Cleveland Magazine: Describe what a great day in your community looks like?
RB: A great day in Pepper Pike is when our residents can be at home and enjoy their lives and families and not be concerned that the services supporting them here are being delivered without any concern. Our government should be in the background, a positive background, and not primary in the lives of our residents.
CM: What drove you to run for mayor?
RB: I ran for mayor because I believe strongly in community service and felt I could contribute to the city in a positive way, and a number of people initially solicited me to run for mayor.
CM: What are your goals for 2024 for your community?
RB: This is our centennial year, as a community, and while we celebrate that, we are going to continue to build out infrastructure and make this an even better community for our residents to live and enjoy. We always want Pepper Pike to be not just where they live, but where they call home.
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CM: What is the troublesome things you are working on in your community?
RB: I don’t view any of the challenges the city faces as troubling. We simply work to improve the city for the enjoyment of our residents. We’re working to make Pepper Pike a more walkable community for our residents, and we are successfully proceeding with getting walkways installed. We are also working on a long-term conversion of our septics tanks to a sanitary sewer system.
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