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Found this interesting. From the article in 2002: http://enquirer.com/editions/2002/12/17/loc_finance17.html In the debate Tuesday, he yelled at Qualls for being "Secretive" in her dealings with the streetcar and parking meter. He said she was 'Not transparent' Another Cranleyism

@Cweiser @Janeprendergast Cranley just cited Pericles as an example he would follow as mayor

Enquirer is live tweeting interviews with Cranley and Qualls right now.. Cranley first

Cranley apparently blamed local environmental problems on the streetcar as well. He mentioned the word streetcar 23 times yesterday in the debates alone and has now blamed it for: -lack of tax credits for pure romance -lack of metro routes -MSD problems between county and city -lack of flights from CVG -cops/ff woes -Brent Spence Bridge -credit rating -environmental problems

The end made up for it in my opinion. Cranley got bizarre demanding her to apologize. A lot of the media is perplexed by his little outburst

Cranley has now blamed the following for the streetcar: Loss of jobs, Loss of flights at CVG, MSD problems, Pure Romance problem, metro routes, lack of conventions

Cranley said he will cancel the streetcar day one if elected He is literally blaming the streetcar for everything in the city of Cincinnati in the debate

"I will make Downtown and Clifton the greatest urban area in America" - John Cranley

Cranley fact check regarding streetcar money and pavement of roads http://cincinnati.com/blogs/politics/2013/09/16/could-cranley-spend-streetcar-money-on-other-things-yes-and-no/

Minutes after the mass shooting in DC. Naturally COAST member Jason Gloyd agrees with him Dusty Rhodes ‏@AuditorRhodes How can there be a shooter killing people in Washington, DC? Don't they have the strictest guns laws in the country? Jason Gloyd ‏@jgloyd 15m @AuditorRhodes he probably didn't see the no gun sign. Clearly what we need is more signs! Responses: Mandy St. Amand ‏@mandystlpd @AuditorRhodes Wow you are a cold-hearted idiot aren't you? Benjamin ‏@jammin230 Just in case an ignorant politician from 500 miles away can help the situation in Washington, @AuditorRhodes is on the case today. Benjamin ‏@jammin230 A DC cop is in surgery right now, and @AuditorRhodes wants to make a point about gun laws. A rather uninformed point, too. Excellent work. Carl Woodward ‏@TheCarlWoodward 3m @jgloyd @AuditorRhodes wow one would think that sort of stupidity was a one-off and then some moron agrees with him

At this point he's just promising everything to everyone and all will be ok if he just cancels the streetcar and uses money for everything else He's literally making stuff up he knows can't be done

There's a miniscule chance the police department will support qualls. Kathy harrell goes on 700wlw railing against council seemingly every week agreeing with the hosts on every issue

Cincinnati Firefighters just endorsed John Cranley for mayor and: -Chris Smitherman -Chris Seelbach -Yvette Simpson -Charlie Winburn -Pam Thomas -Wendell Young -Greg Landsman -Kevin Flynn -PG Sittenfeld

Smitherman and Cranley are coming out swinging against "streetcar supporters". Saying they are the ones that are 'making up lies' about the Smitherman for Vice Mayor rumors

Some woman tried to tell me that "Sales taxes are increasing in Cincinnati" "Really, city officials are raising the sales tax to help pay for that damn streetcar" I told her that the streetcar has nothing to do with anything and that Kasich is the one raising the sales tax to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy among other things...We didn't talk much after How people get so uninformed is mindboggling. Some of these people tie any and everything to the streetcar

So election season is coming and the usual suspects are still out there in the media. Anyone have some good ones I've never heard to share? 700wlw: - 700wlw Bill Cunningham - 700wlw Bill Cunningham 700wlw Bill Cunningham on Sean Hannity's show to Fox Analyst Tamara Holder - 700wlw Bill Cunningham 2008 - Former 700wlw host Eric Deters - Bill Cunningham 2005 - 700wlw Bill Cunningham in 2002 regarding Metromoves light rail proposal on ballot -700wlw Bill Cunningham on why we should oppose Metromoves Light rail plan (2002) - 700wlw Bill Cunningham to Jeff Berding in 2009 - 700wlw Bill Cunningham in 2011 -700wlw Bill Cunningham 2011 - 700wlw 2010 -700wlw 2011 - 700wlw after Reds pitcher Homer Bailey pitched a No-Hitter in 2013. All because Homer wouldn't come on their station to talk - Bill Cunningham 700wlw - Darryl Parks 700wlw 2013 - Darryl Parks 700wlw 2013 - Dan Carroll 700wlw 2013 Christopher Smitherman - Christopher Smitherman 2003 -2009 - regarding his own ballot initiative in 2011(It did) - 2009 -2013 - 2008 - warning GLBT about criticizing appointment of Chris Finney(2009) - May 23, 2009 - 2009 - 2009 COAST - COAST in response to journalist Kevin Osborne of WCPO tweeting the passing of journalist Barry Horstman - Chris Finney of COAST yells at David Pepper and his campaign secretary bridget doherty in 2006 - Chris Finney of COAST regarding the Paul Brown Stadium deal in 1995 - COAST 2010 - COAST tweet in response to David Pepper saying "They scare ppl then disappear & move on" - COAST tweet Feb 9, 2010 TOM LUKEN - Tom Luken in response to what he would do to change Cincinnati for the better (2009) - Tom Luken MARY KUHL - Mary kuhl feb 2, 2011

It may leave some huge evidence but Smitherman/700wlw/55krc/COAST/Cranley/Enquirer are not detectives

There's a house in Hyde park littered with cranley Murray signs right next to a house littered with qualls signs

