PSA

I couldn't resist! Too funny.

2008

As the corks pop this eve in Cincinnati, let's wish 2008 to be Cincinnati's best year ever.

Thanks for visiting, check back for much more in 2008.

The Cincinnati Post, 1881-2007

Bob Hartman, an employee at The Post reflects on a day in 1963. Hartman explains he was the closest person next to the red 'stop' button when he suddenly heard the editor run into the printing room and yell, "stop the presses, President Kennedy has been assassinated!" More than 40 years later, Mr. Hartman has been given what he calls the luxury to press the stop button one last time. "Mr. Phillips has afforded me the luxury to do it... and I'll do a good job", Hartman said with tearful eyes.

The Post was first published by Frank and Walter Wellman on 1881-01-03. It was originally called the Penny Post. The Kentucky Post was created as an edition of the paper in 1885 to serve Cincinnati's suburbs across the Ohio River. The Wellman brothers enlisted James E. Scripps and half-brother Edward Wyllis Scripps, to take over the paper later that year.

In 1958, it absorbed The Cincinnati Times-Star, another afternoon paper. It first published on 1880-06-15, when the Spirit of the Times (founded in 1840) and the Cincinnati Daily StarThe Cincinnati Post and Times-Star until 1974-12-31; afterward it was simply The Cincinnati Post.

In 1977, the paper entered into a joint operating agreement with the other daily in Cincinnati, the morning Cincinnati Enquirer. Under the agreement, the Enquirer handles all business functions of both papers, including printing, distribution, and selling advertising. The JOA has not been successful for the paper. When it was entered into, the Post outsold the Enquirer, but by 2004 the positions were reversed: the Enquirer outsells the Post by five to one. In January 2004, the Enquirer informed the Post it would not be renewing the agreement upon its expiration on 2007-12-31. On July 17, 2007, parent company E.W. Scripps announced both The Cincinnati Post and The Kentucky Post would cease publication, their last editions to be published on Dec. 31, 2007. WIKIPEDIA

KEVIN OSBORNE HAS THE FULL OPERATIONAL TIMELINE OF THE POST (pdf) HERE

Festival of Lights at the Cincinnati Zoo

See more HERE

NO SENATOR MITCHELL!

I cannot believe former Senator Mitchell is recommending all steroid using cheaters to get a 'fresh start' from Commissioner Selig - (with all due respect) what complete bullshit!

"We're all humans, we all make mistakes" -- Sen. Mitchell

Signing your name on check for human growth hormones/steroids -no mistake. A box of steroids sent to the Arizona Diamondbacks street address - no mistake. All players found to have used performance enhancing drugs should be fired, fined and removed from MLB's retirement program.

Here's the list, I'm sure it will continue to grow:

Miguel Tejada
F.P. Santangelo
Jason Christensen
Matt Herges
Mike Stanton
Glenallen Hill
Mark Carreon
David Justice
Jack Cust
Adam Piatt
Barry Bonds
Benito Santiago
Bobby Estalella
Armando Rios
Jason Giambi
Jeremy Giambi
Jose Guillen
David Bell
Matt Williams

What a let down! Shameful.

UPDATE: 4:47pm, Commissioner Selig, "I'm going to review his (Sen. Mitchell) findings and the factual support for those findings, punishments will then be determined on a case by case bases. I will take action when I believe it is appropriate. Particularly when it effects the integrity of the sport. So when action is needed, action will be taken"

Download the full report HERE

Police Chief, Greg Harris & Council

"Before Laure Quinlivan left WCPO-TV's I-Team last month, she had taped interviews with several current and former Cincinnati Police officers who talked about how the attitudes and favoritism on the part of Streicher and his inner circle had damaged department morale.

The interviews were taped in the Northside home of Greg Harris, a Democrat who was running for Cincinnati City Council at the time. The officers contacted Harris after he had made a campaign issue out of the Linder Report, a city-commissioned study of the police department that suggested numerous changes to improve efficiency but was generally ignored by council."

A MUST READ!

PORKOPOLIS

Writers Guild of America

My promise: I will no longer get frustrated with reruns of The Daily Show.

