In response to the guy taking his wife & kids on a kill crazed joyride through a parade, scattering and injuring people, the organizers are calling off their Halloween Zombie Walk.
Here's hoping the next time this jerk gets tired of waiting, he's stopped at a railroad crossing.
More at Mashable
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Monday, July 28, 2014
Dark Side of the SDCC pt2
WXIX came up with this headline for this story about sexist behavior at the San Diego Comicon.
I never really did the comic book convention thing and when I did, there weren't that many people dressing up in super hero outfits. The WXIX story discusses how women who dress up like super heroines & fantasy characters, they resent people taking pictures of them. Sorry, that's just part of going out in public in a crazy outfit.
However, blogger, editor, and writer Valerie D'Orazio has brought up other issues that are not ok. She found the working staff at comic book companies to be very sexist. She also noticed at conventions, the fans love getting their pictures taken with the comic book creators. Most of the fans are geek boys and they usually stand next to the male artists & writers smiling. But when they pose with the females, they are always putting their arms around them. The XIX article claims much groping of the women is common. Dunno if the hugging is part of the groping. The thing is, it goes much deeper than what XIX covers.
Here's the deal, if you go out in a weird costume, expect people to oggle, but your right to swing your fist ends at my nose. That is, keep your hands to yourself.
If you've seen The Big Bang Theory, those guys are not far off. Most comic fans aren't physicists, however.
I never really did the comic book convention thing and when I did, there weren't that many people dressing up in super hero outfits. The WXIX story discusses how women who dress up like super heroines & fantasy characters, they resent people taking pictures of them. Sorry, that's just part of going out in public in a crazy outfit.
However, blogger, editor, and writer Valerie D'Orazio has brought up other issues that are not ok. She found the working staff at comic book companies to be very sexist. She also noticed at conventions, the fans love getting their pictures taken with the comic book creators. Most of the fans are geek boys and they usually stand next to the male artists & writers smiling. But when they pose with the females, they are always putting their arms around them. The XIX article claims much groping of the women is common. Dunno if the hugging is part of the groping. The thing is, it goes much deeper than what XIX covers.
Here's the deal, if you go out in a weird costume, expect people to oggle, but your right to swing your fist ends at my nose. That is, keep your hands to yourself.
If you've seen The Big Bang Theory, those guys are not far off. Most comic fans aren't physicists, however.
Dark Side of the SDCC pt1
I was at a parade recently and a couple people who were 'caught' by the parade were really surprised when a police officer informed them that they could not drive out onto the street against the parade.
Similar arrogance was seen in San Diego the other day when motorists were 'caught' by a Zombie Walk parade held in conjunction with the San Diego Comicon. The walk was not an official function of the Convention.
While most all the drivers accepted the insanity, one driver couldn't tolerate it, started blasting his horn and began to just force himself through. As parade members expressed their outrage, hitting the car & it's windows, the driver decided to just pound down on the accelerator as he drove through the crowd. One person was hospitalized and may not have even been involved with the parade.
Police have said that charges will likely not be filed.
More here
Sunday, July 27, 2014
The Boring Banks
Not if the intention is resemble a suburban branch bank, however it wasn't too long ago, well, OK, about 10 years ago, we were treated to renderings like the one above to help envision the new part of downtown.
I think a pyramid would be cool. It would kinda be like bookends on Ohio wht with Clevo hosting the RnRHOF.
oh well, It's all just going to collapse next time the New Madrid fault shifts and turns Cincinnati and a few other midwest cities into Port Au Princes...
Here is the original plan.
Should Cincinnati Build a Floating Necropolis ?
yeah, I know most of the river belongs to KY but what the heck?
This Necropolis is meant to float in the middle of the Dead Sea.
This Necropolis is meant to float in the middle of the Dead Sea.
Thursday, July 24, 2014
They're Back…
They decided to try again. Must be nice to have all that time and money to persecute decent folks and try to ruin their lives.
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
More Personal Freedom
As a person who has bike camped I certainly see the merit to this product, Palcohol. As a person who has 'snorted' before, I can difinitely say the guy is right about snorting that whole bag vs. slamming down the shot.
Of course, our fearless leaders in Columbus are working on aborting Palcohol. Typical pro business, small limited government I guess…
Why don't we see how this works before we take on more prohibitions?
Probably tastes like crap, anyway.
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Rails to Runways
Th Cincinnati Business Courier reports on a plan to run a train from CVG to downtown Cincinnati.
I don't really get it. Driving, taking taxis or using the TANK shuttle bus, I have never encountered traffic issues using the roadways to get to the airport.
Pretty much nobody uses the shuttle bus with premium seats & a TV to boot. Seems to pretty much just used by airport workers.
If I were driving from Finneytown or Felicity, I don't know why I would stop in downtown Cincinnati rather than just keep on the highway & go to the airport. I guess, in the wintertime, it might be nice to park in a garage rather than park outside on a high plain.
Another plan is to run the train to Union Terminal. That would mean another bus ride or a bikeshare run to the Government Square which would be obnoxious with much luggage.
Todd Portune likes the idea...
I don't really get it. Driving, taking taxis or using the TANK shuttle bus, I have never encountered traffic issues using the roadways to get to the airport.
Pretty much nobody uses the shuttle bus with premium seats & a TV to boot. Seems to pretty much just used by airport workers.
If I were driving from Finneytown or Felicity, I don't know why I would stop in downtown Cincinnati rather than just keep on the highway & go to the airport. I guess, in the wintertime, it might be nice to park in a garage rather than park outside on a high plain.
Another plan is to run the train to Union Terminal. That would mean another bus ride or a bikeshare run to the Government Square which would be obnoxious with much luggage.
Todd Portune likes the idea...
High Tech Urns
With the advent of 3D printing, 3D scanning & modeling, your funerary urn designs about limitless nowadays. Imagine an urn shaped like your head? Your skull? Your BUTT!?!?!
