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Voter information What's on my ballot? Where do I vote? What steps should Maryland take to ensure the broadest possible access to affordable health care? Boston-Smith : Maryland has made important bipartisan progress in shoring up access to health care amidst the assault on the Affordable Care Act. I fully support actions taken during the current Maryland legislative session to identify new revenue via a tax on insurers to stabilize the individual insurance market.

Moving forward, I believe we must continue to protect access to care by making such fixes permanent and fill any remaining gaps in coverage. The Maryland Medicaid waiver, a landmark effort which has held down the cost of care and returned significant savings, provides a promising opportunity to do just that.

What role should the state play in helping Baltimore address violent crime? There is no question that the State must help Baltimore address violent crime.

If we want to address violent crime, we have to expand economic opportunity. Key to addressing violent crime in Baltimore is restoring confidence in the police, deterring violent actors, and dramatically expanding economic opportunity. Department of Justice and the resulting Consent Decree. What can the state do to foster the creation of more family-supporting jobs? Boston-Smith : Maryland has an excellent business climate.

In addition to strong growth in technology sectors state-wide, we must also foster the development of small businesses that are an engine for job creation and they employ local residents.

If elected, I would focus my efforts on expanding and leveraging state resources for small business start-up and expansion — more neighborhood businesses that will hire more neighborhood workers. Do you support the creation of a non-partisan, independent body to draw legislative and congressional district maps after each census? Boston-Smith : Yes, if fair and balanced.

Gerrymandering is a very serious problem that threatens the very core of democracy. I will support a redistricting process that is and work to ensure that it is fair. Does the Law Enforcement Officers Bill of Rights adequately balance protections for police and the public? Should it be changed, and if so, how? Boston-Smith : No. Currently the Law Enforcement Officers Bill of Rights puts protections for police officers ahead of those of the public and should be amended.

Advocates have been working since at least to make amendments that would include citizens in conduct reviews, make officers available for questioning as soon as a complaint has been filed and eliminate the current waiting period , and extended the time for allowable citizen complaints of officer misconduct beyond a one -year statute of limitations.

All of these seem like common sense reforms to me, could serve to strengthen police-community relations and bring some needed balance in protections.

What strategy would you adopt to address the opioid addiction and overdose crisis? Yet, we continue to fall far short of this goal. We also need to fight to secure ongoing funding for the purchase and use of naloxone so that all first responders — and other community members who seek to be trained in its administration — can save lives. And though I need to learn more about the current status, it seems as if much of the recent spread in opioid use stems from an initial addiction to prescription drugs.

Finally, opioid addiction in Baltimore is — and always has been — an expression of a some deeper despair the cure for which can only be found in an expansion of opportunity — opportunity for an excellent education, a family supporting job and to live safe from fear. What if anything should the state do to address income inequality? Boston-Smith : The state can and should take on income inequality. Income inequality is the result of our policy choices.

Other policy choices can be made to redress it. Indeed, we are already paying for the high costs of income inequality — and particularly race based income inequality — in mass incarceration, juvenile detention, foster care and in treatment for preventable diseases. These immediate actions, along with others that could even out regional disparities in concentrated poverty through new development in distressed neighborhoods and the support and expansion of housing mobility programs to neighborhoods with good schools and access to jobs, would be a great start.

We do know what to do. Where we fall short is in the faithful execution — the implementation — of these laws and provisions. We need effective oversight of the oversight provisions. Strengthening the Public Information Act Review Board with increased staff would be a good place to start.