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Brian Thomas this morning, he's been telling his listeners that it's been passed, it essentially defunds the project, and that there will be no streetcar. Dusty Rhodes was on at 7:30 and believes the same, but he thinks there possibly could be ways around it. Then he went on to rip the Enquirer editorial on Chabot's actions. Would love to see the look on Thomas's face when he finds out he's completely wrong. He just pulled a Jean Schmidt

5chw4r7z is the man. The Enquirer just sucks...all around. Here they have a story GUARANTEED to get hits (I told Weiser that), and they brush it off. Just pure laziness, incompetence, or both

COAST's blueprint rendering of the new building which was denied immediately

He tweeted me this COAST ‏@GOCOAST @513FacePalmNews Well, we celebrated nothing, & predicted nothing; just listed facts as we know them. They ain't pretty for @mayorMallory Taken from their blog today: They are even misinforming their misinformation now

8th, it doesn't matter now if you support the streetcar or not. Just like the two initiatives voted down, this amendment could effect all rail and many other things.

I would also advise people to start using "anti rail" amendment or something along those lines so people understand it is not about the streetcar

I'd like this think Karma will get him but 1) Kasich gerrymandered his district and 2) The local media refuses to call Chabot out for what he is The question remains: If its this easy for one man with a combover to block, postpone, and kill an entire streetcar extension project nearly a decade in the making, why didn't he just sneak in the amendment last year before construction?

Enquirer is officially looking into it. I sent them KJP's All Aboard Ohio link.

Enquirer said they are looking into it. Well see

So, is that it? It passed with the amendment in tact? Yea he snuck it in as a favor to COAST and to rally his tea party base for nov. The media needs to actually cover the all inclusive nature of this amendment and fast before its too late

Essentially Chabot took it upon himself to pass the exact same ballot initiative that voters rejected twice The voters spoke clearly the didn't want laws that inhibited the option for rail. Chabot took it upon himself to effectively kill all rail inside city limits. This is almost identical to the two ballot iniatives rejected That needs to be made public to every local media outlet immediately so there is outrage Chabot directly went against the will of voters

EXACTLY.

There has got to be other examples of this in the US. He is clearly acting against the interests of the city as evidenced by 2 direct votes. There has got to be legal ways to counter 1 elected official from derailing projects the people have approved with their votes.

There has got to be some legal way to counter this. What's to stop him next time if COAST complains about another project and then Chabot refuses federal funds for the city with another amendment? There has got to be legal ways to counter politicians going after public projects approved by their constituents. Any lawyers out there?

What are the city's options from this stage forward? Can we get this on a petition for November? Because this amendment bans all federal funding, including freight, inside city limits for 2 years. That's going to tick a lot of people off This project was directly voted on twice, indirectly 3 other times, and survived for nearly a decade. Absolutely ridiculous how a guy with a combover can sneak in an amendment at the last second as a favor to people who don't even live in the city and stop 10 years of planning/construction for the uptown route

Whoops sorry someone already said it

In a radio talk show during the last election cycle a caller told Chabot he was a former supporter. Chabot called him a liar. class act. I supported him on city council but after that he was really obvously just a hack career politician. I watched the Chabot Driehaus (SP?) debate two years ago. Driehaus owned him. He called him out for everything done under the Bush administration. The only retort Chabot had was "Obamacare" and he pulled that card often. That district now has been gerrymandered to favor Chabot even more..I would imagine Chabot has it in the bag now this November

At this point, I don't think it's really about the streetcar as much en regards to toast, smitherwoman, 700wlw the overcompensating one etc. This is about ego. Theyve lost so many times that it just eats at them everyday. You can see their frustration. Cunningham and smitherman whine constantly, mark miller and his ridiculous tweets, and the rest. Their ego is shattered and now stopping the streetcar is a matter of life or death to them. It's not for fiscal reasons anymore. It's for their ego. As for Chabutt, there is no doubt in my mind him and the powers that be are constantly talking to Duke and trying to delay the project. Chabot is the typical politician. Easily persuaded to do anything and completely at the mercy of special interest groups. I heard him on the radio bash dems and Obama for "out of control spending". Yes, the same Chabot who voted in favor of two wars(unfunded), & medicare part d(unfunded) while voting for the bush tax cuts is lecturing the dems on being fiscally responsible.

Just some of the misinformation 1) The Streetcar will bankrupt the city (Smitherman, 700wlw) 2) Its goes nowhere (COAST, 700wlw, Rhodes) 3) It goes through the most dangerous neighborhood in America (700wlw) 4) 9/11 or the Streetcar...Which is worse? (COAST) 5) No one will ride it (700wlw, COAST) 6) No meant yes and yes meant no.... (Smitherman, 700wlw) 7) It will cost over a Billion dollars (Smitherman, Luken) 8) It is dangerous for automobiles (Luken) 9) It is directly browning out fire stations (COAST) 10) No one supports the idea (700wlw) 11) No one except property owners along the route support the idea (700wlw) 12) Operating costs will be 25-30 million per year (Smitherman, 700wlw) 13) Its like the new stadium deals (COAST, Finney, Rhodes, 700wlw, Smitherman) 14) Crime will be awful on the streetcar (700wlw, COAST) 15) They are ramming this down our throats without our say (700wlw, COAST, Smitherman, Luken)

Highly doubt that will make the cut. Its much too rational. Now if you had inserted a "Boondoggle" or "socialism" cry, it would be a shoe in

Mark miller losing it again. Just called council woman Yvette Simpson a socialist

Anyone want to start a petition to ban comb overs inside city limits?

Smitherman going nuts on 700wlw...Rinse...Repeat

That's what I'm thinking. It says it will "ban federal funding SOUGHT" which makes me believe the money already accepted is fine Still, its annoying that after 2 direct votes, 3 indirect votes, and countless other votes that one crony politician can end a project years in the making at a moments whim KJP is right. Its never over with these morons

Yvette stood up to COAST via twitter. I like it! COAST and Smitherman are planning something though...They just don't give up