Foreverence made a giant Devo hat for Bob Casale's cremains. Not too impressive but it's a start for what crematiophiles can do in the future.
Foreverence made a giant Devo hat for Bob Casale's cremains. Not too impressive but it's a start for what crematiophiles can do in the future.
Monday, July 21, 2014
Sunday, July 20, 2014
Your Intertube Immortality
The Uniform Law Commission is plotting ways for your online life to be handled in a secure way.
If your account goes dormant for long some providers just delete you. If your death is confirmed some places freeze your accounts.
Technically you are not allowed to let other people use your accounts as part of your terms of service with FaceBook & the like so you're not really allowed to let the executor of your estate access your stuff. Even if you did & put all your passwords into your will, that would become a public document after your demise. Seems like that last part has to have some kind of fix just going back to safe combinations. I dunno.
Anyway these guys are going to fix everything & change the service providers' TOSs.
Read more here
If your account goes dormant for long some providers just delete you. If your death is confirmed some places freeze your accounts.
Technically you are not allowed to let other people use your accounts as part of your terms of service with FaceBook & the like so you're not really allowed to let the executor of your estate access your stuff. Even if you did & put all your passwords into your will, that would become a public document after your demise. Seems like that last part has to have some kind of fix just going back to safe combinations. I dunno.
Anyway these guys are going to fix everything & change the service providers' TOSs.
Read more here
Saturday, July 19, 2014
Heritage
Music Hall & Union Terminal want a county wide sales tax to do some renovations.
Hamilton County Commissioner Greg Hartman says it's not his problem, the city needs to take care of it.
The Fishwarp tries to explain who owns what.
It's cute that Hartman doesn't say what he wants from the city - he just says he wants more.
But here's the thing, a lot of the people in Hamilton County, outside the city limits, have roots in the city limits with parents, grandparents, school, church, work & such. Many of their ancestors were the people who built & used these places originally.
How did they wind up out of town? I dunno, new house, bigger yard, avoid the hustle & bustle, avoid black people? whatever…
This shouldn't be a divisive issue & Hartman is clearly trying to make it one.
Hamilton County Commissioner Greg Hartman says it's not his problem, the city needs to take care of it.
The Fishwarp tries to explain who owns what.
It's cute that Hartman doesn't say what he wants from the city - he just says he wants more.
But here's the thing, a lot of the people in Hamilton County, outside the city limits, have roots in the city limits with parents, grandparents, school, church, work & such. Many of their ancestors were the people who built & used these places originally.
How did they wind up out of town? I dunno, new house, bigger yard, avoid the hustle & bustle, avoid black people? whatever…
This shouldn't be a divisive issue & Hartman is clearly trying to make it one.
Friday, July 18, 2014
Whom the Gods Would Destroy
The latest came in a video article at Fortune.
So, why is the current mayor so hell bent on turning everything around?
Cincinnati Magazine has an interesting piece on the Mad King.
"During the campaign he had asked me to support him, and [said] that if he were to be elected, I would be his vice mayor, says [Wendell] Young. "He supported me when I ran, which made it very difficult to say no to him when he wanted my support. But I didn't like the people around him. It was never a case of not liking him. It was what I could see that he was going to owe—and who he was going to owe favors to—that was a problem for me." Among the folks Young is alluding to is the Coalition Opposed to Additional Spending and Taxes (COAST), the anti-tax, anti-development, anti-gay, anti-public projects, and anti-tax break (usually) group that reliably despises and belittles Democrats but made a point of giving Cranley an endorsement (which he ultimately rejected) in the middle of a campaign that he eventually won by peeling off votes from COAST-friendly demographics.Could it be that in Cranley's quest for power the web of favors he now owes has slowly been driving him mad? Why else would he want to tear asunder what so many see as a shining gem?
"I think, at center, he's a decent guy," says Young of the mayor. "I think he cares about the city—I really do mean that. It’s just that I'm not really able to talk about the new John Cranley because he’s a guy I don't know."
Thursday, July 17, 2014
Computer Fun
ok, I don't really know if this is Firefox, Fedora Linux, Gnome or what.
My Firefox of unknown version on some version of Fedora, on some version of Gnome on an old secondhand Dell decided to take up the whole screen. It wasn't 'Maximised', it just took up the whole screen & I couldn't grab the lower right corner to resize the window.
The crappy old second hand Dell was already at iot's maximum resolution. ok, I guess I could have poked around & found the video.conf file (or whatever it's called) and typed in a higher resolution but I was looking for a more logical solution.
I poked around online for awhile. Saw all sorts of crap about maximizing & text zoom. I was told that using the whole screen is the proper way to use a computer.
Nothing.
So I took to monkey clicking.
My solution was to hold down the blank key between Ctrl & Alt & press the down arrow key.
well, of course.
Holding down the mystery key & pressing the left & right arrow keys made the browser window take up the full height of the screen, half the width and bank the window to that side of the screen. Not sure what that's for but it afforded about 22 seconds of fun.
So there ya have it.
My Firefox of unknown version on some version of Fedora, on some version of Gnome on an old secondhand Dell decided to take up the whole screen. It wasn't 'Maximised', it just took up the whole screen & I couldn't grab the lower right corner to resize the window.
The crappy old second hand Dell was already at iot's maximum resolution. ok, I guess I could have poked around & found the video.conf file (or whatever it's called) and typed in a higher resolution but I was looking for a more logical solution.
I poked around online for awhile. Saw all sorts of crap about maximizing & text zoom. I was told that using the whole screen is the proper way to use a computer.
Nothing.
So I took to monkey clicking.
My solution was to hold down the blank key between Ctrl & Alt & press the down arrow key.
well, of course.
Holding down the mystery key & pressing the left & right arrow keys made the browser window take up the full height of the screen, half the width and bank the window to that side of the screen. Not sure what that's for but it afforded about 22 seconds of fun.
