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David Pepper
34,405 votes
7.98%
- Occupation: City Councilman & Attorney
- B.A., Yale University; J.D., Yale Law School
- Born and raised in Greater Cincinnati; fifth-generation Cincinnatian
- Elected to Council in 2001: Chairman of Council Neighborhoods Committee; Chairman of Rules Committee
- Spent three years advising St. Petersburg, Russia on good government and economic growth
- Clerked for Federal Judge Nathaniel Jones
- Volunteer as mentor, pro bono attorney, and serve on various nonprofit boards
Priorities:
- Safe, Revitalized Neighborhoods for All
- Economic Growth and Opportunity
- Youth Opportunity and Education
Alicia Reece
32,078 votes
7.44%
- Occupation: Vice President #Communiplex Promotions; Radio Host
- Neighborhood: Bond Hill
- Education: Withrow High School, International Studies (1989), Grambling State University, B.A. Mass Communications
- Small Business Woman
- Coordinator/Countywide Democratic "Get Out To Vote" Campaign
- Congressional Community Outreach Director (Congressman David Mann)
- Campaign Manager, Steven Reece for Congress
Priorities:
- Neighborhood Healthcare
- Neighborhood Development
- Small Business Recruitment & Retention
Laketa Cole
27,644 votes
6.41%
- Occupation: Full time Councilmember
- B.A. Degree Political Science from Wittenberg University
- Post graduate studies toward Masters in Public Administration
Priorities:
- Neighborhood development and revitalization
- Economic development and increased support for small business
- Reduce crime and the perception that downtown is not safe after dark
Jim Tarbell
27,480 votes
6.37%
- Occupation: Restauranteur (27 years), Member of Council 5 years
- Neighborhood: Over-the-Rhine
- Education: St. Xavier & Withrow High, University of Cincinnati, Lowell Institute
- Community service for over 40 years, 5 years on Council
- Husband (25 years) and father (4 children)
Priorities:
- Reestablishing downtown/inner city stability and sense of neighborhood
- Public safety # addressing street crime
- Neighborhood business district revitalization
John Cranley
26,980 votes
6.26%
- Occupation: Cincinnati City Councilman; Adjunct Professor, UC College of
- Neighborhood: Price Hill
- Education: B.A., John Carroll University, 1996, J.D. Harvard Law School, 1999, M.T.S., Harvard Divinity School, 2000.
Priorities:
- Improve basic services & safety, and crack down on blight
- Make Main Street a place where all ages and races can gather
- Get interchange at I-71 & MLK to bring jobs to the neighborhoods
Pat DeWine
26,573 votes
6.16%
- Occupation: Attorney, Keating, Muething, & Klekamp, P.L.L.
- Neighborhood: Oakley
- Education: Miami University: Bachelor of Science, Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs, 1990, Bachelor of Arts, History, 1990
- Education: University of Michigan School of Law,Juris Doctorate, 1994
- Cincinnati City Council since 1999
- Chairman of the Law and Public Safety Committee
Priorities:
- Improve the quality of life for citizens in every City neighborhood;
- Make neighborhoods safer by reducing crime; and
- Control wasteful city spending and reduce the tax burden on homeowners.
Christopher Smitherman
25,483 votes
5.91%
- Occupation: Financial Planner, self-employed
- Neighborhood: North Avondale
- Education: School for the Creative and Performing Arts, B.A. Criminal Justice from The Ohio State University, M.A. Counseling from Bowling Green State
Priorities:
- Racial Reconciliation
- Healthier police-community relations
- Greater fiscal responsibility for City funds and business negotiations (Kroger, Convergys, Cincinnati Bell)
Sam Malone
24,002 votes
5.57%
- Occupation: Business Consultant
- Neighborhood: Bond Hill
- Education: Associate of Arts, Vincennes University. Pursuing completion of Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, Xavier University
- President of Bond Hill Community Council
- President of Lincoln-Douglass Club
- Vice-President, Bond Hill Urban Redevelopment Corporation
Priorities:
- Increase public safety through strengthening safety officers' training, effectiveness, facilities, and equipment
- Increase economic development through reduced taxes, increased home-ownership, and faith-based initiatives
- Workforce development through expanded career services, employer/education partnerships, and ex-offender programs
David C. Crowley
22,713 votes
5.27%
- Occupation: Small Business Man
- Neighborhood: Walnut Hills
- Education: Masters Degree in Social Work (1961), Masters Degree in International Affairs (1982)
Priorities:
- Strengthen relationship between the City and Cincinnati Public Schools to revitalize neighborhoods.
