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Enquirer chimes in about PUCO http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20130107/BIZ/301070149/PUCO-staff-Minimal-rate-increase-Duke

COAST at it again http://cincinnati.com/blogs/politics/2013/01/07/city-no-houses-lost-to-fire-because-of-brown-out-companies/

Dan Carroll was fired by Dayton's News channel http://cincinnati.com/blogs/tv/2013/01/07/dan-carroll-gone-from-dayton-2245/ Which makes him more than qualified to be a regular on 700wlw. He'll be on to talk Tea Party politics tonight at 9

I always picture light rail following the path of the freeways, commuter rail along the river and up to Hamilton through Glendale, Wyoming, Hartwell etc...and streetcars on the hills between. Metro is also aggressively pursuing BRT with the first route going from Downtown to Uptown and on to Kenwood. One positive side note that this 'controversial' streetcar has brought out is the astounding amount of bi-partisan support for light rail in the city. I've talked to tea partiers, conservatives, moderates, democrats and liberals and a surprising amount of them really want light rail.

I think the PR side from the city was prepared to battle COAST and the tea party loudmouth opponents. What I don't think anyone anticipated was the record amount of misinformation and blatant opposition fed by the large media companies in the region mostly 700wlw. The Enquirer has been wavering from side to side on this issue(telling voters not to support smitherman's ballot initiatives twice) but now is ramping up the anti streetcar propaganda to new levels as of late. Unfortunately the city was caught flat footed in that regard and it has allowed complete falsehoods like "Why cant we just dress a bus up like a trolley" and "Use the money to spend on police/fire" ridiculous statements to continue to fester. Just read the facebook posts about the streetcar on the Enquirer, WLWT, WKRC, and the rest. It's just one talking point from 700wlw/COAST/Smitherman/Cranley after another from outraged suburbanites Meanwhile the media companies have refused to dig deeper into the characters they are consistently quoting. Chris Smitherman has been a cancer in this community for years. He is vengeful, says ridiculous things not based in truths, and only does something to benefit his career. He implied that private water companies could taint black communities with syphilis http://www.cincinnatibeacon.com/index.php?/contents/comments/3296/ and had to be restrained from attacking a woman at city hall just in 2011. His bodyguards were giving throat slashing gestures at that same city hall meeting. http://metro-cincinnati.org/?p=2183 He made an empty threat on the gay community http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/blog-570-smitherman-warns-gay-community.html Tom Luken is mentally losing it and has said the streetcar system will cost "Billions". Enough said Mark Miller has no job and tweets outrageous things even going so far to imply that the streetcar is 'worse than 9/11'. http://cincinnati.com/blogs/politics/2011/09/12/coast-leader-apologizes-for-insensitive-911-reference-in-streetcar-tweet/ He also can't pay his bills. He supported the stadium deals Chris Finney also supported the stadium deals. He said it wouldn't cost us a nickel. http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/article-20058-coast_finney_helped_create_stadium_mess.html He also smacked his butt and told David Pepper to kiss his ass during a meeting. http://citybeat.wordpress.com/2006/10/03/heimlich’s-mentor-has-cussing-fit/ . He's also has his problem with the gay community http://www.cincinnatibeacon.com/index.php/contents/comments/thinking_about_gay_cincinnati_and_christopher_finney/ . John Cranley voted in favor of the streetcar twice in 2008 and has publicly benefited from investments made by the city for his pet projects that he hates so much. And on and on and on. NONE of the opponents have any moral ground to stand on, yet the Enquirer/700wlw continue to prop them up as informed and unbiased professionals in the field. Regardless, they know the end is near. For the first time in years, COAST has tweeted that the streetcar will be built. Cranley said as much recently as well.The only one still in delusional land that he will stop it is Smitherman

WKRC "No streetcar until at least April 2016" http://www.local12.com/news/local/story/No-Streetcar-Until-At-Least-April-2016/XL5P_spfqEiRKfHBK2OtsQ.cspx Dispatch "Cincinnati's Streetcar delayed until 2016" http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2013/01/05/streetcar-project-now-delayed-until-2016.html WLWT "Streetcar Project delayed again" http://www.wlwt.com/news/local-news/cincinnati/Cincinnati-streetcar-project-delayed-again/-/13549970/18017722/-/13on9l4/-/index.html WCPO "Streetcar Project Delayed again, More Streetcar Opposition" Cranley says Duke Dispute should have been settled.