So there ya have it.
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
People in Politics
In what appears to be a fairly lightweight political YooToob show, Dude interviews people engaged in Ohio politics to see what makes them tick.
Most of the ints so far appear to be focussed in the Clevo area but Cincinnati city councilman PG Sittenfeld was recently interviewed.
Anyway, out of the box coverage of the politicians is always good.
Well, maybe not always.
whatever....
Pickin' the wrong white guy
There have been assaults on whites by blacks that look pretty racially motivated. Maybe not the act, per se, but the choice of victim at least. The attack might just be plain mad dog visciousness.
But, whether bored beatings or serial beatings, racial charges are never filed.
Until the County Prosecutor's son gets attacked.
Now there's charges of felonious assault, ethnic intimidation, aggravated riot and two misdemeanor counts of assault.
Assistant Ohio Attorney General Woody Breyer sees the racial motivation in this sentence, "let's get the (epithet) white guy"
Seriously? You don't think that might have just been an identification?
Black tweens do sadistically attack white men. There is a race motive. This isn't the first time. It's just the first time somebody with connections got attacked.
typical
Fishwarp story (written worse than usual) here
But, whether bored beatings or serial beatings, racial charges are never filed.
Until the County Prosecutor's son gets attacked.
Now there's charges of felonious assault, ethnic intimidation, aggravated riot and two misdemeanor counts of assault.
Assistant Ohio Attorney General Woody Breyer sees the racial motivation in this sentence, "let's get the (epithet) white guy"
Seriously? You don't think that might have just been an identification?
Black tweens do sadistically attack white men. There is a race motive. This isn't the first time. It's just the first time somebody with connections got attacked.
typical
Fishwarp story (written worse than usual) here
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
oh, the humanity...
Here WKRC informs us of a road closure due to streetcar constructure.
They don't mention that it's one block & dead as a doornail.
Here WKRC tells us how construction in downtown Cincinnati is destroying businesses.
So, here's my question - Why didn't they interview the displaced hookers on Henry?
Why didn't they interview the napping mailman who drank his lunch at Charlie's and would then park his truck by the Moerlein loading dock?
why, WKRC, why?
They don't mention that it's one block & dead as a doornail.
Here WKRC tells us how construction in downtown Cincinnati is destroying businesses.
So, here's my question - Why didn't they interview the displaced hookers on Henry?
Why didn't they interview the napping mailman who drank his lunch at Charlie's and would then park his truck by the Moerlein loading dock?
why, WKRC, why?
Thursday, July 10, 2014
A Modest Proposal
Given the controversy over both a bridge over the Ohio & the architecture along the Ohio in the Queen City, I propose we take a focussed approach to the tow matters together.
How about using Asgard and the Rainbow Bridge as a template for future development?
Asgard, of course would point up Cincinnati's German heritage & the Rainbow Bridge would point up the city's multicultural friendliness.
Imagine the bridge shimmering in the night! The region would quickly become an international destinaation. When people drive between Ohio & Kentucky they will know the aren't in Kansas anymore!
Sunday, July 06, 2014
Taking a Look at Music Hall
The bizniz courier takes a behind the scenes look at Music Hall
and
VisuaLingual takes a look at the architecture & detail of Music Hall
Meanwhile, Rack Photography takes the Panoramic approach to Music Hall
And, of course, you can always buy my Music Hall Stuff
and
VisuaLingual takes a look at the architecture & detail of Music Hall
Meanwhile, Rack Photography takes the Panoramic approach to Music Hall
And, of course, you can always buy my Music Hall Stuff
Wednesday, July 02, 2014
Another Dreary 4th of July…
And beer.
While the parade starts at noon at Hamilton & Ashtree & winds it's way to Hoffner Park, festivities start at 10AM with Hoffner Park's Egg & Kegs breakfast.
Ohio's next governor Ed Fitzgerald will be there on the 4th, as will Ohio's next representative of Ohio's first district, Fred Kundrata.
Cecil Thomas & Chas Winburn will be at the parade if they can find it. And unlike Dale no show Mallory, Christine Bryant will be marching.
The Mighty Ohio Scooter Club & MoBo will be representing the 2 wheeled crowd.
Some of the food vendorsa at flat Hoffner Park will be
- NYPD Pizza
- Waffo Truck
- Hungry Cincy
- Dojo Gelato
- Street Pops
- Melt
- Ohio Farm Direct
- Kitchen Factory
- Django Western Taco
- Ruth's
- Northside Tavern
You can find out more about the parade here
and the Festival here.
Here's the entertainment line up for the festival:
| Thursday July 3rd, 2014 | |
| 6:00-6:40 | Frontier Folk Nebraska |
| 7:10-7:50 | Al Scorch & The Lost Boys |
| 8:15-9:00 | Cincinnati Suds |
| 9:25-10:05 | Bummers Eve |
| 10:20-10:55 | Idiot Glee |
| 11:10-11:50 | Bad Sports |
| 12:10-1:00 | Radioactivity |
| Friday July 4Th, 2014 | |
| 6:00-6:40 | Leggy |
| 7:10-7:50 | Pretty Pretty |
| 8:00-8:30 | Anaya Belly Dancing |
| 8:15-9:00 | Perfect Children |
| 8:50-9:25 | Pickled Brothers |
| 9:25-10:05 | All Dogs |
| 9:45-10:30 | Cancers |
| 10:30-11:00 | Karl Spaeth & Chris Weir Comedy |
| 11:10-11:50 | Tweens |
| 12:10-1:00 | Twin Peaks |
| Saturday July 5Th, 2014 | |
| 6:00-6:40 | Pearl De Vere |
| 7:10-7:50 | Fists Of Love |
| 8:15-9:00 | The Hiders |
| 9:25-10:05 | Mardou |
| 10:20-11:00 | The Sidekicks |
| 11:15-11:55 | Jaill |
| 12:10-1:00 | Protomartyr |
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Tuesday, July 01, 2014
Ohio AG DeWine to open door for Sharia law in Ohio
In a survey by Ohio's Condemned to Life organization, Mike Dewine said, he would “work actively” to revoke state laws and local ordinances that upset people’s religious beliefs.
