League of Women Voters of Ohio Education Fund
Hamilton County, OH November 2, 2004 Election
	Martha Good Answers Questions Candidate for Clerk of Courts; County of Hamilton

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. What are your qualifications for office?

20 years of community leadership & service: work as a court mediator, judicial law clerk, attorney, PTA President & Board member, Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra Parent Board President & Auditions chair. Educator: 15 years experience teaching US Government(high school, college, law school). UC Law: graduated #1, Law Review, Human Rights Fellow, Order of Coif. Mother of three Walnut Hills students.

2. How would you implement your top priority?

Rather than posting all documents filed in Court on the Internet unedited, I would institute a system to safe guard private information (Social Security, driver's license, credit card, bank account numbers) while also creating safeguards and monitors for obtaining access to Court files.

3. What do you see as the two most pressing issues you would address if elected? What plans do you have relative to those issues?

1) Ensure Privacy: make Court documents accessible without sacrificing privacy -- protect private information (driver's license, Social Security, bank account, credit card numbers) from public Internet posting and create safeguards for access to Court files.

2) End Patronage: institute open and competitive hiring for Clerk's Office jobs to end patronage; advertise jobs publicly so all may apply; hire the best applicants regardless of political or social connections.