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Ohio Governor Wants Toll Road Options Last Update: 2/15 3:18 pm http://www.local12.com/news/local/story/Ohio-Governor-Wants-Toll-Road-Options/WMPb-kQHCUWr0wIIK2OG7g.cspx COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Gov. Ted Strickland is asking Ohio legislators to allow state transportation officials to charge tolls for new roads and bridges. The proposal to charge tolls, which could raise revenue for construction while easing congestion, are part of the governor's proposal for the upcoming two-year budget. Tolls would not apply to existing roads, Strickland said. ........

Very Nice Work!

No, No, No, No, NO. The charter is Cincinnati's constitution. Sure, any ammendment can be revoked, but the fact is they shouldn't be there in the first place, and getting them revoked is a MUCH harder task then putting them on. What you're doing is tying the hands of the ELECTED officials of this city. How in the HELL are they supposed to get anything done when all your group of merry men has to do is find 6,000 nuts to sign your petition? And then proceed to run a fear-based campaign against the street car before the vote? Haap, what is your ultimate goal? Honestly. Because right now it looks like it is either one of two things: a.) to make a name for yourself b.) to make sure this city can NEVER compete for the best and brightest I agree 100% I listened to the entire Bearcat broadcast! Haag, your way out of your element and your doing more harm to your name and credibility (if you had any). It has become BLATENTLY OBVIOUS that you, COAST, and NAACP are not very informed on the subject and are using this just for political purposes and PERSONAL GAIN AND NOT TO MAKE CINCY ANY BETTER. Coal??????????? WTF????????????? That's all you can come up with? Get out of town and SEE the world. Broaden your horizons. You might just be enlightened!!

^I have overheard people for years wishing for a Sonic!

Mount Airy Forest awaits history By Jane Prendergast • [email protected] • February 16, 2009 Mount Airy Forest - all 1,459 acres of it - could soon be on the National Register of Historic Places. Cincinnati officials await word on whether the park, the city's largest, will be accepted onto the list by the U.S. Department of the Interior and National Park Service. The park was nominated for the list by the Ohio Historical Society. Parks Director Willie Carden said the designation would add to Cincinnatians' pride in their parks and give another reason why planning a "staycation" in the city, rather than a vacation away, might be a good idea. He also thinks the honor would be validation for the initiative and foresight it took in 1906, when a group of supporters decided all Cincinnati parks would be best run by an independent board. That remains the case today. Read full article here: http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090216/NEWS01/902160326/1055/NEWS

Wow! Impressive for the Carolinas.

Flags proclaim 'Price Hill Pride' By Kurt Backscheider • [email protected] • February 13, 2009 http://communitypress.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/C2/20090213/NEWS/902130340/ Residents can display pride for the neighborhood with a new flag available for purchase from the Price Hill Civic Club. The club is selling outdoor-quality flags residents can hang from their porches and flagpoles. The purple banners are decorated with homes, a school and a church under a field of multi-color fireworks and stars, and read "Welcome Home" and "Price Hill Pride."

Cheviot losing light at Lovell By Eric Bradley • [email protected] • February 12, 2009 http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20090212/NEWS01/902120330/ LIVE http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCC&cp=qhshgw7yg0y5&style=b&lvl=1&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=35122797&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&encType=1 CHEVIOT - The state said it's not needed, so the city won't replace it. But some in Cheviot think that getting rid of the traffic lights at Harrison and Lovell avenues is a bad idea. Maria Westrich, owner of the Cut Above salon and whose husband, Bill, owns BL Customs motorcycle shop, says the removal of the lights, combined with the loss of on-street parking, will hurt businesses on the corner. "I've owned my business there for 28 years. My customers depend on this parking," Westrich said.

Welcome to the club! I don't live over there but have good friends that do. It's an awesome area! They have so many people walking the neighborhoods (jogging, walking dogs etc.) Very vibrant and younger hood! I'm hoping that the area around Glenway from Crookshank to Cleves/Warsaw can get some special attention within the next few years. It's a pretty sweet area no matter what they call it. (Even though I HAVE ALWAYS referred to as Covedale. The "West and East" Price Hill namesakes are just a spinoff of a larger neighborhood. Like "East and West" Walnut Hills. I believe they all four have their own TIF districts? Randy?

Green Twp. records definitely show Covedale existed prior to annexation. Historically, Covedale was the bastard child of the westside. Nobody knows where the name came from although I have a sneaky suspicion, it's probably named after a family pet. Cincy took most of it from Green & a little from Delhi. She's been whored out for the better part 150 years and she doesn't even have a recognised TIF district or border. I believe some folks with one of the Price Hill organizations groups may have been behind making the city take down the banners. You know, petty politics! Many residents have had "Proud Covedale Resident" signs in their front yards to show their disgust of the removal of the banners last year. Anyone notice the two new "Welcome To West Price Hill" signs on Glenway and Covedale Ave now? These things are real pieces of art! I about blew chunks on my windshield when I first saw them.

^No joke!

I'm talking stock. I believe CD's are protected, but dunno for sure.

I hate the thought of creating ANYMORE highway footprints than what we already have. If only we were Boston, then we could bury the damn thing from Evendale to Florence.

^ Keep away from the banks for awhile! I've learned that out the hard way.

