Thursday, July 31 2014
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Cranley Chooses City Manager
Mayor John Cranley chose Balitmore’s finance director Harry Black to become Cincinnati’s next city manager. If City Council approves Cranley’s choice, Black will replace Interim City Manager Scott Stiles. Black’s nickname when he was chief financial officer of Richmond, Virginia was “Mr. Pitbull.” Black has plenty of experience in government, but never as a city manager.
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Prostitution Barriers in OTR Subject of Federal Lawsuit
Remember those barriers that the police erected in OTR a few months ago to curb prostitution? Well, apparently they were so successful that they turned the neighborhood in a "ghost town". At least that's the perspective of a plaintiff who's recently filed charges against the city in federal court this week. Among the chief complaints are that public transportation is now totally inaccessible, preventing many residents accessing grocery stores or doctor's appointments.
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Scripps to Merge Broadcast with Journal Communications, Spin Off Newspapers
E.W. Scripps Company has announced plans to spin off it's newspapers and publication assets and create two independent and publicly traded companies. The plan is based on a proposed merger of its broadcast division and Milwuakee based Journal Communications.
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UC Wants Emery Theater to Stay Tax Exempt
In a letter to the state of Ohio the University of Cincinnati suggested it should not have to pay taxes on the Emery Theater. The letter comes on the heels of a complaint filed by the Cincinnati Public Schools that says the Emery theater and apartment buildings should lose its tax-exempt status. CPS argued because the theater is no longer in use, it doesn’t have an educational value for UC. If the state agrees with CPS, the theater would have an annual tax bill of $20,000 and 65 percent of that would go toward CPS.
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Cincinnati Charter School the Target of FBI Raid
Last month, the FBI raided Horizon Science Academy Cincinnati in effort to determine whether the charter school had received inappropriate benefits from it's technology vendors. The news of the raid was reported by the Enquirer, thanks a state public records request and comes amid a larger investigation of a Chicago-based management company that operates 19 charter schools in Ohio.
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