Streetcar’s No. 1 Problem: Obstructionism
The Chastity Bunch
Ohio Republicans continue their ill-conceived war on sex education, women’s rights and health care for the poor
Healthy Hits
Statewide group asks Ohio voters to legalize medical marijuana and industrial hemp
Think of the Children
Local leaders pledge to support efforts to put more low- and middle-income kids in preschools
The Many Merits of Cycling Infrastructure
Republicans Continue Voter Suppression Tactics
Breaking the Holy Ceiling
Group to ordain the first female Catholic priest in Cincinnati
City Manager Defends Streetcar in Light of Budget Gap
Budget Gap Threatens Streetcar
Policy Group: Ohio House Tax Plan Favors Wealthy
City to Study Youth Poverty, Homelessness
Comprehensive surveys, profiles to be mostly privately funded
{CommentsCant} · Tuesday, April 9, 2013
About 48 percent of Cincinnati’s youth are in poverty — a statistic that has haunted Cincinnati and landed the city in third place for the nation’s highest poverty rates. Now, Councilwoman Yvette Simpson is trying to figure out the underlying causes to better prioritize city programs. At City Council’s Livable Communities Committee today, Simpson and her staff gave a presentation su...
Morning News and Stuff
Seitz compares energy efficiency to Stalin, Music Hall lease coming, casino revenues today
{CommentsCant} · Monday, April 8, 2013
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, State Sen. Bill Seitz, a Cincinnati Republican, compared Ohio’s energy efficiency laws to former Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin’s five-year plan. Seitz is leading the charge on a review of the state’s energy efficien...
The Banks Manager Could Take Over Streetcar Project
City Council committee passes measure allowing “double dipping”
{CommentsCant} · Monday, April 8, 2013
City Council’s Budget and Finance Committee moved forward with two controversial measures in two 5-4 votes today that will allow the city to rehire retirees while still paying their pensions and create an executive project director position for the streetcar project.One of the measures repeals the city’s ban on “double dipping,” which means rehired retirees will be able to simultaneou...
Morning News and Stuff
Council seeks budget options, city funds come with rules, parking petitions due today
{CommentsCant} · Thursday, April 4, 2013
City Council will hold a special meeting at 2 p.m. today to discuss alternatives to laying off cops and firefighters to balance the budget, which CityBeat covered in detail here. Council members Chris Seelbach and P.G. Sittenfeld are pushing to use casino revenue and cuts elsewhere in the budget to avoi...
Mallory Fires Back at Critics During Testy Council Meeting
Still no budget deficit-solving consensus in sight
{CommentsCant} · Thursday, April 4, 2013
If Cincinnati does not lease its parking assets to the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority, it will have to pay off a $35 million deficit in the fiscal year 2014 budget through other means, but those means were disputed at a special session of City Council today. City Manager Milton Dohoney Jr. and other city administration officials say the city will have to carry out Plan B, ...
Morning News and Stuff
Ruling kills project, council members ask for alternatives, Kasich's school formula scrapped
{CommentsCant} · Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Hamilton County Judge Robert Winkler’s ruling last week has already led to the dissolution of one project, according to Mayor Mark Mallory. The Kinsey Apartments project fell through after City Council was unable to expedite a change in the building’s classification that would have ...
City-Funded Parades Must Obey Anti-Discrimination Policies
City Council passes motion after St. Patrick's Day Parade controversy
{CommentsCant} · Wednesday, April 3, 2013
City Council today unanimously passed a motion that will require parades funded by the city to adhere to the city's anti-discrimination policies, marking the end of an effort that began when the Cincinnati St. Patrick's Day Parade barred an LGBT group from participating.The motion, which was championed by Councilman Chris Seelbach, requires any future parade that receives funding from the city to ...
Poor Messaging Holds Back Parking Plan
0 Comments · Wednesday, April 3, 2013
When Cincinnati found out about the city
manager’s parking plan, it was not through a press conference or a
widely dispersed announcement from the city; it was through a silently
released memo that media outlets stumbled upon almost by accident.
Lease or Layoffs?
Mayor, city manager warn of public safety layoffs, but some still weighing alternatives
0 Comments · Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Speaking at a press conference on March
28, Mayor Mark Mallory and other city officials did not mask their
contempt for the ruling that put the parking plan on hold earlier in the
day.
BMV to Issue Licenses to Children of Unauthorized Immigrants
0 Comments · Wednesday, April 3, 2013
After months of deliberation, the Ohio
Bureau of Motor Vehicles on March 29 said it will grant driver’s
licenses to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients,
which means the children of unauthorized immigrants now qualify for Ohio
driver’s licenses.
