League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area Education Fund
Hamilton, Clermont, Warren Counties, OH November 6, 2007 Election
	Mark J. Fitzgerald Answers Questions Candidate for Council Member; City of Loveland

The questions were prepared by the League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area and asked of all candidates for this office.
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Questions & Answers

1. What are your qualifications for office? (50 word limit)

Experience as a local government manager, director of economic and community development corporations and consultant to local government for over 30 years.

Active in chambers of commerce and professional associations.

A good listener: to the community; to the staff; and, to my council colleagues.

2. What plans do you have to address your top three priorities? (100 word limit)

Be fully engaged in monitoring and evaluating the work of those reporting directly to Council: City Manager, Law Director and Finance Director.

Promote initiatives that position Loveland to compete for new residents and businesses and keep those already here. As Ohio and the region lag in growth it is vital to achieve a competitive advantage so the services people have come to expect can be maintained without more taxes.

Be a responsible steward of the public trust by advocating innvesment in neighborhoods and protecting public assets

3. State three actions that you recommend to promote regional cooperation, and explain how you would implement each action? (150 word limit)

1. Be active in entities such as the metropolitan planning organization (OKI), county planning agencies, state and county municipal leagues, initiate dialogue with the township trustees' and clerks' association (the forms of government differ but the issues we face are similar).

2. Expand dialogue state-wide. The region's well being effects each local jurisdiction; the State's well being effects both. Local officials must be more involved in dealing with the legislature because too often local government is caught reacting to legislation that has adverse impact and it is too late to do anything about it.

3. Work to form alliances and partnerships among government, education, community and business groups.

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