League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area Education Fund
Hamilton County, OH November 6, 2012 Election
	Todd B. Portune Answers Questions Candidate for Commissioner; County of Hamilton; 4 Year Term Starting 1/2/13

The questions were prepared by the League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area and asked of all candidates for this office.
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Questions & Answers

1. What are your qualifications for office? (50 Word limit)

20 years experience in local government - 12 as commissioner

Chair County Emergency Management; Transportation Improvement; and Recycling & Solid Waste Management

First Vice President at OKI - slated to become President when re-elected Commissioner

Small business owner

Member in my Church

Raising 3 children

2. What services do you believe should be considered basic and essential for the County? (100 word limit)

I believe the county's role is to provide basic fundamental services necessary to maintain an orderly, lawful and healthy community, and to be a catalyst for job creation.

Such services include: General Government services; public works functions such as roads, highways, bridges and sewer work and those utilities essential to the maintenance of life; transportation improvements; courts and appeals; law enforcement functions including: crime lab, coroner, patrols, probation, parole and corrections; tax collection, property recording; Emergency services, disaster relief, emergency warning and recovery services; and providing emergency safety nets for public health and social well being.

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