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Wonder how many people try to jump out of the swings & into the bus...

Cranley keeps yapping about 'massaging' rates & hours. Maybe this is what he thinks an open door policy is.

I was just at US Bank Arena, seemed ok to me.

New parking deal: All of the pain without the one-time windfall http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2014/02/12/new-parking-deal-all-of-the-pain.html?page=all

Smitherman on Cranley's parking plan Not getting an upfront payment is good because the city isn't taking revenue that won't be earned until tomorrow and spending it today, said Councilman Christopher Smitherman. "The highlight of the deal is there's no upfront money," Smitherman said. "We are creating an annuity stream." http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2014/02/12/new-parking-deal-all-of-the-pain.html?page=all

Is Cranley channeling Stalin? I've heard the word 'Control' more in the last 36 hours than I have in the last year. Is he writing the news scripts?

But, what bout SOCHI HOTEL GUESTS COMPLAIN ABOUT TOPLESS PORTRAITS OF PUTIN IN ROOMS

that would be too easy. Whatever they do, it will confuse people.

Murray is big on Japan where passenger rail has been a horrible failure.

Springfield News Sun to move to old Credit Life building. Old News Sun building to be redeveloped. Cox Media Group Ohio signed a five-year lease for its new space on the 10th floor at One South Limestone. The offices will be home to the news and sales staff who represent the News-Sun, WHIO TV and radio, Springfield B2B magazine and the company’s digital sites. Argeri Lagos said his company’s goal is to redevelop the News-Sun Building, which he said has been kept in “first-class condition,” and to bring more jobs downtown. http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/news/local/news-sun-building-sale-finalized/ndKKJ/

North Korea?

The Portland cars quit while they were running.

and why is everybody moving to Columbus? http://www.urbanophile.com/2014/02/09/in-state-vs-out-of-state-migration/

This is about 8 years old... 12/27/05 @ the Cincinnati Libertarian Blog (defunct) Are more police officers always the answer? Lt Rahtz sites an experiment in Kansas City where the police department there took all of their patrols out of one beat, and sent them to a beat with a similar crime rate (the only time a police officer would enter that beat was when dispatched). So for a time, one beat had twice as much police presence as before, and the other one had virtually none. So, what was the end result? Crime stayed the same in both beats. Police presence had no effect on crime! http://cincinnatilibertarian.blogspot.com/search?q=kansas

The council brings this up when budget time arrives & the fire fighters tell heart tugging stories of how they needed the additional personnel to do the EMT work. I don't know how common all the personnel is needed, tho. I don't think we have too many firefighters but they need to be deployed more efficiently.

and how many people involved in car accidents know one another? But that randomness doesn't seem tto bother anybody.

An ice storm has screwed the Portland streetcar system because of freezing on the power lines. CO is thrilled even tho buses, cyclists, pedestrians & cars are screwed, too. Does the Cincinnati system have any safeguards along these lines?

Are those 'Action Pants'?

Wonder if the announcers would be so willing to incite these screwballs if they were in person? A little different being locked away in a remote studio...

Or Carol Williams telling you, "breathing might not be as safe as you think"....

An article about it People have always accepted TV as free & the paper as a pay product. Apparently, WCPO will hide ads behind the paywall, too. That is, you pay to see the ads & advertisers get limited coverage. My favorite line: Local TV adopts bad idea from failing Newspapers. http://meltaylormedia.com/local-tv-wcpo-readies-paywall-advertisers-pack-bags/

Cranley to lay out his parking semi-modernization plan. This dude is tripping. Watch his eyes in the video... http://www.wlwt.com/news/local-news/cincinnati/mayor-outlines-proposal-to-modernize-citys-parking-meters/-/13549970/24331860/-/13hstv9/-/index.html

Springfield First Friday - February Edition http://myemail.constantcontact.com/First-Friday-February.html?soid=1102382228480&aid=ro73fUvA0AM

Craziest cities Cincinnati #1 Cleveland #13 Columbus #20 Dayton - snubbed again http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2010/03/11/americas-25-craziest-cities.html