League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area Education Fund
Hamilton County, OH September 10, 2013 Election
	John Cranley Answers Questions Candidate for Mayor; City of Cincinnati

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

1. What are your Qualifications for Office? (50 word limit)

As a councilman and budget chairman from 2001 to 2009, balanced the budget in bi-partisan fashion while investing in basic services and safety and lowering property taxes. Lawyer; founded Ohio Innocence Project, which uses DNA evidence to free the wrongfully imprisoned. Developed new restaurant and condos in Price Hill.

2. What is your vision for the City and how would you relate to Council to work towards that vision? (100 word limit)

My vision for Cincinnati is of a city that is greater than the one I grew up in and stronger than the one we live in today. I want my four-year-old son to be able to live a fulfilling life here. In order to accomplish that, we have to focus on what works - delivering on the basics; continuing the collaborations that have succeeded at the Banks, Fountain Square, and Washington Park; and expanding that growth to the neighborhoods. As mayor, I will work with councilmembers to find the common ground to make that vision are reality.

3. How can the City develop a better working relationship with Hamilton County? (100 word limit)

I believe the people of our community want all of us in public office to collaborate to deliver the services expect and deserve. Too often politicians put turf wars ahead of the people that they are supposed to serve. I will initiate a new era of collaboration with Hamilton County to find ways to eliminate duplicative services, cut out waste, and improve the delivery of basic services. I will restart the joint city/county task-force to accomplish this very goal as soon as I take office.

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