League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area Education Fund
Hamilton County, OH November 6, 2007 Election
	Wendell Young Answers Questions Candidate for Council Member; City of Cincinnati

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)

For more than 30 years, I have served Cincinnati as an employee and a manager. I have been active in civic organizations that work to make Cincinnati better. I have demonstrated my committment to Cincinnati. I know our neighborhoods and their issues. I have the experience to make a difference.

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

I want to explore the use of technology aimed at improving and maintaing city services without raising taxes. I believe we can become more efficient with service delivery and place more police officers on our streets.

Cincinnati has many pressing environmental issues that need to be addressed and monitored. I believe Cincinnati needs to bring back it's Office of Environmental Management. I will work to make that happen.

I want city council to partner with businesses, educational institutions, and neighborhoods to facilitate meaningful development to solve our transportation issues.

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

I believe issues of mass transportation, urban sprawl, air and water pollution are examples of issues that are almost impossible to solve without regional cooperation. Sharing the expense of waste disposal, safety protection, and more are areas worthy of exploration. If there is any hope of regional cooperation solving issues of mutual concern, we must have open and honest dialogue before the work can begin.

Build relationships: I would follow the mayor's initiative in this area. Before meaningful work on regional projects can be undertaken, the stakeholders must know and trust each other.

Identify the issues: There must be agreement among the stakeholders on which regional issues to address. Identify how each stakeholder benefits from tackling issues together.

Build a cooperative plan of action: Pooling regional influence and resources to finance projects is more likely to be successful than each stakeholder going it alone.

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