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'I have the veto power. I'll veto all spending for the streetcar' - John Cranley

Cranley on 700wlw right now

I feel confident now that phase 1 will be built now. It seems pointless now for Cranley to even hold a vote...But as we all know, Cranley has an ego. We'll see It is not over though. -We need to work with PG and figure out this Special Tax District -We need to educate people more and do a better job of reaching out in the media And I guarantee you Smitherman, Cranley and COAST will be meeting to discuss how to stop future phases and monies being spent... So we gotta keep an eye out for everything

So what does this all mean(Assuming PG votes today for the project) As I understand it, and Kevin Osborne tweeted it, It means that even if Flynn and Mann vote to STOP the streetcar Dec 1, construction will continue for 30 days. If streetcar supporters collect enough signatures to put it on the ballot after 30 days(8k+), then construction WILL CONTINUE UNTIL NOVEMBER 2014. Today could be HUGE Still some jockeying going on at the 11th hour... EDIT: PG just voted for the emergency clause.

Thanks John. Pg announcing right now

Seelbach is saying that the vote today has huge ramifications. Cranley can, with city manager, pause or temporarily halt the Streetcar if Council doesn't get 6 votes today. Doesn't sound optimistic. John is saying opposite. Who's right

Keep the letters coming. I'm hearing apro Streetcar guest letter will be in the Enquirer tomorrow. I'm also hearing coast members are posting 'dozens of emails under fake names' to flynn, pg, and Mann about killing the project

Nope. Today's vote was a finance ordinance. Finance ordinances are not subject to referendum. It will pass, and the new Council will have to repeal it. Really? That'd beawesome. I'm hearing from some cfp members that it's essentially dead if pg doesn't vote for the emergency clause

Guys, tomorrow is D Day. From my understanding, if pg does not vote for the emergency clause to fund the Streetcar, it's essentially dead. Cranley will hire a temporary city manager to halt the project without a Council vote. He will return the fed funds and is game over If pg votes for the emergency clause, cranley has to have Council vote and then supporters will have signatures ready for referendum. That means construction on the Streetcar would continue until Nov 2014 Huge day tomorrow. Pg or Thomas need to vote for the emergency clause. Then when flynn and Mann vote to cancel it, the referendum will be ready

That would be interesting

David Mann is your new vice mayor. That most likely means he will vote to cancel the Streetcar. It's up to Flynn and pg now

It's all about ego at this point and future political aspirations

Love how the media is so focused on business owner lawsuits but not lawsuits from CAF, messer, etc Can't complain about Business Courier's coverage too much though. Theyv'e been good

Let's hope Deatrick makes this info about light rail tracks in Cincinnati known.....

You are preaching to the choir. I read a comment today that the streetcar is the reason the cincinnati pension is a mess. I read another comment that say "Obama needs to take the streetcar back to Kenya" People are woefully uninformed. Unfortunately, they all voted last election and not enough of us did

I don't know why they aren't either. They have the resources at their disposal.

Not good news at all, guys http://www.wlwt.com/news/local-news/cincinnati/new-council-works-to-halt-streetcar-project/-/13549970/22996960/-/gjlig3z/-/index.html?absolute=true&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=wlwt If the project is halted, it will be cancelled. Word is lawsuits will be ready before John Cranley and council even takes a vote on the streetcar

From today: 'Downtown and OTR will do great without the streetcar. I urge those streetcar supporters to work with us to find alternatives' -John Cranley David Mann will be on 700wlw at 1pm today with Dan Carroll to talk about the streetcar

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20131115/NEWS01/311150060 Halting the streetcar, as David Mann suggest, means canceling the streetcar The feds made that 100% crystal clear in the letter. Whenever someone mentions 'halting the streetcar to look at costs' that effectively means canceling it due to the progress report checkpoints. We have to make this crystal clear. Also, as with any construction project, if the city were to halt work to “evaluate options” as some council members want it to do, the contractor will charge a daily fee. It could be a huge cost to pay the contractor to sit around and do nothing. It’s scary that there are people on council who are going to vote to stop construction without knowing even the basic contractual obligations of the city. We could waste hundreds of thousands of dollars to reevaluate the costs of a project that has been scrutinized to death. That's precisely the Cranley gameplan. Delay then cancel.

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20131115/NEWS01/311150060 Halting the streetcar, as David Mann suggest, means canceling the streetcar The feds made that 100% crystal clear in the letter. Whenever someone mentions 'halting the streetcar to look at costs' that effectively means canceling it due to the progress report checkpoints. We have to make this crystal clear.

German tweeted that pg said today's news was 'a Big get for the pro streetcar side'.

http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2013/11/14/feds-if-you-kill-the-streetcar-we.html?ana=twt&page=2 That is crucial. It is not fiscally responsible to kill the streetcar at this point

Or make it a requirement for all cincinnatians to vote. Just a normal turnout would have elected Qualls in droves along with a pro streetcar majority

Smitherman said on his last Whiteboard Glenn Beck rant that "Council was trying to silence Smitherman by withholding funding from Mediabridges" He then went on to talk about Chris Seelbach being "The gay police"

Cranley used the word 'hopefully' referencing canceling the streetcar today in the Enquirer article. This is the first time I've heard him say that word Before it was just 'we're canceling it', 'the conversation is over', etc