Got this today from Cincinnatians for Progress:

 

We are looking for some ideas for a No on #9 yard signs.  If you would like to submit a design to us please send it to our [email protected] account.  We would like to have the yard signs ready to be handed out by early October so the sooner we can get your designs the better!

 

Once we get the yard signs designed we are going to need your help putting them up.  If you would like one for your yard please visit this website and give us your information.

 

Also we have a new member on our team.  His name is Jonathon Vogt and he is going to help get our volunteers organized and ready to defeat this Charter Amendment!  He will be asking for help with phone banks, canvassing and working at upcoming events including some this weekend.  He is looking forward to working with you as a Cincinnatian for Progress. Email Jonathon at [email protected] to help out!

 

Tonight we will be at the Cincinnati Beer Festival on Fountain Square signing people up for volunteering.  If you can help us please email our [email protected] account and let us you when you will be down there so we can meet up with you.  If you can't make it tonight we will also be at Findlay Market tomorrow  so stop by to do some shopping and say hi!

 

We look forward to hearing from you.

 

 

Thank you for your support,

 

Cincinnatians for Progress

 

And from the Urban Cincy blog:

 

UC Student Government unanimously votes to oppose Issue 9

 

On August 29 the University of Cincinnati Student Government Association (SGA), which represents more than 37,000 students, unanimously passed a resolution bill that opposes Issue 9, the Anti-Passenger Rail Amendment being pushed by the local special interest group COAST.

 

Click the link above for the full article.

my suggestion

Before

After

 

   

    I like the photoshop work. Those overhead wires aren't even noticable!  :wink:

 

I like the photoshop work. Those overhead wires aren't even noticable!   :wink:

 

Photoshopping those in would take more time than photoshopping the streetcars themselves.

   

    I like the photoshop work. Those overhead wires aren't even noticable!   :wink:

 

Photoshopping those in would take more time than photoshopping the streetcars themselves.

 

in Portland? 

 

Photoshopping is an art.  I am working on this streetscape project and the client demands a before and after image of the streetscape...no renderings allowed.  Try photoshopping existing trees out of a picture and putting new trees into it and filling in the gaps with whats behind the old trees.  Bah!

 

I like the photoshop work. Those overhead wires aren't even noticable!   :wink:

 

 

The truth is, modern streetcar wires are seldom very visible. Check out the pics here, taken under all colors of skies, and see for yourself:

 

http://www.pro-transit.com/PICS/

It's being reported the anti-rail ammendment will be Issue #9. Get the word out: NO on 9!!!

 

Since there's a strong German community in Cincinnati, why not say -- Vote "nein" on Nine

It's being reported the anti-rail ammendment will be Issue #9. Get the word out: NO on 9!!!

 

Since there's a strong German community in Cincinnati, why not say -- Vote "nein" on Nine

 

Two steps ahead of you, it will be ready by Oktoberfest

 

I like the photoshop work. Those overhead wires aren't even noticable! :wink:

 

Photoshopping those in would take more time than photoshopping the streetcars themselves.

 

You're right.  I've tried the wires, but in the pictures they are only a few pixels wide, so even if you can isolate them you have some background sky that causes it to stick out.  The pantographs are hard enough. 

 

"The truth is, modern streetcar wires are seldom very visible."

 

I know, I know! I was kidding.

 

    In Germany, I made a point of looking for the streetcar wires. They are not intrusive at all, and a street with streetcar wires is MUCH more attractive than a street with no streetcar wires but a tangle of electric, telephone, and cable TV lines.

 

  The wires were more noticeable when two streetcar tracks ran side by side. They were hardly noticeable at all if the street had trees.

 

"Photoshopping is an art."

 

No kidding. Wires and trees are the hardest to deal with. I photoshoped a photo of a navy ship once, and simply removed all the handrails, antenaes, wires, and rigging because it was too much work to deal with, and it wasn't important to my project. When I published it, I received some letters from former sailors who served on that ship, telling me that the ship looked much better before they removed all the rigging!

 

    An interesting tidbit is that sometimes the streetcar wires were removed from old photo postcards.

I friend of mine was out in San Francisco recently, and grabbed a photo of one of their PCC streetcars painted in the Cincinnati Street Railway colors:

 

 

It would be cool to see at least one of the new Skoda streetcars done up in the same color scheme.

I miss those cars.  I loved riding in those.

That looks awesome!

