League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area Education Fund
Hamilton County, OH November 5, 2013 Election
	Angela Beamon Answers Questions Candidate for Member of Council; 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)

My qualifications for Cincinnati City Council are simply my passion and dedication to doing what is right for the entire city of Cincinnati.I believe that resource must be equally distributed among all of our neighborhoods, as a city we must not leverage projects that benefit only a few on the backs of all tax paying citizens.

2. How would you balance the City Budget? (100 word limit)

In order to balance the City budget I would work with other elected officials to identify and eliminate key areas where dollars are being wasted, or reduce areas where less funding can prove to be effective. There should never be a moment in time where the safety of our citizens should be threatened by a proposal to reduce our already limited number of police officers and firefighters, as well as the sanitation of our city by proposing to reduce sanitation workers. These individuals are the life blood of Cincinnati and without the proper number in place our citizens face great danger. I will also push for more transparency in the City's budget.

3. Plan Cincinnati calls for the city to adopt a citizen engagement policy. What would you include in such a policy? (100 word limit)

I believe that every elected official has a direct obligation to be accessible and visible in our communities. I believe that we must put in place policy that gives the citizens of Cincinnati an avenue to address concerns and questions that directly affect their everyday lives. It is also my believe that we must include accountability measures which allows the citizens of Cincinnati the opportunity to hold our elected officials responsible for doing what is right for the majority of the city and not a small few. Let's get back to "by the people for the people."

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