League of Women Voters of Ohio
Hamilton County, OH November 4, 2003 Election
	Sam Malone 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.

Read the answers from all candidates.

Questions & Answers

1. How would you implement your top priority?

Our public safety forces can be enhanced through collaborative ventures with high-profile departments in our region. I will support ongoing efforts to upgrade equipment and facilities with advanced technology to improve overall effectiveness. Assessment, Education, Training, and Reassessment are the keys to maintaining a strong public safety force. Those things we do well, we will continue to do well, and where we can improve, we will do so through Assessment, Education, Training, and Reassessment.

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?

I will be a strong proponent of city council collaboration with regional organizations within Cincinnati's 13 county CMSA. This means that I will brainstorm with representatives from the Mill Creek Watershed Council, Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services Air Quality Division, OKI, COMPASS and the Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission to develop local solutions that empower the entire region. Particularly, I will ensure the city's involvement with The Ohio River Corridor Initiative.

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?

Yes, I will continue to support the curbside recycling program. In addition, I will support programs that utilize post-consumer recycled materials to supply public facilities and parks with benches, picnic tables, and trash receptacles. Supporting similar programs to the latter will allow the city to take advantage of the 50% grant offered through The Ohio Division of Recycling and Litter Prevention on the first-time purchase of goods made from at least 10% recycled material.