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Hamilton County, OH November 4, 2003 Election
Candidates Answer Questions on the Issues
Law Director; City of Norwood


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

See below for questions on Top Priority, Planning, Recycling

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1. How would you implement your top priority?

Answer from John H. Fenton:

As Law Director, I will not let politics or personalities interfere with my service to other city departments or to the city's residents. The Law Director should defuse and resolve conflicts, not create them. I will work hand in hand with the building department, the health department, the fire and police departments, the city administration, and the city council to make city government work more effectively.


2. Numerous important issues including transportation, land use planning, housing and economic development for the Greater Hamilton County regions are being deliberated by OKI's Land Use Commission and Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission and Planning Partnership COMPASS; how engaged should local government be in these planning activities? If elected, how would you participate in these planning activities?

Answer from John H. Fenton:

As Law Director, I will work hand in hand with the Planning Department, the city administration, and the city council to make Norwood's participation in the regional planning process productive. We cannot allow turf wars between departments to hamper the city's efforts.


3. Ohio Department of Natural Resources in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the National Recycling Coalition conducted a state-specific study and found recycling businesses in Ohio generated $650.6 million dollars in state government revenue. If elected how would you promote recycling and support recycling programs currently in place in your community to reduce solid waste generation?

Answer from John H. Fenton:

As Law Director, I will do anything I can to assist the Health Department and the city administration in promoting Norwood's voluntary curbside recycling program.


Responses to questions asked of each candidate are reproduced as submitted to the League.  Candidates' statements are presented as submitted. The answers will not exceed 75 words. Direct references to opponents are not permitted.

The order of the candidates is random and changes daily.


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