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I guess we should know who Lauren is?

That made the Dayton paper too. I guess Cox Ohio shares stories among its newspapers Im thinking when the economy recovers Warren Cty will take off again. One thing that I notice is that we are somtimes talking about two Warren Counties...the one around I-71/Kings Island and Morrow & the Hamilton Cty line, and the one along I-75. Same county, but the intensity of development seems different.

Voinovich is a lame duck so is free to make opinionated statements in is waning days in office. Yet his own Ohio GOP is as conservative as the "Southerners" he is complaining about. The big myth about the Midwest GOP being somehow "different". The only thing differnt is the accent.

^ what loss? Take a look at what party dominates nearly every county in South and West Ohio. It doesnt get more Midwestern than Darke County. Doesn't get more GOP, too.

I didnt look too close at the list, but I seem to recall Cincy was on it, but futher down.

We will never know since the next census (2010) wont be countng housing units. The only thing related to housing that is in the count (or questons) is about renting or owning. I think the housing stuff is going to be in somethinc called the American Community Survey, which is too bad since the decade to decade comprisons for census tracts and block groups won't be possible after 2000. Things just keep getting suckier with the census.

...mainly due to the high rental vacancy rate (#2 in the US). "City" in this case means the MSA, not just the core city. America's Emptiest Cities Zack O'Malley Greenburg, 02.12.09, 11:20 AM EST Vacancy rates in these spots spell lots of empty neighborhoods. Call it a modern-day tale of two cities. For decades, Las Vegas, ripe with new construction and economic development, burgeoned into a shimmering urban carnival. Detroit, once the fulcrum of American industry, sagged and rusted under its own weight. These days, it's the worst of times for both. Las Vegas edged Detroit for the title of America's most abandoned city. Atlanta came in third, followed by Greensboro, N.C., and Dayton, Ohio. Our rankings, a combination of rental and homeowner vacancy rates for the 75 largest metropolitan statistical areas in the country, are based on fourth-quarter data released Feb. 3 by the Census Bureau. Each was ranked on rental vacancies and housing vacancies; the final ranking is an average of the two. >snip< ..more at the link

The Manchester Road interchange was just a mention in those Renaissance planning documents, not sure how "Real" it is, or whether its just something notional from the Middeltown planning staff. #### As for developers and interchanges, it does seem that there is one lead or major developer active at certain interchanges (Henkle-Schueler is the one for the southern Franklin intechange), but they dont totally control all properties. Even at Austin Road, RG Properties shares the play with Oberer and Miller-Valentine and Hutchins.

Montgomery County is going to propose two other sites beside the Ausitin Blvd site mentioned, but I really think the Monroe location would fit in withe the slightly sleazy vibe of that interchange: Warren County submits several sites for new racetrack Franklin, Middletown, Monroe, Lebanon and Mason identify possible locations for raceway with video gaming By Ed Richter, Saturday, July 25, 2009 The race is on for a new location with high interstate visibility for the Lebanon Raceway as the first installment of the $65 million licensing fee has to be ponied up by Sept. 15, with the rest due in 2010. Among several sites submitted by the Warren County Economic Development Department are two in Middletown: One has more than 130 acres and is located west of Interstate 75 and south of South Towne Boulevard. The other has more than 230 acres and is east of I-75 off Union Road south of Ohio 122 in Turtlecreek Twp. Mike Robinette, city economic development director, said he didn’t think either site was “a longshot.” “These are two very competitive sites that meet the criteria,” he said. Both sites, midway between Cincinnati and Dayton, would have lower land costs and a newly improved interchange that is under construction. Other sites submitted by the county’s economic development office are in Franklin, Monroe, Lebanon and Mason. Read full article here: http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/warren-county-submits-several-sites-for-new-racetrack-220626.html

Those residential area shots have a...dont laugh...Baltimore feel to them.

Ah, I see..thanks for the info on the movie. I really like those reinforced concrete loft buildings. I guess the one thats been gutted...they are going to renovate it? Here in Dayton they are tearing the loft stuff down, so nice to see places where its still around. But as we can see from Greenpoint they really add character and a grit, make the place feel urban.

I found some stuff on what Middletown has planned for their interchange. This is probably in direct competition with Austin Road. One of the things the planning documents mentioned was that there might be a future Manchester Road interchange. Now that could be interesting. The northern part of “Daytonnati” showing the interchanges as growth nodes The plans for the Renaissance District (what they are calling the place) Whats nice is they are working greenways and bike/walking paths into the planning, so this isn’t too bad for auto-oriented development. Cincys Al Neyer is the lead developer, and here are some aeriels showing what a juicy development opportunity this is. OH 122 is being widened through the site. …particulalary this one, since freeway frontage/visibility seems to a preferred site for new construction. The Neyer/Middletown city gov. relationship could be an example of a public/private partnership

They had those flyover walkways as part of the Belknaps wholesale/warehouse complex on the Louisville riverfront. In fact Washington Street used to look a lot like that B/W pick. I think Greenpoint was the setting for the move "Last Exit to Brooklyn", or was that another neighborhood?

