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Karla Drenner is a Democratic member of the Georgia House of Representatives, representing District 85. He was first elected to the chamber in 2000.
Drenner's professional experience includes working as Regional Manager of Safety and Health for Federal Express Ground, Director of La Roche Industries Incorporated, President of DCS Incorporated, and Director of Operations for Mallindrodt Incorporated.
Member, Georgia Womens Democratic Caucus
Member, National Caucus of Environmental Legislators
Member, Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications
Member, Health and Human Services
Member, Natural Resources and Environment
Member, Rules
Member, Small Business Development
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Hobbies or Special Talents:
Marathoning
— Publications:
1. Abortions should always be illegal.
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2. Abortions should always be legally available.
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3. Abortions should be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy.
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4. Abortions should be legal when pregnancy results from incest, rape or the life of the woman is endangered.
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5. Abortions should be limited by waiting periods and notification requirements as decided by each state government.
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6. Prohibit the dilation and extraction procedure, also known as "partial-birth" abortion.
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7. Support "buffer zones" at abortion clinics by requiring demonstrators to remain a certain distance from doorways and driveways.
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8. Prohibit public funding for abortions and organizations that advocate or perform abortions.
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9. Other
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1. Education (Higher)
- Slightly Increase Funding
2. Education (K-12)
- Greatly Increase Funding
3. Environment
- Greatly Increase Funding
4. Health care
- Slightly Increase Funding
5. Law enforcement
- Slightly Increase Funding
6. Transportation and Highway infrastructure
- Slightly Increase Funding
7. Welfare
- Slightly Increase Funding
8. Other
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1. Alcohol taxes
- Slightly Increase
2. Capital gains taxes
- Maintain Status
3. Cigarette taxes
- Slightly Increase
4. Corporate taxes
- Maintain Status
5. Gasoline taxes
- Maintain Status
6. Income taxes (incomes below $75,000)
- Slightly Decrease
7. Income taxes (incomes above $75,000)
- Maintain Status
8. Inheritance taxes
- Eliminate
9. Property taxes
- Maintain Status
10. Sales taxes
- Maintain Status
11. Vehicle taxes
- Maintain Status
12. Other
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13. Should Internet sales be taxed?
- No
14. Do you support a flat tax structure for state income taxes?
- No
15. Would you support returning any operating surplus to Georgia taxpayers?
- Yes
16. Would you support placing any operating surplus into a "rainy day" fund?
- Yes
17. Do you support limiting property tax increases to the national rate of inflation?
- Yes
18. Do you support raising the Homestead tax exemption to $50,000 for all Georgia property owners?
- Undecided
19. Do you support allocating a portion of the tobacco settlement to create a medical center specializing in cancer screening and treatment?
- Yes
1. Increase state funds for construction of state prisons and for hiring of additional prison staff.
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2. Support contracting with private sector firms to build and/or manage state prisons.
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3. End parole for repeat violent offenders.
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4. Support the use of the death penalty in Georgia.
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5. Implement lethal injection as the method of execution in Georgia.
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6. Implement penalties other than incarceration for certain non-violent offenders.
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7. Inform communities when a convicted sex offender moves into the community.
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8. Support programs to provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related skills and job-placement assistance when released.
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9. Decriminalize the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes.
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10. Strengthen penalties and sentences for drug-related crimes.
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11. Lower the blood-alcohol-content limit defining drunk driving.
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12. Prosecute as adults, youths accused of a felony.
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13. Increase penalties for crimes committed on school grounds.
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14. Require that crimes based on gender, sexual orientation, or disability be prosecuted as hate crimes.
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15. Support programs that provide job training and placement services for at-risk youth.
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16. Ban the use of racial profiling by law enforcement officers.
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17. Other
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1. Increase state funds for professional development of public school teachers and administrators.
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2. Encourage private or corporate investment in public school programs.
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3. Provide parents with state-funded vouchers to send their children to any participating school (public, private, religious).
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4. Support charter schools where teachers and professionals receive authorization and funding to establish new schools.
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5. Increase state funds for school capital improvements (e.g. buildings and infrastructure).
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6. Increase state funds for hiring additional teachers.
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7. Endorse teacher-led voluntary prayer in public schools.
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8. Support posting the Ten Commandments in public schools.
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9. Require public schools to administer high school exit exams.
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10. Support national standards and testing of public school students.
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11. Support teacher testing and reward teachers with merit pay.
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12. Provide state funding to increase teacher salaries.
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13. Create a "boot camp" which provides leadership training to public school principals.
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14. Allow public schools to offer history and literature courses based on the Bible.
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15. Provide state funds to establish an Office of Education Accountability.
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16. Provide state funds for college expenses of individuals who agree to teach in rural areas.
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17. Other
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1. Provide low interest loans and tax credits for starting, expanding, or relocating businesses.
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2. Reduce state government regulations on the private sector to encourage investment and economic expansion.
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3. Support limits on cash damages in lawsuits against businesses and professionals for product liability or malpractice.
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4. Increase funding for state job-training programs that re-train displaced workers or teach skills needed in today's job market.
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5. Provide tax incentives to employers who provide on-site child care.
