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You don't work for a Big Four accounting firm. True, but I did smoke dope on an abandoned Big Four loading dock once. You don't work at a nuclear power plant.

Just wondering, how long did it take to come up with the original analyses that proved feasibility, ROI, etc.?

Mann's blowing smoke up people's butts. The Biz Courier offered an update to their story that kinda blows some holes in Craney's & Mann's sunny dosposition & insinuation that everybody's working hand in hand on this. UPDATE: Now we know why the mayor was the first out of the gate with his positive-sounding statement on the day's streetcar events. Rogoff sent a strongly worded letter to Cranley, Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority CEO Terry Garcia Crews and all nine council members telling them the city had breached the city and SORTA's grant agreement in "an unprecedented action to suspend a federally funded transit project while it is currently under construction." "Unless this action is reversed and I receive not later than midnight on Dec. 19, 2013 unequivocal assurances that the city will proceed with the project to completion on the current FTA-approved schedule, FTA will immediately terminate all of its grant obligations for the project and initiate a debt collection action to recover money owed," Rogoff wrote. The deadline is a hard one, he indicated, and the FTA could have canceled the grants immediately. "The city understood FTA's position before it decided to suspend the project. … FTA Chief Counsel Dorval Carter restated this message to members of the previous Cincinnati City Council by telephone on Nov. 25, 2013. If it would be helpful, we would again make Mr. Carter available to discuss these requirements to the newly seated City Council." The FTA froze the city's access to the grants last week and denied a request to access nearly $1.5 million in federal funds, he added. When contacted Friday night, FTA officials were unsure how much the city had withdrawn to date. "Wednesday's 'suspension' action by the City Council constitutes a failure to make reasonable progress on the project and to adhere to the project schedule and triggers the right of the federal government to terminate its grant obligations," Rogoff said.

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It was money for the city. He sure he feels it would be better spent in suburban communities whose residents leech off of Cincinnati for jobs.

"Carden, a lifelong Cincinnatian and 27-year city employee, has been Cincinnati parks director since April 2000." Except he lives in Colerain TWP...

Comments like this make streetcar supporters seem like a myopic bunch. To broadly dismiss older people (the younger people of the relatively recent past), poor people, and workers in the trades (some of whom were until recently at work building the streetcar) is absurd. These are all groups of people that would benefit from the streetcar itself and the stronger public transit system that the streetcar would build support for. If the streetcar has been promoted only as a tool for attracting younger professionals (the older professionals of the not-too-distant future), it's no wonder it hasn't achieved broader support. It makes the streetcar seem like a frivolity for the entertainment of the sought after and the entitled, rather than a good way for many different kinds of people to get around. You guys are so friggin' simple. Is it really that black & white in your worlds? You do know how old Cranley & Qualls are, right?

yup The locals, older voters, poorer voters, tradeswork voters don't want young people, professionals or outsiders in their city and they don't want them voting. They don't want to lose their dumping ground - OTR. They don't want to lose their slice of the pie. Cincinnati blog did an analysis of the voters along age lines. http://cincinnati.blogspot.com/2013/12/old-cincinnati-voted-last-month.html

Wittenberg University officials want to recognize the majority of the campus as a historic district, a designation that could bring more prestige and potentially provide historic tax credits that could be used to help cover renovation costs. Wittenberg’s proposal includes 28 buildings, including the majority of the university’s campus. http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/news/local/witt-seeks-historic-designation-for-campus/ncCny/

Looks like Cranley has some stiff competition if he wants the coveted 'Defender of Liberty' award. Monzel, Smitherman & Jim Berns are nominated, too. http://cincinnati.com/blogs/politics/2013/12/05/liberty-group-nominates-cranley-as-defender-of-liberty/

The Blue Chip Venture guy probably isn't someone to look to as a supporter, he said the whole thing should be self sustainable. Dunno if he was for a tax district or if he meant fares.

Appears there's more than one way to celebrate Krampusnacht. (with a judo twist)

I wouldn't expect anything locally. here's the Columbus Dispatch take (complete with rail puns) http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2013/12/05/council-stops-spending-on-cincinnati-streetcar.html

An old high school chum who moved to Basel said he had heard of our new "moron mayor" over there...

What are they going to do - keep working?

How much could he get selling Mt Airy Forest to store fracking waste?

FINALLY someone comes up with a logical compromise Finish the streetcar & then mothball the streetcars. Just bring 'em out for opening day & Christmas & such. http://cincinnati.com/blogs/letters/2013/12/03/complete-streetcar-project-but-cancel-operation/

Our fine mayor has been nominated for a "Defender of Liberty" award. The award will be delivered at the CO Xmas party. He is 1 of 13 nominated. http://downtown-mtauburn.fox19.com/news/news/193301-conservative-group-nominates-cranley-award

Just an audit wouldn't take a month, that's how long it takes to do the cooking.

Finney gets his welfare -er- tax break says it's different than other people's tax breaks, he's just doing what everybody else is doing. http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20131203/NEWS/311270150/COAST-activist-Finney-qualifies-tax-break-new-office

I have tried using the BBCode to set image display sizes but it didn't work. Maybe I was doing it wrong.

um, no - he is a completely insane sociopathic menace to society as a whole. He might have actually NOT known what was up with his brother's construction company because his family banned him from family functions due to his insanity. dunno

And Winburn ignores the potential for job opportunities for middle & lower class people (who might be black or female) to invest around the streetcar line.

One speaker for cancellation and she was kinda nuts.

Messer kicked butt