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This is why I have never liked the guy. He as a jacka$$ 15 years ago when I knew him and it is safe to say he has never grown up and matured. No different than the president only he has less power. #stilladouche https://twitter.com/ChrisSeelbach?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

That would have been a tougher call to make given the money Portland generates. However, if they started struggling at the gate, I would not be surprised if he took that opportunity to move them too. It was all about being patient for the right opportunity.

I don't think it made a difference at all. Precourt wanted to own an MLS team in Austin from the start if he did not buy the Crew, he would have bought some other team to move them instead.

^ Not disagreeing with your conclusion Jake, but let even though tuition to those schools is expensive, he probably got significant scholarship money to John Carroll which made the freight much more affordable. Most private undergrad schools offer money especially for in state students to attend for less than sticker prices. He was clearly a high achiever there given his record as a 2 time student body president. We don't know if he also received money to Harvard. For grad school, if he did very well, he probably would have received grants and scholarship money to the divinity school. He may have even received money to law school too depending on how he did on the tests and his grades and other background. So we cant necessarily base things on the cost of tuition to those schools.

Fair enough Jake. I still say that his father made some good money real estate investing over the lifetime. I am more curious as to what they paid for the lot and I wish the site had more info on that. Just out of curiosity, how what made you think to look for this house?

^ They will be housing the inmates in Paul Brown Stadium. it will be the new jail since the fans don't go there anymore.

^its not necessarily trust fund either.

Yeah from selling ginsu knives. His dad was a financial planner, his mom was a librarian, his grandmother was a school teacher who emigrated from Ireland. He grew up in Price Hill. There may be doctors in the family and such but that does not necessarily speak ot the profile of a trust fund kid. I do not know this for a fact, and I am speculating some on this. I guess what I am curious is how you know this about his background?

That's totally incorrect. He did grow up with a ton of money and is a trust-funder. The family trust just sold their vacation home in Naples, FL for $10 million this past spring, a few months before Hurricane Irma. When he was at St. X he went on the Dominican Republic mission trip. Those extravagant mission trips cost thousands of dollars (there was also an annual one to Peru) -- nearly as much as the annual tuition at the time. Cranley still walks around talking about that damn mission trip to the Dominican Republic. It's on his bio. I'm surprised he hasn't embellished the story -- that he paid for it by shining shoes or something. jmecklenborg[/member] - people can pay for their mission trip a variety of ways. We don't know how he paid for his, he could have saved his own money or paid for it by soliciting family and friends. we don't know and you never overlapped with him in high school since he graduated in 92 and you in 96 Also the fact the family had a $10 million vacation home in Naples does not really say much. How long have they owned it? If they had it for 30+ years, they could have bought when prices were low and rode it up. IF they bought recently, they could have come into money in the last 10 years which, while good for him, does not necessarily qualify him as a trust fund baby.

Columbus Crew will move to Austin not because Col is not a viable soccer market or has a bad business community or bad stadium (yes they need a new stadium, but not the reason they are moving). The sole reason they are moving is that the owner never liked Columbus, he bought the team with the intent to move them to Austin in 5 years and he was just biding his time until he could get the move done. Once he bought the team, they were on borrowed time.

^ Is this about getting Dem candidates elected or good candidates who represent a wide swath of the city and their interests. It is a good thing to have people like Murray on council. It helps create diversity and limit groupthink. You never want a council that is all liberal dems or all staunch conservatives. Lets have some diversity.

Hasn't he been in charge of the local party since the 80's? From a numbers standpoint, he has definitely increased the amount of local dems in office over the last 35 years but much of this was probably going to happen naturally anyway with the concentration of more liberal voters in the cities becoming more pronounced. The funny thing about statistics is that they can tell whatever narrative you desire to tell. The same stats can show that Tim was the biggest failure yet also show he was a huge success, depending on who is doing the spinning.

The one thing I will say for Flynn is that he doesn't really do that stuff. He hates the politics of city government, so I couldn't see him doing that. Because we saw how well that worked for Pam Thomas in 2013. I think I was confusing Young with Pam Thomas. Sorry about that.

To me, it's more like swapping Winburn for Pastor, Dennard for Simpson, and Landsman for Flynn. I'm really sorry to lose Yvette Simpson on Council. While I criticized her mayoral campaign, I nevertheless really like her. I hope Tamaya Dennard can fill her shoes. Right. The makeup of council is virtually unchanged. The only difference for the next 4 years is that I bet some council members are going to step down starting around 2020, and appointing hand-picked replacements to their seat. I am still amazed that no one elected in 2013 stepped down before their term was over. I know Flynn had pressure to do so when he said he would not run again, I also thought there was pressure on Wendell Young to step down and let his wife take his seat.

Didn't Children's pay several times the market value for most of those properties? Can you really say you "lost" your house if you sold it for 5X what it's worth? If he's referring to renters, well that's a whole other discussion but not exactly a position most people empathize with. Right, because who cares about renters being kicked out of their homes. They're not even people. This is a bit over the top too. 1) They are renters, which means they can get kicked out for whatever reason the landlord deems appropriate so they don't have the same housing rights that others have. 2) those who live there and own were compensated above market and will be better off. THey can buy a similar house in the same neighborhood if they like or move somewhere else. Yes, it is unfortunate they have to move but it is not like someone is stealing their home from under them. They have recourse.

We're totally back to the chaos of the Luken years. We re-elected someone who was given everything he has by his inheritance. The #1 council candidate has never had a full-time job. All of the working-class people in this city have been fooled by the aristocracy, once again. Jake, that is not accurate. He is a West side guy, grew up went to St. William. Father was a blue collar guy. Mother was on the school board. This is not the type of guy who grew up with a silver spoon in his mouth. Yes, he married into a successful family who immigrated to the US in the 60s and is first generation wealth. This is not the picture of a trust fund kid from Indian Hill and your description is not at all true..

The Cran Man did it. Reading some of the comments from the biz courier, it really did appear the Children's issue hurt her significantly.

You still would want to have a 20k seat indoor arena for many other events. Not many events can fill a 65k seat arena but the 20k seat arena offers more flexibility.

^ I was always told that Reddit was a left wing hangout. That is amusing. I have never been on Reddit so I personally don't know, but it is quite interesting depending on who you speak to.

^ As much as I am not a fan of hers, I would probably trade her for Seelbach.

Not a Seelbach or Quinliven fan. Personally don't think Laure really is anything but a shill who really has no policy besides the arts (nothing against the arts but we are more than a one issue city) and Seelbach, I personally find to be a jerk.

^ City council technically is a non partisan election. Yes the parties may weigh in with their endorsement but even if you are a staunch Dem, there is nothing wrong with voting for Amy Murray if you feel she has handled the local issues well. Political Party should not really play a role on the local level like it does on more of a national scale or state level. I mean does it really matter what Amy Murray's stance on social issues are at this level, absolutely not. What matters is she keeps the streets paved and the city moving forward which she has done a good job with. Also, she is someone who really is not beholden by party and does not really have any aspirations to climb to higher office in her career.

What does Hero member mean? where did that come from?

But Jake, rental real estate is more risky than investing in stock market index funds especially if you are a newbie.

Jake - What about defined benefit pension funds? Where do you think that money comes from? It is invested in many of the same equities that your 401k is invested in.