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They need to do something with the South Side of Court and Walnut

If you have ever read the story about how they came to own all of the Bengals it is quite impressive. Certainly some luck came into play, but definitely shrewd business moves on the Brown family's part were important. Considering when the Bengals started the Browns were only like 10% owners of the franchise and the NFL was still a fledgling enterprise far from what it is today and way behind MLB in popularity. Over the course of 25-30 years they were able to get control of the entire team and all of its shares is a phenomenal business story.

Ha, I did not see that from last week. Sorry to steal your thought ? . I would not invest my 401k money in WOrkhorse but a little play money could be interesting.

TSLA is the sexy stock and the name brand product. However, what is going on with TSLA is more of an industry phenomenon and it seems as if the Electric car companies are getting traction and credibility now as much more viable. Tesla is in the best shape and is obviously best capitalized, which is why the stock is what it is. Instead of buying TSLA at a premium, why not look into WOrkhorse. It is much more affordable and poised to ride on TSLA's coattails. It also has some key government contracts and the UPS electric fleet contract too. Similar to cryptos from a couple years back. Bitcoin may have been the name brand, but some of the smaller lesser known ones presented great value plays in the short term.

That is a faulty analysis and a false conclusion. As an early millennial, I take exception to that.

Kansas City is an interesting factor. I don't think they get it. Dallas will get it and Dallas and KC are too close to each other. The Hunt family may be influential, but they own FC Dallas (along with KC chiefs) and live in Texas. Think Dallas gets it. so it is a decision between Cincy and Nashville. Nashville's biggest problem is that Atlanta is pretty much guaranteed to host and they are both part of the South. I think the hotel situation hurts Cincy, but by 2026 there will almost certainly be a new Convention hotel built. I am cautiously optimistic at our chances.

THat is a false premise. Capitalism is still working and it works fine. The problem is that the Millennial generation had been sold a bill of goods about having to go to college and get a degree and how if they did their part and went to school then there would be rewards for them of having a comfortable life. It was never the case and has never been the case of capitalism, but it has been a lie pushed by colleges (who were getting drunk off the guaranteed loan money) and high schools who tried to push their rankings by encouraging kids who had no business in college and belonged in a trade school to go off to college and that they could all "learn to code". Now certainly, the shift from a manufacturing to service based economy contributed to things too, as the service jobs tended to be lower paid, but that is more of a global thing than "Capitalism has failed" issue. Ultimately, it is up to the individual to work to carve out the niche to create their space. It is hard work, yes, oftentimes not pleasant. Throughout history, it has proven over and over again that Capitalism is the only system that can provide a pathway for people to escape poverty and has led the US to be the wealthiest nation on the planet. Capitalism may not be perfect, but it is the best system out there.

It is difficult to gauge. I think it really depends on who you ask. I do think that the majority of people who live in the burbs want to be there, especially at various points in their life. They want the space it offers and don't necessarily desire the benefits that make urban living great. It certainly depends on your life cycle too. For me, 10 years ago, my wife and I could never dream about leaving the city. It's vibrancy and the benefits of being able to walk everywhere were great. Plus we had cars when needed to get where we needed to go. Today, now that we have kids, we would dread being in a city center or even inner ring burb with no space (dread is probably too harsh of a word, but regardless). With the young kiddos, it is great to have a yard and the cul-de-sac works for them to ride their bikes and play with friends. The city was just not overly practical in our case at our live stage. Now, while I have no idea if we will get back there, I certainly would love to have a chance to go back to the urban living if the time were right and situation were right. .My point is, i think there are a lot of calculations and both city and burbs work for people depending on life stages. Both areas can successfully feed off of each other and benefit each other. IMO

I dont disagree with you on the signal priority. I am not for the dedicated lanes. Otherwise, they should have done light rail.

THe whole point of the Streetcar was that it runs on the streets along with regular traffic. It was not the idea to separate it with a dedicated lane or berm. Otherwise, you would have just built light rail.

Isn't that space owned by the old Enquirer building or Macys? If I were a betting man, I bet that building gets renovated to apartments with retail/restaurant on the ground level. It is the easiest thing. Maybe they can add 2-3 more floors

It is great for Bonilla to get the annual annuity every year however, I wonder if anyone has done the math to see if he would have been better off long term taking the money upfront and investing it and using that as an annuity for all of this time.

