Latest featured videos from DaytonDailyNews.com
View All

Top Jobs

Voters' Guide: City of West Carrollton

Information compiled by the Dayton League of Women Voters.

Back

Candidates for Council City of West Carrollton

Race Information:

Elect 4

Candidates are displayed in random order

Name: Linda Lotspaih
Residence: West Carrollton
Incumbent: Yes
Experience:
Married to husband Mike for 38 years. Three children and seven grandchildren. Graduate of West Carrollton High School. served on City Beautiful Commission, Board of Zoning, First Tier Suburbs, YMCA Advisory Board, Property Maintenance, worked with the West Carrollton Schools.
If the recession continues, what impact will that have on West Carrollton’s budget and what proactive measures should the council be making to assure that essential services continue for West Carrollton residents?

The recession has impacted our 2009-2010 budgets. Three main points are to balance the budget, maintain our excellent services, and keep city workers employed. Our proactive measure for 2009 is every department is cutting their costs by 3%. We are creating an Employee Leadership Committee to help with suggestions to cut costs. As we work on the balancing our 2010 budget, we will consider every suggestion. I appreciate your support to achieve this goal.

Name: Harold Robinson
Residence: West Carrollton
Incumbent: Yes
Experience:
Married, four children graduated form WC schools, three grandchildren; self employed; graduated from Patterson Cooperative HS, Dayton; Served 16 years on WC Board of Education, 6 years on MVCTC Board of Education; Currently in 4th year on WC City Council.
If the recession continues, what impact will that have on West Carrollton’s budget and what proactive measures should the council be making to assure that essential services continue for West Carrollton residents?

The recession is impacting West Carrollton as it is every other city. Our intent is to maintain the high level of services our residents expect (police, fire, streets) and avoid employee layoffs. Good Stewardship of taxpayer dollars must always be the first focus. We are forming an employee leadership committee with representatives from all employee groups to keep them informed and to seek their help and advice through this crisis.

Name: Tony Caldwell
Residence: West Carrollton
Incumbent: No
Experience:
No Response
Name: James Bowers
Residence: West Carrollton
Incumbent: Yes
Experience:
Lifelong West Carrollton resident; married 34 years to wife Donna; three children and one grandchild; MBA University of Dayton; retired business owner; advocate for abused and neglected children; City Councilman for 4 years.
If the recession continues, what impact will that have on West Carrollton’s budget and what proactive measures should the council be making to assure that essential services continue for West Carrollton residents?

Council is taking an aggressive approach to ensure that essential services continue for our residents. We have requested that departments reduce their 2010 budget requests by 3%. City Council authorized asking employees to accept a wage freeze for next year to avoid layoffs. We will also restrict travel and reduce the number of issues of the City Newsletter. Council will also look at a series of revenue enhancements. City services and jobs will be protected!

Name: Edward Jones
Residence: West Carrollton
Incumbent: No
Experience:
West Carrollton resident since 1983, Education: High School, Southwestern College Business Administration. Honored by Congress Tom Delay with National Leadership Award in 2003 for the Business Advisory Council.
If the recession continues, what impact will that have on West Carrollton’s budget and what proactive measures should the council be making to assure that essential services continue for West Carrollton residents?

If elected to this office to serve the citizens of West Carrollton and move the city in a positive direction I have the experience it will take to influence new businesses to relocate or set up in West Carrollton thus creating reveneue and jobs also keeping our property values up. We are in a recession, cutting back on the essentials is not an option however we could cut back on such things as the traffic cameras. West Carrollton has a capable police force.

Name: James Folker
Residence: West Carrollton
Incumbent: Yes
Experience:
Married to wife Susan for 34 years; 3 children and 5 grandchildren; Education: Sinclair Community College-AS Industrial Engineering; Occupation: Director of Manufacturing Support at Dayton Progress Corporation. Served on City Council sincde january 2008.
If the recession continues, what impact will that have on West Carrollton’s budget and what proactive measures should the council be making to assure that essential services continue for West Carrollton residents?

Great services are essential to our citizens in the city of West Carrollton. We have great services today and we must continue to have them in the future. We continue to be proactive in keeping our budgets in line and reducing budgets where needed without having any affect on the city services. Especially in today's economy, we must above all be good stewards of taxpayer money without any adverse affect in service.