Community Conversation: CPS Financial Challenges

On November 28th Cincinnati Public Schools Superintendent Rosa Blackwell and Treasurer Jonathan Boyd presented alternatives for future operating budgets and levies.

Cincinnati Federation of Teachers President Tim Kraus tells me they may place a levy on the March ballot. He said the cost of not putting it on March ballot costs millions per month, dramatically increasing CPS's current deficit.

I'm frustrated to learn that $65 million of CPS's $428 million annual budget goes to tuition for Charter schools, vouchers and out-of-district placement students. Oh, and get this... if and when CPS wants to sell a building, they have to offer it to a charter school first, at a reduced rate.

Check out the video. Comments encouraged.


Community Conversation: CPS Financial Challenge from GetCincy on Vimeo.

Did you vote with your neighbors?

See how Cincinnati's neighborhoods voted.
See which candidates placed within the top 9 and where.

UPDATE: See where all 25 candidates placed by ward HERE

Cincy.com

Joe Wessels announces Cincy.com. He describes the site as a news portal and comprehensive business directory for Greater Cincinnati. It will official launch in early 2008.

Pets v. Partners

Palm Beach Community College offers medical benefits for employee's pets, but not for employee's same sex partners. This is absolutely wacky! Really, how many logic professors are on staff?

Read the story HERE

Tonight 6pm, I-Team: Revisiting Vine Street

Laure Quinlivan of WCPO's I-Team will take another walk down Vine Street. Her report airs tonight at 6pm on WCPO Channel 9. You may remember Quinlivan's 2001Visions Of Vine Street and 2006 New Visions Of Vine Street where she highlighted the good and the bad in Cincinnati's historic Over-the-Rhine.

The Gateway Quarter/Vine Street's remarkable turnaround has proven Cincinnati's got it's groove back. In 2001 I lived at the Emery Center Apartments (Central & Walnut), I witnessed the 'riots', Main Street's death, re-development slow, crime rise, etc. I now live in the CBD. It's remarkable to reflect on such fruition - independent art venues, galleries, remarkable retail, affordable urban lofts, specialty shops, vibe, life...

Tune in!

Launch Party, You're Invited

Got some extra cash?

Grand Plan: Washington Park

Read more HERE

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Nuxhall Remembered: Ballpark photos

Folks leave memories, thoughts and prayers beneath Joe's statue
as requested



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Nux for HOF

Vote for Joe!

Vote everyday, HERE

Detroit Declared Most Dangerous U.S. City: Cincinnati, 16th

Remember Cincinnati's shameful showing as 3rd poorest city (of our size) in the US?
Hmm... doesn't Poverty = Crime?

1. Detroit, Michigan
2. St. Louis, Missouri
3. Flint, Michigan
4. Oakland, California
5. Camden, New Jersey
6. Birmingham, Alabama
7. North Charleston, South Carolina
8. Memphis, Tennessee
9. Richmond, California
10. Cleveland, Ohio
16. CINCINNATI

wlwt.com
cnn.com

Maybe the Enquirer will have more.

Not all agree with the report's findings:

"These rough rankings provide no insight into the numerous variables that mold crime in a particular town, city, county, state, or region," the FBI said. "Consequently, they lead to simplistic and/or incomplete analyses that often create misleading perceptions adversely affecting communities and their residents."

"What I take exception to is the use of these statistics and the damage they inflict on a number of these cities," said Mayor Robert Duffy, chairman of the Criminal and Social Justice Committee for the U.S. Conference of Mayors.

Source: City Crime Rankings: Crime in Metropolitan America

I BET CINCINNATI'S SORRY NOW!

2007 Election Post-Mortem with Howard Wilkinson

Howard Wilkinson, Political Writer of the Cincinnati Enquirer, shares his thoughts on the recent city council campaign and more. Comments welcome - 4 part video

Rapid Rail for our Metroplex ?

With plans in place for The Banks and streetcar lines through Downtown and OTR, how would a rapid rail system spur growth for the Cincinnati-Dayton metroplex? Let's consider it.

