League of Women Voters of Ohio
Hamilton County, OH November 4, 2003 Election
	Susan Short-Barnard Answers Questions Candidate for Member Council; Village of Newtown

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?

By representing the majority of the people not special interests or personal agendas, I would like to get the people involved more in the life of the Village. This will happen as the people understand they have a Village Council who listens and is committed to being a government for the people.

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?

I believe that local government needs to be 100% involved so the place you live doesn't become and absolute place where there use to be a community (i.e.) Fort Washington, Plainville.

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?

To adhere to the programs that we already have and following through with implementing the fines we can charge by anyone not adhering to the Village Ordinances. We could also have community clean-up days when Village could help residents get rid of waste or large items not normally picked up.