There's a cop posting at another board I post at, and he says that this was a borderline disorderly conduct arrest. I do think, based on that bacikgrounder I linked to from the Boston Herald, that its unlikley race was a factor (on Crowleys part).

The plot thickens. Apparently the cop taught a racial profiling class at the polic academy. Cambridge police Sgt. James Crowley, the cop at the center of a firestorm over the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., has taught a racial profiling class at the Lowell Police Academy for five years. To see more, click link Link

"Im really not a racist douchebag, I just play one on the radio?" Well, OK, but still pretty twisted, huh?

^ bravo! well said!

Here's the police report. Source: The Smoking Gun

This reminds me a bit of that old Monty Python movie, Monte Python & The Holy Grail: "Help, Im being repressed!" King Arthur: Old woman. Dennis: Man. King Arthur: Man, sorry. What knight lives in that castle over there? Dennis: I'm 37. King Arthur: What? Dennis: I'm 37. I'm not old. King Arthur: Well I can't just call you "man". Dennis: Well you could say "Dennis". King Arthur: I didn't know you were called Dennis. Dennis: Well you didn't bother to find out did you? King Arthur: I did say sorry about the "old woman", but from behind you looked... Dennis: What I object to is you automatically treat me like an inferior. King Arthur: Well I am king. Dennis: Oh, king eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiting the workers. By hanging on to outdated imperialist dogma which perpetuates the economic and social differences in our society. King Arthur: I am your king. Woman: Well I didn't vote for you. King Arthur: You don't vote for kings. Woman: Well how'd you become king then? [Angelic music plays... ] King Arthur: The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. THAT is why I am your king. Dennis: [interrupting] Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony. Dennis: Oh, but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you. Dennis: Oh but if I went 'round sayin' I was Emperor, just because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away. Dennis: Come and see the violence inherent in the system. Help! Help! I'm being repressed! King Arthur: Bloody peasant! Dennis: Oh, what a giveaway! Did you hear that? Did you hear that, eh? That's what I'm on about! Did you see him repressing me? You saw him, Didn't you?

Why the dispute took place and why it escalated to this point is anyone's guess. But based on my experience with A) police offices and B) high ranking, well known, eldery professionals (in any field) the fact that it escalated to this level is not at all surprising. Bingo.

^ They could have left the state. I ran some numbers for Montgomery County based on the 1990 and 2000 census, and the largest drop was the young adult cohort in 1990...people who were 20 somethings in 1990. That group declined the most by 2000, when they would have showed up as the 30 somethings. That wasn't the decade we are talking about, but you can see the trend, even in a "good" decade like the 1990s. But also it was what college grads did that helped them...the sectors that were growing, like medical and proffessional, scientfic, and technical jobs, would have absorbed college grads if they had the right degrees, as well as filling in retiree jobs.

Based on those employment numbers I ran for Dayton and Ohio (I think I posted them here?) that was the situation here. Employment dropped after 2001 and either plateaued or kept dropping (depending on the sector). I think medical was the only sector show job substantial increases in the past decade.

^ That's a good interpretation of the military industrial complex issue that Eisenhower warned about, and kudos to you for getting that, as a lot of people misunderstand what Ike was talking about. The F22 issue could be a textbook example of this. Bob Dornan and the B1 would be another.

Its an old lefty dream to drastically cut the military, and Boreal pretty much outs himself as one of these leftys. It aint gonna happen to the extend you guys want. Cutting back on the F22 made sense as that was too expensive, but it will end there. What will happen with the defense budget is that it will be redirected to strategy and tactics leanred in Iraq and Afganstan...both force structure and technology. The militry is also keeping an eye on China as the next threat/competetitor.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, the Conference Board peers into the Magic Economic 8-Ball. Leading Economic Indicators The Conference Board LEI for the U.S. increased for the third consecutive month in June. Most of the components contributed positively to the index this month except real money supply* and manufacturers' new orders for nondefense capital goods*. The six-month change in the index has risen to 2.0 percent (a 4.1 percent annual rate) in the period through June, up substantially from - 3.1 percent (a –6.2 percent annual rate) for the previous six months, and the strengths among the leading indicators have remained balanced with the weaknesses in recent months. ...prognosis: slow recovery starting either late this or early next year. Won't help those bad job numbers noted by Zuckerman, which will probably are locked-in for some time.