League of Women Voters of Ohio
Hamilton County, OH November 4, 2003 Election
	John H. Fenton Answers Questions Candidate for Law Director; City of Norwood

The questions were prepared by the LWV Cincinnati Area and asked of all candidates for this office.

Read the answers from all candidates.

Questions & Answers

1. How would you implement your top priority?

As Law Director, I will not let politics or personalities interfere with my service to other city departments or to the city's residents. The Law Director should defuse and resolve conflicts, not create them. I will work hand in hand with the building department, the health department, the fire and police departments, the city administration, and the city council to make city government work more effectively.

2. Numerous important issues including transportation, land use planning, housing and economic development for the Greater Hamilton County regions are being deliberated by OKI's Land Use Commission and Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission and Planning Partnership COMPASS; how engaged should local government be in these planning activities? If elected, how would you participate in these planning activities?

As Law Director, I will work hand in hand with the Planning Department, the city administration, and the city council to make Norwood's participation in the regional planning process productive. We cannot allow turf wars between departments to hamper the city's efforts.

3. Ohio Department of Natural Resources in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the National Recycling Coalition conducted a state-specific study and found recycling businesses in Ohio generated $650.6 million dollars in state government revenue. If elected how would you promote recycling and support recycling programs currently in place in your community to reduce solid waste generation?

As Law Director, I will do anything I can to assist the Health Department and the city administration in promoting Norwood's voluntary curbside recycling program.