C.O. "Brad" Bradford Candidate for Houston City Council, Supports Disc Golf

[bettercounsel]

C.O. "Brad" Bradford
Candidate for Houston City Council, At-Large Position 4
Response to the
Disc Golf & Candidate Questionnaire

1. Do you support disc golf?
Bradford’s Response: Yes!

2. Do you support the use of City of Houston park land for disc golf?
Bradford’s Response: Yes!

3. Are you aware that disc golf is environmentally friendly?
Bradford’s Response: Yes!

4. Are you aware that Houston, Texas hosted the 2002 Disc Golf World Championships?
Bradford’s Response: No!

5. Do you support the use of private donations to improve, expand and install disc golf courses on City of Houston park land?
Bradford’s Response: Yes!

6. Do you support the use of public funds to improve, expand and install disc golf courses on City of Houston park land?
Bradford’s Response: Yes!

7. Are you aware that disc golf is a family friendly sport that offers a high benefit-to-cost ratio both for recreation departments and citizens of all ages and backgrounds and that playing an 18 hole round of disc golf requires walking for approximately 1 and 1/2 hours and burns approximately 700 calories through low-impact aerobic activity?
Bradford’s Response: Yes!

8. Are you aware that disc golf has grown at the rate of 10% per year for the past 20 years?
Bradford’s Response: Yes!

9. What can you do to promote the interests of disc golf in the Houston, Texas area?
Bradford’s Response: I will help to initiate a broad education and awareness campaign regarding the health and recreational benefits of disc golf. Work to make public park land suitable for disc golf activities.

10. Why should the disc golf community in Houston, Texas support your election campaign?
Bradford’s Response: I am supportive of outdoor activities in public venues. Disc golf is gaining popularity and importance in the Houston area. I am committed to helping educate the public and soliciting private funds to support and promote disc golf as a rewarding, health enhancing activity for Houstonians of all ages.

[ChingLizard]

Bradford would be getting my vote!

Great survey Richard! Thanks for putting it together and then asking the candidate their stance on the questions!

Very cool to see it and what the responses were!

This ROCKS Richard!

[Suemac]

If someone is for disc golf, but on every other point off the mark, what is a voter to do?

[derek]

Great job Richard. Need to get disc golf on the minds of those who may hold power

[Jake Walsdorf]

#3. Disc Golf environmentally friendly. I don't know about this question. Sure disc golf courses preserve land that may otherwise be developed, but I know for a fact activities of building a course and playing the course compacts soil, creates runoff and erosion, killing vegtation in its path.

I'm just saying, our sport is not the be all of environmentally friendlyness.

[derek]

Jake i dont think it is saying 'zero environmental impact'. Besides leaving land as it is, we are the least harmful. It is way better than leveling the entire forest for baseball, softball, soccer, football, tennis and playgrounds.

[bettercounsel]

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* Environmentally friendly (eco-friendly and nature friendly) are synonyms used to refer to goods and services considered to inflict minimal or no harm on the environment. To make consumers aware, environmentally friendly goods and services often are marked with eco-labels. ...
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* Environmentally Friendly can mean anything from recycling, and walking short journeys rather than using the car, to researching climate change. Even the smallest difference can make a big impact.
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* A term that refers to the degree to which a product may harm the environment, including the biosphere, soil, water and air. (http://www.buildingctgreen.com/terms.php)
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* A fine natural product, fur is bio-degradable and a renewable resource.
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* Designing and constructing buildings from renewable materials such as wood from managed forests, earthen materials, and recycled products.
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