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The projectors are huge and expensive to rent/buy/operate. Cincinnati has something called Lumenocity going on this weekend (it's done once a year), during which images/graphics are animated and projected on Music Hall, coordinated with a performance from the orchestra. The expense is similar to what this ESB projection apparently was. Here's some examples: https://www.google.com/search?q=lumenocity+cincinnati&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAmoVChMIu8Hv68mXxwIVhnySCh0xkQUO&biw=1094&bih=435

Why even bring it up when there is no proof. Dowd is just going on what Bertolini said, no proof. If you are into 12-13 year old girls isn't that kind of a lifelong preference? He probably only brought it up because he thinks Pete has a chance to be reinstated. In my opinion making such a heinous and unsubstantiated claim like this just hurts Dowd's credibility and makes him look like a petty, senile old buffoon. Not to mention, if it were true that would mean Dowd helped cover it up for decades, right?

Did Pete Rose bang Dowd's wife or something? He just has it out for the guy, and this seems to be a completely absurd and unsubstantiated claim.

I do not feel that the CPD special district is a realistic proposal. Deters was acting as a politician and was way out of his league when he suggested such a thing. As far as I know, no one has seriously considered it. I also don't think UC is micro-managing a police department. UC has more students than most cities in the state of Ohio have residents. They are far more capable of supporting a police department than many cities. In regard to traffic violations, if they occur in an area heavily populated by UC students, there's no reason UCPD shouldn't be expected to enforce the law. As far as the Dubose pullover, had it not ended up in the tragic manner it did, it would have been a great stop. If the license plate was the only illegal thing Dubose had going on at the time, the stop would have probably ended with a warning. As it was, Dubose was breaking a myriad of laws, including felony possession. The stop would have resulted in an active felon being taken into custody. That is often the case with many stops for minor infractions – question that practice if you want, but I approve of it. I’ve even been a victim of it myself on two occasions when I lived in NYC. No warnings were even given to me, as I wasn’t even committing any minor infraction - I was just a white guy in the wrong neighborhood.

I agree with you about the police in college towns. I believe everyone I know in Cedar Falls, IA and Iowa City, IA has received a public intoxication after walking out the bars in their respective districts, without causing a ruckus, just getting their quota. I knew a guy that played in the NFL and was back in town training. He went over to a pizza spot / bar at around 1:45 am and went to open the door, thought it was stuck and pulled harder and it broke the latch. The alarm went off and he waited for the police to arrive because he felt bad and didn't realize he broke the door, so he wanted to pay for it and settle with the pizza place. Well the cops came and must have been freaked out he was 6'5" and 330 lbs., and they arrested him and charged him with public intoxication because he blew over the legal limit but didn't charge him with any vandalism charges, etc. Does the Cincinnati Police department ever hand out a lot of public intox charges like that? I don't think I have ever witnessed someone being arrested outside of the bars since I have been in Cincinnati, and I am guessing it is because they don't have the time / resources to arrest bar goers for being over the legal limit especially when they are walking home or hopping in a cab. In college, you would witness people being arrested for public intoxication almost every Thursday, Friday and Saturday even though they were always mere blocks from their residence. I don't think the CPD gives out many charges for public intoxication. I saw the UCPD give them out fairly regularly when I was a student, though they typically would strive to make sure people got home safely and stayed put. It's actually one of the main reasons UCPD patrols off campus - to deal with rowdy college parties and kids who can't handle their first beer. CPD has better things to worry about. I really hope UCPD is allowed to patrol the streets near campus when school starts back up in a few weeks.

This is another example of Cranley sticking it to the OTR crowd again, with a bit of the good ole boy networking mixed in this time.

I don't remember the timing, but I'd imagine as Wilson was not indicted, there was no legal gray area to avoid. Plus, Wilson could actually use the money as he ultimately did nothing wrong, but has been completely outcast from society. I was alluding to the recent efforts for Tensing, that have all been shut down to my knowledge.

