League of Women Voters of Ohio
Hamilton County, OH November 4, 2003 Election
	Tony Upton Answers Questions Candidate for Trustee; Township of Green

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?

We have hired a consultant to work with T.S. staff, County Engineer, and Ohio Dept. of Transportation (ODOT) to implement recommendation of 2 consultants concerning Traffic Problems in Green T.S.

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?

The township has & will continue to participate. In addition, we have adopted policies & procedures to address these issues on a local basis.

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?

Continue to support yard waste recycling program presently in place. We will also have a hazardous waste materials clean up doing in G.T. We emphasize our recycling program in our annual newsletter.