League of Women Voters of Ohio
Hamilton County, OH November 4, 2003 Election
	Judi King Answers Questions Candidate for Member Council; Village of Evendale

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

Read the answers from all candidates.

Questions & Answers

1. How would you implement your top priority?

Evendale is literally at a crossroads. We are a small village with so many benefits. But we can do better. It is time we COME TOGETHER. We need a more professionally run, open government whose officials respond to its citizens in a respectful manner. I believe more open communication, small issue-related group meetings, more effective use of the monthly newsletter, a limit to the use of emergency ordinances so that citizens have a chance to respond to issues,and monthly financial statements available for review all would contribute to a positive environment in which to live and work.

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?

I have attended meetings of the Planning Partnership of the Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission and seminars presented by the commission. At these meetings, communities of all sizes, including most of our direct-neighbor communities, participate in discussions of issues common to all of Hamilton County neighborhoods. Some of these issues include the negative growth rate in Hamilton County,population trends,and the potential for sharing of some services, etc. Evendale would benefit from this exchange of ideas and suggestions.

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?

I support the continuation of the current program in which Evendale pays for curbside collection of recyclable materials.