Or otherwise we will have another Cuba.

Kelly: For. To contain the threat of communism.

Kishel: For. America should assist those fighting repression and trying to establish democracies.

Lenney: For non-military aid only. We helped create contras and should help them to re-enter their society.

Margolis: For

Rosenberg: For. The Sandinistas’ communist pilosophy endangers the rest of Central America.

Sternberg: For. Fight communist threat and should always assist people obtain democracy.

Williams: For. To help stop the spread of Communism.

Yacobazzi: For. Must stop communism wherever possible.

Do you favor the deployment of U.S. troops to Honduras?

Baker: Yes

Bloxham: No

Cox: Yes

Hylton: Yes

Kelly: Yes

Kishel: Yes

Lenney: No

Margolis: No

Rosenberg: No

Sternberg: Yes

Williams: Yes

Yacobazzi: No

Is there any circumstance under which you would vote oil drilling off the coast of Orange County?

Baker: No

Bloxham: Yes

Cox: Yes

Hylton: Yes

Kelly: No

Kishel: Yes

Lenney: No

Margolis: No

Rosenberg: Yes

Sternberg: Yes

Williams: Yes

Yacobazzi: No

If so, what are those circumstances?

Baker:

Bloxham: If there is full accountability for any resulting problems.

Cox: Only in the event of national energy or security emergency.

Hylton: Only in an emergency, such as a war.

Kelly:

Kishel: With agreement of local residents and with environmental safeguards.

Lenney:

Margolis:

Rosenberg: War or an OPEC embargo on shipments to the U.S.

Sternberg: No answer.

Williams: If we badly need the oil, which is not the present case.

Yacobazzi:

Do you support Secretary of State Shultz’s proposed Middle East peace plan calling for Arab-Israeli negotiations to work out Palestinian autonomy on the West Bank?

Baker: No. Israel must have defensible borders.

Bloxham: No

Cox: Yes

Hylton: No answer.

Kelly: Yes

Kishel: Yes

Lenney: Yes

Margolis: No

Rosenberg: Yes

Sternberg: No position.

Williams: Yes

Yacobazzi: Yes

Do you favor a presidential pardon for Lt. Col. Oliver L. North?

Baker: No

Bloxham: Yes

Cox: Yes

Hylton: Yes

Kelly: Yes

Kishel: Yes

Lenney: No

Margolis: Yes

Rosenberg: No

Sternberg: Yes

Williams: Yes

Yacobazzi: Yes, unless he profited.

What about Rear Admiral John M. Poindexter?

Baker: No

Bloxham: Yes

Cox: Yes

Hylton: Yes

Kelly: Yes

Kishel: Yes

Lenney: No

Margolis: Yes

Rosenberg: No

Sternberg: Yes

Williams: Yes

Yacobazzi: Yes, unless he profited.

Do you favor opening up large portions of California’s coastline to oil exploration?

Baker: No

Bloxham: Yes

Cox: No

Hylton: No

Kelly: No

Kishel: No

Lenney: No

Margolis: No

Rosenberg: No

Sternberg: Yes

Williams: No

Yacobazzi: No

Do you support federal funding for abortions for the poor thru Medi-Cal?

Baker: No

Bloxham: No

Cox: No

Hylton: No

Kelly: No

Kishel: No, unless mother’s life is in danger.

Lenney: Yes

Margolis: No

Rosenberg: No

Sternberg: No

Williams: No

Yacobazzi: No

Do you favor or oppose the Supreme Court’s ruling that, except in limited circumstances, states may not forbid women from obtaining abortions?

Baker: Oppose

Bloxham: Favor

Cox: Oppose

Hylton: Oppose

Kelly: Oppose

Kishel: Favor

Lenney: Favor

Margolis: Favor

Rosenberg: Favor

Sternberg: Oppose

Williams: Oppose

Yacobazzi: Oppose

Would you favor a half-cent sales tax in Orange County for transportation?

