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Shhhhh. If you listen closely, you can hear the crying of Bill Cunningham, Chris Smitherman, Charlie Winburn, Tom Luken, Mark Miller, Chris Finney, Chris Monzel, Leslie Ghiz, Doc Thompson, Marc Amazon, Darryl Parks, Brian Thomas, Eric Deters, and Mary Kuhl blowing in the wind.

Capell, Deters already erased your comment.

I just read that. Someone needs to send that to the Secret Service. I reported him to facebook for threats

Below that post, Deters also said he supported an 'armed revolution' against the tyranny of the United States and Obama. Hopefully the feds will be knocking at his door soon

It just sounds like a typical anti-rail argument to me. Ghiz said the exact same thing. "I love streetcar but now is not the right time" or "We need to go back to the drawing board and plan something more inclusive" Guess who also said this exact same phrases? -Chris Smitherman....Amy Murray....Wayne Lippert....You get the idea ----- For so long we've had people like Ghiz in charge. People only interested in doing whats in their best interest for their political career. This leads to an environment of 'playing it safe' and stagnation. Any remotely outside the box idea gets case aside as a 'boondoggle', evidence be damned. This region being ultra conservative at times readily accepts it without researching. Then they go to their typical game plans which involve some sort of pouting to the media and trying to change the rules by challenging the legality of it. I am really proud of what you guys have accomplished in regards to this project. This isn't just about a streetcar. Its about standing up to the 'culture' in and around Cincinnati that for so long have had vice grip of your city. Its about seeing the damage that the status quo politicians have done. Its about reinvesting into the communities that have been neglected for so long. Its about coming together and taking control away from those who don't have any interest in where you live. Its about helping to change a mentality of a city that is its own worst enemy. Remember that tomorrow at the groundbreaking for the streetcar. Remember: 1) Hit piece after hit piece by Barry Horstman(Including him walking at a 6mph pace for 3+ miles), The Enquirer Editorials, The Letters to the Enquirer 2) At minimum, a documented 175 hours devoted solely to bashing the project on 700wlw in addition to hundreds of hours on 55krc. Misinformation, refusal to research, and conspiracy theories that would make those who believe the moon landing was a hoax shocked 3) Kasich and his all out assault on the project. Influencing the TRAC board to remove the funding after it was originally their highest rated project, publicly denouncing the project, and now trying to influence companies like Duke behind the scenes. 4) Two ballot initiatives initiatives that would have amended the city charter and crippled the region for many years to come. We've even seen opponents ask honestly if the project is 'worse than 9/11'. Now I realize its not done yet. Duke is still politicizing aspects of the project to delay construction. OKI is now waffling. If this were ten years ago, I'd be concerned about the future outcome of this project. But I'm not today. Why? Because we've seen projects under this new wave of Cincinnati leadership come to fruition against enormous odds. We've seen The Banks, Washington Park, Gateway Quarter, Fountain Square Redevelopment, Riverfront Park, and so on. Soon we will add The Cincinnati Streetcar to that list. Cincinnati can be a positive message to the midwest and the US of what happens when one takes back their city. Cincinnati, dare I say it, can be progressive in inspiring other cities that are struggling. Cincinnati can be that example. We've got a long ways to go but I am confident we are on the right path Many around the area will see Mayor Mark Mallory and Ray Lahood cut the ribbon tomorrow afternoon. But thousands like myself will see much much more than that

Hopefully Ray LaHood flexes his Federal muscles at some of these absurd politicians around here.

Cincinnati politics...Never a dull moment.

From May of 2010 http://www.newsrecord.org/index.php/article/2010/05/streetcar_coffers_filling_upbr_ 'Cincinnati Streetcar identified as Regional Priority by OKI' Feb 16, 2011 http://www.urbancincy.com/2011/02/cincinnati-streetcar-project-identified-as-regional-priority-by-oki/ Here is their website: http://www.oki.org/

Anti-Streetcar letters now pouring into the Enquirer. At least 8 so far this week

When will the local media pick up on the hypocrisy of Duke's safety statements? Your website has been making rounds around the internet. Enquirer journalists had to have seen it by now. John has sent in numerous pictures to local media as have I and others. What will it take for them to start covering it before Duke's spokesperson's statements sink in as 'facts' to the metro area? This is exactly how these bootleg arguments gain traction. This is why we still have LTE stating "Why not just paint a bus to look like a streetcar". These things have to be nipped in the bud immediately before they sink in

Precisely. If Duke is embellishing the number for safety feet, why would the city immediately take their million dollar costs to heart? What would be the reasoning for Duke trying to mislead the city and the public. They obviously are trying to prove something by Going on interview after interview in the city spewing the same nonsense that has been disproven.

'House Transportation Bill 'Technical Correction' Would Strip Workers Of Pay Protections ' http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/12/house-transportation-bill-rail-drivers_n_1271644.html?ref=politics http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?c112:1:./temp/~c112E7gu9t:e750383: WASHINGTON -- A little-noted provision in the House Republicans' controversial energy and transportation bill would strip several thousand workers within the rail-industry of their federal minimum-wage and overtime protections, potentially making low-wage jobs pay even less.....

I wish it were that benign. Ugh. Why do I have a feeling Kasich is involved somewhere

What do you think Duke is trying to accomplish here?

Chris Smitherman is going to host yet another 700wlw 2 hour show tonight on the streetcar....So again I ask: How is this legal? How is it legal to go on the biggest radio station in town to promote an agenda while sitting on city council promoting that very same agenda?

The difference is that work crews on the New York City subway and other heavy rail systems are employed by the same entity as the driver of the train. That is, the rules can be laid out and both the construction crew and the driver will follow them. Put yourself in the position of a work crew superintendant. What if the streetcar doesn't stop, and a Duke employee gets killed? Better have some legal recourse ahead of time to protect oneself. In the case of the streetcar, the Duke employees have no guarantee that the streetcar will actually stop. You may think that this is a silly argument, but gas and electric employees have extremely strict safety procedures, to the point where devising a safety plan to perform some task often takes longer than performing the task itself. In practice, this idea would probably require a legal agreement between Duke and the streetcar operator, and that agreement itself could take a year or more to draft, considering all the beauracracy on both sides. Railroad rights-of-way are strictly controlled. Work crews are often protected by a derail device, which will throw the train off the track if its gets too close. By comparison, streets are a free-for-all. So what you're saying is they should be given 20 feet instead of eight. (Or some other arbitrarily large number.) Kasich wants it to be around 5000 miles

Many people on here have provided countless examples completely contrary to Duke's statements, no?

What we were trying to get at was that this project has been lightning rod in the news for the last 3 years nonstop and presented much earlier than that. Its not like It was just proposed and then they decided to start construction out of the blue in a weeks span like Sheree made it seem like

Haha. That is a great point. I listened to the Duke lady spokeswoman give those interviews and its clear she has been rehearsing what to say and how to say it. The evidence is starting to pile up against Duke's blatant PR misrepresentation. They are going to look silly when this 'argument' is done with

Sheree Paollelo from Channel 5 said that following(I'm not kidding): "Well the streetcar project is now set for groundbreaking next friday. Wow This project is moving extremely fast isn't it?"

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Spokeswoman for Duke is giving interview after interview saying she will not budge on 8 feet for safety reasons... Hopefully the picture John has sent everywhere gets through to actual articles so they can call BS on her claim that 'its standard'.

Two hours without juvenile anti-streetcar tweet from COAST. I hope Chris Smitherman's Anderson Township Constituents are ok

Great move John!!! I sent it to some people as well. Congrats guys!

Barry Horstman saying there will be no public speaking. I'm sure Tom Luken is devastated