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Neighborhood ice cream truck on Hawaiian Terrace: https://goo.gl/maps/ESL6a6Ectm42

^ When you look up a property, you use the "Tax Distributions" link on the right: https://wedge1.hcauditor.org/view/re/2170053011100/2017/tax_distributions

Fill dirt can be brought onto site and graded and compacted for about $12 to $17 a cubic yard. Gas is cheap and there are quite a few large projects in Cincinnati digging big holes. The Banks looks like it needs about 15 feet or so of fill, on average, to get above the base flood elevation. I don't know how many acres Lot 27 is, but you're looking at around $300,000 to $400,000 max per acre to just use dirt. The parking garage is likely several times more expensive. Anecdotally, The Banks garage doesn't seem to be all that crowded most of the time - it seems a lot of people are willing to walk a bit further to the cheaper lots to the west. At some point you do have to wonder if there's more than enough parking.

^ Huh. The only reason I wanted to swing by that place was to see what it was like, but I guess that took care of that.

I get the impression cops don't care much, at all, about property crime. I've had three car accidents, all of which were the other persons fault. Two of those three times my car was parked - once, by coincidence, right in the same spot the mugging troeros mentioned occurred. Some guy drunk as could be left Biff's and sideswiped my car - I saw the whole thing because watching Biff's try to close down and get people to leave was quality entertainment. The cops didn't care, they gave me a police report but never went back to get footage or track the driver down. The crash before that was in the old Corryville Kroger parking lot - a lady high as a kite drove her beat up, old Ford Explorer onto my hood. There were cameras clearly aimed at the accident, I had seen the driver, car, had the plate number, and half a dozen witnesses who stuck around around when I went to get the cop who was working the off--duty security detail to phone it in. They did the paperwork and never followed up, and never returned my calls. The first crash, though, did result in some degree of justice. I was T-boned by a guy who ran a red light, he was hurt so he had to stick around. He got a ticket and tried to fight it in court - the cop was a no show but the sweetest little old lady who had witnessed the entire thing showed up to corroborate my story. I'll never forget that guy's cross examination of myself and this adorable old lady. Needless to say he lost the case (hence some degree of justice), but he didn't have a license nor insurance anyways so I was, once again, out my deductible. He probably drove home from the courthouse. That said, I'm surprised that cops in Cincinnati have the same blasé attitude about violent felonies. You'd think that those would be the cases resources are dedicated to.

I'd be more angry at the piece of crap who was willing to kill someone for a couple dollars. These are the sorts of potentially violent, almost worthless crimes that should be ranked among the most heinous, IMO. Anyone who would risk another person's life for such a tiny reward isn't fit for society. Anyways, I hope your friend called the cops - they have police cameras all up and down Walnut. If the mugger ran north from the spot you mentioned, they almost certainly have him on camera. I used to live on that block years ago, when Biff's was still around. It always blew my mind how many people would commit crimes right in front of the cameras - they are pretty conspicuous.

^ I've noticed the signals on Plum near City Hall are out of sync, as well. My first assumption was that they were reprogrammed to favor east/west traffic as a part of some sort of traffic study, but I wasn't convinced because they mostly just seem to be wonky.

I never understood what was "racist" about that Tweet, either. I'd counter by saying that there are several successful CPS schools, and although most receive failing grades from the state, many folks simply can't afford to relocate or pay for private schools (though there's a greater societal question about the responsibility of choosing to have a child when you can't afford to raise it - but I'm not going to derail this discussion with that one). Labeling innocuous statements like these as "racist" really just alienates average and apolitical folks, and worse - it downplays actual racism in a "boy who cried wolf" manner.

^ I think you have a valid critique that the use of the phrase was hyperbole. COAST very well may have committed rhetorical wrongdoing, but certainly not criminal wrongdoing. Again, it's very obvious in context that the people searching for her are sheriff's deputies.

^ I couldn't possibly be rolling my eyes any harder. It's beyond obvious that "manhunt" in the context of that Wikipedia article I linked to is what they were talking about. The Sheriff's department is literally out searching for Young in order to serve her. There really isn't a better wort to use to describe this. I'm not even remotely surprised that a handful of folks are really, really trying to play the race card here. Anything to distract from the ongoing grand jury inquiry into the destruction of evidence by Young and Dennard. The coverup is almost certainly worse than whatever they had texted about. They should just own it.

^ Yeah, it's pretty ridiculous that he asked the CPD to look into that Tweet. A police manhunt is a common colloquialism. This is not as ridiculous as Seelbach's infamous 911 call to the CPD, but in the same realm.

Before it was converted into a parking garage, the one part of Tower Place Mall that was still successful was the basement food court. It was packed for lunch almost every day.