Doesn’t the city still have designated zones where food trucks can park? I didn’t think they were even allowed to park on Main Street. They are always around Washington Park during events because 14th Street at Washington Park was one of the designated zones. All I can find now is an UrbanCincy article from a few years ago that lists a half dozen zones. As far as I’m concerned – so long as a truck has a permit and is feeding the parking meter, why strictly limit where they are allowed to operate? Though there are some cities, like Montreal, that forbid food trucks entirely. In NYC, trucks and food carts get permits for specific places and don’t move at all. I frequented them much more often when I lived in NYC because I always knew that at 4:00AM I could get $1 tacos a the same corner – it’s far easier to plan for. In related OTR news, Alabama Fish now has a food truck. They offer the best cheap greasy food in OTR, by a long shot.

I'm pretty sure the crowd funding sites all shut down anything that has to do with any ongoing criminal prosecutions. They understandably don't want to touch that sort of thing with a 10 foot pole. Though I imagine if your legal agenda aligned with the current popular politically correct agenda they'd probably allow it.

I'm in Canada for work fairly often, and the chip readers are the only option some businesses have (they have eliminated the swipe readers altogether). They are most convenient in bars and restaurants - the waiter brings the portable chip reader out to the table and the transaction and tip is completed at the table. It's a much better process than having a waiter disappear for 15 minutes with your credit card. There's also one accurate final transaction - there's no need for the credit card company to show one pending transaction and alter it when a tip is entered later.

Is there anyone that looks down upon places like Gomez? I haven't ever heard anyone speak negatively about the place, aside from usual and applicable critiques of food, prices, wait times, etc. Cheap food windows and takeout places are exactly what a nightlife destination needs. Similarly, Boba Cha is one of the first places I take visitors. It’s a very bare bones operation, in a location that likely has cheap rent, and they serve a unique (to the neighborhood) product that is inexpensive and delicious. It's exactly the type of startup places that a neighborhood should strive to support if it wants to keep any semblance of an organic, home-grown feel. The next step is to encourage food trucks and street carts in the area. The famous "street meat" carts in NYC are incredibly inexpensive to own and operate.

Agreed 100% though I'd make it an artisinal chili parlor with a window open late. Do to Chili what Senate did to hot dogs ;) I make a pretty decent lamb Cincinnati style chili. Unfortunately, I don't have rich parents to finance a restaurant, and I don't think the city will give me a grant.

WLW is now confirming that Dubose had 2 pounds of pot and $2600 in cash in his car when he was shot. I heard it last week but this is the first confirmation I've seen about it. It explains why Dubose was trying to flee. Running from the cops over a suspended license didn't make much sense to me.

The image was also posted on the Cincinnati Reddit page and the reaction there was as you described. Even people who aren't opponents to the streetcar were expecting an old-timey trolly. There's going to be some surprised and confused faces the first time one of these circles around town.

The "Black Lives Matter" march started as usual at the Courthouse, but then blocked several streets as they went up Main and back down Walnut. Some hipsters cheered from behind the windows of the galleries and bars as it was Final Friday, but most people didn't take much notice. I had been planning to go to the Midpoint Summer Series concert on the Square but got word that the band packed up and left when the march ended up there and the participants chanted over the music. There were several arrests as the participants got rowdy. It's a shame because the security at the Fountain Square Midpoint concerts has been very lax. A few weeks ago some drunk guy found his way onto the stage to dance, and another week the band stopped playing to call a guy out for punching someone right in the front of the crowd. Word spread amongst bands, and I imagine we might not see as good of acts next year (hopefully no one cancels this year).

I saw the stabilized version this morning, but still think the murder charge is going to be extremely difficult to prove. The shooting looks more shocking when stabilized because you see the event more clearly - it's far more visceral. What it also shows clearly is that Dubose started the ignition, reached over to put the car in drive, and started to move the vehicle immediately before the shot was fired. You also see that Tensing reached into the car, perhaps to grab the keys and turn off the ignition. He then grabs the seat belt with one hand and his weapon with the other, and quickly shoots. He may have been losing his balance and thought he would fall under the car - something that the raw footage shows, but the "stabilized" version completely erases. To me, that is an effect of manipulating the video, something Jake alluded to above. Ultimately the question is whether or not Tensing reasonably thought he was going to be run over. Graham v. Connor will be an important precedent in this case - at least for the defense.