GOT COAL? http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCP&cp=qhg5dw7ypbvn&style=b&lvl=1&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=35229555&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&encType=1

^Blue Bird does kick azz!!!! Cheviot Goodwill store getting makeover http://communitypress.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/C2/20090213/VAV02/902130336/ I had recently started a new job at Goodwill Industries, and as a Westwood resident I was shocked when I found out that the Cheviot Goodwill store on North Bend Road was suddenly and completely emptied. Every cash register, every shelf and every single piece of merchandise is gone. Officials know this was not the work of some random cat burglar, this was an inside job. You see, Goodwill employees were instructed to haul everything away because the store is being completely remodeled.

Personally, I would LOVE to see a small comedy club similar to Go Bananas on Montgomery Rd. May be a stretch, but I think a comedy club is in SERIOUS NEED over here. I can't tell you the amount of people I know who head down to Newport or Montgomery ALL THE TIME! Another thing I've always wondered is if a SMALL cinema (1 or 2 screens) might fit well on this stretch of Glenway with a diversified entertainment complex like what could be done with WB. I know Showcase and Danbury are close but I've always wondered what an old fashioned theater similar to the old Covedale and Westwood theaters would do. Especially, surrounded by bowling, and maybe comedy, putt putt and a damn good Mexican joint. You can never go wrong with a sports bar that acknowledges the local schools and sports of the area with big screens. (I realize this has already been done en mass, but they seem to be surviving pretty well throughout the westside) The walkability of the area WILL turn out to be the greatest asset for this locale! We know the kids have always taken advantage of this.

^streatcar falls in that category too!

Delta Queen Docks In Chattanooga http://www.wcpo.com/news/local/story/Delta-Queen-Docks-In-Chattanooga/2QXrf81y90ShkfxYMqQsTA.cspx Last Update: 12:27 pm Delta Queen recently nominated to be included in the 2009 list of America's Most Endangered Historic Places. By BILL POOVEY Associated Press Writer CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- Banished from America's waterways as a cruise vessel because of its wooden construction, the 82-year-old sternwheel steamboat Delta Queen arrived Wednesday in Chattanooga to become a floating hotel on the Tennessee River.

Cheviot bakery succumbs to economy Downturn, road construction cooled Taber's business By Cliff Radel • [email protected] • February 9, 2009 http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20090209/NEWS01/902090350&s=d&page=2#pluckcomments CHEVIOT - A handful of raisins dotted the black-and-white tiled floor. A dash of flour outlined the spot where an oven once baked up a storm inside Taber's Bakery. There would be no baking, however, on this day. No more hearty loaves of artisan bread with chewy crusts. No more delicate cinnamon twist rolls worthy of a Parisian bake shop. No more highly rated chocolate chip cookies. Taber's - the first bakery in this West Side city to open and bake its goods on site in 15 years - is kaput. "I auctioned off all my brooms, along with my display cases and an oven," said owner Jeff Taber. The White Oak resident stood in the middle of the bakery and surveyed the debris of his trade littering the checkerboard tiles.

This sucks! Sidewalk Closed After Bricks Fall From OTR Building Part Of Front Of Abandoned Home Collapses http://www.wlwt.com/news/18688705/detail.html POSTED: 8:08 am EST February 11, 2009 UPDATED: 9:39 am EST February 11, 2009 CINCINNATI -- Police closed an Over-the-Rhine sidewalk after part of the house behind it fell down Wednesday. Part of the front of the three-story abandoned home at 414 Liberty St. fell onto the sidewalk at about 8 a.m., leaving a pile of bricks about 1 to 2 feet high. The part that collapsed was on the third floor, between and above the front windows. It appeared that part of the wall behind the brick was leaning inward. City workers will assess the building's stability and decide on a course of action.

QCS "The Duce"

Tower Place closer to revival Business Courier of Cincinnati - by Lisa Biank Fasig Staff Reporter http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2009/02/09/daily27.html The city’s economic development committee approved an emergency ordinance allowing the mall owner, New York-based Northeastern Security Development Corp., to divide the property in a way that would make it more valuable for financing purposes. As such, it would be able to get the loans necessary to do the garage work.

Price Hill Will to host town hall meeting with new office holders Contributed By Shauna Steigerwald | The Enquirer http://rodeo.cincinnati.com/getlocal/gpstory.aspx?id=100188&sid=142720 New office holders Congressman Steve Driehaus, State Representative Denise Driehaus, Hamilton County Commissioner Greg Hartmann and Cincinnati City Council Member Greg Harris are expected to be in attendance at the upcoming Price Hill Will town hall meeting. It will take place at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18 in Elder High School’s Schaeper Center (Glenway Avenue entrance).

From Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covedale,_Ohio Covedale is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The population was 6,360 at the 2000 census. The CDP represents the part of the former village of Covedale, Ohio that was not annexed by the city of Cincinnati in the 1890s. Most of the CDP is in Green Township, but a small fragment extends into Delhi Township. The area of Covedale located inside the City of Cincinnati is considered a sub-neighborhood of West Price Hill. A Banner Day in Covedale http://communitypress.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/C2/20090206/VAV02/902060366/ It started out like most mornings in the garden district. ... I was enjoying my second cup of coffee when I first heard the news: "The banners are here! The banners are here!" ... Indeed, Covedalians had cause to again feel like the Joneses, having experienced Dangerfield "no respect" status since the city removed from the lamp posts on Covedale Avenue, the treasured garden district banners, acting on a complaint from the now-infamous Alvin Chipmunk. Click on link for more information.