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Hamilton County, OH November 8, 2011 Election
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List of Accomplishments

By Wendell Young

Candidate for Council Member; City of Cincinnati

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A brief list of some of the accomplishments Councilman Wendell Young has completed in his year on Council.
Accomplished:

  • Created legislation that allows people to hail a taxi cab in Cincinnati

  • Sponsored Motion for a feasibility study of sharing administrative services between Metropolitan Sewer District and Water Works, and the resulting study predicted savings of $68-$105 million over the next 10 years by doing so

  • Sponsored a Resolution opposing the move of of the Post Office away from the Dalton Street location

  • Repealed Marijuana Ordnance, made motion to move savings into Human Services Funding

  • New traffic signal at California and Reading after citizen complaints

  • Streets repaved on Forest Park Dr. after citizen complaints

  • Sponsored the Resolution that declares Reds Opening Day an official ceremonial holiday in Cincinnati

  • Sponsored Resolution opposing Senate Bill 5, testified before Ohio House in opposition

  • Worked to bring grocery stores back to Roselawn and Clifton

  • Worked in support of Christ Hospital, when they were under threat of shut down by the federal government

  • Signed motion stopping casino money from being spent before public hearings

  • Worked (and continues to work) closely with the community in support of keeping open the Walnut Hills branches of the YMCA, including hosting a public hearing attended by nearly 300 people

  • Holding a series of public hearings for taxi reform, including the inclusion of accessible taxis and addressing how taxis can best work with Cincinnati's hotels and businesses

  • Sponsored a Resolution in support of the Madisonville Community and the citizen input of their Community Advisory Committee for the Eastern Corridor Project

Supported in Voting/Actions:

  • Health Clinics (including to create a new free, federally-funded health clinic in Avondale) and School Nurses

  • Swimming Pools (helped find the funding to keep them open in 2011)

  • Encouraged good government by reforming the dance hall and liquor license process

  • Sought transparency by calling a hearing on the Diana Frey matter

  • Worked to preserve funding for the indigent care levy

  • Brought together a committee of leaders, engineers, and safety officers from Cincinnati and Covington to make the Brent Spence Bridge safer

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