City Council Elections 2011: Ward 4 Candidate Mark Ihasz

Editor's Note: As part of Cuyahoga Falls Patch's local election coverage, we will provide profiles of each of the candidates running for office. These profiles will offer biographical and issue-oriented details about each of the candidates to help you, the voters, make more-informed decisions at the ballot box.

Name: Mark Ihasz

Age: 49

Occupation: Tool Designer at in Solon, Ohio.

Education: 1980 , University of Akron Grad; Associates degree in mechanical engineering technology.

Office Sought: Ward 4 City Council

Elected Experience: Ihasz has served a total of four years on Cuyahoga Falls City Council.

Candidate Statement:

"The biggest reason I joined council was to help my constituents. A lot of residents, my surrounding neighbors, that had a lot of issues and complaints they wanted to get resolved," he said in an interview with Cuyahoga Falls Patch.

"I’m just keeping up everything I can keep on doing. I keep on answering my constituents, trying to make sure that safety forces are in place, making sure we don’t have excess crime, infrastructure of course and of course financials—make sure that we’re not spending money we shouldn’t be spending."

Get to know Ihasz by watching his video interview with Cuyahoga Falls Patch!

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