League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area Education Fund
Hamilton County, OH November 5, 2013 Election
	Chris Seelbach 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)

-Former Chief Financial Officer of a nationally recognized small business.
-Graduate of Xavier University and the University of Dayton School of Law.
-Committee of the Whole, Chair. Livable Communities, Vice-Chair. Strategic Growth, Vice-Chair.
-Leader in the effort to repeal Article XII from the City Charter.
-Former staffer and campaign manager for Vice-Mayor David Crowley
-White House 2013 Champion of Change.

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

Our long term focus needs to be on re-populating our City. With more people living, working and raising a family here, our revenues will increase and the continued deficits will naturally disappear.

In the short term, we need to focus on safety and economic development. That's why I co-sponsored the plan to prevent ALL police and fire layoffs and helped ensure casino revenue went into neighborhood development through the Focus 52 program, and wasn't only spent downtown.

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

In my first term on Council, I co-sponsored the "Google for Government" transparency plan so that citizens could easily access all information related to City Hall.

I hold regular offices throughout the City (not just at City Hall) and spent the first week of Council's "summer recess" working in different city departments to better understand the challenges our employees face every day.

These efforts help lead the Cincinnati Business Courier to say that I was "Taking on City Hall" and City Beat to name me the 2013 "most positive politician."

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