Open houses tout streetcar plan

 

Hoping to build public support for a proposed streetcar line from Downtown to Uptown, Cincinnati city officials have scheduled 10 open houses on the plan this fall.

 

The public meetings, which are to begin later this month and will extend through mid-November, will provide forums for city officials to answer questions about the cost, route, operation and potential economic benefits of the proposed streetcar system's $128 million first phase.

 

Full article

Feel Free to use this picture on your blogs

great graphic.  The only issues I have is clarity.  With issues like these, people need to be able to look at the image once and be able to take away its message.  With the font you have, it requires a double take to really be able to read it. 

also...Octoberfest should be Oktoberfest...right?

great graphic. The only issues I have is clarity. With issues like these, people need to be able to look at the image once and be able to take away its message. With the font you have, it requires a double take to really be able to read it.

also...Octoberfest should be Oktoberfest...right?

 

We're on it

^ Yes, absolutely awesome idea thomasbw ... but please please please change the font to something more readable.

 

I cannot overemphasize the importance of clarity and readability for political slogans.

 

Are we 100% sure that it's issue #9? "Nein on Nine" is pretty funny, and the regular "No on 9" is also very nice and easy to remember.

Stand up for Cincinnati, say No on 9!

http://caast-usa.blogspot.com/2009/09/stand-up-for-cincinnati-say-no-on-9.html

^ Yes, absolutely awesome idea thomasbw ... but please please please change the font to something more readable.

 

I cannot overemphasize the importance of clarity and readability for political slogans.

 

Are we 100% sure that it's issue #9? "Nein on Nine" is pretty funny, and the regular "No on 9" is also very nice and easy to remember.

 

Like I said, "We're On It"

 

I am 99.9% sure it is 9

Feel Free to use this picture on your blogs

Taking out the word "issue" might free up some room & make it a little more readable.

Also, I wouldn't push the nein thing a whole lot because a lot of people in town connect anything German to Nazism & racism.

^

Good point.

Also, I wouldn't push the nein thing a whole lot because a lot of people in town connect anything German to Nazism & racism.

 

You really think so?  I think people equate the Cincinnati Police with racism more than they do with anything German.

I created this on my lunch break today. Feel free to copy it, use it, enhance it, modify it, etc.

 

If anybody needs a higher-resolution version of it for posters, yard signs, etc., I've attached a 36"W x 48"H PDF of the text outline below. It can be imported into Photoshop, Illustrator, etc. for further development.

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I created this on my lunch break today. Feel free to copy it, use it, enhance it, modify it, etc.

 

If anybody needs a higher-resolution version of it for posters, yard signs, etc., I've attached a 36"W x 48"H PDF of the text outline below. It can be imported into Photoshop, Illustrator, etc. for further development.

Vote no on what?

What happened to the zoo train article? The link on the Enquirer's page is broken. 

What happened to the zoo train article? The link on the Enquirer's page is broken.  

 

For some reason, the link changed: http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090915/NEWS0106/909160341/-1/advertmock/Streetcar+ballot+could+affect+zoo+train

 

If you go by Tairy Greene's assessment, it seems that the charter amendment would in fact affect the zoo train. All you have to do is read the ballot language:

http://caast-usa.blogspot.com/2009/09/would-issue-9-affect-childrens-train-at.html

If this amendment passes, the city won't even be able to replace a light bulb at Union Terminal without first holding a referendum. That's how wide-ranging and insidious this whole thing is.

Maybe I'm just too rational for what facts we may be dealing with.  However, I believe that something like light bulb replacement would fall under the classification of maintenance and not an improvement.

It would still be enough of a gray area for some jackass like Smitherman or Finney to make a court case out of it if they wanted to, and then the city would have to spend a ton of money fighting a lawsuit even if the court rules in their favor.

It would still be enough of a gray area for some jackass like Smitherman or Finney to make a court case out of it if they wanted to, and then the city would have to spend a ton of money fighting a lawsuit even if the court rules in their favor.

 

The problem is the WHOLE thing is a gray area. There are no specifics. No details. No provisions. It's a joke. This is not a real piece of legislation. The Cincinnati Enquirer right when they called it "Weasel Wording."

Maybe I'm just too rational for what facts we may be dealing with. However, I believe that something like light bulb replacement would fall under the classification of maintenance and not an improvement.

