Jeff Andrews - wow, amazing marketing

I happened across Jeff Andrews web marketings. Man, he's set the bar high! I love the use of Social Media (Twitter) as a way to open up new ways of communication.

update: here's his address www.jeffandrews.net

And turns out we believe a lot of the same things:
-Ensure safety and education is a top priority. CHECK.
-Preserve our historic community. CHECK. CHECK.
-Ensure we're efficient and effective with village finances. CHECK CHECK.
-Encourage appropriate economic development to maintain premiere neighborhoods, support our local businesses and create new sources of revenue. CHECK
-Foster open, candid and respectful communication. CHECK CHECK

Great job Jeff. Looking fwd to a fun fall campaign.

Cortney

Andy Black on the web

I ran across Andy Black's campaign website this evening. Nice job, Andy! More open communication is a great thing. I especially like the calendar. Well done.

http://blackforcouncil.com/index.html

Cortney

Cortney Scheeser, TV Personality

I had my "closeup" this evening. I shot a 5 minute Public TV spot for the Fall election. Nerve wracking, but I think I did well. Good enough for 1 take! It'll show on the internet and on a Public TV rotation beginning end of the month. Here is the outline of my remarks:
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Intro
Background
-Town Meeting Candidate District 4
-Married and have 3 kids at MM Elem
-Business Analyst at P&G
Priorities
-Many difficult issues
-Focus on 3
-Budget
+most important issue
+live within our means
+example: reevaluate 2% raises (>80% of General Fund is Salary+Benefits). Unpopular but better than layoffs
-Zoning
+Support mixed use and condo development
+Need a way to improve run down properties
+However need to balance with preexisting Home owners
+40' height max is a better balance vs lower bungalows and cape cods
-Transparent Communication
+Council work for the Citizen
+Citizen is Boss
+We owe it to them to overcommunicate
+Need more avenues of communication both ways
+Trying to lead by example via my blog
Excited about the opportunity
Please vote for me in Nov

Income Tax base reduced if Dale Park Jr High leaves

I learned of an unitended side effect of a 4 School District Plan where Dale Park would be retired. I verified with Darlene Judd, Village Tax Administrator, that income tax is collected at the location where you work. So that means that Dale Park Teachers, Custodians, Staff, even the School District folks who leave the Village to work in Fairfax, for instance, = lower revenues for Mariemont. For each $1,000,000 in salary, we lose $12,500 in Income Tax.

This is a big deal for the Village, facing the $500,000 deficit in 2011. Another reason to keep all 5 open.

Cortney

John Altman's jumping in

I heard about John Altman's Facebook page this past week. John's one of 6 running for Village Council in November. I just checked it out - here's the link:
http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=john+altman&init=quick#/group.php?gid=124964336105

and link to his webpage per Facebook:
http://home.fuse.net/jma/

Way to go John! I love the transparency, and the reaching out to the Citizens. I'm a fan.

Almost as good as a blog :)

Cortney

Making the rounds

In the past couple days, I've been invited to submit election content to Public Access TV, the Enquirer, League of Women Voters and the Town Crier. Great opportunities to share with more and more folks what I'm about. My only dilemma is how to narrow it down. Lots to talk about!



Cortney

need a "broken" hotline

I walk to the bus nearly every morning, passing through the town square. Each monday (and possibly thursday), the streets are soaked due to unadjusted inground sprinkler spray runoff. Its a waste of water and money and the village should fix it.

I think we should have a "its broken pls fix" list on the website, monitored by the village. It could become a punch list each monday as departments decide on their priorities. Street light out? Stop sign blocked by overgrown tree branch? Tree uprooted a sidewalk? These non-emergency examples often go unaddressed for a long time. The citizens can and should be empowered to be the village's eyes/ears.

In the meantime, I'll send this on to the village as a one off request to adjust the sprinklers.

Cortney

Cortney Scheeser
Senior Analyst, Global Home Care & PGP
Phone: 513-983-0463
Mobile: 479-221-1752
Email, IM: scheeser.cm@pg.com

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