Challenger says Trumbull commissioner Fuda lacks aggressiveness

Published: Thu, April 17, 2014 @ 12:06 a.m.

By Ed Runyan

runyan@vindy.com

WARREN

Frank Fuda says Trumbull County has built miles of sewer and water lines, gotten loads of snow plowing and grass cutting from jail inmates and kept its finances in order over the seven years hes been county commissioner.

He cites $50 million in new sewer and water lines, $27 million of which came from grants.

We have eliminated 17 percent of the septic systems by replacing them with new sewer systems, making it easier for citizens to sell their homes and for industries to locate in our county, he said.

A program Fuda helped start put jail inmates to work shoveling driveways and cutting grass. It has saved more than $2 million since it began in 2007, he said. The sheriffs office has secured $2 million worth of surplus military items, such as vehicles and kitchen supplies, he said.

More sewers are needed, and additional problems exist with public transportation and drug abuse, he said.

His opponent for commissioner in the May 6 Democratic primary, Lisha Pompili-Baumiller, a longtime Hubbard council member, agrees that transportation is a problem, saying she will work diligently to bring senior transportation back, services that were cut.

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Challenger says Trumbull commissioner Fuda lacks aggressiveness