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Candidates Answer Questions on the Issues
See below for questions on
transportation,
campaign finance,
planning
Click on a name for other candidate information.
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1. What are your views regarding the need for public transportation in your community to promote access to employment throughout the region?
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Answer from James R. Bell:
Public transportation needs improvement to reduce traffic and improve the environment. It should be self supporting as much as possible
Answer from Tom Ryther:
Public transportation has become a critical issue for southwestern Ohio.
Mariemont presently has access to and benefits from public transit. Alternative transportation
modes are important to the Village and its future. This issue is becoming ever more urgent as air
quality and roadways are increasingly diminished with greatear number of vehicles. This is a
difficult issue to address and begin to resolve. It is critical that the public discussion and debate
continue. This can allow the public awareness of the issues, alternatives, and the need for action
to be broadened.
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2. Would you be in favor of county-wide campaign finance regulations that would provide for public matching funds, limit campaign contributions and provide for more disclosure? State your opinions on these ideas; whether you would support or oppose them.
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Answer from James R. Bell:
Campaign Finances should be regulated in amount. I do not support providing public matching funds to candidates. General access to media outlet should be equalized as much as possible
Answer from Tom Ryther:
Comprehensive planning includes land use planning. Both are
critical to the zoning process. Zoning potentially becomes arbitrary without the rational of a
comprehensive plan (the community vision of where it wishes its future to be.). Planning needs to
include significant public participation by all the interests effected by zoning decisions. It can
integrate the many pieces related to the use of the land (open space needs, infrastrcture needs,
compatible land uses as determined by the entire community, etc.) When this process is part of
land use decisions, elected officials have access to broader information to assist them in making
zoning decisions. The entire process of regulating land use benefits from this approach.
Zoning decisions made without the benefit of comprehensive planning can be a detriment to all
involved. There is increased potential for decisions lacking the following; community vision,
comprehensive consideration of the many factors relating to zoning decisions, and burdening all
involved with a regulatory process which may not address the participants needs of a zoning
decision. Adjacent property owners, the effect on future land use decisions, as well as the expense of a regulatory process by the applicant for zoning change, are all factors which serve as a detriment to the needs of those effected by land use decisions when planning is excluded from the process.
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3. What are the benefits/detriments to land use planning prior to zoning decisions?
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Answer from James R. Bell:
It assures well thought out intended uses that meet community desires prior to adopting regulations. A good idea!
Responses to questions asked of each candidate
are reproduced as submitted to the League, but formatted for Web display.
The order of the candidates is random and changes daily.
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