July 22, 2011
Photo: AZPM
We speak with Dave Croteau Candidate, for Tucson Mayor and Mary DeCamp Candidate, also for Tucson Mayor.
The Green Party is the smallest in the state, in terms of the number of registered voters. But they're soon to be better known.
Two Green candidates in this year's Tucson elections say a primary election will help people learn what the party is all about. Dave Croteau and Mary DeCamp have run for city offices before, but this August 30, the two will face off in the party's first primary election in Tucson.
The candidates for Tucson Mayor say they're good friends, and even signed each others' nominating petitions to get on the ballot, so the competition isn't personal.
Croteau says he's running because he'd like to focus on water sustainability in Tucson, including charging more for water delivered outside the city limits. He also would like to reduce enforcement of the war on drugs in Tucson, specifically related to marijuana.
"The war on drugs in this area has caused...so much strife over the last 40, 50 years, we continue to have home break-ins, we continue to engage with distribution of marijuana. And I advocate that Tucson could prioritize its police resources away from that war on drugs, particularly on marijuana," Croteau said.
DeCamp is focusing her campaign on improving quality of life in Tucson, specifically in jobs and transportation issues.
"Potholes are a big problem for everyone and I think if we would go to the source of the problem and reduce our reliance on individually operated vehicles, that we could reduce quite a few problems at one time," DeCamp said.
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Mary DeCamp has for the first time added legitimacy to the Green Party, in my mind. I like what she said here, and I have had the opportunity to hear her personally at our neighborhood association meeting. The two venues (this interview and my interactions with her) match up and I can attest to the fact that Ms. DeCamp is sincere and truthful in her statements as presented in this interview based on my few interactions with her. I think she is worthy of our consideration during this election. She is a rare, refreshing third choice.