League of Women Voters of Ohio Education Fund
Hamilton County, OH November 2, 2004 Election
	Greg Hartmann Answers Questions Candidate for Clerk of Courts; County of Hamilton

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?

As a prosecutor I represented Hamilton County in hundreds of cases where I fought for the public interest. I actively practiced law in the courts which I now serve as Clerk. As Clerk of Courts for the past 18 months, I have continued to act in the public's best interest. I seek election on a record of proven integrity, accomplishment, and experience in office.

2. How would you implement your top priority?

I have formed a bi-partisan Privacy Task Force to serve as a watchdog for citizens' privacy. The Panel seeks to balance privacy in the internet age with my legal obligations as Clerk to maintain and provide open access to public records.

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?

Protecting citizens' privacy consistent with my legal obligations as the keeper of the public record is my foremost obligation as Clerk of Courts. In that regard, I formed a Privacy Panel to insure the office of the Clerk of Courts is a watchdog for the public interest. As Clerk of Courts I have been vigilant in watching the expenditure of taxpayer funds. In my first year in office, we returned over $300,000 to the taxpayers through budget savings.