League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area Education Fund
	Hamilton County, OH November 6, 2012 Election
	Candidates Answer Questions on the Issues State Representative; District 29

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 Qualifications, Implementation, Issue facing district Click on a name for candidate information.   See also more information about this contest. 1. What are your qualifications for office? (50 Word limit) Answer from Hubert E. Brown: I am in my 5th term as Whitewater Township Trustee, serving in my 17th year as a publicly elected official. I have business experience as Branch Manager of a local electrical suppply company. I have served on several Community boards. 2. What plans do you have to address your top three priorities? (100 word limit) Answer from Hubert E. Brown: The State of Ohio has balanced it's budget on the backs of local governments and school districts. We have laid off police, firefighters, and teachers, only to see levies put on the voters to fund the same services they have already paid for. Our townships, cities, towns, and villages are suffering from unnecessary budget cuts, and with a half a billion dollar surplus, the State is not offering help, but will put the money in a rainy day fund. It is still financially raining in our communities, we need to return the local government funding to our communities. 3. What is the biggest issue facing the district you hope to represent? What will do you do in office to address it? Answer from Hubert E. Brown: The state government talks of not raising taxes, then they cut the funding of every local government and school district until they have to put a levy on to pay the bills. The state government has a stake in local government, and when they keep the money in Columbus (no one locally is paying less taxes), then you are asked to pay more for police and fire protection, and your school distict makes cuts that costs you more money. They didn't raise taxes, they balanced their budget on the backs of local governments and school districts. We need police and firefighters, teachers, and better roads. I think these are important issues facing the 29th District. Responses to questions asked of each candidate are reproduced as submitted to the League.  Candidates' statements are presented as submitted. Answers will be cut off if they exceed a word limit, if present. Direct references to opponents are not permitted. The order of the candidates is random and changes daily. Candidates who did not respond are not listed on this page.