Thursday, July 24 2014
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Proposed Union Terminal, Music Hall Tax Debated By Hundreds
Hamilton County Commissioners convened yesterday as audience to a standing-room-only crowd as supporters and opponents of a proposed 0.25%, 9 year sales-tax increase was debated. The tax revenue is intended to help fund the rehabilitation of two of the city's most iconic buildings, Music Hall and Union Terminal. One particular issue of note is that even though the city technically owns the two buildings, it has only pledged $10 million to the effort– approximately 3% of the total price tag.
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Cranley Announces Immigration Task Force
While the federal government is in the middle of a immigration crisis on it's southern border, Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley has announced that he wants the city to be most immigration-friendly city in the country. For his part, the Mayor has put together a task force to help encourage immigration to the tri-state, putting him squarely at odds with Speaker of the House John Boehner.
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Bengals Training Camp Starts Today
Die hard Bengals fans are happy to celebrate the return of training camp today because it means that football season is right around the corner. 2014 also marks the third year that the Bengals have held their training camp on the practice field just outside of Paul Brown Stadium. For information on how to attend some of the practices over the next few weeks, check out the schedule.
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Ohio State Fires Marching Band Director
The Ohio State University fired its marching band director after finding a persistent “sexual culture” propagated by Jonathan Waters. The two-month investigation started after a parent complained that several students often sexually harassed one another and Waters either knew about it or should have known about it. The report also describes the band marching across the field in their underwear while Waters and his staff watched.
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Cincinnati Ranked Top for Recreation
According to a new ranking from WalletHub.com, Cincinnati ranks top in the nation for recreation. The ranking was based on a number of factors including spending on parks per capita, the most tennis courts per capita and the average price for pizza and beer.
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