Kearney provides the best reasoning (Pastor too but I especially liked Kearney's) when she essentially says, "paraphrasing" (I was against it and thought it a bad idea at first, but we built it so we are better off using it and making it work). We built the damn thing, lets use it. Besides the intangible benefits it creates, it may actually become something that produces revenue. If after 30 years it is a never used tool, then get rid of it. In the meantime, lets make it work.

has the building topped out or how many more stories are there to build?

The things you deem him racist for most people would not deem racist, that is your opinion. Really, you truly need to understand the intent of the speaker to determine this. You have to look much further than a couple of tweets to truly determine the intent. That is why it is so easy on the cancel culture to take a tweet out of context and throw malicious intent upon it when in fact none was ever there. Then the mob gets going and you have idiots rioting in the streets.

I dont think you can deem him racist on your opinion of his Twitter handle. Again, he says things that may be provocative in the Democratic circles. That alone does not make one racist.

Dusty has a ton of GOP support. It does not matter if he is a D or R on the ballot. He also has a lot of D support too among the moderate D's in Hamilton county. I know a lot of Republicans that vote for him over the GOP candidate on the ballot because they know what you get with Dusty. If the Dems drop him, I could see the GOP not running anyone if Dusty wants to run, at which case he would probably win.

When you've lost the debate, all you have left is to demagogue the other side. It is a shame that too many on the left have misused these terms for so long that they have become meaningless.

Dan Hils does not hold any office now. He is not running for office. He is nothing more than a private citizen who happens to represent the FOP. If he were an active candidate, I would agree with your point more. As for Dusty. He is not a racist. Lets not throw those words around like they are candy. That is irresponsible. I agree that he is not much of a Democrat and is more conservative than a Democrat and has been for a long time. He would not win any race or be endorsed by the party for any other race other than auditor because it really is a non-political position. If he were not so old, it would make sense that he leave the Democrats because he no longer really aligns with them politically. However, lets not conflate that with being a racist. Just because you do not agree with him does not make him a racist.

^in what bizzaro world??? He was calling out the hypocrisy of abortion and how it has been used for generations to predominantly kill black babies and that abortion has affected the African American community far more than any other. That was his point. You may disagree with his point but it was not racist.

Dan Hils is not an elected official or affiliated with any party. He represents his constituents. Alex has his moments where he gets a bit heated too. He is not part of the solution either. McFarland has taken things up a notch recently with some of her tweets and comments against those in the community. She is a far cry from the days of Tim Burke. Let's call a spade a spade, Dusty was called out for expressing his pro-life views. That he mentioned BLM does not make it a racist comment. He was calling out the BLM hypocrisy. That he is sexist because he expresses pro-life views is also offensive. You are allowed to be pro life. It is a difference of opinion and in many cases a valid opinion. She can respectively disagree with him without resorting to incendiary comments designed to provoke anger in the community. It is irresponsible of someone who calls themselves a leader to act that way.

McFarland tends to be a bit over the top with her rhetoric sometimes. She is taking county politics to a level of partisanship which should not exist. Unlike Washington, county chairs need to keep things much more civil, because you have to live amongst each other. I have no problem with disagreeing with Rhodes on his stance or even wanting to pull the endorsement from him. He has not been in step with the party for a long time. However, given his position as Auditor, it is pretty much one of the least ideological positions around (same with coroner), so Rhodes conservative politics should not matter much in his role. It does no good to pick a public battle with Rhodes in such a way and force people to try and take sides, especially in such a position as county auditor. If this were Prosecutor or County Commissioner, then maybe it is different. However, I do feel her tone is a bit divisive and not where a county chair should be coming from.

Do you know what type of employees are eligible? Again, some of this may come down to union contracts and there may be some collective bargaining needed to accomplish some of this.

Do you know if that is going on in other cities in Ohio? or other areas of the country? It could be an interesting proposal. Of course there are going to be other hoops to jump through on such a proposal especially given union contracts and the like. It would likely be much easier to do for other non-unionized workers.

Its offensive that she considers his tweet racist. It is one thing to disagree with it and say it is no longer aligned with democratic party politics but to say he is racist and sexist for tweeting in favor of pro-life is an example of what is wrong with dialogue in society today. I do not have a problem with them not supporting his re-election, he has not been in line with the Democratic party for some time now, but she should not have used the racist and sexist language.