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Can anyone post a video of the length of the trench? I can't tell you how many people that think construction is only like a half a block

Contrary to what Kevin Osborne reported, there was no Cranley meeting with Valerie Jarrett. Osborne is firmly in John Cranley's back pocket. Between the lack of info on stopping the streetcar story to his Qualls hit piece Cranley push polled and dropped in his lap, to the jim Kiefer quotes, to this "meeting". Just a headsup, He's a mouthpiece for Cranley now

Exactly. Obviously the polite way does not work against them nor does it get us any results. Qualls was polite this whole election and it got her nothing Either we fight fire with fire or we simply just let 700wlw/COAST/Smitherman/Cranley implement pre-Mallory policy

Got a suspicious feeling Cranley will ask pg or mann to be his vm on the condition of a no vote against the streetcar

'streetcar debate is over' john Cranley http://cincinnati.com/blogs/politics/2013/11/08/john-cranley-streetcar-conversation-is-over/

Guys, we need to stop worrying about tunnels right now and need to focus on getting this project competed John Cranley is meeting Dec 3 in DC with some department to try to reallocate the streetcar funds. We need to write, email, call, and organize our plan when council votes to stop construction.

Then so is talking about Vine Street. Absolutely correct. There should only be one priority right now. Doing everything we can to get the first phase completed. That means mailing politicians, drumming up support, getting businesses on board, getting key prominent local figures on board, and getting the message out.

Talk of a tunnel is extremely premature considering John Cranley and city council have vowed to stop the project

Absolutely right. To go against the bullies of 700wlw, you need strong retorts from skilled debaters. You know what they are going to ask. When Yvette did that and started taking it to Bill Cunningham the other day, he responded "You talk to much" .

Scott Sloan 2 years ago "The streetcar route is stupid. Downtown to Clifton? Get some real light rail transportation. From the suburbs to the airport" Scott Sloan today "Listen, I love the route of downtown to uptown. It makes sense. We just can't afford it" Scott Sloan 3 years ago "$45 million to renovate Washington Park? In this economic climate? What a waste. Another gem from City Clownsil" Scott Sloan today "Washington Park is doing great. That's an example of great investment.. Not the streetcar"

Twitter is incredible sometimes

Wow. That would be huge. This article has been updated. It now reads: "A day after mayor-elect John Cranley reiterated his biggest election promise, to stop the streetcar project, received a possible offer that might give the city more cash. Valerie Jarrett, senior advisor to President Barack Obama invited Cranley to Washington DC to discuss reprogramming $44M in streetcar grants, according WCPO's Kevin Osborne. Those grants were originally earmarked for only the streetcar and turned down by Ohio Gov. John Kasich in 2011." We'll see. Kevin Osborne is firmly in Cranley's pocket. That wouldn't be good news at all

As of yesterday, CAF spokeswoman Virginia Verdeja said CAF has not heard anything from Cincinnati yet & does not expect its contract w Cincinnati to be canceled.

Here comes the national attention http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304672404579182001569711422

Guys, be scientific. The simplest explanation is the most likely. 28%-29% of people voted. Cranley won with 16% of the vote. Roxanne ran a terrible campaign. She didn't plan it, didn't think it through, and assumed that she could run the same sort of campaign she always ran for Council. Why she didn't realize that she wouldn't get as many votes as she usually does in a race where people can't vote for multiple candidates is a question only she can answer. The local Democratic party is too incompetent to plan some grand conspiracy. Roxanne lost the race through her own faults. 100% agreed. Roxanne lost because she did not run a good campaign. Cranley dictated the message(streetcar and parking) at every turn and she never 'punched back' Cranley fundraised at tea party/GOP parties and used that money to helped built a coalition of more prominent local figures(Sure he paid them but nevertheless). I've heard from numerous prominent ppl in the black community that Qualls never 'returned their calls' This is about voter turnout. Anyways, Cranley is in Washington right now meeting with people to get out of the streetcar contracts and use the money for MLK interchange. Lets hope Mallory is active as well

Wall street journal has contacted Derek bauman about the streetcar. They talked. More coming The fight is going national. If Cranley kills it, everyone is going to know about it. If Cranley truly has higher political aspirations, were about to find out

One guy voted for Cranley because "Cranley believes in God" I heard that on the Buzz yesterday or monday...I can't remember

Within 1 day after being elected mayor, john Cranley has already split the Democrat party in Hamilton County. Tim Burke let this happen

You can bet Mark Mallory has a direct number to Valerie and Foxx, and that he is not going to let Cranley do that

Mike Moroski is collecting signatures for a ballot initiative to keep the streetcar going He just announced it via twitter. If we want the streetcar, we're going to have to fight for every inch.

So let me get this straight, and correct me if i'm wrong....A killing streetcar scenario: Cincinnati was at a $35mil deficit to the operating budget last year. So would it be safe to assume that would be the deficit this year? So lets say $35mil deficit this year. Travis says cancelling the contracts would result in 10's of million deficit to the operating budget. So we could be at, approximately, a $45-55 mil deficit for next year? Wow

Who wants to make a bet that Chris Finney of COAST will be the first to sue the city of Cincinnati if Cranley does kill the streetcar? Anyone?

Cranley says he will propose "Hop on Cincinnati", a trackless trolley system after killing the streetcar. He's giving a press conference at 2:30 to discuss why he'll make Cincinnati "the best place to live in America"

Cranley said hell 'deal with litigation from streetcar supporters if it comes'

and that some of the financial costs are coming directly out of the operating budget. PR teams get going now... 700wlw and Enquirer are already blasting propaganda stories about killing it