City Council Elections 2011: Ward 6 Candidate Don Walters

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: Don Walters

Age: 47

Occupation: Dock operations with YRC in Copley, Ohio.

Education: 1981 graduate of Cuyahoga Falls High School.

Office Sought: Ward 6 City Council

Experience: 10 years as a member of City Council.

Candidate Statement:

Walters detailed his leadership goals and efforts, which include throwing block parties in his Ward and hosting neighborhood meetings to inform the residents about what services are available to them.

“We need more neighbors that know each other and sometimes when you have rental homes, the people come and go. You don’t get that continuity like we need and like it was when I was growing up,” he said.

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