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No it's not. So what if it loses the first time on the ballot? If you place it on the ballot and do exit polling, you will get more/better information than a telephone poll of likely voters combined with mathematical probability modeling, and a ballot issue will cost the same/less. then why hasn't the light rail issue been revisited since 2002 then?

^ Even more important for Metro to educate the public. People are geared to vote against transit almost all the time here. If you start the education process and invest into years of education, you can change the paradigm. Throwing a sales tax on the ballot now is a huge loser.

^ you pretty much have to take them to the grave or else you will have a huge tax hit

Back in 2002 when they did the Metro Moves initiative, they had been touting the program for over a year before it hit the ballot. While it failed miserably, there was plenty of time for the public to at least assess the value of it. MetroMoves was a flawed plan but they did a very good job of trying to get engagement and build the case for the program. You cannot do that in a 3 month period. Couple that with the negative impression of the streetcar in the suburban areas and it is doomed for disaster. You can compete against other levy's in the future if you have made your case. There is not enough time to make your case now.

It would be foolhardy to go forward with the tax now. People are not going to support a 1 cent tax on top of the county tax and given the current opposition against it, it is time to pause and wait for a better time. Go big, but take time to show the value. YOu cant win the value prop in 3 months. This would get slaughtered in the polls.

The vast majority of the team will be new. The draft will take a few players and they will look to sign and develop some international players too. The holdover players on the team this year will likely play minor roles after the step up to the MLS.

^ well if you are Tamaya Dennard you need a system of comprehensive rent control throughout the city and forcing permanent housing upon these people.

Tamaya Dennard on City Council, who was the one who propagated racism claims against a local business (which were proven to be lies based on police body camera footage), is the one leading the charge. Instead of trying to come up with a compassionate and permanent solution to the problem she's pushing to allow the tent city to remain there. *sigh* Fortunately there are 5 votes against her. Mann is a pragmatic for the most part but feels everyone needs an opportunity for their voice to be heard. He will give them a few extra days but then eventually side with the others and move them along. Dennard and Seelbach are in the minority on this.

^ He worked for a major bank and could not take part in the project because of conflicts of interest so he quit his job for 6 months and told his boss not to rehire for the position because he would be back when the project was finished. When you are a top producer you can do this.

I was speaking with a guy the other day who has a friend who left his job for 6 months to invest his 401k in a Nashville development and then once he unloaded it went back to his job after pocketing an 80% return in 6 months.

this girl needs to join the real world. My wife has a cousin like this, completely clueless

I have never seen this before. This would be a great location for such a hotel or any hotel. Closest to the stadium and the easiest access to the highways for people coming and going from downtown. I am surprised nothing has come to fruition on this site.

It is not as bad as you think. Yes both Nashville and Austin have more activity and Nashville always has over the last 30 years but there are certain things to consider. 1) Nashville Construction & Austin is all new whereas there is a ton of renovations of former vacant property in OTR and other areas to convert to living space. This does not get the same attention that a 30 story crane does. 2) Remember the areas outside of the tourist district of Nashville are dead too on the weekends. Walk up by the statehouse and in that area of downtown and there really is no activity. 3) Nashville has a better city/county government to help pool resoruces and dedicate them toward massive projects. Cincy was behind the curve on this and is finally starting to catch up. 4) Both Nashville and Austin while smaller are growing faster and thus getting more attention. Perception is 80% of the reason. Certainly there should be and could be much more in Cincy than is happening but I don't think that any one party is to blame for this, a lot of it stems from things and decisions made 50 years ago or longer that predicate this. THings are happening though, some of it is under the radar

Just don't see him winning with so much Warren county ground to cover.

Cincinnati's biggest impediment to the regional model is the city pension. They cant offload it because OPERS does not want it but they cant move new employees to OPERS because it would cause the current system to become insolvent. The county and anyone outside the city would never let their employees go to the city pension system because of the riskiness of it so it is a huge albatross that keeps things from getting done.

I am sure they would annex Blue Ash if given the opportunity. But to your point, it is why Norwood is an island in the middle of the city.

Mt Adams will be fine. It needs to reinvent itself a bit but the core is there. There are some solid businesses located up there and it has the Art Museum and Playhouse as its anchor. It was a bit overbuilt with some bars and like anything, some of the late to the game players will suffer but the Hill will be fine in the end. The Celestial was always an overrated steakhouse. It had a great view but the food was meh at best.

DEPACincy[/member] it should also be noted the Cardinal Health is not quite a medical business or biotech business like Cleve Clinic or a biotech company. Cardinal is a distributor of medical supplies.

^ that is another very important reason why Cleveland is such a financial center for the region. 5/3 and Huntington are nice banks and all but they have less influence than they would have if they were in a Fed city. Look at the major banks in the country and where are they based. Outside of Charlotte, all the big players (US Bank, Wells Fargo, SunTrust, Key, JP Morgan, Citi all are based in Fed Reserve cities. PNC is another outlier but again the economy of today is different to allow a PNC, 5/3 and BB&T type banks to compete. 50 years ago, you needed to be in a Fed Reserve city. Law firms and accounting firms also like to cluster around these industries too. Cincy was never a major financial center. It was a much more diversified economy back then and it did have its financial businesses and even its own stock exchange but its manufacturing economy and service economy relied on different industry clusters. Hence why it and Columbus were never major financial centers.

What is this assertion based on? On the financial side, Fifth Third is the largest bank in the midwest and one of the largest in the country. Cincy also has Cincinnati Financial, Western & Southern, and American Financial Group in the Fortune 500. On the eds side, UC and OSU are much larger, and always have been, than anything in Cleveland. I'd say Cleveland wins on the meds side of things with Cleveland Clinic, which is an absolute behemoth. But it should be noted that Cardinal Health is the largest company in Ohio by revenue. traditionally, because of its history as a large port and manufacturing center there were a lot of financial service industries that began and developed there. Society Bank, Ameritrust, National City were all major players there for a long time. Ernst and Young got its start in Cleveland and has a huge presence there to this day. Cleveland is a very large law market with multiple top 20 international law firms based there, like Jones Day, Thompson Hine and, Squire. Now the market today does not support this as much as it used to but for a long time, Cleveland punched above its weight class in these areas. I remember working for a large international insurance brokerage who had a large operation in Cleveland at the time. The fact is, Cleveland is still the financial services center in Ohio and I say that as someone who lives in Cincinnati and has seen how these businesses interrelate and play to each other.

The economies are slightly different. Cleveland has always been a much larger financial center and also as pointed out earlier, eds and meds center than the other cities. Columbus and Cincy have caught up some in that area and we have seen that by more college professionals in those cities, but given its legacy, Cleveland is still a much larger finance, legal and medical market than the other C's. The thing that seems to help fuel Columbus growth as well as Cincy to a more limited extent is the logistics and warehousing businesses. Given its location along 70 and near 75 and 77 it offers a great proximity to the major markets and great for logistics companies to warehouse goods.

change in economy from heavy manufacturing to service based. The manufacturing jobs that are around rely on less people. People move because they are seeking the jobs and the industries that grew Ohio do not provide the level of jobs that they once did. It is not that the other regions are doing anything right. Florida took advantage of a tourism economy that grew because of the prosperity of the North. People came for the jobs. Silicon Valley developed around tech and people came for the jobs. The jobs in Cleveland, even the biotech sector are not creating the volume of jobs to supplant all the factor workers who were once employed in the factories.

Did you buy it Jake? I hear it could be a good rental or Airbnb?

What can I say, I am a big fan.

What becomes of the ballet building? Will they stay or move someplace else?