League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area Education Fund
Hamilton County, OH November 6, 2007 Election
	Roxanne Qualls Answers Questions Candidate for Council Member; City of Cincinnati

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Questions & Answers

1. What are your qualifications for office? (50 word limit)

My experience working as an environmental organizer prior to being first elected in 1991, serving six years as Mayor of Cincinnati 1993-1999, and recently teaching executive leadership and urban policy at NKU. Receiving a Master's degree in Public Administration (2002), and serving as a Loeb Fellow (2001) from Harvard University.

2. What plans do you have to address your top three priorities? (100 word limit)

Implement the CIRV initiative, get guns and gang leaders off the street, provide opportunities for young people.

Invest in transit system and in our neighborhoods. Leverage the rebuild of I-75 to reconnect downtown to the west side, re-knit together the Mill Creek Valley neighborhoods, and open up developable sites for green industries

Respond to the global economy and global climate change by focusing on the quality of the built, natural, and social environment, and emphasizing quality of life and quality of place.

Respond to global climate change with green infrastructure; changing construction and building codes; and innovative storm water management.

3. State three actions that you recommend to promote regional cooperation, and explain how you would implement each action? (150 word limit)

I would first emphasize developing and institutionalizing cooperation between the City of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. The three areas that hold much hope for success are: 1. Opportunities for shared service provision between the city and the county and between the city and the first ring suburbs. 2. Developing an integrated transit system that truly serves the residents of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. 3. Aggressively pursuing a cooperative response by both the city and the county to the Consent Decree that will govern our response to storm water management and impact future economic development in the Mill Creek.

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