League of Women Voters of Ohio
Hamilton County, OH November 4, 2003 Election
	Mark F. Weber Answers Questions Candidate for Council Member; City of Blue Ash; Ward 5

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?

I would work with the City Manager and the rest of Ble Ash City Council to purchase the Blue Ash Airport property from the City of Cincinnati then and manage the development of the land adjacent to the airport property into a balance of recreation and commerical use.

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?

If reelected I would be involved in these importanat issues as these issuses arise for our city and our region.

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?

Blue Ash already promotes and supports recycling programs.