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The questions were prepared by the League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area and asked of all candidates for this office.
See below for questions on
Top Priority,
Planning,
Recycling
Click on a name for other candidate information. See also more information about this contest.
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1. How would you implement your top priority?
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Answer from Brandon Michael DeVault:
My top priority is to help improve the teamwork and respectful communication between Council and the Mayor's office. I think with simple hard work and a committment to the citizens of Norwood this improvement can be immediate and easy to attain.
Answer from William E. De Luca:
Continue to hold weekly committee meetings that encourage large and small business developments, respond to all phone calls and continue to hold Ward Six Town Meetings as needed.
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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?
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Answer from William E. De Luca:
Local government should be very involved in the planning of these activities, especially in Norwood due to the geographical location of Norwood. We are a city surrounded by a much larger city. Decisions the City of Cincinnati and Hamilton County make could adversely affect our way of life in Norwood. For example, the County proposed a new light rail system that would run through the "heart" of Norwood, isolate and diminish a residential neighborhood and cost over a billion dollars that we the tax payers would have to pay. Of all communities proposed to have the light rail system, Norwood faced to lose the most. Fortunately, I proposed a Resolution that was supported by council unanimously, that spoke out against this proposed plan. Light rail transit indeed may be our future but, as city leaders we have to make sure the rail line makes sense and does not affect our residential neighborhoods.
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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?
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Answer from William E. De Luca:
I encourge all Norwood residents to recycle. Our current trash removal contract which I voted "Yes" for allows Norwood residents to participate in our recycling program if they choose to.
Responses to questions asked of each candidate
are reproduced as submitted to the League.
Candidates' statements are presented as submitted. The answers will not exceed 75 words. Direct references to opponents are not permitted.
The order of the candidates is random and changes daily.
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