Alicia Reece 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?

I have been involved with two projects designed to impact the increase of homeownership by accessing capital and fighting discrimination of homeowners' insurance. 1. Access to capital- Designed a neighborhood-based partnership with Firstar accessing $10 million I loans in an effort to increase homeownership in Cincinnati. 2. Homeowner's insurance- Hosted a seminar with Housing Opportunity Made Equal, and several major insurance companies around discrimination in various neighborhoods and having adequate replacement insurance.

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 am totally committed to having a first class public transportation, air quality, art council(s), management of snow removal, and air quality. In doing so I am concerned that Cincinnati citizens will benefit and Cincinnati workers will participate and that the quality of services will remain. Regionalism is worth exploring if the quality of these services are maintained.

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

Yes, I am in favor of expansion of the convention center with diversity in services as well as contracts. I would like to see a public and private partnership in financing this project involving the city, state, and corporations. I am currently working on the particulars of my plan to be submitted in the next month.