League of Women Voters of Ohio
Hamilton County, OH November 4, 2003 Election
	Alicia Reece Answers Questions Candidate for Council Member; City of Cincinnati

The questions were prepared by the LWV Cincinnati Area and asked of all candidates for this office.

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Questions & Answers

1. How would you implement your top priority?

I will continue to fight to implement the various comprehensive neighborhood plans approved by Council. We have identified and earmarked $30 million from the Anthem windfall in the budget for neighborhood development. The second step is now implementation. The DeSales neighborhood development in Walnut Hills is one example. Neighborhood Development spurs growth.

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?

Local government should and must have a voice in the region as it relates to transportation, land use planning, housing, and economic development.

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?

Since being on Council, I have supported recycling. However, with shrinking city resources we must have our administration be more aggressive in applying and competing for federal dollars