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They also own other real estate in town. I believe they own the Power Building on 4th and Race so they could go there. They used to own the INgalls building and used that as space in the past too. There is nothing that says they cant lease space in another building either. Sounds like most of these jobs are operational and would likely go to class B space. I can imagine them putting them in the old First National Tower or maybe even Mercantile or the Huntington Bank building depending on the type of positions there are.

I am sure the land costs in LA were a lot more thus accounting for a big portion of the additional cost

^ George Soros has a lot of money, The SLPC is sitting on a pot of money close to $500 million, Planned Parenthood has a large war chest. There are hundreds of groups around like that. Let's not pretend that lobbying is solely done by "evil" corporations. It is disingenuous to say that the car companies and payday lenders solely lobby for malicious purposes while groups like Planned Parenthood and SLPC are pure in their intentions.

^ There is also a lot of lobbying money on the other side too. Lobbying gets a bad rap in some cases because it is more about educating politicians on a specific issue than trying to bribe someone for influence.

^ See, people on the left attack payday lending all the time, but they provide a valuable service to the demographic they serve. The thing is it is easy to sit on your perch and say hey these people are being preyed upon by the evil corporation, but there is a reason for this, and the higher rate they pay is due to the risk of default. These lenders provide a service to people in a market that without them, this section of the population would not have access to funds. So, go ahead and outlaw them. You hurt the people who use them the most. THen you can move to outlaw Rent a Centers, and move to credit cards from people with under 700 credit scores. We can then put in rent control to prevent greedy landlords from taking advantage of their tenants. We can force the car companies for selling cars that are not autonomous driving, we can go after Kroger for selling junk food and contributing to the obesity problem. Point is, there are a lot of proposals that may be "good for society" when looking at things from high on top, but when you get down in the trenches, these policies actually hurt the very people they are intended to help.

If you're going to advertise at all, you don't advertise your worst products, you advertise your best most profitable ones. FTFY. A lot of people who don't need F150s buy them anyway because of advertising. But that is their choice to make. It is not government's duty or responsibility to make it more them and limit their choice. That is not what we are about as a nation. You point out that people make bad choices and argue that it is government's or other people who know more than them's responsibility to save them from their self. I hear these arrogant statements all the time from my liberal friends yet at the same time they are the same ones who talk about equality and argue that government has no place over a woman's body, etc. Which way is it. Just because they may not have the same IQ or education as you do or if statistics show they are making a bad decision, does not mean you have a right or duty to stop them. You need to let people make their own decisions.

Springfield's hospital was the site of old brownfield industrial buildings. They were obsolete and not serving a practical use anymore. Tearing them down brought jobs and people closer to the center of town.

Drill Baby Drill

As a business owner, I prefer credit cards because it is so much easier to manage than having a bunch of people pay cash. However, cash also has advantages over credit cards in areas too for the business owner. It is a trade off that each business needs to decide what is best for themselves.

I always tip on my card. I know too many waiters who skimp on their civic duty by under-reporting cash tips to dodge taxes. At least if there's a paper trail, they're more likely to pay what they're supposed to. we all pay too much in taxes. If I can put a few more bucks in the pocket of my waiter without having to pay more myself, I am happy to do so.

I typically pay my bill on the card but I always try and tip in cash so the waiter can keep a bit more of the tip that way.

There is a big difference between the 2. Federal law is set up as a Constitutional Republic guaranteeing states rights and was designed to have a relatively weak (albeit not so much anymore) federal government and grant more power to the states for home rule. States do not have to grant that same right to their own municipalities.

There are too many municipalities to allow for a strong home rule in Ohio. Ohio is already a mess to do business in because of all these separate municipalities and jurisdictions. I am glad the General Assembly can stop moronic laws like this from small municipalities.

WHat is the point about arguing where in the West End in connection to OTR it sits. OTR is farther along in its evolution so it makes sense to go next to OTR instead of the other side of the West End.

