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An ethics investigation complaint has been filed against Christopher Smitherman to John Curp

Yup. Cranley is who he is. He will never change his mind and never admit he was wrong. Ever. He's just like Smitherman. He's had numerous 'political outs' during this whole debate and he continued to plow ahead. The man is ego driven

It is more than unsettling, it is vomit inducing. All of the positive things Cincinnati has been creating in the past 10 years are about to be set back 20. I do not live in the City and do not apologize for that, but you Idiots in Cincy hope you enjoy what you have put in motion. And you have FOUR YEARS of it to endure. Mayoral recall charter amendment should be drafted imo.

Dietrick mentioned the 100k figure today and they ran with it Naturally they believe that number but not the other numbers about canceling the project from Deitrick

Smitherman clearly violated this . He has an ethics problem http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3A3et7SYZM6jcJ%3Acode.cuyahogacounty.us%2Fen-US%2FCCRC-T4C404.aspx+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us . 2921.42 A

Their mind is already made up

Why is Christopher Smitherman still allowed to vote on anything?

I have no idea if its true or not...But its worth a shot

So in other words, we are screwed? Are ordinances subject to referendum? Via Nathaniel Livingston: 'Here's what the Charter says: "The initiative and referendum powers are reserved to the people of the city ON ALL QUESTIONS which THE COUNCIL IS AUTHORIZED TO CONTROL BY LEGISLATIVE ACTION; such powers shall be exercised in the manner provided by the laws of the state of Ohio." (Article II, Section 3) A lie travels around the world before the truth gets her shoe on. Et tu @CityBeatCincy and German Lopez!? Quote from today's CityBeat: "[streetcar supporters are] threatening a referendum on any action council takes to pause or cancel the project, BUT SOME ARE CONCERNED COUNCIL WILL ATTACH A FUNDING MEASURE TO LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ALLOW A CANCELLATION OR PAUSE TO GO INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY, even if the project makes it onto the November 2014 ballot." Considering this lie has travelled around the world already it looks like I'll be forced to put my paralegal shoes back on. The Charter doesn't say anything about Cincinnati voters losing the right of referendum because Council attaches a funding measure to legislation. It's written in plain English. If the Council is authorized to vote on something, the people have the power to challenge it by referendum. Have Cincy's news editors all gone on vacation at the same time!?! Who's fact checking these stories!!! And who are these concerned people? Why didn't they keep their concerns to themselves? Should everyone thank Mike Moroski & crew for helping spread this bad information. Now not only is there a battle with people at City Hall putting out misinformation, we've now got to deal with friendly fire from people who are supposed to be on our side!!!) ' http://library.municode.com/index.aspx?clientId=19996&stateId=35&stateName=Ohio

As a complete outsider, here is something that is not a theoretical assertion and the main reason why Cincinnati should continue the project. YOU ALREADY SIGNED THE CONTRACTS, CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY. The city has signed contracts with the federal government. Huge, huge documents, can't you imagine the cost the federal government bore to review and construct these documents. Don't you understand how pissed off they're going to be if you back out after you sign all of the documents. You will lose the Duke lawsuit and have to pay millions of dollars to move utilities for nothing. You will have to pay millions of dollars just to wind down construction and maybe millions more on the contract with the construction companies. The contracts are signed, they are legally binding. You will have to pay millions of dollars to CAF for nothing. Wisconsin is mired in lawsuits over backing out of contracts with Talgo. Cincinnati will be a laughing stock throughout the country. Do you think the federal government is going to plop down grant money to a city that has backed out after the contacts were signed? Do you think businesses will willingly contract with the city? The time to argue over whether or not the streetcar was worth it is over. Complete the project. Amen. There is only one reason the Streetcar will be voted to be canceled Monday and that is John cranleys ego For or against the Streetcar is irrelevant now. Canceling will be devastating to cincinnati

Winburn was just being winburn. Someone called his office and his secretary said he is not changing his vote on the streetcar. John Schneider probably has better info about what's going on. Hopefully he can update us. Everyone get ready

So this is what we are looking at: Monday, Dec 2, 2013: John Cranley will bring the streetcar up for a vote. -Winburn -Smitherman -Murray -Flynn -Mann will vote to cancel -PG -Seelbach -Simpson -Young will vote to not cancel The motion will go into effect 30 days from Dec 2. In the meantime, construction will continue on the streetcar. Supporters will have 30 days to draft a petition, collect 8700+ signatures, & put it on the november ballot. If they successfully do that, construction continues until November barring a sneaky Cranley/Smitherman legislative move

2011 Kevin Flynn: “I support the development of the streetcar as an economic development tool and job creator. All of the studies show, and all of the cities which have invested in streetcars have demonstrated, economic benefits for the city many times greater than the investment. We cannot continue to make cuts in services and play accounting tricks in order to balance our budget. In order to sustain our city in the long-term, we need to grow our city and invest in the infrastructure that will encourage private investment. “I support the current plan as a first phase of a larger system that will connect our uptown hospital/university district with our downtown entertainment/Central Business District. I would like to see the city pay for construction with Tax Increment Financing revenues generated by increased property values along the streetcar route.” http://citybeat.com/cincinnati/blog-2435-candidates_on_the_planned_streetcar_system.html

Kevin Flynn will be the new chair of rules...On the same day he said he will cancel the streetcar Mann is VM, votes to cancel streetcar PG supports fiscal responsibility...Gets nothing See the pattern

Flynn will vote to cancel the Streetcar. It's referendum time guys. Get everyone ready and prepared to collect signatures The language needs to be crystal clear on the initiative. Cranley is going to try to shut down construction somehow while we wait to vote in November. We can't let that happen

So how they officially vote on canceling the Streetcar on Dec 2? I assume a reading takes a day. Unless they go through two generic readings as fast as possible

Kevin flynn interview about the Streetcar will be on at 6 on local 12

The Enquirer just released 11 straight pro cincinnati Streetcar letters to the editor. That's gotta bea record

I don't expect cranley to change his mind on anything. He's in too deep. His ego will not let him

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Doubt it, I know people who worked for Cranley's campaign and as much as I don't like him, the fact is, he didn't officially reach out to COAST, he didn't damn them either (they are part of his base) but he refused to take a more active stance with them. The image I get is of an evil castle with 4 diabolical men all sitting at their thrones when you say that. Come on back down to the reality of the situation. Cranley has met with Smitherman reguarly...Who meets with COAST regularly...This happened before during and after the election. It's not a far stretch to infer that COAST, Smitherman and Cranley were and are in close contact in some way, shape or form By the way, Cincinnati Enquirer editorial on the streetcar coming out at any moment. I have nor have I heard any idea of what they will say

Jay Kincaid says they are going to stop streetcar spending during construction while they wait for a referendum vote. How is that possible?

He referred to himself in the 3rd person...His ego will not let him admit he is wrong

Heh... how's that supposed to work? The same way the feds will convert the federal funds given to the streetcar for other projects...

'I have the veto power. I'll veto all spending for the streetcar' - John Cranley "(Streetcar supporters) are in LaLa Land" - John Cranley "We are going to cancel it" - John Cranley "What were not going to do...We are not going to let the streetcar supporters collect signatures and continue to waste 50,000 per day while we wait for a vote" - JOhn Cranley