And that all levels of government should define marriage as an institution solely for opposite-sex couples.
This theocracy based philosophy in a society that allows for freedom of religion opens up a whole bew bucket of worms. Will Sharia law be tolerated? Jewish, Hindu? Will DeWine “work actively” to permit open air cremation? Will DeWine “work actively” to allow human & animal sacrifice?
Will “work actively” to deny Presbyterians & The United Church of Christ the power o marry who they want? Without upsetting their religious beliefs, that is.
Read the Outlook Columbus story here
And that all levels of government should define marriage as an institution solely for opposite-sex couples.
This theocracy based philosophy in a society that allows for freedom of religion opens up a whole bew bucket of worms. Will Sharia law be tolerated? Jewish, Hindu? Will DeWine “work actively” to permit open air cremation? Will DeWine “work actively” to allow human & animal sacrifice?
Will “work actively” to deny Presbyterians & The United Church of Christ the power o marry who they want? Without upsetting their religious beliefs, that is.
Read the Outlook Columbus story here
Monday, June 30, 2014
Cyclists on the Roadway
The emphasis on People is what I think is most important.
Leadership or Tribal Ideology
After the state cut funding for County, Township & Municipality service - funding put in place when enacting an income tax, safety became an issue. The local governments lost money that went to pay highly skilled, highly paid personnel.
One of the changes in law enforcement & public safety that's come about over the years is the use of relatively inexpensive electronic surveillance devices.
The state who in their great wisdom forced local safety agencies to tighten their belts has decided that using inexpensive tech to augment their services is a non starter. They want to outlaw traffic cameras completely.
Wouldn't it make more sense for Seitz, Mallory & the rest of the unholy cabal in Columbus to regulate rather than ban these modern systems?
When Cincinnati looked at red light cameras, they made an effort to not make the mistakes other cities had made before. The fear mongering lies spouted by COAST & the NAACP put the kibosh on one of the best planned systems in the country.
But the state of Ohio could demand:
One of the changes in law enforcement & public safety that's come about over the years is the use of relatively inexpensive electronic surveillance devices.
The state who in their great wisdom forced local safety agencies to tighten their belts has decided that using inexpensive tech to augment their services is a non starter. They want to outlaw traffic cameras completely.
Wouldn't it make more sense for Seitz, Mallory & the rest of the unholy cabal in Columbus to regulate rather than ban these modern systems?
When Cincinnati looked at red light cameras, they made an effort to not make the mistakes other cities had made before. The fear mongering lies spouted by COAST & the NAACP put the kibosh on one of the best planned systems in the country.
But the state of Ohio could demand:
- All citations must be issued by a local police officer
- Service providers cannot profit from issuing more tickets - flat fees only
- The presence of cameras must be announced via signage
- Only traffic & Police can pick the locations of cameras to avoid politicizing their use
Sunday, June 29, 2014
Four in one turn
Here's an idea - blow through a stop sign at a fairly blind intersection & see what happens!
Well, when the approaching truck nails you & pushes you into 3 pedestrians…
There's easier ways to meet people, folks.
Fishwarp story about the latest dumbass Cage Jockey's wake of destruction here.
Well, when the approaching truck nails you & pushes you into 3 pedestrians…
There's easier ways to meet people, folks.
Fishwarp story about the latest dumbass Cage Jockey's wake of destruction here.
Bear Bagging
So how come the cops haven't been able to tranq the guy & haul him off to wild & wooly Warren County? Muskingham county cops managed to slaughter 50 exotic animals in the time it's taken Hamilton county cops to let the bear wander into bucolic Oakley.
Never a dull moment…
Friday, June 27, 2014
Engineering Safety
There's an intersection in Cincinnati that folks have identified as being clearly engineered poorly.
Two neighborhood/light industrial streets with plenty of screwed up pavement from utility work, they have 25 MPH speed limits (ignored) and the east west street has a standard stop sign. Traveling east from the intersection leads to a dead end.
Bothe streets are flat & they intersect at right angles.
Looking east
Looking north
Looking west
Looking south
The American auto lobby would tell us to widen the streets and raise the speed limits. Holland would tell us to get rid of the stop signs. Folks in the neighborhood who routinely complain about the rough roads want speed bumps AKA, nicely paved rough roads that are a disaster for bicyclists & snowplows.
One way to draw attention to the intersection would be to install a dozen girls marching in a circle in the intersection wearing cowboy boots, glittery swimsuits and waving flags, singing & shooting pistols in the air.
The thing is - why do we see it as an engineering problem?
When people misuse guns, there's no shortage of folks screaming to take away guns. When people misuse their cars - it's a traffic engineering problem. I don't get it.
How about yanking more drivers licenses? If people prove they cannot use a deadly machine on public roadways, don't let them !
Meanwhile, we can work on engineering safer guns.
I guess...
Two neighborhood/light industrial streets with plenty of screwed up pavement from utility work, they have 25 MPH speed limits (ignored) and the east west street has a standard stop sign. Traveling east from the intersection leads to a dead end.
Bothe streets are flat & they intersect at right angles.
Looking east
Looking north
Looking west
Looking south
The American auto lobby would tell us to widen the streets and raise the speed limits. Holland would tell us to get rid of the stop signs. Folks in the neighborhood who routinely complain about the rough roads want speed bumps AKA, nicely paved rough roads that are a disaster for bicyclists & snowplows.
One way to draw attention to the intersection would be to install a dozen girls marching in a circle in the intersection wearing cowboy boots, glittery swimsuits and waving flags, singing & shooting pistols in the air.
