Brutus_buckeye

any updates on the hotel

Cincinnati just legalized ADUs in the city

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2023/08/23/expert-talks-whats-next-for-cincinnati-connector-streetcar/70650418007/ Interesting article from Deatrick on the Streetcar. Definitely a fan of expansion as long as it is the right type of expansion (i.e. sounds like he would push West End expansion).

^ I thought the plan was to build this downtown next to city hall?

I think the numbers were $420 million for Charlotte and $150 million for Mason. Each area was to raise 1/3 of the capital themselves. I do think his numbers are accurate given that he also owns the facility in Charleston SC and he certainly understands the cost to build such a facility.

To be fair, and I am sure there was some hyperbole in the comment, I am sure most people clearly know about the tennis facility but unless you golf, there is really no reason to step foot on the property. Outside of the 2 weeks when the tennis tourney was held, there is no real activity at that site (the tennis site). On occasion they had a couple of other minor events there but that was really a one off thing. Outside of driving by Kings Island, most people have no interaction with the Tennis Stadium. Much of that was due to the fact that the old owner USTA really did nothing to promote or encourage programming on the site and preferred to let it sit dormant when the tourney was not in session. I think that this really presents a huge opportunity here. Essentially you have a tennis center in a field of a growing suburban area and it offers a blank slate for development. The golf course can be sacrificed or even envisioned to fit in a unique development that can activate the area 12 months out of the year and be tennis focused. Develop a tennis village where people live, work and play around the site (almost like an Easton or Summit Park area in BLue Ash but the focal point is the enhanced tennis center. Golf can be reconfigured and play a role. Bike ahd hiking trails can also be built. Use the tennis center as a hub to incubate and attract sports and performance technology businesses to the area. there is a lot that can be done with the space (since afterall most golf courses are just waiting to be redeveloped at some point into a higher use).

That is the go to Cincinnati mantra. As soon as challenged by another city, we throw our hands up and admit defeat and that we are no longer good enough. I do feel that based on the latest stories I hear, it seems momentum is on it staying and i think last week's successful run only further strengthens the cause

It is such a defeatest position. She is acting as if there is no hope and groveling to get some scraps.

You could look at the fact that the failed Metromoves led to the streetcar

I was a fan of Metromoves back on the day but the big complaint i heard was that it did not offer enough connectivity to certain parts of town, namely the west side (why vote on something you cant really get much use out of). I would love to see a light rail system in town too, but it seems now the priority should be creating a transit system that works for as many people as possible and best connects people the people who most need to ride Metro to job centers and where they live. BRT seems like the best solution to do that at this particular time. Maybe at sometime in the future we could have a light rail line. However, it seems the most logical line would be to connect the city with the airport and that would be a much more difficult hurdle since you have to deal with Kentucky to make that happen.

Light rail is nice, but you need a transit system that serves the most people and that people will use. You have to have a system people want to use first, then you can push light rail. Get more people to find transit worth it first.

It seems as if that would have happened, UC would end up looking like some sort of Eastern European communist bloc type concrete commune.

The Florida numbers are a bit interesting. I wonder how many are actually "moving" vs just classifying themselves as Florida Residents yet still maintaining an Ohio home or their old Ohio home while they winter in Florida?

My neighbor runs the simulator training for PSA at CVG. He said that they technically are based out of Dayton (from the old USAir days) but do not fly much out of there and most of the activity is at CVG for the region. On the separate note, it seems in your opinion, that future growth in routes and markets will likely come on the Delta side and not the AA side? I thought that Delta pretty much wound down their regional operation here and it seems like if you were to add smaller flights and markets it would be easier to add to areas where you have a regional infrastructure built up which seems to play to American's advantage, or does that not matter? I know those days will never come back but I miss the times where you could get the super saver weekend deals on Delta and fly to pretty much anywhere multiple times per day.

TubroGraphx 16 - my that is a blast from the past. I remember playing it a couple of times, I cant seem to remember what games they were known for. I think the Genesis won out that battle fairly quickly but I always was fond of the Turbographx. I had a friend at the time who was a video game nut who had the Turbographx and Genesis and played them both. As for me, I never graduated off my NES.

I am confused a bit. I thought that you said the pilot base and FA base was not completely closed even though Delta said they were closed? Are they talking about reopening it? Do you know if American is looking to further grow in the market?

