Term: 2 years
Salary: $54,942.01
Job Description: To represent the people of the district and the State of Ohio in dealing with matters not allocated to the federal government.
Question 1: What are your suggestions for reconciling state revenue shortfalls with increasing costs for state services?
Question 2: How much of public education should be funded by the state? Explain your answer.
VOTE FOR ONE
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Daniel Jack Williamson
435 W. Lorain st.
Oberlin, OH 44074
Party: Republican
Age: 39
Education: B.A. in International Relations from the Ohio State University
Occupation: Substitute teacher
Training and Experience: Volunteer Intern in Governor Voinovich’s office in spring 1992.
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Response to Question 1: I propose a complete restructuring of state and local taxes to relieve some of the tax burden that weighs so heavily on fixed income households. The cost central issue in this campaign is jobs. I have a plan to create jobs that particularly targets our local area, but that will be of benefit to the state as well. Growing our economy in this fashion will increase government revenues. When cutting spending, I abhor across-the-board cuts, because some programs are more important than others. We must prioritize programs and cut the lowest priorities first while preserving the highest priorities.
Response to Question 2:
If we wish to compete globally, we should be providing more than adequate resources to our schools. I would like to see the state provide $14000 per enrolled student. Many school districts spend much less, in fact, the most effective school districts require an average of about $8000 per student. School districts will have to plan very carefully to avoid the temptation to spend the money all at once, because payroll and health benefits are likely ot climb and there would be no separate allocation for capital funds. There is no higher priority for state spending than public education.
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