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The News-Herald
Election Questionnaire

Date questionnaire completed: ___9/19/2011____________

Office sought: _Judge of the Municipal Court for Geauga County____ Political party: ___Independent______________________________ Name: __Timothy H. Snyder______________________ Gender: MALE / Female (circle one) Age: ___50_______ Home address: _14325 Broadwood Drive, Burton Twp, Ohio 44021_____ also:_Facebook.com/SnyderForJudge______ Length of residence in that community: _20-years_ Campaign Web site: _www.SnyderForJudge.com______________ Occupation: _Attorney at Law_________ Employer: _self-employed/Timothy H. Snyder, Attorney at Law___ Occupation: _Police Officer___________ Employer: _City of Chardon_______________________________ Occupation: _Liquor Control Officer____ Employer: _State of Ohio_________________________________ Marital status: ___married___________ Name of spouse: _____Carolyn Snyder_____________________ Name and age of any children: __Dr. Jason, Nicholas, & Heather_____________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Public office experience: 1999-2005: Burton Township Board of Zoning Appeals (chair); 2005 to present: Burton Township Zoning Commission Non-elected experience (committees, boards, etc.): _Berkshire Schools Volunteer: Bingo Caller, Field Trip Chaperone (New York City, Disney/Florida (twice), Indy-500, Cedar Point, Woolly Bear Festival, and many other field trips), Public Address Announcer: Marching Band, Basketball, Volleyball, Volleyball Line Judge, Band Equipment Transporter, Concession Booth Volunteer, Gifted Class Speaker, Boy Scout/Explorer Advisor, Burton Easter Egg Donor, Burton Police Association/president, Chardon Police 'Shop with a Cop," Chardon Recreation Adult Basketball Program Director, Pancake Flipper/Burton Fire Department, Pro Bono Legal Counsel to Burton Fire Dept., Geauga County Juvenile Home adult role model, Youth Softball Coach, and Red Cross Blood Donor (85 donations)______________________________________
Political office held 1. Bd Zoning Appeals 2. Zoning Comm. 3. 4. 5. Municipality Burton Twp Burton Twp Years served 1999-2005 2005-present Elected or appointed? appointed appointed

Education:
School/city/state High School College Graduate Graduate Other St. Ignatius/Cleveland Hiram College Cleveland State University Cleveland Marshall College of Law Ohio Peace Officer Training Council Years Class of 1979 Class of 1983 1983-85 1991-1995 1994 Degree-Subject or Certificate College prep B.A.: Psychology & Sociology M.A. Clinical Psychology Juris Doctor Police Academy Instructor Certification

(Note: Only list schools from which youve graduated and/or earned degrees. Please indicate if currently attending.) (Note: If youve completed a certificate program, please list in Other row and indicate certificate obtained.) Should you be elected, what are three specific areas youd like to change, address, improve or further research, and how specifically would you go about it? _My goals for the Municipal Court serving Geauga County are to 1) Protect the Victims, 2) Concentrate on reducing the number of repeat offenders, 3) Streamline Case Management so cases, especially criminal case, are adjudicated more promptly/prompt resolution of criminal cases has a greater deterrent effect, and if I may add a fourth area, 4) fiscal restraint by closely monitoring overall court efficiency and reducing the number of magistrate hours by handling more cases myself. The rules of ethics for judicial candidates prohibit specific statements of how cases would be handled. I will treat everyone with respect and as individual persons to determine causes of criminal behavior consistent with my background in law enforcement and in psychology. I will foster increased use of the many excellent personal resource agencies to intervene in the individual causes of criminal behavior. I will promote public education of the court system. __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Whether for past accomplishments or future goals, why should voters elect you? ________________________________ _I have dedicated my professional life to protecting and serving the people of Geauga County. I have been a police officer for 26 years, a practicing attorney for 15 years, and a criminal justice professor at colleges and police academies for 17 years, I have a unique perspective and appreciation for how the law affects our quality of life. 85% of the cases filed in the Municipal Court are criminal/traffic cases. These are the types of cases I have studied, taught, investigated, filed, testified about, and utilized to protect people. No other candidate has this amount or type of experience with the cases that are handled by the Municipal Court. Our law enforcement officers deserve a judge familiar with their work and that will hold all parties accountable to the Constitution and the appropriate principles of law. I am the only independent candidate and only candidate with front line experience in the practical application of the law. My training, experience, and education are best suited to the qualities required to be a fair and effective Judge of the Municipal Court so that the law properly protects and serves the people of Geauga County._______________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________