Carl Crabtree

1: I have served in leadership roles all my life, both in private business, and in government. The difference between the way people in government think, and the way people in private business think, is dramatic. I have been able to bridge this gap in my previous work. I would like to contribute this experience to the people of District 7.

2: I have experience in both private business and in government. We ranch near Grangeville; I have been elected prisident of the Idaho Cattle Association, the Idaho Beef Council, and have served on the National Cattlemens Beef Board, chairing two committes there. I have worked in goverment, as an agricultural extension agent, weed supervisor, and 4-H program manager. This is a unique combination of life experiences, allowing me to know how to change government.

3. Jobs are critical to Dis-trict 7. We have the largest unemployment rate in the state. Educ-ation of our kids rates poorest in almost every category we can measure. We have to find ways to change that without spending more money. Federal management of our forests has resulted in catastrophic damage to these lands. More local control can change that.

4. Education, reduce legislative involvement in the educational process. Measure what we get with the money we spend against the outcome we wanted. Government needs to reduce involvement in the process.

Jobs, we have to find ways to extract living wage jobs from our natural rescoure base, ie logging, agriculture and mining.

Federal land management — we must have more input/control of the federal forest lands. Whether this is from state ownership or increased local management, we have to decide.

5. I am not running to create a legacy for myself. I would hope to be able to bring diverse ideas for solutions together. We have complicated problems that require complicated skills to solve. I have been able to successfully work with constituents with a wide variety of ideas all my life. I would expect to be able to do that in this job.

6. See answers to questions 3 and 4 above.

7. See answers to questions 3 and 4 above.

8. I doubt that there is a typical work day. I would expect the theme will be, “expect the unexpected.” I understand it to be a fast-paced, stressful enviroment, where decisions need to be made quickly at times, and painstakingly slow other times.

9. Being able to find detailed solutions to the general problems identified by patrons during the campaign. These solutions need to be crafted into legislative action.

10. Challenges and issues are the same to me. See answers to questions 3 and 4.

11. I would say, at this point in the campaign, the health care situation in Idaho.

Of course, that could change at any time.

12. Why are you running against such a nice lady? I share many of her values, but the constituents suggest that her priorities for work on those values is different than they think appropriate.

How we spend our time reflecting the constituients wishes often needs to be different than our personal priorties.

13. Be informed voters. It is one thing to vote, but spend the time visiting with the candidates, reviewing their literature and then making an informed decision.

14. I believe that question is up to each voter.

It is not up to me to decide what question they should ask. Everyone has different needs and interests.