^ It's a shame the game is at UCF - College Gameday will be there and it will be one of the first big AAC games on prime time network TV. It would have been great to have that all at Nippert. It should be a good game - UCF has a good offense and UC has a great defense (top 10 in scoring and total defense), while UCF has a mediocre defense and UC has a mediocre offense.

^ I've watched every episode from day 1 - and most seasons two or three times as it's a show I'll always put on in the background or when I can't find anything else to watch. Aside from the literal "jumping the shark" episode - I can't say I've ever seen a show jump the shark like that before.

^ Blue Jay is also prominently featured in Killing of a Sacred Deer - my favorite of the recent Cincinnati movies. I felt the same way about that movie - I was familiar with pretty much every setting. I'll have to watch The Old Man and the Gun when I get a chance.

^ There's that bun window that opened up too - I think we're seeing a broader dough stuffed with stuff wave. We'll have to wait and see if the ephemeral semi-Eli's related dumpling place tried to make a comeback.

^ Chabot has been on the Foreign Affairs committee for a long time. He chairs the subcommittee on the Middle East. He has significant support within Cincinnati's Asian (south and east) minority community for his work to encourage cooperation between America and Asian nations. (On a related note, this is probably one of the reasons Aftab was chosen by the Dems - to appeal to identity politics and chip away at that support). To suggest that he is somehow racist and/or xenophobic is beyond absurd. It's simply uninformed and ignorant.

Unless I'm missing something the article only points out that soybean exports to China are down 94%. Looking elsewhere, the price of soybeans is down a more manageable and expected amount of around 7% YTD. What seems to be happening is that soybean prices in China are high because they're buying from other countries at a premium. American farms have to sell elsewhere for slightly less than they would have been selling if China were buying the typical amount of product. The US "wins" if the hit our farmers take (about a 7% cut in price) is less impactful than the impact the higher prices have on the Chinese consumer, which seems to be substantial: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-futures/china-soybean-prices-spike-as-trade-war-worries-feed-supply-fears-idUSKBN1KT0V3

I had this exact conversation this past weekend, with someone who was familiar with the fact that this was a ballot issue, but not the wording. I wouldn't be surprised if thousands of people vote yes on this issue believing they are forcing the city to be more transparent, when in fact they're doing the exact opposite and relaxing the requirements. Unless you are informed enough to know the city's rules require more openness than the Ohio law, you'll be tricked by the wording of this issue.

Years ago I lived around the corner from this spot in Woodside when Jollibee opened up (it might have been one of the first ones on the east coast?): https://goo.gl/maps/U5MinbMz7jK2 It was nuts - every afternoon there were lines down the street. This went on for months. I finally had to see what the commotion was all about so stood in line for 20+ minutes - it was okay, nothing to write home about. I think it must be a nostalgia thing.

^ I think GCWW is always the yellow exclamation point (conditional approval), so that would make it just the MSD comments holding them up at this point.

I think there's a big difference between organic growth retail strips like historic downtown retail was and mass market malls. Compare Findlay Market to a mall food court - if a Sbarro ever opens at Findlay market, I'd say it's mimicking a mall more than a mall was mimicking downtown retail.

That whole story has been ridiculous. When I was a kid, if the cops had brought me home to my mother and told her they had to taze me because I tried to steal $50+ worth of crap and didn't listen when they caught me, the tazing would have been the least of my worries. Anyways, I feel really bad for the cop here. He followed the rules as they were written, stopped a theft in progress, and now the city is putting him through the wringer. I'm also upset about the precedent this sets - I'd be curious to see what that Kroger's shrinkage has been at that store recently. Everyone under the age of 16 now knows they can get away with stealing whatever they want, and if they're really lucky - they'll get an extra $240,000.

^^ IMO, one of those attacks is not like the other. Aftab worked for a firm that did indeed lobby for Libyan terrorists. The short tidbit is missing context, obviously, but it's not wildly off base. On the other hand, calling someone a "lackey" is just a juvenile insult. It's like calling someone "stupid." There's no basis for that and it comes across as weak. This is a case of a criticism vs. and insult. Also, here's a link you can use to read that story with your Library Card: https://www-bizjournals-com.research.cincinnatilibrary.org/cincinnati/news/2018/10/25/commentary-pureval-chabot-trade-barbs-in-second.html

I know a lot of Cincinnati folks like to read the Business Courier but many don't have logins - I wanted to share the fact that you are able to read the full edition online with your Cincinnati Public Library card using the link on the page below: https://www.cincinnatilibrary.org/resources/research.asp?group=14 I have always used the library to get e-books but didn't realize how many other resources they have available to card holders: https://www.cincinnatilibrary.org/resources/research.asp I've been using the Chilton Library (saved a few hundred bucks fixing my power windows myself), Lynda, and Transparent Language recently.