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James “Skip” Sipos emphasizes public safety, services and housing in Medina council bid
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James “Skip” Sipos, a longtime housing authority executive, is running for Medina City Council at-large and says his top priorities are public safety, maintaining public services and measured economic development; he also backs culling the deer herd and wants better recycling programs.
James “Skip” Sipos, a longtime executive at the Medina County Housing Authority, is running for Medina City Council at-large and told a candidates forum that his top priorities are public safety, public services and measured economic development.
“I hope my message of public safety, public service, and economic development resonates with the voters,” Sipos said during the forum produced by the Greater Medina Chamber of Commerce and Medina TV. He said he has served as executive director of the Housing Authority since 1994 and will retire at the end of the year after 32 years in that role.
Sipos framed affordable housing as an economic development tool, saying workers who can live near their jobs are more likely to become engaged community members. “If that employee can afford to live…
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