League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area Education Fund
	Hamilton County, OH November 8, 2011 Election
	Candidates Answer Questions on the Issues Mayor; Village of Golf Manor

The questions were prepared by the League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area and asked of all candidates for this office.     See below for questions on Basic Services, Budget, Clean Air Click on a name for candidate information.   See also more information about this contest. 1. What services do you believe should be considered basic and essential for the Village? Answer from Alan Zaffiro: Police, fire and paramedic services, of course. Infrastructure maintenance, community beautification, parks and recreation, enforcing standards for conduct and property maintenance are also vital services for stabilizing/revitalizing older communities. 2. How would you balance the Village Budget? Answer from Alan Zaffiro: Continue efforts to attract quality business enterprises to occupy vacant sites available in the village and to increase revenue from income taxes. Continue to improve efficiency of tax collections on money already due the village. Continue urban renewal activities to improve our image and increase property values. Continue program of process improvement within each department to obtain the best value for insurance, services, and all expenditures, and to increase efficiency of operations. 3. What actions will you take to support clean air? Answer from Alan Zaffiro: The village has already taken action to reduce energy consumption by replacing lighting, installing motion sensors, buying fuel-efficient vehicles, and replacing HVAC units with high-efficiency models. We are also involved in Hamilton County's climate initiative program and energy efficiency grant program. Responses to questions asked of each candidate are reproduced as submitted to the League.  Candidates' statements are presented as submitted. Word limits may apply. See individual questions for specific word limits. Direct references to opponents are not permitted. Please edit your work before submitting. We are unable to provide spell-check at this time. The order of the candidates is random and changes daily. Candidates who did not respond are not listed on this page.