League of Women Voters of Ohio Education Fund
Hamilton County, OH November 2, 2010 Election
	Curtis A. Wells Answers Questions Candidate for State Representative; District 33

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Questions & Answers

1. What are your Qualifications for Office? (50 word limit)

My experiences in the classroom as an educator, in the treatment setting as a service provider, in the urban community as a grassroots activist have facilitated my maturation into an unbiased assessor of Ohio's social condition. Therefore, my record of corrective governmental advocacy and independent candidacy qualifies me for office.

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

1. Intrastate Business Development for TIF District Residents: Draft and vet "The Intrastate Economics Advancement Bill" to facilitate active investment by Ohio's TIF district residents, allowing firms "first refusal" and manageable payment consideration of Ohio's surplus assets, and to produce intrastate contracting and commerce between the active investment by Ohio's TIF district residents and Ohio's rural property owners and rural businesses.
2. Income Tax Credit for Residential Property Owners in Downsized OSFC-funded School Districts: Draft and vet legislation that gives income tax relief to residential property owners in school districts where voter-approved, debt-issued school facilities projects have downsized.

3. Ohio is facing a huge budget deficit for the FYs ending in 2012 and 2013. What specific revenue increases would you support and what cuts would you make to balance the budget? (150 word limit)

I would support legislation and administrative policy for the following: 1. Salary freeze for all state employees;
2. Prohibit double dipping by state employees; 3. Increase incrementally the corporate activity tax on firms with 50 or more employees; 4. Combine selected government operations to reduce duplicated supplies and materials (via occupational cluster analysis); 5. Secure 50 percent ownership for the State of Ohio in all renewable and alternative energies development.

4. What should be done to ensure that all community schools and nonpublic schools that accept state financial support (including vouchers) are accountable to the public? (150 word limit)

I would support legislation that mandates the following for any school that does not meet A.Y.P.: 1. Prior to the start of the next school year, a minimum of two public hearings, requiring broad media disclosure, adequate seating for the public, and all faculty and staff in attendance;
2. Implementation of a statewide pay decrease scale for all public school districts and community schools, which will be applied on a school basis.

5. What would you propose, if anything, to change Ohio’s tax structure? (150 word limit)

I would support legislation that incrementally increases the corporate activity tax for companies with more than 40 employees and the individual income tax for individuals who earn more than $300,000 a year.

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