Deters actual statements are more over the top than the Onion version.

You have to watch the video not just slowly, but frame by frame because everything happens so quickly. If you look at some of the stationary objects, you can tell that the car travelled some distance between the time the cop was talking to Dubose and the time he stands up after having been knocked down. When the shot is fired, the trees and an object (I think it’s a truck in a driveway) are clearly no longer stationary in relation to the passenger window of the car. When the cop gets up, he’s about 20 feet closer to a silver parked car that is down the road then he was seconds prior. You can also hear the engine rev immediately prior to the shot. It seems to me that he was indeed dragged to some extent. In my mind,that fits the ORC definition of voluntary manslaughter, but not murder. I think the murder charge is bread and circuses.

Drury still owns the old Pogue's warehouse and the parking lot just south of it. Despite the recent hotel boom downtown, they haven't done nor proposed anything for the site that I'm aware of. I tried to contact them for permission to photograph some of the current warehouse space, once, but no one would take my calls or answer my emails.

What airline and what is the average cost? SFO to? Delta is the only airline that flies non-stop to San Francisco from CVG. The Average one-way ticket price is $246 according to FlightAware. That seems about right. I have been on that flight a few times and the round trip is usually around $400. I fly a lot for work and was used to seeing $800 fares for mundane flights from CVG to places like Jacksonville, FL and Huntsville, AL (I was one of the few people using Delta's direct flight to Jacksonville before they cancelled it). Over the past few months prices have come way down across the board. Aside from CVG adding budget carriers, Delta has dropped prices significantly, at least on the flights I'm used to taking. They might not be to the point where they're cheaper than Lousivlle and Dayton, but when you factor in the cost of driving to those places they're competitive.

^ Building on that point, my car was broken into this morning near UC's campus, as were 2 others on my street, that I saw. I don't care, because they didn't break the window and there's literally nothing in my car - not even a few spare pennies - so all I had ot do was shut the glove box and put the ash tray back in. However, this leads me to believe that having the UC police force restrained to riding Segways around campus is already having a noticeable effect similar to the "work slowdown" that occurred after the 2001 riots. To test my theory, I made a right turn without signaling earlier today, and the 2 cops on Segways behind me were helpless to stop me.

So far their only progress has been taking down the OTR Adopt sign. Otherwise it's been two years with no activity. They only took it down after it blew off and landed on the power lines. As for 1722 Elm, the adjacent alley is where Eli's vents their kitchen. I hope the new owners like BBQ because that place smells delicious all day long.

I agree with this, and think there's a slim chance of 3 happening. It's most likely going to be 1 or 2. Though I would add an option four: A grand jury indicts the officer despite the video showing he was in danger. I think this option also has a slim chance, but I believe it's a possibility because of the narrative national media has been presenting over the last year. Distrust of and hatred toward police is at an all time high. I don't think the delay in releasing the video says anything about the content - I think Deters is just doing his best to keep this out of the national spotlight so as not to taint the jury pool. My only assumption about the content is that it must be very graphic. Whether the shooting was justified or not, seeing a first person view of someone's head being blown off is going to affect any viewer.

I'm anxious about Chapman. The Reds don't have to trade him this year, as he has another year left with the Reds. In my opinion they shouldn't trade him unless they get a spectacular offer, because he has a bit of intangible value in the aura he brings to the ballpark whenever he pitches. He puts butts in seats and wows the crowd, watching him pitch might be one of the few highlights left for the rest of the season.

I don't really maintain my blog anymore, but for a few weeks I was doing some "then and now" posts using old street improvement photos in Cincinnati and Google Streetview. I had some photos I took of many of the same exact spots, but felt the streetview was better as you can move and look around in more detail.