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Developers, Not Residents, Get Help

The city of Cincinnati is once again looking out for business owners but not residents. Raise your hand if you’re surprised.
In a press release issued yesterday by the city of Cincinnati, developers are once again in line to get special treatment — as long as they pay for it — when it comes to building [...]

Oinker of the Day 4.25

I’ve been accused of being a “bleeding heart” and I consider it a compliment because that indicates to me that my heart hasn’t turned to stone. Why is being a “bleeding heart” considered such a bad thing?
— Margo Pierce

Oinker of the Day 4.24

Do you consider yourself to be a spiritual person or a religious person? What’s the difference?
— Margo Pierce

New Streetcar Route

(Photo: Adam J. Benjamin)
City leaders have settled on a preferred route for a proposed streetcar system through downtown and Over-the-Rhine. To ensure the system generates the most redevelopment spin-off on surrounding blocks, the chosen route is longer than initially discussed and covers a larger area.
Although three different routes — each about [...]

Oinker of the Day 4.23

Earth Day has come and gone. What have you done — or continued to do — to show your appreciation for this big blue marble we call Mom?
— Margo Pierce

Kill ’em All

While campaigning for his new job, Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland questioned the fairness of the application of the death penalty. But he isn’t worried about it enough to put a moratorium on executions until he finds out if the death penalty is “the other lottery,” as it have been dubbed in Indiana. The American Bar [...]

Missing the Point — Again

Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland and every other politician in the country are thinking and saying the same stuff right about now: Because of Monday’s tragic events at Virginia Tech, we need to beef up security.
Strickland is asking Board of Regents Chancellor Eric Fingerhut to create a Task Force on Campus Security as a means to [...]

I Was Never Gang Raped

I mention this because the neo-Nazis are reporting that I was once kidnapped, taken to Michigan and gang-raped “by a group of Negroes.”
The neo-Nazis are apparently angry about a story I wrote about their cancellation of a march in Over-the-Rhine.
— Gregory Flannery

Celebrate the Neo-Nazi Failure

The Cincinnati Human Relations Commission, in collaboration with more than 50 organizations, will hold a Unity Rally at 1 p.m. Friday at Washington Park in Over-the-Rhine.
In preparation for the neo-Nazi march, which had been scheduled for Friday before they canceled, the CHRC and various community groups issued this “Statement of Unity”:
“We the undersigned call upon [...]