Mayor Jane Campbell recently launched a "zero-blight initiative" to deal with vacant housing in Cleveland. Do you feel the plan is adequate? If not, what steps would you take to deal with vacant homes?Forty words or less? The fourth question itself is forty-nine words long. How the hell would anyone give a meaningful answer to any of these questions in forty words?
In 40 words or less, please explain what more Cleveland can do to lure businesses and jobs.
In 40 words or less, cite specific actions you would take to reduce drug dealing and nuisance crimes such as vandalism, loud music and loitering, in city neighborhoods.
Many suburbs in Greater Cleveland are debating forms of regionalism, such as merging fire services, sharing equipment, sharing recreation facilities, creating a countywide recreation district, to reduce the cost of services. Should Cleveland be a part of these discussions? In 40 words or less, please explain why or why not.
Memo to the editors of the Plain Dealer: In forty words or less, please explain exactly how you decided that the largely theoretical issue of "regional services" should take priority over the following questions for Council candidates:
As a member of City Council you would effectively control hundreds of thousands of dollars in annual "ward allocations" of CDBG and infrastructure funds. What process would you use to determine the uses of this money each year?Remember, your answer will be edited if it exceeds forty words. Thanks for your prompt response.
Do you think there should be fewer City Council members? How would you react to the current Ohio Citizens' League petition to cut the number of ward council seats in half?
Please explain the proper relationship between a City Council member and the community development corporation, if any, working in your ward.
As a Council member, would you support a new convention center plan that required the imposition of taxes on your constituents? Under what circumstances?
Next Summer, Council will be asked to approve a cable TV franchise renewal and transfer from Adelphia to Time-Warner. Do you have any concerns or proposals to bring to this process? What are your goals, if any, for telecommunications and information technology development in your ward?
Do you agree with the idea of city-imposed limits or living wage requirements on big box grocery stores being built in the city? If not, what would you do, if anything, to promote the survival of neighborhood grocery stores?
What are your plans to help the residents of your ward deal with energy costs, if any? Specifically discuss the role of the city-owned electric utility.
What are your specific plans, if any, to improve the education and income prospects of the poorest 25% of your ward's residents?