John W. O'Brien on the Issues

In my opinion the most important issues facing our Commissioners are:

1. Job retention and creation.
2. Good, conservative fiscal management of our finances and
3. Efficiency.

Job Creation

We must work every day with our economic development partners in the region to promote Miami County and the Miami Valley to bring good paying jobs to our area. We must also make sure our current businesses have all the resources they need to continue to provide our county with the current jobs we have. We must also use our assets to recruit new jobs of all kinds to give our citizens opportunities to better their own and their families lives. We can do this by working with all parts of the public and private sector in Miami county and our neighboring counties in each direction. I believe this can be done while keeping our counties rural and agricultural heritage

Fiscal Management

County government must keep a watchful eye on its operating budget. We must continue to balance the budget while maintaining our financial standing with the banking and financial markets.

3. Making County Government more efficient and user friendly

County government must continue to update its technology infrastructure. We have started to update many of our technology systems but we can still improve our operations with up-to-date technology. We must us this new technology to work smarter and offer easier ways for our citizens to do business with Miami County