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County Commissioner: Contrada vs. Sarantou Both Sylvania Township Trustee Carol Contrada (D) and Toledo City Councilman George Sarantou (R), candidates for Lucas County Commissioner, said if elected commissioner they’d focus on economic development and fiscal responsibility.
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Sarantou, who has experience working with joint economic agreements with Maumee, Monclova and recently Perrysburg as part of Council, said he would bring 28 years of business experience to the commissioner position. His top priority would to make sure the county is focusing on sound economic development, he said. If elected, Contrada would begin securing federal dollars to develop a
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comprehensive economic development strategy for the region, she said. Both said they’d go through the county’s budget line by line, eliminating waste. “I think it’s critically important to manage expenses and be accountable to the taxpayer. We need to make sure the service they think they’re paying for, is what they are getting,” Contrada said. Sarantou said he has helped cut the
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Visit www.toledofreepress.com m city’s budget for the past nine years. “We need to go through each department’s budget. They just found a reserve in the dog warden’s budget. I suspect there are other reserve funds,” Sarantou said. Contrada wants to bring an outside voice to the Board of Lucas CONTRADA County Commissioners. Her experience in Sylvania Township will help her represent the 11 other townships in the county, she said. Sarantou said if elected to the commissioner’s office, he would host meetings in townships and villages. “My goal is to improve the communications, work with the suburban government,” he said. “It’s important for us to go out and find out what we can do to improve their situations.” Sarantou said electing him as commissioner would help balance the county government, which is run by
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two Democrat commissioners. Sarantou has served eight years on council and was re-elected for this third term as an at-large member in November. Sarantou is finance committee chairman and is a member of Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Government’s transSARANTOU portation council as well as a member of the Downtown Improvement District board of directors. As trustee, Contrada helped the township achieve a Double-A rating, maintained and improved the township’s infrastructure and improved emergency services, she said. Contrada has served seven years as trustee and is first chairwoman of TMACOG’s executive board. A personal injury lawyer, she is a member of the practice Contrada & Associates.
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