League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area Education Fund
Hamilton County, OH November 6, 2007 Election
	Russ Jackson Answers Questions Candidate for Trustee; Township of Anderson

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)

Completing my third term as Anderson Township Trustee and President, I am proud to have contributed to the development of the wonderful quality of life enjoyed by our citizens (from exciting trails system to renowned Greenspace program) while being instrumental in setting a standard for fiscal responsibility in local government.

2. What plans do you have to address your top three priorities? (100 word limit)

Anderson receives only $.13 from each property tax dollar to fund all of its highly-rated services. We have not had a levy on the ballot since the year 2000 and have put conservative budgets in place to forestall the need for one for perhaps another three years or more.

Using Tax Increment Financing Funds, I have personally helped initiate a number of actions formulated to generate a much needed "sense of community" in Anderson Township. These projects are all nearing completion within the next 6-12 months and I am committed to see them through to their successful culmination.

3. State three actions that you recommend to promote regional cooperation, and explain how you would implement each action? (150 word limit)

The Hamilton County Stormwater Oversight Committee is a rare local example of how regionalism can be achieved. As first chairman of this group, I have seen first hand how stable regional partnerships can be achieved, if all parties have compatible objectives..

Organizers of regional initiatives must learn that success can only be reached if all parties can reasonably expect to resolve the needs of their respective communities. What is potentially good for the whole must be equally good for its parts. The "Robin Hood" theory, often applied by folks who lack the fiduciary responsibility of local elected officials, dooms well-intended regionalism concepts from their outset. Local officeholders are not elected to solve the problems of the region, their first responsibility is to the communities they serve.

Regionalism can best be achieved by building on numerous small successes where communities with similar problems create their own joint solutions

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