- Improve race, community and police relations to reduce crime and improve safety.
- Continue to support economic development and promote small business development.
Damon Lynch, III
21,764 votes
5.05%
- Occupation: Senior Pastor, New Prospect Baptist Church
- Neighborhood: East Price Hill
- Education: Bachelor of Science from Cincinnati Bible College and Seminary, Cincinnati, OH
- Faculty Member of Northwestern University, Asset Based Community Development Institute
Priorities:
- Neighborhood economic development and implementation of community approved and updated neighborhood development plans
- Education--with more collaboration between city government and Cincinnati Public Schools.
- Jobs--Workforce development policy that targets the underserved. Protecting city workers jobs.
Leslie Ghiz
19,916 votes
4.62%
- Occupation: Attorney
- Neighborhood: Hyde Park
- Education: Juris Doctorate
- Former Chief Labor Negotiator for the City
Priorities:
- Enhance services currently provided to the Cincinnati Public Schools
- Immediately streamline the development/business permit process
- Work with the Police Administration to create a zero tolerance policy for drug and weapons crime
Chris R. Monzel
19,197 votes
4.45%
- Occupation: Engineer, City Councilman
- Purdue University, B.S. Aero-Engineering
- University of Cincinnati, M.S. Aero-Engineering
- Harvard University, Masters Public Policy
Priorities:
- Safer streets and improving the quality of life in all neighborhoods.
- Business/economic development: attract new businesses, retain existing ones, especially small neighborhood businesses.
- City government reform: we must work smarter by eliminating waste and inefficiency.
Barbara W. Trauth
17,480 votes
4.05%
- Occupation: Artist
- Neighborhood: Hyde Park
- Education: BA Edgecliff College, 1969
- Native Cincinnatian, lived in the city limits for 33 years
- Have worked downtown and had a freelance business for many years
Priorities:
- Safety
- Economic Development
- Watching over taxpayer money
John C. Connelly
14,047 votes
3.26%
- Occupation: Attorney
- JD, University of Cincinnati College of Law
- BA, Georgetown University
- St. Xavier High School
- Former Senate staffer for Senator Mike DeWine
Priorities:
- Economic development
- Crime/Safety
- Strong mayor
Pete G. Witte
13,479 votes
3.13%
- Occupation: Owner, Baron Engraving
- President, Price Hill Civic Club
- Member, Cincinnati Planning Commission
- Husband, Father of 2 beautiful children
- Chair-elect HCRPC Planning Partnership
Priorities:
- Increased Police Presence
- District Representation
- Develop strong relationship between city and county gov't
Terry Deters
11,889 votes
2.76%
- Occupation: President # Ralph Meyer & Deters Funeral Home, Inc.
- Neighborhood: Price Hill
- Education: B.S. Ball State University, Criminal Justice & Corrections
- Business owner & lifelong resident of Cincinnati
- Married, father of 3 children.
Priorities:
- Clean # Enforce litter laws and housing ordinances
- Safe # Better trained, increased numbers, fully supported police
- Inviting # Create consumer friendly city bureaucracy
John F. Schlagetter
11,420 votes
2.65%
- Occupation: Architect
- B. Arch, U. of Cincinnati 1989
- MBA U. of Miami, 1998
- Board Member, Charter Committee of Greater Cincinnati, Stonewall Cincinnati, Ohioans for Growth and Equality
- President, Cincinnati Citizen Police Academy Alumni Association
- Adjunct Faculty, College of Mount Saint Joseph
Priorities:
- Re-Employ Cincinnati by creating 30,000 new jobs by 2020
- Re-Populate Cincinnati by renovating and building 60,000 housing units by 2020
- Re-Create Cincinnati by developing a Tourism Economy
Tom Jones
10,441 votes
2.42%
- Occupation: Digital photography and Videographer
- Former President of the Avondale Community Council
- Former President of the Burnet Ave Business Assc.