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6. Other
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1. College and university admissions
- Yes
2. Public employment
- Yes
3. State contracting
- Yes
4. Other
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1. Encourage further development and use of alternative fuels to reduce pollution.
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2. Support "self-audit" legislation which creates incentives for industries to audit themselves and clean up pollution.
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3. Require a cost/benefit analysis to determine the economic impact of proposed environmental regulations before they are implemented.
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4. Require states to fully compensate citizens when environmental regulations limit uses on privately owned land.
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5. Support funding for recycling programs in Georgia.
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6. Request added flexibility from the federal government in enforcing and funding federal environmental regulations.
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7. Suspend participation in un-funded, federally-mandated environmental protection legislation.
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8. Restructure the electric utility industry to allow consumers to choose their power companies.
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9. Require all farmers to pay the clean-up cost for their waste lagoons.
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10. Require all vehicles in Georgia to undergo annual emissions inspections.
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11. Allow recreational fields to be classified as designated green space areas.
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12. Provide state funds to construct a passenger rail network connecting Georgia cities.
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13. Increase state funds to the Georgia Road Improvement Program.
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14. Other
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15. Should state environmental regulations be stricter than federal law?
- Yes
1. Do you support the current limit on terms for Georgia Governors?
- Yes
2. Do you support limiting the number of terms for Georgia State Senators and Representatives?
- Yes
3. Individual
- Yes
4. PAC
- Yes
5. Corporate
- Yes
6. Political Parties
- Yes
7. Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information?
- Yes
8. Do you support imposing spending limits on state level political campaigns?
- Yes
9. Do you support partial funding from state taxes for state level political campaigns?
- Undecided
10. Do you support voting on-line?
- Yes
11. Do you support on-line voter registration?
- Yes
12. Do you support reducing the number of signatures required to place third-party candidates on the ballot?
- Yes
13. Other
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1. Ban the sale or transfer of semi-automatic guns, except those used for hunting.
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2. Maintain and strengthen the enforcement of existing state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns.
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3. Ease state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns.
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4. Repeal state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns.
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5. Allow citizens to carry concealed guns.
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6. Require manufacturers to provide child-safety locks on guns.
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7. Require background checks of gun buyers at gun shows.
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8. Require a license for gun possession.
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9. Require a 10-year minimum prison sentence for anyone convicted of possessing a gun on school property or at a school function.
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10. Other
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1. Provide tax incentives to small businesses that provide health care to their employees.
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2. Ensure that citizens have access to basic health care through managed care, insurance reforms, or state funded care where necessary.
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3. Transfer more existing Medicaid recipients into managed care programs.
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4. Use state funds to continue some Medicaid coverage for legal immigrants.
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5. Limit the amount of damages that can be awarded in medical malpractice lawsuits.
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6. Support a patient's right to sue his or her HMO.
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7. Support a patient's right to appeal to an administrative board of specialists when services are denied.
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8. Guaranteed medical care to all citizens is not a responsibility of state government.
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9. Increase state funds to expand home and community-based services provided to "mentally-retarded" residents.
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10. Other
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1. Provide tax credits for businesses that provide child care for their employees.
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2. Increase state funds to provide child care for children in low-income working families.
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3. Deny or suspend state-issued permits and licenses to parents who are delinquent in paying court-ordered child support.
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4. Increase state funding for Head Start in order to serve additional children and/or increase services from a half to a full day.
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5. Increase state funding for community centers and other social agencies in areas with at-risk youth.
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6. Support state funding of programs for at-risk youth such as guaranteed college loans, and job training and placement.
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7. Allocate a portion of the lottery revenue to fund educational outreach programs at museums across the state.
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8. Increase state funds for the care of foster-children in Georgia.
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9. Allow Georgia's Child Advocate to file criminal and civil suits in child abuse cases.
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10. Other
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11. Should physician assisted suicide be legally available in Georgia?
- Undecided
12. Should Georgia include sexual orientation in its anti-discrimination laws?
- Yes
13. Should Georgia recognize civil unions between same-sex couples?
- Yes
14. Should Georgia restrict marriage to a relationship only between a man and a woman?
- No
15. Do you support removal of the Confederate symbol from the Georgia state flag?
- Yes
1. Maintain current time limits on welfare benefits.
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2. Maintain the requirement that able-bodied recipients work in order to receive benefits.
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3. Increase employment and job training programs for welfare recipients.
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4. Provide tax incentives to businesses that hire welfare recipients.
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5. Provide child care for welfare recipients who work.
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6. Increase access to public transportation for welfare recipients who work.
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7. Allow welfare recipients to remain eligible for benefits while saving money for education, starting a business, or buying a home.
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8. Limit benefits given to recipients if they have additional children while on welfare.
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9. Eliminate government-funded welfare programs.
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10. Redirect welfare funding to faith-based and community-based private organizations.
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11. Use federal TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) funds to expand state services to include the working poor.
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12. Other
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Please explain what your two main legislative priorities will be if elected. Please explain how you would obtain any additional government funding needed to implement these priorities.
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Type: resolution Chamber: lower
Type: resolution Chamber: lower
Type: resolution Chamber: lower