TOAST tweeted something about Mallory not being able to see the first streetcar ride since he won't be in office. It's important because its the first time TOAST has admitted the streetcar will be built in their tweets

Cranley "Streetcar going to end up like Kenwood Towne Place" http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/blog/2013/01/cranley-streetcar-going-to-end-up.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+industry_5+%28Industry+Energy+%26+the+Environment%29

His only campaign issue is "I'm anti-streetcar". He's literally basing his entire campaign on one issue and hoping 700wlw/Smitherman/Enquirer go to bat for him

The enquirer sucks and yes the major media in this city Hates the project. This year will be a non stop media fellatio of smitherman and cranley. The mayoral election along with 4 year city hall terms is crucial. It's important to have solid pro streetcar members elected. 700wlw and Smitherman have already turned PG. Opponents like smitherman and cranley will kill the project any chance they get regardless if its operational or not so we have to always be aware of that The bright side of all this is the potential of the state level elections. Kasich will be running most likely against Strickland and Shannon jones STUPID amendment won't be in effect

Smitherman and Chabot were on 55KRC today. Naturally Smitherman and Thomas in their 'solutions' to the problem blamed the pension plan shortages on the streetcar

Lets hope 55KRC goes next. Smitherman and Chabot were the dynamic duo on there today

I hope you're right. We've heard there is progress sporadically for the last year and nothing has happened

3 hours of Chris smitherman lies, mistruths, and hyperbole about the streetcar tonight on The Overcompensating One.

Why does the enquirer continue to give this group any kind of credibility? Honestly, I'm concerned for mark millers mental health. He's literally going insane before our very eyes. Here's some of their tweets: @GOCOAST: Twice this month a murderer's weapon of choice was rail transit. http://t.co/NOlow0nq Why invite murder? Stop Cincy's streetcar boondoggle! @GOCOAST: Disturbed killer pushes man under subway train. http://t.co/2mKQC15P Mental health reform? Naw, we need a ban on rail transit boondoggles. @GOCOAST: 12.5% of Cincy firefighters browned out AGAIN to subsidize a streetcar boondoggle going nowhere. Local fiscal cliff worse than national one. @GOCOAST: Thankfully Cincy got rid of its subway boondoggle long ago. http://t.co/sfLUxil1 Rail's not only ridiculously expensive, it's deadly too.

Guarantee their sex life is non existent Coast just called for a ban of all "rail boondoggles" since another man was pushed in front of subway

The 700wlw anti city crew has claimed another. Pg sittenfeld is hosting a show on there today. How soon before he starts spewing the 700wlw talking points like smitherman and winburn?

He also blamed the streetcar for the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Drew Stubbs strikeout total in 2012 #thingsjohncranleyblamesthestreetcaron

Nothing else to really say. These guys are just *ssholes COAST ‏@GOCOAST Good thing Cincinnati got rid of its subway boondoggle. http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/nightmare_on_subway_tracks_GgvCtkeJj6cTeyxHns2VNP … Rail transit isn't just ridiculously expensive, it's deadly.

I think Cranley will be a formidable opponent. He will have an endorsement from The Enquirer, nonstop support from 700wlw/55krc, The NAACP, and Tea Party Groups. He will run solely on the streetcar argument which has become a victim to so many lies, mistruths, and hostility.

So the PUCO hearing/decision about Duke is coming next week apparently according to _OAST. Smitherman and COAST plan to make a huge spectacle out of it. I assume their gameplan is to get local and state politicians to lean on Duke and delay the project as long as possible so costs rise until the city effectively gives up OR stall it until next november and hope they get the politicians they want elected to city council/mayor

Quick little dig by the Enquirer: http://news.cincinnati.com/progal/?avis=ab&dato=20121128&kategori=ent09&lopenr=1128001&ref=ph/what-550m-actually-spends-like&pagerestricted=1 "Powerball: What $550M actually Spends Like" WAYS TO GET AROUND: $110 million for Cincinnati's new streetcar system. Debate later as to whether it was a wise investment

Speaking of Cunningham, did Smitherman win back his NAACP President title tonight?

About the budget after Cunningham verbally made out with Chris Smitherman. I caught the end of it. Cunningham kept yelling about the 'liberal democrats', 'clowns', and the mayor/city manager bankrupting the city before the interview.. PG defended them by saying they were his friends. Then Cunningham said that PG was all talk and no action. He kept screaming that. It seemed to be getting under PG's skin. Cunningham yelled 'All you do is talk'. PG responded with "That's you. You get paid to talk. That's what you do" . PG said something about why Cunningham hasn't retired like he said he would after the Romney fiasco. PG called him grumpy at one point http://www.700wlw.com/player/?station=WLW-AM&program_name=podcast&program_id=bill_cunningham.xml&mid=22660320 Don't think PG will be on that show for awhile

So Bill Cunningham and PG Sittenfeld got into a little altercation on air today. They went tit for tat in between Cunningham's love of all things Chris Smitherman