^ Wonder if there is any chance they up the frequency of flights anytime soon?

heres to hoping the new restaurant will activate the corner at 830 main

For clarity sake, and I miscommuicated earlier. I think it will be a close vote but will likely pass in the 51/52% range. What I meant to say about failing was that I think it could possibly fail. I think that if you compare it to issue 1, there was no way issue 1 would fail. I am not as convinced about the abortion amendment but if I had to put a best guess on it, I see it narrowly passing at this point. If you want to quote me after the election, you can let this stand as my official prediction.

You really do not have data to support that statement. First you do not understand my personal position on the matter, second, based on your comments, you clearly do not seem to understand the numbers. For clarity sake, I do believe the amendment will likely win in November but it will be along the lines of 51-49 or 52-48. I do believe that a majority of Ohioans support some form of abortion access. I do not believe the majority of Ohioans want full uninhibited access throughout the 40 weeks of pregnancy. I think if you ask the majority of Ohioans, they would support reasonable restrictions on abortion. You may disagree with the position that there are people who want to place limits on abortion access, but if you take the pulse of the state, one that leans conservative nonetheless, this is a likely outcome.

I think this pretty much encompasses where the nation is. They want access to abortion up to a certain point but they also want to protect the life of the unborn once it reaches a certain level of viability. Most people would consider an abortion at 30 weeks rather inhumane. Most people would not consider the same at 6 weeks. You have loud voices on each side arguing for no exceptions in any case and I do not think the public falls into either category. RFK Jr for as crazy as he may be, probably sums up the debate pretty well with his position. While that may not fit into either party's agenda, he is probably in line with most of the country with his stance.

I think turnout will probably be a bit higher than an normal off year election but it will not come close to turnout for presidential or even Congressional elections.

I think the polling is still early on that though and as the campaign starts in a month that may change some. I do believe at this time the majority will back the amendment but....... 1) There will be a lot of commercials out there that will probably peel off some of that support. 2) The 57% support against Issue 1 does support much of this assertion. 3) The November election will still be a low turnout election (under 50%) because it is an off year election. 4) There are a number of people who voted no on issue 1 who will vote no on the abortion amendment. The question is how much fall off will there be. The poll does not accurately measure that. Plus the poll was done on 7/24 before issue 1. Do I think the abortion amendment will pass, Yes. However, I think it will be much closer than the issue 1 debate.

Yes and no. I think the amendment would easily pass and be a no-brainer if it just guaranteed a right to abortion until viability somewhere in the 15-21 week area. The amendment does this but it also states that it also allows exceptions for the "health and well being of the mother" which offers a broad exception that goes beyond the physical safety of the mother and essentially would allow any licensed professional (not just an ob) to sign off on an exception until birth. Given what people may feel politically about the issue, I think given Ohio's conservative bent, the general consensus would be to have some guardrails on abortion but to at least have it legal through somewhere between the first 15-21 weeks. The majority of Ohioans do not support the heartbeat bill, but the majority also do not support abortion until birth. Even though the data may show that late term abortions may be a small amount of abortions, public opinion, especially in Ohio is not overly supportive of such a broad exception. There will be a lot of messaging on the issue from both sides in the coming months. The pro-choice side will try and sell people that it goes back to the way things were under Roe and leave out the other stuff. The pro-life side will likely push the fact it will allow late term abortions and also likely bring into the conversation transgender issues in a hope to peel off voters. Politically, if the abortion amendment loses, it could actually help democrats the most because 2023 is a nothing year as far as elections go however, 2024 is big with the presidential election and probably more importantly Senate. If the amendment passes, it will probably hurt Sherrod Brown's chances because he cant really run on this wedge issue in Ohio, but if it fails it will allow it to be a wedge issue for voters in 24 and help his reelection chances.

Are you saying that /all of the 57% that voted against issue 1 did so solely to support the abortion rights amendment? You leave no room for people that vote against Issue 1 and that could possibly be pro life? I think that is a bridge too far. What numbers are made up? Issue 1 failed 57%-43% that is a fact. The 5-8% number i cited is speculation because we have no idea how the vote will go but it is certainly reasonable that a % of the 57% who voted no on issue 1 would vote no on the abortion amendment. We do not know how big that percentage is. I speculate it is in the 5-8% range. If it is 5% the amendment passes 52-48, if it is 8% it fails. 49-51. I still think the amendment passes, but could still see it failing. It is interesting that you want to attack my statement as a bunch of bunk because it does not comport with your particular view on things instead of actually taking the statement for what it is worth and actually looking at what can happen. Given the Issue 1 has 57% support, and there is probably going to be some fall off. Even if the abortion polling shows it is favorable, there is often a 3-5 point +/- variance in polling. It is certainly not an unreasonable assertion. What actual analysis do you have on the issue besides the fact you do not like the pro-life side?