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Cincinnati: Mayor John Cranley

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I'd pay good money to see the debate between Charlie Winburn and Charlie Sheen.

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  • taestell
    taestell

    It was also revealed recently that the 56% of the city's streets are in fair, poor, or worse condition. There was only a 1 percentage point improvement in road quality from 2016 to 2017. So Cranley's

  • ryanlammi
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    He spent 6+ months to say the finalists are his acting city manager and his assistant city manager? Wow. EDIT: And if they aren't approved, they are still in that position.

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My bet is he likes seeing articles like this a heck of a lot more than he likes the idea of resigning his council seat to run a hopeless campaign

  • 3 months later...

From the City Council Thread:

 

The Fishwarp reports Cranley is running for mayor.

Is Smitherman? I caught a bit of one of his local access shows the other night & he was in prime form. He mentioned somebody running for office & sang "hell yeah" repeatedly while engaging in increasingly exaggerated gestures that approached dancing.

 

http://cincinnati.com/blogs/politics/2012/11/14/cranley-makes-it-official-hes-running-for-mayor/

“All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.”
-Friedrich Nietzsche

^whoops, thanks, I hadn't seen/forgot this thread.

So, is Cranley free from his conflicts of interest now?

So far announced candidates are:

Roxanne Qualls ©

John Cranley (D)

 

Speculated candidates:

P.G. Sittenfield (D)

Greg Hartmann ®

Chris Smitherman (I)

Charlie Winburn ®

 

I included them but I doubt the last 2 names on this list will run. However; stranger things have happened.

“All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.”
-Friedrich Nietzsche

^whoops, thanks, I hadn't seen/forgot this thread.

So, is Cranley free from his conflicts of interest now?

 

It'd be interesting to find out if he still has a stake in the Incline District project. I believe the project is finished but am not sure.

“All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.”
-Friedrich Nietzsche

So far announced candidates are:

Roxanne Qualls ©

John Cranley (D)

 

Speculated candidates:

P.G. Sittenfield (D)

Greg Hartmann ®

Chris Smitherman (I)

Charlie Winburn ®

 

I included them but I doubt the last 2 names on this list will run. However; stranger things have happened.

 

The primary will be interesting for sure.  Brad Wenstrup had a surprisingly strong showing in 2009, and I wouldn't be surprised to see anyone with an R next to their name take the most votes in the Primary, with the D and C splitting the liberal vote.

The progressives in this city need to get P.G. out of politics. He is poison. Send him to SLC to run an Olympic committee.

Poison? That seems a bit extreme. My guess is he is floating his name this time around so that he can make a credible run for another higher office (or mayor) in a few years.

It's been clear from day one that PG only sees City Council as a stepping stone for higher office, and likely the mayorship as well. Look for him to ditch Cincinnati and run for county or statewide office the minute it becomes convenient for him.

It's been clear from day one that PG only sees City Council as a stepping stone for higher office, and likely the mayorship as well. Look for him to ditch Cincinnati and run for county or statewide office the minute it becomes convenient for him.

 

Yeah, I really don't think he is a long term threat to Cincy.  I think his financial backers are prepping him for the state or national level - he comes from a very wealthy family with very wealthy friends, and they were his biggest campaign donors. 

It's been clear from day one that PG only sees City Council as a stepping stone for higher office, and likely the mayorship as well. Look for him to ditch Cincinnati and run for county or statewide office the minute it becomes convenient for him.

 

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"Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago." - Warren Buffett 

  • 2 weeks later...

 

The last time Cranley & Qualls were on a ballot together:

 

City Council 2007

Roxanne Qualls ©:  33,775

John Cranley (D):      33,772

 

In 2005, Cranley was the top vote getter.

 

Since 2007 Qualls has done a whole bunch of great things that will be attacked (3CDC, downtown, streetcar).

 

3CDC and downtown will score her a lot of points from residents of OTR and downtown, which are the fastest-growing neighborhoods.

True, but Downtown and OTR are 17k. Westwood alone is 30k. I suppose we can pick that up more in the mayors race thread. :)

City Council 2007

Roxanne Qualls ©:  33,775

John Cranley (D):      33,772

 

 

How many people voted for both Qualls and Cranley?  In the mayoral race, people must vote for one or the other.  And if there is a primary, and Qualls leads by 55/45 or more, I don't think anyone's going to donate big money to Cranley's campaign. 

 

Also, if Cranley is elected, I don't think he's going to stop the streetcar project or even stop its expansion.  After all he voted for it back in 2008, then started opposing it as long as there was a thin council majority for it.

 

Indeed, you can't really compare "pick 9" City Council results vs. one-on-one election results without being very, very good at statistical analysis.

I think Cranley will be a formidable opponent.  He will have an endorsement from The Enquirer, nonstop support from 700wlw/55krc, The NAACP, and Tea Party Groups. 

 

He will run solely on the streetcar argument which has become a victim to so many lies, mistruths, and hostility.

Wonder how he feels about the parking privatization.

I think Cranley will be a formidable opponent.  He will have an endorsement from The Enquirer, nonstop support from 700wlw/55krc, The NAACP, and Tea Party Groups. 

 

He will run solely on the streetcar argument which has become a victim to so many lies, mistruths, and hostility.