"Every group identified transportation improvements as one of those top projects. The projects included infrastructure improvements, mass transit/light rail system connecting the suburbs with a downtown hub, a rapid rail system linking the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport to the Dayton International Airport" Read more HERE

How about this: Let's offer a portion of The Banks to Native Americans. If they bought a very small piece of The Banks property, then petitioned the Feds for reservation status, we could have a casino at The Banks, a streetcar and possibly a light rail system. Wake me up if I am dreaming!

Old School, Cool School: Our man, Mr. Jerry Springer

Many of us remember Jerry Springer's commentaries (he later called 'Final Thought') while he was lead anchor on WLWT Channel 5, but rarely do we get to relive them. Check this one out.

I have a few audio recordings. I'll dig them up and post. The most meaningful commentary/story is about his Jewish father not wanting to give up his car late in life... Why? The Nazi's may come again. He felt he needed his car to escape them.

This is the man Cincinnati loves, and the US loves to hate. Springer was hand picked to replace Phil Donahue. During one of his first nationally broadcast shows (from Cincinnati), a KKK type panelist said he would have made sure Springer's family died in the holocaust if he had a hand in it. This is when the "Jerry Springer Show" went wrong... Jerry ran to the stage and punched the guy. The shows ratings went through the roof. Springer quickly learned... shit sells!

11/26/07: Streetcar Financing Plan

DATE CHANGED: On Monday, November 26th at 1:00p, the financing plan for the Streetcar will be presented to City Council's Finance Committee (Cincinnati City Hall, 801 Plum Street). While the streetcar has a lot of intrinsic support, people do ask, "So how will we pay for it?"

Our city plans to build the Streetcar's initial two miles (four miles round-trip) from 2nd and Main to 20th and Elm with 100% local money and not rely on other jurisdictions of government for funding. This investment can later be used as the local match for securing Federal transit funds to build the next extension of the Streetcar to Uptown, the planning of which will commence early next year. It's a clever strategy that enables Cincinnati to get rails in the ground quickly, show success, and then leverage that success into a more extensive system.

Queen City Time Lapse

Combined Downtown Sector Meeting

On Thursday, November 15, 2007 at 9AM there will be a combined sector meeting at the Cincinnati Police Communication Center on Lehman Road. This meeting will replace our previous October & November scheduled meetings. This should be an interesting tour and we hope you can attend. Please RSVP to Rich Cappel, dcappel@fuse.net or Shelly, shelly@downtowncincinnati.com if you plan to attend.

Green Cincinnati Recycling Plan Debuts

It’s about to get easier to recycle in Cincinnati.

As part of his Green Cincinnati, Mayor Mallory and several members of City Council launched several new efforts to get more Cincinnati residents to recycle.

Under the plan, four new recycling drop-off containers have been set up in different parts of Downtown to give people who live in condos and apartments access to recycling.

Citizens can now sign up for recycling online. Simply go to www.mayormallory.com to sign up to receive a recycling bin.

The Main Library Downtown is the home of one of the new downtown recycling drop-off containers. The other downtown recycling locations are at the corner of 3rd and Butler in Southeast Downtown; the corner of 3rd and Central;and the Cutter Street parking lot off of Court Street.

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Get a recycling bin HERE

Light up Cincinnati: Balluminaria 2007

Saturday, November 24, 2007

(Rain Date November 25th)
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Eden Park, Mirror Lake

2007 Election Post-Mortem

Cincinnati Women's Political Caucus presents

2007 Election Post-Mortem

Featuring Special Guest
Howard Wilkinson
Political Writer, Cincinnati Enquirer

Join a lively discussion detailing what went right for some candidates and issues and what went wrong for others as we recap the unprecedented political landscape of the November 6, 2007 election

Wednesday, November 14th @ 7:00pm

First Unitarian Church
(corner of Reading and Linton)

Northside's EcoVillage

UC’s Department of Industrial Design has entered into a collaboration with the community of Northside, a green development group, a neighborhood group, several architects and the City of Cincinnati, to develop a plan to build an eco-community that is targeted to mixed income, mixed demographic, and multi­use. The location in Northside is an eighty-plus acre site that was cleared in the sixties for a freeway connector that was never built. That site is now reverting from the Department of Transportation back to the city, and they are seeking development proposals. This project would emerge as a national example of green collaboration.

Banks Project Agreements

Banks Documents online HERE