Tuesday, December 3 2013
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Streetcar and Other Funding On the Skids
According to Chris Wetterich of the Business Courier, successful prospects for the Cincinnati streetcar are bleak at best. Making good on his campaign pledge to kill the project, newly elected Mayor John Cranley has ensured that all related ordinances moving through the council include appropriations, thereby placing the opposition momentum right outside the realm of public referendum. Further complicating matters, the federal government has frozen the project’s grant and a major funding organization is now threatening to pull its money from several city projects, including Smale Riverfront Park and a planned renovation of Music Hall.
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Democrats Want Deters Investigated for Improper Voting
Some Hamilton County Democrats have requested that state officials investigate whether county prosecutor Joe Deters improperly voted in Symmes Township in November 2012. According to recent divorce filings, Deters was not living at the residence as early as July. Deters maintains his full compliance with the law and stipulates that he voted on November 5th from his downtown residence.
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Where You Live in Cincinnati Could Shorten Your Life
Here’s another log to add to the fire in the East vs. West-side debate: Residents of Hyde Park, Mount Lookout and other wealthy Cincinnati communities live an average of 20 years longer than those in South Fairmont or Avondale. The Cincinnati Health Department published data detailing those living in wealthy, largely-white communities have a life expectancy of 83.2 to 87.8 years compared to those living in lower-income, black or urban Appalachian neighborhoods who have a life expectancy of 66.4 to 68.2 years. Cardiovascular disease, cancer and stroke are the top causes of death in the area, according to the data.
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Cranley Picks Cincinnati Parks Director to be Interim City Manager
Willie Carden Jr. will be Cincinnati’s interim city manager, according to the Cincinnati Business Courier. John Cranley selected Carden, the Director of the Cincinnati Parks since 2000, to be the city manager after the resignation of Milton Dohoney. Carden oversaw the expansion of Over-the-Rhine’s Washington Park and the creation of Smale Riverfront Park. Cincinnati’s mayor can only suggest city manager candidates, while the final decision will ultimately be up to city council.
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Jesus was a Wino: Brewpub Coming Soon to Former OTR Church
Former Listerman and Triple-Digit brewer Kevin Moreland will lead Over-the-Rhine’s latest brewpub located in the former St. Paul’s Church at 1429 Race Street. The brewpub will be named Taft’s Ale House in homage of one of Cincinnati’s most famous historical figures, William Howard Taft. The owners hope to have the brewpub open by fall of 2014.
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