I'm not implying that its damning. I'm using it to say Steve Chabot's attack ad was truly offensive and vile. Not Roxanne Qualls

Here is the complete 13 part video series of Cranley running the city council meeting that got crazy during the riots. Somewhere between parts 3 to 14 are what Chabot and the Enquirer were supposedly referring to. Click on the youtube button and then the user name for the full playlist

Here's a real offensive ad script: Steve Chabot attack ad script. October 11, 2006: Male announcer: "Cincinnati riots. April 9, 2001. The Enquirer said John Cranley 'lost control' of the Law & Public Safety Committee at the start of the riots. Cranley admitted he didn't know what to do. So Cranley turned his back on the police and voted to pay off riot sympathizers with millions of our tax dollars. The result: almost 400 murders, and a 16 percent increase in violent crime. John Cranley lost control, and we're still paying the price." Chabot: "I'm Steve Chabot, and I approved this message." Cranley response: "It's pathetic that Steve Chabot is viciously attacking Mr. Cranley's proven crime-fighting record," Cranley spokesman Elliott Ruther said in a written statement. "Chabot's attack cites a unanimous vote of City Council that was endorsed by the police and the FOP. To blame Mr. Cranley for the crime in our city - which Chabot has represented for over 20 years - is a cheap shot and underscores how desperate Chabot is to hold onto power at any cost." ENQUIRER ARTICLE: "The footage of that fateful committee meeting will haunt Cranley for his political career, and he knows it. He had been on City Council exactly four months when the police shooting of Timothy Thomas led to bedlam in City Council chambers. Things only got uglier when an angry mob - getting no satisfaction from city officials - poured out into the streets and started riots that lasted four nights. The 2001 quote from The Enquirer that John Cranley "lost control" of the committee meeting is accurate. But it came in an editorial endorsing him for election to City Council. The full passage, in context, said: "Democrat John Cranley, appointed last year to succeed Todd Portune, also has been a strong consensus builder. He has proposed hiring 75 more police officers and curtailing the development of new subsidized housing projects within the city. Mr. Cranley has made some beginner's mistakes, most notably when he lost control of the Law and Public Safety Committee at the start of the April riots. But he has since regained his feet and shows promise of real leadership in the years to come." The police-reform agreements, passed unanimously by City Council in 2002, were supported by politicians across the political spectrum, including two Republican councilmen (Pat DeWine and Chris Monzel) and former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft. The Fraternal Order of Police was also a signatory to the agreement, and the national president was present at the signing ceremony. Cranley was endorsed by the FOP for City Council twice after he supposedly "turned his back" on them. It's not entirely clear who the "riot sympathizers" are that Cranley voted to pay off. The vote for the Collaborative Agreement, which settled a federal class-action lawsuit alleging racial profiling, called for changes in the Police Department and outside monitoring. The reforms cost taxpayers millions, but none of that money went to "riot sympathizers." The plaintiffs had their legal bills paid for through private contributions. Although no one has scientifically proved a causal relationship, it's well documented that arrests declined and violent crime soared after the riots. But to imply that Cranley is personally responsible for 400 murders is a hyperbolic quantum leap." http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20061011/NEWS01/610110376/What-did-Cranley-do-during-2001-riots-

Um, no, this ad is pretty offensive and blatantly distorts the facts. That ad has pissed a lot of people off, no matter how emotionally satisfying it is to those of us who support Roxanne. Literally snatching money from a baby's hands? Having a dog pee on Cranley's sign? That's just juvenile and amateur. It also rings hollow when the main thrust of our campaign is how Cranley is dishonest. Well, you just torpedoed that argument, because the chair of the ethics committee called it a 'cheap shot' three YEARS before you ran the damn ad. This is some Mickey Mouse bullsh!t and it has and will cost Roxanne votes. It's also timed piss-poorly, why the f$&k would you run this before the primary? And less than a week before it, at that? This isn't going to turn voters out, and those voting in the primary probably are set in their decision before they enter the poll booth. This is just pathetically amateur with no strategy or tactic backing it up. I disagree. Politics is a dirty game. The mayoral race was bound to get ugly anyways For the small amount of people it turns off(Who were probably voting Cranley anyways), it also fires up her base. She has been quiet for the last 2 months and letting Cranley dictate where the debate goes. She's sat back and let him spout off hyperbole time and time again. Now he is on the defensive. Chabot beat both Cranley and Qualls with these sort of ads. Obama had some 'offensive' ads and won. Every politician does it. Some win, some lose. To not go after your opponent and take the 'high ground' in a highly contested election is political suicide. Especially when he's attacking you and misrepresenting you everyday . Derek Bauman put it best: "Comical that none of the pro-Cranley commenters here can point out even one aspect of the ad that is not true. Because it is true. Check the sources that are listed on the youtube page: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B528kPCnbni4Qk9iY1ZPM2J5VW8/edit?pli=1"

If she wants John cranley to win the election then by all means sit back, let cranley continue to control the message,and be the nice candidate above the fray The people "upset" are likely cranley voters to begin with. Shifting the attention from cranleys outrageous claims on the pension, parking and streetcar to his own less than stellar record is a good gameplan That said, cranley signs are EVERYWHERE in Hyde park and mt lookout.

Duke Energy is now saying the city is trying to actively destroy an "embarrassing" document regarding the streetcar http://cin.ci/17vxKFz

Here we go! Roxanne takes off the gloves! http://cincinnati.com/blogs/politics/2013/09/04/qualls-ad-cranley-left-public-service-for-ethics-reasons/ Luken comes to the rescue in the comments to try and save cranley