League of Women Voters of Ohio Education Fund
Hamilton County, OH November 2, 2004 Election
	David E. Grossmann Answers Questions Candidate for Commissioner; County of Hamilton; 4 Year Term Starting 1/2/05

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. What are your qualifications for office?

Was administrative judge Juvenile Court. Developed first model juvenile court. Past President Ohio & national Juvenile Judges. Represents Juvenile System in Congress. Chairs National Juvenile Justice Policy Committee. Co-founded City CURE, TriState Adoption, ProKids & Youth Inc. Former Air Force JAG officer. Past President Greenhills Forest Park School Board.

2. How would you implement your top priority?

1. Repeal the recently enacted 20% in the Ohio Sales Tax.

2. Exhort county officeholders and agencies to cooperate with a Cost Reduction Task Force comprised of private sector executives with world- class cost management expertise. Effect savings through elimination of unnecessary spending, outsourcing on non-core services, process improvement and the employment of new technology.

3. What do you see as the two most pressing issues you would address if elected? What plans do you have relative to those issues?

Government should provide essential public services in the most efficient manner possible while keeping taxes to a minimum. Public projects and services should be evaluated annually to ensure that public funds are being used properly and to identity cost savings. Taxes should only be levied to the extent necessary to cover essential public services. I would attempt to restrict increase in public expenditures and taxes to the rate of inflation.