Via the News-Herald
If elected,
Keeney said he intends to do more with the road department using the money that the township has. He believes that bringing in new officials can help with that goal.
“Being a road worker for Geauga County does give me some knowledge on roads and how they should be maintained,” he said later.
Keeney also would work to keep the township rural by keeping current zoning regulations and helping with needed zoning changes.
He would also focus on transparency and resident communications. He said that residents should feel like they are talking to a friend or neighbor when speaking with the officials who handle their tax dollars.
Should you be elected, what are three specific areas you’d like to change, address, improve or further research, and how specifically would you go about it?:
1. Get more things done with the road department working with the money we have. I believe having new people with fresh eyes and a different way of looking at things could help with this.
2. Keep Leroy rural. Our zoning laws are setup in a way that allows this and I will help maintain that or help with any changes that could be needed to keep it that way.
3. Transparency and communication with residents. We are a Township with a small population. The folks of Leroy should feel as if one of their friends or neighbors is handling the money that is forcefully taken from them and be able to reach out to them with any feedback and get a response that feels like its coming from a friend or neighbor and not a politician or government official.
Whether for past accomplishments or future goals, why should voters elect you?:
I have no political experience and I am not a politician. I am just a fellow community member who cares and wants to try to do right and help make our Township the best we can make it be. I have nothing negative to say about our current administration but we do need new blood in there and I hope to help inspire younger and newer people to take interest in the future. Being a road worker for Geauga County does give me some knowledge on roads and how they should be maintained and that can help when it comes to making short and long term plans on maintaining and repairing the roads we have now and setting them up to be upgraded in the future. We would all like to see our roads properly paved one day and not gone back to gravel.
Source the News-Herald