League of Women Voters of Ohio
Hamilton, Clermont, Warren Counties, OH November 4, 2003 Election
	Todd A. Osborne Answers Questions Candidate for Council Member; City of Loveland

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?

Council has always had the ability to help with revitalizing the Loveland-Madeira Road commercial zone. It has chosen not to utilize bonding and other sources. Council tends to rely on study and study with no movement, except to watch tax monies leave and pay for the study after study. I want to see Council take a proactive but NOT a dictatorial stand.

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 would participate if Council approved.

Each community should have a say in regional planning.

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?

I would encourage using our existing recycling program by public awareness. No fancy brochures...just straight facts attached to utility bills and information via P.S.A. materials on cable public access channels along with the city's website.