Kaye M. Britton 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.

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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?

My twenty-three(23) years of experience as Realtor lends itself to advancing the increase and improvement of our City's housing stock, an issue I will give special attention. The City must continue its relationship with area homebuilders, lending institutions and real-estate professionals to meet the unique needs of Cincinnati citizens. Certainly the expansion and replication of City-Rama programs must be undertaken throughout our entire city with an emphasis on expanding the availability of quality, affordable housing.

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 regional solutions to area-wide issues case by case. Public transportation and air quality require a regional approach. While the elimination of duplicative services that would result in improvement at substantial savings should always be considered, the city should not jeopardize its autonomy for marginal, unprovable or risky projected savings. Cincinnati growth and development must be considered foremost to achieve the goal of being an economically balanced, culturally attractive and safe city.

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

It is our goal to compete with other cities our size for convention business that will bring significant income into the City, then we need an expanded convention center. If we compare the hotel-room taxes levied by other cities in our region with whom we would be competing for convention business, there is room to increase our hotel-room tax to back the revenue bonds which would be fair, sensible way to partly fund the expansion.