 

I agree the light bulb is far fetched, but things that are physically attached to the structure would be covered.  For example adding a new handicapped accessibility ramp would be an "improvement" to the structure and covered Issue 9. That's one of the reasons why you should vote NO on 9.

If this thing passes, everyone should think about moving.  Just kidding.

Maybe I'm just too rational for what facts we may be dealing with. However, I believe that something like light bulb replacement would fall under the classification of maintenance and not an improvement.

 

I agree the light bulb is far fetched, but things that are physically attached to the structure would be covered. For example adding a new handicapped accessibility ramp would be an "improvement" to the structure and covered Issue 9. That's one of the reasons why you should vote NO on 9.

 

Is it? If you are replacing an incandescent light bulb with a high-efficiency bulb, why wouldn't that be considered an improvement? I can make a legal argument that it is and stop it from happening.

 

I think it's ironic that COAST used a bone-wielding caveman to criticize All Aboard Ohio's opposition to Issue 9. It's the pot calling the kettle black, as COAST is what we often call the Citizens Against Virtually Everything, or CAVEmen.

The problem is the WHOLE thing is a gray area. There are no specifics. No details. No provisions. It's a joke. This is not a real piece of legislation. The Cincinnati Enquirer right when they called it "Weasel Wording."

 

Very true. The language is extremely broad and will completely destroy the funding process for anything remotely related to a rail-car. But just to be clear, "the gray area" is NOT about how far reaching this will be. That is very clear.

 

Based on the ballot language, issue 9 WILL cover the streetcar, WILL cover 3-C, WILL cover Amtrak, WILL cover high speed rail to Chicago, WILL cover commuter rail, WILL cover light-rail, and WILL cover the Zoo's train.

 

COAST can try to deny it all they want, but the courts will have to require a public vote for all these projects - even the Zoo train. This will pretty much destroy chances of ever getting federal funding.

 

The biggest irony of the whole damn process is that issue 9 will just make rail MORE EXPENSIVE for Cincinnati whenever it happens. Eventually, voters will approve some form of rail in the future, whether it's in 2 years or 25 years. If issue 9 passes, Cincinnati will have an impossible time getting federal funding, which means that Cincinnati's future rail projects will cost citizens twice as much!!

Are any of you apart of efforts to spread the truth in Cincinnati regarding this?  If you're not, you probably should sign up.

From 700 WLW's twitter just a second ago:

"700wlw: We're being fair! Someone that actually thinks the Cinti Streetcar is a good idea! No kidding. Willie at 1:06pm."

 

I'd skip art class to call in just in case Willy pull's his usual crap and wants me to go to OTR at midnight again, but I can't miss another day of class. Someone should be prepared to call in just in case Miller or Gloyd show up on the air calling it a "coal powered trolley" again. I find it funny that Willy spends so much time dogging Chris Smitherman yet when Smitherman teams up with COASTers he seems to forget how useless Smitherman is.

Willie is being fair. I'm sure he'll flip quicker than a coin before a football game.

Don't Forget! Please Attend!!

 

3C "Quick Start" Passenger Rail Plan

PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE MEETING

Learn about the project - give input

Show up anytime between 4-7 p.m. Thursday Sept. 17

Cincinnati City Hall, Council Chambers

801 Plum Street

 

Please Attend!

DO NOT LET OTHERS SPEAK FOR YOU!

^Isn't that a bit off topic though, or are the 3-C and Cincinnati Railroads threads hidden?

The correlation is that COAST is getting a bunch of their supporters to attend the 3C public meeting. And as you know, the 3C project is also affected by the anti-rail charter amendment. I hope they don't turn it into another Health Care Shoutfest.

The 700 WLW appearance by Cincinnatians for Progress was pretty good.  These types of appearances are better than editorials like what the Enquirer run, since a lot more people are exposed to the information. 

^^Ah, okay.  Well, I'm sure we'll hear one of their famous outbursts.  Record shows, right?

Did I miss something? Was there a COAST shoutfest about health care somewhere? 

The 700 WLW appearance by Cincinnatians for Progress was pretty good.  These types of appearances are better than editorials like what the Enquirer run, since a lot more people are exposed to the information. 

That guy was excellent.  The more he gets on AM radio the better.  Made a great case about the hidden agenda and the rule by referendum problem.

 

 

Did I miss something? Was there a COAST shoutfest about health care somewhere?

 

Aren't all CAVEmen the same? :-P