The thing is - why do we see it as an engineering problem?
When people misuse guns, there's no shortage of folks screaming to take away guns. When people misuse their cars - it's a traffic engineering problem. I don't get it.
How about yanking more drivers licenses? If people prove they cannot use a deadly machine on public roadways, don't let them !
Meanwhile, we can work on engineering safer guns.
I guess...
Thursday, June 26, 2014
Enjoying the "protected" bike path
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Motorist gets two with one turn
Fishwarp article that asks if the motorcyclists were wearing helmets, if anybody was intoxicated or driving too fast - doesn't ask if the auto driver was wearing a seatbelt or was just an idiot here
Monday, June 23, 2014
Heroin & Tolls
As the talk about building a new bridge between Covington & Cincinnati that would require tolls for financing goes on (&on&on&on) there's another discussion about heroin abuse, an epidemic that has people crossing state lines over the existing bridgs.
What would tolling the bridges, existing & new due to the cross state heroin trade?
Tolls for the imagined bridge would all need to go to that bridge but tolls on the other bridges could go to not only the new bridge & existing bridge maintenance but some could go to chemical dependency programs as well.
Of course, getting stuck in traffic on the bridges would also afford a guy a great opportunity to shoot up…
What would tolling the bridges, existing & new due to the cross state heroin trade?
Tolls for the imagined bridge would all need to go to that bridge but tolls on the other bridges could go to not only the new bridge & existing bridge maintenance but some could go to chemical dependency programs as well.
Of course, getting stuck in traffic on the bridges would also afford a guy a great opportunity to shoot up…
Friday, June 20, 2014
The Dummy Convention
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Monday, June 16, 2014
Asphalt Abattoir
We need to face facts, the experiment has failed. The idea of the average citizen rolling around in a ton of steel wielding the power of hundreds of horses on city streets might have sounded great - but it doesn't work.
Besides the astronomical death rates, the maimings & crippling injuries, there is also the physical costs of obesity, heart disease, diabetes & such. Add to that the psychological cost of social isolation and the damage of talk radio taking advantage of that isolation. The automobile experiment has been a colassal failure & can probably be blamed for much of our society's ills.
They don't work - we need to remove them from America's roadways.
The damage in the picture above happened when a motorist cavalierly turned left in front of an oncoming cyclist who crashed int o the passengr side door face first.
While she will require extensive reconstructive surgeries, she is lucky she didn't lose her eyes or get her neck broken. The motorists inattentativeness also resulted in injuries to the passenger. A driver is responsible for his passengers.
Get cars off the road. Lets bring roadway deaths back to the 100s, away from the current tens of thousands.
Fishwarp article here
Voting
Voter turnout in the latest Afghanistan presidential election was roughly the same as the last US presidential election of about 60%.
In Afghanistan about 50 people were murdered while trying to vote. That would be about 500 on the US. Pretty much nobody gets murdered trying to vote in the US. Probably the most common cause of death in voting in the US is people crashing their cars.
Sad that Americans, in their apathy, can only muster the same voter turnout as a country where the voters are threatened by terrorist violence.
In Afghanistan about 50 people were murdered while trying to vote. That would be about 500 on the US. Pretty much nobody gets murdered trying to vote in the US. Probably the most common cause of death in voting in the US is people crashing their cars.
Sad that Americans, in their apathy, can only muster the same voter turnout as a country where the voters are threatened by terrorist violence.
Saturday, June 14, 2014
Get a Horse
If you have cars, you can't have nice things. Motorists careen into themselves, pedestrians, cyclists, buildings, monuments... Their lust for carnage is unquenchable.
In 24 hours, motorists have struck 2 horse drawn carriages on an Ohio River bridge sending drivers & passengers of the carriages flying across the span high above the river.
This must stop. We need to ban automobiles on the city streets. Relegate their use to the interstate highways. Install governors to keep them from going over 35 MPH.
This nonsense needs to stop.
Fishwarp report here
In 24 hours, motorists have struck 2 horse drawn carriages on an Ohio River bridge sending drivers & passengers of the carriages flying across the span high above the river.
This must stop. We need to ban automobiles on the city streets. Relegate their use to the interstate highways. Install governors to keep them from going over 35 MPH.
This nonsense needs to stop.
Fishwarp report here
Friday, June 13, 2014
Cincinnati For Sale
For sale:
John Cranley?
or is that just a coincidence?
- The Warner Bros building at Liberty & Central Parkway
- The Brighton German Bank at Central and Harrison and Central Parkway and the Brighton Approach and Colerain
- The Baldwin Building
- Great American Tower
- 4339 Crawford
- Park Chili
John Cranley?
or is that just a coincidence?
Thursday, June 12, 2014
Mobility Demobilizes
I hate calling people on their mobile phones when I think they are driving and I REALLY hate talking to them when they are driving. I always imagine loud sounds & then the phone going silent.
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Mann Tackles Scalping
Cincinnati had an anti-scalping law but repealed it in 1982 - when Mann was in office. Why he's all hot on scalping now is anybody's guess.
Ohio has no anti-scalping laws & lets cities do what they want. Cincinnati quasi bans street scalping & requires some kind of license to resell from an office but internet sales go beyond the city's reach.
Scalping in Cincinnati went big time in the 90s when Bill Meister took to hiring people to buy tickets that he would resell. This came to a head when he managed to score almost half the seats for a Prince Purple Rain show.
Nowadays you just write/buy a program and bypass the pesky employees.
The current Lumenocity fracas was kind of inevitable & unfortunate but the only way to get around it is for the people to just not buy from scalpers. Of course then Prince would have played to a half empty arena & Washington Park would be about half empty for Lumenocity 2014, so…..
But I have no idea what Mann intends to do NOW. He's been around for all the other scalping controversies. He's been in legislative positions during those issues. How did he vote on repealing the anti-scalping law that was in place in the 80s?
Dude's weird...
