Some excerpts from Hal Heiner’s interview:

LEO: What are some transparency initiatives you would implement as mayor to open up Metro government?
HH: The first step after being elected mayor would be to call for a full state audit of every department of Metro government so that we have a fresh start … and to release (the results) to the public so we know the status of every department in this government. After that fresh start, the second part would involve the method of managing this community. I think you’d see a big difference. For instance, we would also call in that first year for a study on the delivery of services, a comprehensive study on how we may more efficiently deliver them. The current administration prepared the study (but) never released it. In my administration we would prepare the study and release it.

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LEO: You were criticized for touting job creation while your private company, Capstone, profited from a big project that took jobs from Louisville across the bridge to Southern Indiana. How do you respond to that?
HH: My first priority in running for this office is to win new jobs for Louisville. The last 20 years of my career has been spent winning jobs for Louisville and over 4,000 jobs for south Jefferson County…  So I am proud that I helped keep those jobs here. The competition for jobs is intense across the country…

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