Baker: Yes, if of the voters approve.

Bloxham: No

Cox: No

Hylton: No

Kelly: No

Kishel: No

Lenney: No

Margolis: Yes

Rosenberg: No position.

Sternberg: No

Williams: No

Yacobazzi: No

Do you support the slow growth initiative that will go before voters in Orange County on June 7?

Baker: No

Bloxham: No

Cox: No position.

Hylton: Yes, with a four-year limit.

Kelly: Yes

Kishel: No position.

Lenney: Yes

Margolis: Yes

Rosenberg: No position.

Sternberg: No

Williams: No

Yacobazzi: Yes

Do you support joint military-civilian use of El Toro Marine Corps Air Station?

Baker: No

Bloxham: Yes

Cox: No

Hylton: No

Kelly: No

Kishel: No

Lenney: No

Margolis: No

Rosenberg: No

Sternberg: No

Williams: Yes

Yacobazzi: No

Do you favor funding and construction of the Santa Ana River Project?

Baker: Yes

Bloxham: No

Cox: Yes

Hylton: Yes

Kelly: Yes

Kishel: Yes

Lenney: Yes

Margolis: No answer.

Rosenberg: Yes

Sternberg: Yes

Williams: Not sure.

Yacobazzi: Yes

Did you, or would you have, voted for the recent civil rights legislation that restored broad anti-discrimination protections limited by the U.S. Supreme Court four years ago? (President Reagan’s veto of this legislation was overridden. The legislation broadens provisions that prohibit institutions that receive federal aid from discriminating against women, minorities, the elderly and the disabled.)

Baker: No

Bloxham: No

Cox: No

Hylton: No

Kelly: No

Kishel: Yes

Lenney: Yes

Margolis: Yes

Rosenberg: Yes

Sternberg: No

Williams: No answer.

Yacobazzi: No

Should the government require private companies with which it has contracts to use affirmative action in hiring and promoting women and members of minorities in the work force?

Baker: No

Bloxham: No

Cox: Yes, but opposes quotas.

Hylton: No

Kelly: Yes

Kishel: No

Lenney: Yes

Margolis: No

Rosenberg: No

Sternberg: No

Williams: Yes

Yacobazzi: No

Do you believe that local public school officials should be allowed to mandate spoken prayers to be recited by students in classrooms?

Baker: Supports voluntary prayer.

Bloxham: No

Cox: Supports voluntary prayer.

Hylton: No, prefer voluntary prayer.

Kelly: Supports voluntary prayer.

Kishel: No

Lenney: No

Margolis: Yes

Rosenberg: Supports voluntary prayer.

Sternberg: Yes, non-denominational only.

Williams: Supports voluntary prayer.

Yacobazzi: No

Do you favor federally financed day care as an incentive for poor people to find work?

Baker: Yes, but prefers tax credit.

Bloxham: No

Cox: No

Hylton: No

Kelly: No

Kishel: No

Lenney: Yes

Margolis: Yes

Rosenberg: Yes, when combined with welfare reform.

Sternberg: No

Williams: Yes

Yacobazzi: No

Should the federal government help pay for long-term care for the elderly?

Baker: No

Bloxham: No. A free market solution is required.

Cox: Yes

Hylton: Yes

Kelly: Yes

Kishel: Yes

Lenney: Yes

Margolis: Yes

Rosenberg: Yes

Sternberg: No

Williams: Yes

Yacobazzi: Yes

Do you favor mandatory AIDS testing?

Baker: Yes

Bloxham: No

Cox: Yes

Hylton: Yes

Kelly: Yes

Kishel: No

Lenney: No

Margolis: No

Rosenberg: No

Sternberg: Yes

Williams: No answer.

Yacobazzi: No

If so, for what groups?

Baker: I.V. drug users, prison inmates, homosexuals, military personnel.