Ohio has no anti-scalping laws & lets cities do what they want. Cincinnati quasi bans street scalping & requires some kind of license to resell from an office but internet sales go beyond the city's reach.
Scalping in Cincinnati went big time in the 90s when Bill Meister took to hiring people to buy tickets that he would resell. This came to a head when he managed to score almost half the seats for a Prince Purple Rain show.
Nowadays you just write/buy a program and bypass the pesky employees.
The current Lumenocity fracas was kind of inevitable & unfortunate but the only way to get around it is for the people to just not buy from scalpers. Of course then Prince would have played to a half empty arena & Washington Park would be about half empty for Lumenocity 2014, so…..
But I have no idea what Mann intends to do NOW. He's been around for all the other scalping controversies. He's been in legislative positions during those issues. How did he vote on repealing the anti-scalping law that was in place in the 80s?
Dude's weird...
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from his hand?
Bill Seitz is, apparently, able to see into the hearts of municipal legislators & see them for the greedy liars that they truly are.
After Columbus stripped cities of funding used to cover police & fire departments, they now want to put further burdens on them by outlawing technology that frees up police & cuts down on emergency runs by the fire departments.
And what will the costs to society be when the cameras with proven track records of improved safety be?
Mr Seitz - the blood and carnage will be all yours.
Frogtown News Sun article here
After Columbus stripped cities of funding used to cover police & fire departments, they now want to put further burdens on them by outlawing technology that frees up police & cuts down on emergency runs by the fire departments.
And what will the costs to society be when the cameras with proven track records of improved safety be?
In 2007, 90 crashes occurred at the 10 intersections with red light cameras. In 2012, the number dropped to 48 crashes.The legislation would cost cities across Ohio about $77 million to keep their programs operational.
Mr Seitz - the blood and carnage will be all yours.
Frogtown News Sun article here
Monday, June 09, 2014
Low Voter Turnout?
Brain damaged Cecil Thomas narrowly edged out ethically challenged Dale Mallory for the Democratic nomination for an Ohio Senate position and will likely win.
The Republicans installed a 'placeholder' and now the mentally challenged self help scammer, Charlie Winburn has slimed his way into the position.
It's pretty much Tweedledee & Tweedledum for that district senate seat.
Then, of course, there's the question of who would take Winburn's seat on city council. Very likely Sam Malone would finish out the majority of Winburn's term.
So, what's the point of voting?
The Republicans installed a 'placeholder' and now the mentally challenged self help scammer, Charlie Winburn has slimed his way into the position.
It's pretty much Tweedledee & Tweedledum for that district senate seat.
Then, of course, there's the question of who would take Winburn's seat on city council. Very likely Sam Malone would finish out the majority of Winburn's term.
So, what's the point of voting?
Saturday, June 07, 2014
Downtown Bob City
The building on the left is gone and replaced with a 7/8 scale hotel & the building center right is gone. The building on the right in the foreground is fairly abandoned & the tall building on the right is about condemned.
The Clark County Historical society is in the center left building in bustling heart of the city center.
Friday, June 06, 2014
Net Neutrality
One of the bitches about this is that there is a third party, the content owners who don't want you to have tapes & disks in your hot little hands. They want you to stream their stuff so you can't steal it from them - like they are great conservators of their own stuff.
Thursday, June 05, 2014
Bodybags Redux
Last summer there was a case where an Ohio woman used a Kentucky funeral home to cremate her son & had the funeral director split the ashes into 4 bags. The woman was infuriated that he used leftover WalMart bags while the funeral director was kind of freaked out about splitting up the remains.
How the laws in Ohio & Kentucky apply here, I don't know. I couldn't find anything in Ohio about splitting up cremated remains.
You cannot commingle multiple people's remains but you can scatter ashes where other people's ashes have already been scattered which sounds like commingling to me but what do I know?
In Florida the court recently ruled that cremated remains are not 'property' and, as such, cannot be divided. That makes sense to me but then I am more into burial so maybe that influences my opinion as I wouldn't dream of being chopped up and sending an arm here & a leg there.
Meanwhile, I think Ohio should go back to the drawing board.
Florida case here
Ohio/Kentucky case here
Previous blogpost here
How the laws in Ohio & Kentucky apply here, I don't know. I couldn't find anything in Ohio about splitting up cremated remains.
You cannot commingle multiple people's remains but you can scatter ashes where other people's ashes have already been scattered which sounds like commingling to me but what do I know?
In Florida the court recently ruled that cremated remains are not 'property' and, as such, cannot be divided. That makes sense to me but then I am more into burial so maybe that influences my opinion as I wouldn't dream of being chopped up and sending an arm here & a leg there.
Meanwhile, I think Ohio should go back to the drawing board.
Florida case here
Ohio/Kentucky case here
Previous blogpost here
Character is Destiny
Heart of BalchikOK, I'm going with Google Translate here…
Character is destiny.
I bless you, dear Romania, country joys and sorrows of my beautiful country you live in my heart and whose paths I've known all. Beautiful country that I saw whole, whose fate I was allowed to see it fulfilled. Be eternally abundant you be great and full of honor, lofty ever sit among the nations, to be honest, loved and understanding. "Queen Marie can I help you?"
So, apparently this town, Balchik, on the coast of the Black Sea, has gone back & forth between Romania & Bulgaria a number of times but was under Romanian rule while Queen Marie was around & she really like the place.
Looks like someplace out of a fairy tale. Anyway, pretty picture, pretty song...
Wednesday, June 04, 2014
HamCoDems get their own 'Tea Party'
It appears the local Democratic Party is getting sort of Tea Bagged by the younger members who are more interested in policy than partisan power mongering.
HamCoDem Chair Tim Burke doesn't get it. Neither does Tom Luken who fired off this LTE complaining about being marginalized by non-senile people who don't shout at the sky.
