Jo Ellen Litz
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Jo Ellen Litz
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People Above Politics Taking Action, Getting Results. 2501 Cumberland St., Lebanon PA 17042 274-1175 If you demand open government, drop me a note to receive email alerts informing you of meeting highlights that let you know how commissioners vote on issues. Litz@mbcomp.com Team Litz: Honorary Chair: Lt. Gov. Catherine Baker Knoll Chair: Jeff Werner Treasurer: Richelle Whitman
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2003 Survey: Copy and paste these questions into an email, and tell me what you think. A simple yes or no will do, but a short summary of your reasoning is also welcome. Send to Litz@mbcomp.com CRIME: 1) Should we be tough on criminals? __yes __no 2) Do you agree with using programs like work release, house arrest, and community service for non-violent offenders? __yes __no 3) Do you agree that prisoners should help to pay for their room and board while incarcerated in county prison? __yes __no 4) Would you support an expansion of the County prison to house violent offenders? __yes __no 5) Should the office of District Attorney be full-time? __yes __no Crime Survey Results updated 2/22/03:
LAND USE: 1) Do you support farmland preservation? __yes __no 2) Do you agree that we can't totally stop growth, and it's better to plan where we will allow growth? __yes __no 3) Do you feel an updated comprehensive plan is a good tool to channel growth to less productive land. __yes __no 4) Do you favor tax breaks like Keystone Opportunity Zones (KOZ) in order to revitalize downtowns and reuse old industrial sites? __yes __no 5) Do you think the Tax Increment Financing (TIF) program that channels fifty percent of taxes paid into infrastructure (water, sewer, roads) for a fixed period of time is good for both businesses to create jobs and our local economy? __yes __no 6) Do you support pursuing grants to complete a trail system for Lebanon County that would run from Swatara State Park and the Appalachian Trail in the north to the Lebanon Valley Rail Trail and Governor Dick in the south attaching to the Lancaster County trail as well as from the Swatara Water Trail that connects to both the Dauphin County Greenway and Horseshoe Trail in the west to the Tulpehocken Trail, Berks County, in the east, and intersecting with the N/S trail at the Union Canal Tunnel? __yes __no Land Use Survey Results updated 2/22/03
COURTHOUSE ISSUES: 1) Should counties undertake the time and expense to complete a reassessment of all property parcels? __yes __no 2) If state and federal funds are available, do you favor new voting machines that would be more accessible to the handicap, take up less storage space, and be both less cumbersome and less expensive to transport to polling places? __yes __no 3) In addition to the ramp from the parking lot, do you feel that there should be a wheelchair accessible ramp to the Courthouse along South 8th Street? __yes __no 4) Do you agree that County employees are hard working and honest? __yes __no 5) Do you have any suggestions on how to improve county government? __yes __no If so, please explain. 6) Is it important to you to have a full-time county commissioner? __yes __no 7) What other qualities are you looking for in your county commissioner? __yes __no 8) Does it matter to you in which party a commissioner candidate is registered? __yes __no 9) Have you made up your mind about who you are going to vote for in the commissioner's race? __yes __no Optional. If the commissioner's race were held today, which two candidates would you vote for: __Carpenter, __Griffith, __Jarboe, __Keefer, __Litz, __Rhoads, __Stichler, __Stohler, __Wolfe ? Court House Survey Results updated 2/22/03.
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