League of Women Voters of Ohio
Hamilton County, OH November 4, 2003 Election
	John F. Schlagetter 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?

By phasing out the unvoted Property Tax; rationalizing the SORTA subsidy; not taxing 401(k) contributions; leveraging our Foreign Trade Zone; targeting investment in Neighborhood Business Districts; create BRIDGE accounts to facilitate new business creation; facilitate cooperative distribution for small urban stores.

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?

Cincinnati needs to assume a leadership position in these organizations as we are and must remain the region's social, cultural and economic engine. As Councilor, I will ensure Cincinnati does its part for the region by engaging in healthy competition for jobs, residents and tourists that strengthens our area.

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?

My platform, The Schlagetter Plan for Cincinnati 2020: The Queen City Reinvented, includes a robust plan for reducing, re-using and recycling waste. Tax Credits for recycled and green building products; localizing the recycling of scrap tires, and exploring a local bottle deposit are some ideas I describe.