League of Women Voters of Ohio
Hamilton, Butler County, OH November 4, 2003 Election
	Kerry D. Rabe Answers Questions Candidate for Council Member; City of Sharonville; Ward 3

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?

Carefully scrutinize every expenditure.

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?

Every one most take part in preserving our resources. We have to be very careful in using our lands to guard the dwindling suply.

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?

Our residents are doing a pretty good job with recycling. I have encouraged those who are not recycling by educating them through our newsletters and other publications.