Jane Anderson Answers Questions

Candidate for
Council Member; City of Cincinnati

The questions were prepared by the League of Women Voters of Hamilton County and asked of all candidates for this office.

Read the answers from all candidates.

Questions & Answers

1. Detail policies/proposals you would advance and support to increase and improve the city's housing stock, as well as the rate of home ownership in the city of Cincinnati?

I have proposed a series of housing initiatives: a housing plan and Housing Coordinator to facilitate the plan and housing projects; promotion of the city's homeownership tax exemption program; support for the Home Ownership Center and Ambassador Program; emphasis on home ownership retention programs for low income home owners; a Housing Court to focus on housing code violations; stricter code enforcement, increased utilization of receivership for abandoned and deteriorated buildings; lead hazard control programs.

2. Would you move to advance or halt regional approaches to the following: public transportation, Arts council(s), management of snow removal, air quality, and water quality?

I would advance such efforts. Regional concerns require regional solutions. As the center of the region, the City must take leadership here. We must encourage interstate and interlocal agreements similar to the recent TANK and SORTA agreement allowing for joint development of a light rail transit system on both sides of the Ohio River. Regional approaches need to be more sensitive to citizen participation in the process.

3. Should the Cincinnati Convention Center be expanded? If so, how should the expansion be funded?

Despite the controversy about economic impact, the greater weight of evidence justifies expansion. It is important for job growth and maintenance of economic leadership for the Cincinnati Region. Without expansion, we are losing ground to competitor cities. Since the impact is regional, funding should be a regional effort- a combination of city, county, and state funding, plus private sector contributions and user taxes. Some funding should also come from Kentucky and Indiana.