Where did you get this plan ?

^ don't forget about The Eagle and Bakersfield guy too. Kinda of a local celeb. He was 40 under 40 so that counts for something.

He's way older than me. The only famous people from my grade were the Arby's Good Mood Food guy and Lady Gaga's pianist. He was 29. What happened was that the Hamilton County Commissioners raised the county sales tax in early 1996. An opposition group formed that was led by Tom Luken and Tim Mara. They gathered over 50,000 signatures in just 30 days to force the thing onto a special public vote. My dad was one of the petition organizers so I remember this all pretty vividly. That's where Berding appeared and became the face of the pro-tax campaign. The tax ended up passing in the special election and the rest is history. I know but he shares your Alma Mater. Don't sell your class short, you also had a PGA golfer in the class and a published author whose works appear in many Cincinnati area bookstores including my next door neighbor's house who wrote on things related to Cincinnati history and the abandoned subway.

It really frustrates me too because I'm pretty weary of Berding handing the keys of everything to FCC and screwing over the city (Just like he did with the County on the Bengals deal), but I'm not against FCC having a stadium either or the West End getting some attention and investment (though frankly Nippert would have been way better and a smarter move would have been to use the leverage of international press as a means to negotiate with FCC to use Nippert, but IMO that's too outside the box for Cincy's elite who could just brooker a crooked deal anyways given that the mayor is friendly to them :/). I think people misunderstand the role Berding played in the PBS stadium role 25 years ago. At the time, he was in his mid 20s and starting out in the working world, was a big Bengals fan and starting to get politically connected in the Democratic party. He ran what started as a grass roots group to try and save the Bengals and used some of his political connections to get the players in the city to take notice. He was not affiliated with the Bengals and had no real power in the debate, but he was a public face much like the guy that organizes the Bailey or any other fan club leader is a public face. Only afterward, when his efforts paid off did Berding get a job with the Bengals as a repayment for his efforts. It also helped that he went to high school with Blackburn and Jake Mecklenborg so they had that connection too. But Berding was not really some insider who sold the city a bill of goods on PBS at the time.

The thing that I love is he suggests that instead of tackling poverty and trying to improve failing neighborhoods they are building a stadium. WHat a crock and showing a clear misunderstanding of the issue. How do you go about accomplishing the goals he cites. This is one way to get there. He is very disingenuous.

Because paying him off will be cheaper in the long run than just firing him. Trying to fire someone with an employment contract can be extremely expensive.

The Mary Taylor adds annoy me.

Jake - but what do you think of Youngs comments?

Young made a completely tone deaf comment. I believe he had good intentions and in his heart he was trying to show empathy and be sympathetic to the family and what they were dealing with but the words that came out of his mouth were inappropriate for the situation and looked really bad. He essentially was trying to sympathize while making an analogy about the cost of a life and how the city is going to have make a big settlement out of this. - Again it was a horrible comment but I think in his heart his intentions were much different. THis stuff happens. I don't think he needs to resign over this, and I while personally thing Wendall Young is a clown and a horrible councilman, this incident should be forgiven (but he needs to watch it for a while going forward)

Jake was probably speculating on the $3.50 as it is probably more. I have seen some AMEX cards take as much as 6% in some cases. The problem is that rates are all over the board depending on the type of card it is. Miles cards are higher than other rewards cards and AMEX is the highest and you do not know what the terminal fee will be until you run the card because not all Visa, Mastercards, etc are the same.

I think Sacramento's issue with the whole expansion process is pretty good evidence. They need to find their own billionaire owner to get a team. Also, same with Beckham and Miami's team. that is part of the reason it took so long to get off the ground, they brought in a billionaire at the end to get it over the top. Detroit, Cincinnati, Nashville all have billionaires on their bids too. It is becoming pretty evident that this is a necessity for MLS ownership or new ownership to be admitted to the club.