- President of the Community Public Safety Task Force
Priorities:
- Witness Protection Program
- Economic Development
- Downtown Business and Community redevelopment
Samuel T. Britton
9,778 votes
2.27%
- Occupation: Occupation: Real Estate Broker
- Party: Democratic
- Neighborhood: Madisonville
- I am respected for my integrity, intelligence, honesty as an elected official and as a respected family man.
- Served as State Representative 30th District
Howard H. Bond
8,260 votes
1.92%
- Occupation: Managing Director
- The Phoenix Executech Group
- Cincinnati Park Board Commissioner
- Former elected member, Cincinnati Board of Education
- Former Chair, Cincinnati Business Incubator
- Former President, National Association of Executive Recruiters
- B.S. Social Sciences, Concentration in Economics & Political Science, Eastern Michigan University
Priorities:
- Creating jobs and economic opportunities for all Cincinnatians
- Developing meaningful police / community relationships
- Bringing back clean safe neighborhoods and everyday safe enviroments
Nick Spencer
7,378 votes
1.71%
- Occupation: Consultant
- Founder of Cincinati Tomorrow
- Former Campaign Aide to John McCain
- Former Personal Aide to George Voinovich
Priorities:
- Reinvigorate our economy by ending corporate welfare, supporting small businesses and entrepreneurs.
- Attract and retain young people through urban revitalization and the arts.
- Invest in diversity: repeal Article 12, support neighborhoods and minority-owned businesses.
Marilyn Hyland
5,864 votes
1.36%
- Occupation: Marketing and Economic Development Strategist
- Clifton School
- Walnut Hills High School Diploma `65
- University of Cincinnati, BA Economic Geography '68
- MA Work, Clark U., Worcester, Mass 68-70, Economic Geography and Psychology of Perception
Priorities:
- Create a standard of fairness that is the basis of every decision
- Open Communication; citizen community visioning and implementation
- Create a catalyst of fun on the river with signature amusement rides
Brian Crum Garry
5,504 votes
1.28%
- Occupation: Teacher, Environmentally Sound Construction
- Neighborhood: Bond Hill
- Education: B.A. in Music Composition
- Single Father
- Born and Raised in Bond Hill
- Devout Student of Rev. Maurice McCrackin
- Street Level Community Activist
Priorities:
- To be a bridge across the racial and economic divide.
- To address the underlying causes of crime.
- To make Cincinnati a fair and just place for all people - young and old, black and white, rich and poor, gay and straight, men and women
Eric Wilson
2,686 votes
0.62%
- Occupation: Mortgage Banker
- Neighborhood: Mt. Auburn
- Education: B.A. Political Science, University of Cincinnati.Attend Golden Gate University Law School
- Work performed with the Ohio House of Representatives
- Work performed with the Democratic National Committee in Washington, D.C
Priorities:
- Better balance between downtown development and neighborhood development
- Acknowledging and addressing disparity of treatment among some of our citizens
- Foster more support for our public schools
Glenn O. Givens, Sr.
2,327 votes
0.54%
- Occupation: Labor/Management Consultant
- Neighborhood: Kennedy Heights
- Education: Cincinnati Public Schools, M.A. Social Science, Cal. State
- Thirty years occupational experience in Labor/Management matters
Priorities:
- Employment opportunities through growth in large and small businesses
- General Safety to the entire public, by adding additional peace officers.
- Decent and affordable housing, especially for the low wage earners
Larry J. Frazier
2,323 votes
0.54%
- Occupation: Self-Employed Tailor
- Neighborhood: Walnut Hills
- Education: U.C. Liberal Arts
- Co-chair of CDC Committee of Democratic Party
- Precinct Executive and Ward Chairman
- Job as council aide
Priorities:
- To create new tax revenues that will not burden the citizens
- Put an end to the boycott
- Equal access to public property
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