Younger people are asking who ARE these people named Tillery, Reece, Mallory, and Luken who hold so much power in the party seemingly by just name recognition. Maybe they are the ones who know where the bones lie…
HamCoDem Chair Tim Burke doesn't get it. Neither does Tom Luken who fired off this LTE complaining about being marginalized by non-senile people who don't shout at the sky.
Younger people are asking who ARE these people named Tillery, Reece, Mallory, and Luken who hold so much power in the party seemingly by just name recognition. Maybe they are the ones who know where the bones lie…
Saturday, May 31, 2014
Mark of the Beast
While I get the magic oriented theocratic OCA wants to ban gay marriage, abortion, child birth aid, stem cell stuff & other 'unnatural' things and toss out the First Amendment along the way, their latest scheme is a little different.
They are pushing hard for everybody who wants to vote to have a government issued photo ID.
That's nothing Christian. If anything, it's more like anti christ type stuff as in Mark of the Beast? Maybe they think your own mark, your signature, is some kind of horrible gnostic crap assuming too much personal divinity.
Beats me - they're freaks.
Hudson Hub Times story here
They are pushing hard for everybody who wants to vote to have a government issued photo ID.
That's nothing Christian. If anything, it's more like anti christ type stuff as in Mark of the Beast? Maybe they think your own mark, your signature, is some kind of horrible gnostic crap assuming too much personal divinity.
Beats me - they're freaks.
Hudson Hub Times story here
Friday, May 30, 2014
Is John Cranley an Alien From Outer Space ?
Besides being awkward and uncomfortable, he also says some really weird shit.
I have heard Cincinnatians talk on national stages and, as a non-native Porktowner, wondered why they thought ANYBODY would know ANYTHING about Cincinnati. A phrase you don't hear much around Cincinnati but used to be popular was, "I will gown to Fountain Square and tell everybody …". This was used when somebody wanted to point out that they would publicly stake their reputation on something. Nobody outside of Cincinnati would have an idea what they were talking about but Billy Cunningham said it on the Phil Donahue show and I thought - weird. I had an employer who would tell people he would suck their dicks on Fountain Square if he was wrong about something but I think that had something to do with some weird sex issues….
But I digress.
We were fortunate that he went to NYC with a talented spokeswoman.
Given the awkwardness, bizarreness, discomfort with other people & just the weird shape of the guy, I'm wondering if maybe he's actually a shape shifting, blood drinking, illuminati alien lizard Annunaki man. Maybe even something silicon based with irradescent insect wings.
Maybe, with the right sunglasses we might be able to see him in his alien form. Has anybody seen him naked and lived to tell the tale? Has anybody seen his blood?
Maybe dude should go down to Fountain Square and cut his wrists to prove that he doesn't actually have golden acid blood. He campaigned on bringing transparency to the mayor's office - how could he refuse?
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Vampire Girl vs Frankenstein Girl
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Monday, May 26, 2014
While other folks can tell you about the legends, origins, rumors and stuff about the Gypsy graves at Spring Grove Cemetery that are elaborately decorated on Memorial Day, nobody seems to want to tell where the graves are. This can make finding them a bit daunting as Spring Grove is one of the largest cemeteries in the country.
Blogging isn't Cool to the rescue.
Go in the main entrance and go straight. Go through the tunnel/under the bridge and make the first left (west). Follow this a while, at one point you will see the tomb of John Robinson on your right. You might want to stop and make an offering to him in commemoration of all that he did to bring joy, excitement and wonderment to kids and families around the country for so many years. The ladies adorning the entrance are Faith, Hope and Charity.
Proceed on (west). You will come to a pond and the road will bend right around it. Follow this road and then bear left. As you head north you will see a chain link fence to your left. It will become a brick wall. When you see an iron gate in the wall - stop.
The graves are to your right on that road and the next couple up ahead.
The grave sites are usually family sites that center around a large memorial stone. Some stones have pillars and some use the marking of a thistle. They are made of both red and grey granite. They decorated around Memorial Day with massive displays of flowers and other decorations and are frequently draped with purple bunting. It's probably about as close to a Day of the Dead as we get up here in whitebread Ohio.
While this may seem like a queer and curious custom, it is serious poo to the folks involved, so, if you go, don't gawk, don't mess with the displays, don't take pictures of mourning people - be respectful.
Sunday, May 25, 2014
The Licensed Cyclist
I often hear motorists bitch, whine & moan about how they need licenses & license plates but none of those demon spawn bicyclists do.
So here's why
Early Saturday, May 24, 2014, one car on a straight, flat stretch of road with a 25 MPH speed limit managed to take out 3 utility poles & 1 storefront in a neighborhood business district.
Try, just try doing that on a bicycle.
Not much more at WKRC
So here's why
Early Saturday, May 24, 2014, one car on a straight, flat stretch of road with a 25 MPH speed limit managed to take out 3 utility poles & 1 storefront in a neighborhood business district.
Try, just try doing that on a bicycle.
Not much more at WKRC
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Churches and Bicycles
Living in an older American Community, Cincinnati, Ohio, I see an issue that I want to correct but don't know how.
In the rust belt cities a crucial element of their development was the church and a significant remnant of the built environment are the churches.
With population decline and people (like myself) being less inclined to attend churches they are increasingly being abandoned or floundering.
Stand in front of First Lutheran on Race St & look around. You can see about a half dozen churches and when blocked from view, you can see even more steeples. Some of these churches are active, some abandoned, and some active churches are desperately floundering. One is being transformed into a bar.
In the Northside neighborhood of Cincinnati there are about a dozen churches but only about 3 still minister to their original denomination. One is a cookie factory, one is a home (but used to be a pickle factory, GAR HQ and, I think, a Turner HQ).
Churches minus religion are, essentially community centers but how many community centers do we need? People who do attend churches are more likely to go to mega churches located in big box hardware stores & movie theaters & such. Don't get me started on the sacred & the profane on these matters…
So, what do we do with them?
