Saturday, October 23, 2004
Efficiency, access to data at issue in race for recorder
By Cindi Andrews
Enquirer staff writer
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CANDIDATES
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Steve Brinker
Party: Democratic
Hometown: Green Township
Age: 58
Occupation: Partner in law firm.
Experience: Former township trustee.
Education: Bachelor's from St. Joseph's College in Indiana; master's from Xavier University; law degree from Northern Kentucky University's Salmon P. Chase College of Law.
Quote: "There is not a Republican or Democratic way to record a document, but I think there's a better way."
Rebecca Prem Groppe
Party: Republican
Hometown: Mariemont
Age: 47
Occupation: County recorder
Experience: Recorder for past eight years; paralegal for 20 years before that
Education: Bachelor's from the University of Cincinnati; master's from Northern Kentucky University
Quote: "For the last almost eight years that I have been county recorder, I have maintained an eye on the budget like an absolute hawk."
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ELECTION SECTION
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A real-estate attorney is taking on Hamilton County Recorder Rebecca Prem Groppe, saying her office has been slow to process critical documents and hasn't made information accessible enough to the public.
Steve Brinker, a Democrat and a former Green Township trustee and title-agency executive, said as recorder he would manage employees' time better and put most public documents on the Internet.
The recorder's office keeps a legal record of documents such as real estate deeds, mortgages and military veterans' records. Title examiners and genealogists use the office to track property ownership, liens and other information.
Groppe, a Republican and a former paralegal, is running for her third four-year term. She said her chief accomplishment has been to keep spending down.
Customer service has also been a priority, she said, but she doesn't think that means making sensitive information such as Social Security numbers available on the Internet.
Brinker accused Groppe's office of falling up to three months behind in processing deeds earlier this year, although it has caught up recently.
Groppe neither admitted nor denied there was a backup, but said: "We have been so busy over the last year, with such an incredible amount of work."
E-mail candrews@enquirer.com
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