 

Dr McFooty Wenstrup had all of those going for him and lost to Mallory, who hardly even campaigned.

Hardly comparable. Wenstrop at the time was a no body, not an 8 year Councilmember who was incredibly popular and once what the most votes, then 2 years later was 3 votes short. Heck. Wenstrop was a no body and got 45% of the vote.

 

But now we're legitimately off topic...

 

 

>Heck. Wenstrop was a no body and got 45% of the vote.

 

Wenstrup was a Republican and so got the votes of people voting a straight Republican ticket.  Cranley and Qualls are both Democrats. 

>Heck. Wenstrop was a no body and got 45% of the vote.

 

Wenstrup was a Republican and so got the votes of people voting a straight Republican ticket.  Cranley and Qualls are both Democrats. 

 

Do both candidates get to put a "(D)" next to their name, or does the Democratic party get to pick one to endorse? If so, could Qualls potentially have Charter and Democrat endorsements while Cranley is forced to run as an independent?

I'm not sure of the details, but the election was only among registered voters in the downtown precincts. The election wasn't city-wide.

 

Clarification: The vote was to create a special assessment district, so only people registered to vote within the proposed district voted.

 

Interesting.  I wonder if something similiar might be possible in Cincinnati.  Basically, if uptown wants their connector bad enough, they could vote for funding it without angering other neighborhoods who don't see the direct benefit of better transit.

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Do both candidates get to put a "(D)" next to their name, or does the Democratic party get to pick one to endorse? If so, could Qualls potentially have Charter and Democrat endorsements while Cranley is forced to run as an independent?

 

Only one will win the September 13 primary.

"It's just fate, as usual, keeping its bargain and screwing us in the fine print..." - John Crichton

I thought it was an non-partisan primary.. meaning depending on who else ran, we could end up with Qualls and Cranley on the Mayoral ticket, just like we had Mallory and Pepper 8 years ago.

There is no primary if only two candidates register.  Those two candidates can be of any affiliation.  Once a third candidate appears, there must be a primary.  Our friend Jason Haap aka The Dean of Cincinnati played this stunt back in 2009.  At the last moment he withdrew his application, and we were spared the spectacle of a primary. 

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Speaking of which...

"It's just fate, as usual, keeping its bargain and screwing us in the fine print..." - John Crichton

Wow.  Some of us remember his first website, where he recorded love songs to Alicia Reece and had photos of himself in the cap & gown around town.  It was completely ridiculous. 

Oh please, somebody buy it. This looks like a ripe time for the return of the Provost.

 

On a related note, $20 says the Enquirer won't be printing newspapers when the streetcar opens for revenue service.

that site had potential - too bad the owner was an a$$h0le.

I have no doubt Jim Berns will get enough signatures to get a primary going.

Qualls record on crime is pretty amazing. As mayor, crime fell over 50% on her watch.

 

1992 (year before she became mayor) 5,793

1999 (last year as mayor) 2,491

 

 

Source: FBI UCR, Total Violent Crime.

^ Wasn't there a considerable crime drop across the country in the 90s? I am not sure Qualls can own that considering she was a weak mayor. On the other hand, if crime shot up during her tenure, it would probably get thrown in her face - so I suppose she might as well take credit.

The Beacon is back, bitches!

^ Looks like it's still down to me. And up for sale.

It's erratically up and down.  Like Haap's blood sugar after a ho-ho binge.

 

Cranley on 500 this morning saying $72 million "goes unaccounted for" every year out of Cincinnati's $380 million budget.  Blames the streetcar.

Cranley on 500 this morning saying $72 million "goes unaccounted for" every year out of Cincinnati's $380 million budget.  Blames the streetcar.

 

He also blamed the streetcar for the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Drew Stubbs strikeout total in 2012

 

#thingsjohncranleyblamesthestreetcaron

Replace Obama with "streetcar" here:

 

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^ Wasn't there a considerable crime drop across the country in the 90s? I am not sure Qualls can own that considering she was a weak mayor. On the other hand, if crime shot up during her tenure, it would probably get thrown in her face - so I suppose she might as well take credit.

Just want to know why you consider Qualls a weak mayor--wasn't she one of the most popular and progressive Cincinnati mayors of recent times?  :? 

^the way she achieved mayorhship made her a "weak mayor". That is - she was not elected directly & didn't have the powers a mayor has now in Cincinnati.

^the way she achieved mayorhship made her a "weak mayor". That is - she was not elected directly & didn't have the powers a mayor has now in Cincinnati.

 

Correct, that is what I meant. We had a "weak mayor system" where the position was largely ceremonial.

LOL, stop hating on Qualls!

She was definitely very popular. But her position was less strong than the one shell be running for now.

I remember her being popular but I am a bit too young to remember what made her so popular (aside from the things that make her popular now). Does anyone recall specific moments or aspects of her agenda that contributed to her popularity at the time? She first ran for council in 1987 and placed 14th. In 1989 she placed 10th and in 1991 she made it on coming in 8th. In 1993 she was number 1 which made her mayor. Is that rise entirely due to her amazing campaigning ability and general like-ability, or was she front and center on some issues that I can't remember?

Her smackdowns on Tom Luken (councilmember) were entertaining.

Looks like the Dean paid his bills.

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