Bloxham:

Cox: Prison inmates, prostitutes, immigrants, military personnel, blood and organ donors.

Hylton: For health care and food service employees.

Kelly: Public safety employees.

Kishel:

Lenney:

Margolis:

Rosenberg:

Sternberg: Those handling food, medicine, dental and other services where exchange of fluids with public possible.

Williams:

Yacobazzi:

Do you believe that persons who test positive for AIDS should be allowed to teach school?

Baker: No

Bloxham: No

Cox: Yes, if each case is individually reviewed.

Hylton: No, if they have AIDS symptoms.

Kelly: No

Kishel: No

Lenney: Yes

Margolis: No

Rosenberg: Yes

Sternberg:

Williams: No

Yacobazzi: Yes

If no, from what other jobs would your ban people with AIDS?

Baker: Any job in which there is a substantial risk others could be infected.

Bloxham: Any in which the law requires contact.

Cox:

Hylton: Health care and food service employees.

Kelly: Food processing and handling and medical activities.

Kishel: Health care givers.

Lenney:

Margolis: No answer.

Rosenberg:

Sternberg:

Williams: No answer.

Yacobazzi:

Would you vote for additional allocations for AIDS research?

Baker: Yes

Bloxham: No. No FDA interference.

Cox: Yes

Hylton: Yes

Kelly: No

Kishel: Yes

Lenney: Yes

Margolis: No

Rosenberg: Yes

Sternberg: Yes

Williams: No

Yacobazzi: Yes

Should the President put more pressure on the South African government to abandon its policy of apartheid?

Baker: Yes

Bloxham: No

Cox: Yes

Hylton: Yes

Kelly: Yes

Kishel: No

Lenney: Yes

Margolis: No

Rosenberg: Yes

Sternberg: No

Williams: Yes

Yacobazzi: Yes

If so, what kind of action should he take?

Baker: Diplomatic and social pressure, but not economic sanctions.

Bloxham:

Cox: Through support of free enterprise and democracy, not economic sanctions.

Hylton: Public declarations, possible aid to victims of apartheid.

Kelly: Economic sanctions and other techniques of political persuasion.

Kishel:

Lenney: Create pressure for free press so whites could have true picture of the problem.

Margolis:

Rosenberg: Diplomatic.

Sternberg:

Williams: The solution is to create two nations with an fair division of resources.

Yacobazzi: The U.S. must use quiet deplomacy in convincing our ally its policy is wrong.

In the past 14 years, the number of political action committees has increased sevenfold and contributions to candidates have skyrocketed. Critics believe this has made officeholders unduly beholden to special-interest groups. Are you in favor of additional limits on the amount of money Congressional candidates may receive from PACs?

Baker: Yes

Bloxham: No

Cox: No

Hylton: Yes

Kelly: Yes

Kishel: No

Lenney:

Margolis: Yes

Rosenberg: No

Sternberg: No

Williams: Yes

Yacobazzi: No

Would you support an immigration bill that would encourage more Europeans to immigrate to the United States?

Baker: No

Bloxham: Yes

Cox: No answer.

Hylton: No

Kelly: Yes

Kishel: No

Lenney: No answer.

Margolis: No

Rosenberg: No

Sternberg: No position.

Williams: No

Yacobazzi: No

Do you favor imposing automatic penalty tariffs on other countries that amass huge trade surpluses with the United States?

Baker: No

Bloxham: No

Cox: No

Hylton: No

Kelly: Yes

Kishel: No

Lenney: No

Margolis: Yes

Rosenberg: No

Sternberg: No

Williams: In some cases.

Yacobazzi: No

Would you support federal tax credits for private schools?

Baker: Yes

Bloxham: Yes

Cox: Yes

Hylton: Yes

Kelly: Yes

Kishel: Yes

Lenney: No

Margolis: Yes

Rosenberg: No

Sternberg: Yes

Williams: No

Yacobazzi: Yes