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At a HamCo Comm meeting, Todd Portune complained of some needless regulation blocking bus use in the Transit Center but I missed his explanation. Anybody got a clue? He said it would be discussed in further detail next week.

ProkNo5, that's a neat flag. Needs something in the middle tho - hexagram? Where did you get your flags made? Northside was talking about making one. Clifton seems to have one, dunno if it's official http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/us-ohcft.html

Cincinnati Enquirer Politics Extra blog post about latest ballot initiative with quotes from creepy Phil Buress & a poll to boot. http://cincinnati.com/blogs/politics/2012/03/01/new-ohio-vote-on-gay-marriage/

It's not so much a black/white issue as a knowing people issue. If you have no friends & minimize interacting with people, your likelihood of getting murdered is very low.

"adding that he (Finney) won’t move forward with a taxpayer lawsuit unless he’s certain he could win." That doofus still thinks he was right & the CEC was wrong on Schmidt. Of coure he thinks he can win. That's just part of being a zealot.

Cincinnati Council committee passed approval of Northside Entertainment District designation, Boswell Alley is chomping at the bit. The original owner sold the place, the subsequent owner went out of business after losing his liquor license, the original guy bought it back at auction but now needs a liquor license... http://www.wcpo.com//dpp/news/northside-gets-entertainment-district-designation

for years, I worked 2 blocks from Findlay Market & about 3 blocks from the West End Popeye's. The vast majority of co-workers would not patronize any of the various lunch spots. It was not because they didn't like any of the choices, it was, despite the fact I brought my take out back to work along with menus, because there was nowhere to go. Well that & the fact that YOU WOULD DIE IF YOU WALKED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. I'm still alive. (although that Popeye's didn't do me any favors)

I'm guessing there is a price/size point dictating minimum workable size.

"Moose’s Middle Eastern Cuisine and Deli will open at 1802 E. Main St. in the next few weeks" "The new restaurant will serve both authentic Middle Eastern food and American food" http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/springfield-business-news/deli-restaurant-set-to-open-soon-on-east-main-1334850.html

A blog I like, The Daily Undertaker, has a "series" called Making Cemeteries Relevant. As cemeteries are an important part of our communities & society, I thought I'd share some links to the articles. 1 - Feng Shui in Minnesota http://www.dailyundertaker.com/2009/06/blog-post.html 2 - Innovation in Toronto http://www.dailyundertaker.com/2009/09/making-cemeteries-relevant-part-2.html 3 - Bicycles and Cemeteries http://www.dailyundertaker.com/2010/03/bicycles-and-cemeteries-making.html 4 - Columbarium Galleries and Cemetery Sculpture Gardens http://www.dailyundertaker.com/2010/06/columbarium-galleries-and-cemetery.html 5 - Lees + Associates http://www.dailyundertaker.com/2011/01/making-cemeteries-relevant-part-5-lees.html

When I was a kid, it was an area to avoid. People thought the preservationists were dreaming. I's really great to see the progress they have made.

The music almost makes it seem like PBS !

It's a state liquor license thing that allows more new licenses at a reduced rate but only for places that serve food. The C&D is already there so it doesn't do them any good. heck, it gives 'em more competition.

A map for Northside's proposed Entertainment District thingie that takes advantage of the state liquor licensing easing of restrictions/cost. http://www.northside.net/nba/pdf/proposed_entertainment_district.pdf It will be on the agenda in the Livable Communities Committee meeting 2/28 @ 1PM

this was posted on the Cinti streetcar thread which seems to have become a Cincinnati catch all thread..... Cincinnati Enquirer, Gannett to add paywalls for its newspaper websites Change to take place by the end of the year - USA Today will stay free http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2012/02/22/cincinnati-enquirer-gannett-to-add.html

I have heard people griping about NYT delivery lately (in Northside) That being said, I just started paying for the Bizniz Courier & so far am quite happy with it. Dunno what my price point will be for the Enquirer. I skim the headlines & frequently find absolutely nothing. I almost always find something in the Springfield or Dayton papers.

Alaska is one of the top receiver states of federal money getting something like $1.80 for every $1 they pay. Ohio gets about $1.01 for every $1 paid.

from that article: "We’ve already gotten one very angry call asking why we didn’t quote more people sympathetic to Duke. Believe me, we called lots of people. And we talked to representatives of other utilities, too. It’s just that they didn’t agree with Duke, either." Meanwhile the Fishwarp tells us the biggest benefitter from the federal stimulus money in our area was (surprise) Duke. http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20120221/NEWS/302210018 "The largest single local stimulus spending item was $203 million set aside for Duke Energy’s installation of “smart “meters” in Southwest Ohio. It also made Duke the sixth largest recipient of stimulus money in Ohio and the largest private recipient in the state."

an overproduced video of Springfield photos with a boring narration !

10% of local TV coverage would be about what? 150,000 - 200,000 people? How many people will fit in the basin?

When Resident Evil Extinction came out, I remember people wondering what aliens would think of Earth if their first contact was the ruins of Las Vegas.

Was Chris Bortz at the groundbreaking?

If that was only the end. Best to heed Sheriff McClelland's advice: "Yeah, they're dead. They're all messed up. If you got a gun shoot 'em in the head. That's the sure way to kill 'em. If you don't - get yourself a club, beat 'em or burn 'em. They go up pretty easy."

what hell hath Les Paul wrought?