Democratic candidate for governor Les Gara says growing up in foster care shaped his view of what government should do. 'I just don’t see this state moving in a direction that gives anybody a chance to succeed unless you’re already born wealthy,' he said.
Democratic candidate for governor Les Gara was in Juneau last week campaigning. The candidate sat down with KTOO’s Jeremy Hsieh on Friday to talk about why he’s running, the state’s finances and how he thinks the new ranked choice voting system will play out.Why don’t you just introduce yourself and say what you’ve been doing in elections this year.It’s been interesting running for governor. It’s something I’ve wanted to do since I saw what this governor has been doing.
And there are so many people in the state who have so much potential but so many roadblocks in front of them. And they don’t deserve the roadblock of public education that’s been cut to the point where it’s $120 million behind inflation since 2014, continual neglect of our public education, continual neglect of our construction budget, so that we don’t have jobs in the state. You know, people look at the state, parents say, “Look, there’s no commitment to public education.
There are going to be at least 59 legislators I believe I can work with. You know, Rep. Eastman by himself, he just votes no on everything reflexively.
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