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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."
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