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By Fletcher Word\nThe Truth Editor<\/p>\n
By Fletcher Word
\nThe Truth Editor<\/p>\n
Michael Hood, longtime member of the Spencer Township Board of Trustees, is making another run for Lucas County Commissioner, a post currently held by Gary Byers who is running for re-election. Hood\u2019s other opponent is State Rep Lisa Sobecki. For Hood, he sees the prospects of public service at the county level as continuing the commitment to constituents he has followed in the township since being first elected to that job in 1986.<\/p>\n
\u201cI come from amongst the people and I listen to the needs of people,\u201d says Hood of his motivation to once again step up to the challenge of running for the position he failed to capture in 2014 and 2018. \u201cToo many politicians these days want to tell you what they want to do instead asking you what you want.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hood has put together a three-point platform to explain what he will be focused on should he win the race this time around. Those priorities, he explains, are what he has gathered from listening to his constituents and those who might someday be his constituents.<\/p>\n
Hood\u2019s number one priority is safety. Given the rise in violent crime in recent years, Hood\u2019s sees the need for elected officials to turn their attention to solving an issue that has caused such consternation in this and virtually all parts of the nation.<\/p>\n
Second on Hood\u2019s list is economic development.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe government should play a limited role in economic development,\u201d he explains. A believer in the now-three centuries old economic philosophy of laissez faire policy \u2013 an economic philosophy of free-market capitalism that opposes government intervention \u2013 the candidate believes that \u201cnobody is going to come save us \u2013 we have to learn to do that for ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hood believes that the African-American community must eschew the inadequate help that government purports to provide and take matters into its own hands \u2013 supporting and assisting each other.<\/p>\n
And third, there are the youth. \u201cThere needs to be more resources committed to youth \u2013 to programs and activities.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hood believes that there is a \u201csense of hopelessness among the youth in the African-American community. They are not feeling connected to anything. When I was growing up there were lots of things to do but over the last 30-40 years there has been a shift of resources from youth to the elderly. We can\u2019t take all the resources and shift them to the youth but we can [do things] to tell them what they can do and what they can\u2019t do.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hood has a record of accomplishment in Spencer Township, he has noted before, that stands as a testament to his ability to accomplish.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have the best roads in the county; we\u2019ve cleared up brown fields,\u201d he has said previously. \u201cI\u2019m a public servant and not a politician.\u201d Spencer Township, he adds is a beacon of cooperation with its neighbors, particularly Swanton and Whitehouse, \u201ccollaborating on fire protection, road repair projects and equipment purchases. We know how to do more with less through cooperation and dialogue. We treat our citizens as equal neighbors when the needs arise to keep public service levels up to par.\u201d<\/p>\n
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| .<\/p>\n Hood has also worked closely with Habitat for Humanity, the Port Authority and in Democratic Party politics for over 20 years and has been engaged with the Lucas County Board of Commissioners for as long as he has been on the board of trustees for Spencer Township.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cMy experience engaging with Lucas County and the City of Toledo on hundreds, if not a thousand issues, gives me the insight and expertise in many if not most of the county\u2019s activities,\u201d he once told The Truth. \u201cI think I can be a valuable asset in bringing people together and balancing the needs of citizens with the requirements of governance and large-scale community project management.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n The Hood campaign is accepting donations via mail at P.O. Box 443, Holland, OH 43528; through First Federal Delta Bank and the Zelle Account; GoFundMe. He can be reached by email at mikehood057@gmail.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Fletcher Word The Truth Editor Michael Hood, longtime member of the Spencer Township Board of Trustees, is making another run for Lucas County Commissioner, a post currently held by Gary Byers who is running for re-election. Hood\u2019s other opponent is State Rep Lisa Sobecki. For Hood, he sees the prospects of public service at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,17],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[111],"class_list":["post-4449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headline","category-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4449"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4451,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4449\/revisions\/4451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4449"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=4449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} |