Religion is not immune to the free market & is constantly evolving to remain relevant to the evolving societies it is in. When the Protestants split off from the Catholic Church, the Catholics didn't just sit on their hands. When American Protestants flocked to the Catholic Christmas services, the Protestant churches started offering them, too. The Catholic church begrudgingly accepted divorce & now some churches are accepting same sex marriage.
I've been meaning to address this issue but it goes beyond one post. What got me to actually typing today was an announcement made by the Queen City Bike club listing their Bike Friendly Destinations. There is one church on the list. Dunno why - maybe QCB didn't reach out to the churches. But, with the rise in popularity of bicycling, maybe just reaching out to cyclists might be a way for existing churches to remain relevant, infuse some new blood & maybe thrive again.
A long time ago I ran across a group called The Out Spokin'. Yeah, corny…
They were a Christian group that did group bicycling/camping trips. They seemed almost military in their organization but they all had to rely on each other to do their chores, repairs & stuff so they built some kind of bond (kinda cultish, maybe…).
Anyway, I know chasing bicyclists isn't going to fill the pews up anytime soon but I will likely have more lame ideas to revive the churches & revitalize midwestern cities.
PS, I might be out soon to attend The Bilderberg meetings. Dunno, my invitation appears to be lost in the mail
dang...
In the rust belt cities a crucial element of their development was the church and a significant remnant of the built environment are the churches.
With population decline and people (like myself) being less inclined to attend churches they are increasingly being abandoned or floundering.
Stand in front of First Lutheran on Race St & look around. You can see about a half dozen churches and when blocked from view, you can see even more steeples. Some of these churches are active, some abandoned, and some active churches are desperately floundering. One is being transformed into a bar.
In the Northside neighborhood of Cincinnati there are about a dozen churches but only about 3 still minister to their original denomination. One is a cookie factory, one is a home (but used to be a pickle factory, GAR HQ and, I think, a Turner HQ).
Churches minus religion are, essentially community centers but how many community centers do we need? People who do attend churches are more likely to go to mega churches located in big box hardware stores & movie theaters & such. Don't get me started on the sacred & the profane on these matters…
So, what do we do with them?
Religion is not immune to the free market & is constantly evolving to remain relevant to the evolving societies it is in. When the Protestants split off from the Catholic Church, the Catholics didn't just sit on their hands. When American Protestants flocked to the Catholic Christmas services, the Protestant churches started offering them, too. The Catholic church begrudgingly accepted divorce & now some churches are accepting same sex marriage.
I've been meaning to address this issue but it goes beyond one post. What got me to actually typing today was an announcement made by the Queen City Bike club listing their Bike Friendly Destinations. There is one church on the list. Dunno why - maybe QCB didn't reach out to the churches. But, with the rise in popularity of bicycling, maybe just reaching out to cyclists might be a way for existing churches to remain relevant, infuse some new blood & maybe thrive again.
A long time ago I ran across a group called The Out Spokin'. Yeah, corny…
They were a Christian group that did group bicycling/camping trips. They seemed almost military in their organization but they all had to rely on each other to do their chores, repairs & stuff so they built some kind of bond (kinda cultish, maybe…).
Anyway, I know chasing bicyclists isn't going to fill the pews up anytime soon but I will likely have more lame ideas to revive the churches & revitalize midwestern cities.
PS, I might be out soon to attend The Bilderberg meetings. Dunno, my invitation appears to be lost in the mail
dang...
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
The Cranley Carnival
Cranley & Murray to continue to pursue their Big Trash policies and, when councilmembers ask when the policies on biking switched from transportation to recreation, they're told to RTFA, assholes.
The collegiality, transparency & progress is exhilarating.
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
This is what I'm Talking about
Romania's prime minister is looking at eliminating and merging 92 taxes and fees. While the overall cost to the taxpayer & the revenue collected by the state won't change much the accounting & time wasted dealing with all the individual charges will be vastly reduced saving the citizens time, money and promoting more investment which should generate more revenue for the state.
When people whine about the American corporate tax rate, they ignore the fact that the USA has fewer taxes than most countries. The USA overall tax rate is actually very competitive but it's still mired by bureaucracy that stifles investment.
Increasing and creating new fees, as Cincinnati's Mayor John Cranley has proposed, is absolutely the wrong way to go.
When people whine about the American corporate tax rate, they ignore the fact that the USA has fewer taxes than most countries. The USA overall tax rate is actually very competitive but it's still mired by bureaucracy that stifles investment.
Increasing and creating new fees, as Cincinnati's Mayor John Cranley has proposed, is absolutely the wrong way to go.
Friday, May 16, 2014
The Pirates of Cow Town
Columbus' raid on the counties, Townships & Municipalities has not gone unnoticed, at least, in Hamilton County. The HamCo Auditor published a rather scathing report discussing what's been taken from the citizens & their local jurisdictions solely to overflow the capitol's coffers.
State support for local governments was never some kind of benevolent gift from Columbus. The Local Government Fund dates back to the 1930s. It was instituted and increased over the years as the State eliminated local tax sources taking the income but promising to share it with local governments. The property tax rollbacks came with the Ohio income tax and its increase in the 1970s and 1980s. The State promised to share that additional revenue with localities to reduce local property taxes.Ed Fitzgerald
The past promises have been conveniently forgotten.
Ohio’s latest state surplus almost equals what was taken from the Local Government Fund.
Sacred Life
While the US Military & CDC engage in (reportedly) mock zombie apocalypses, the military is also experimenting with electronics and such to augment the soldier. Well I say augment, promoters say 'complete'.
Indeed, what will life become when the world is populated by three semi distinct lifeforms - humans, zombies & cyborgs? Will any or all be deemed 'sacred' life forms?
No doubt the cyborgs will find some strange machine god & homo incompletus will stick to his sky gods but what of the zombie? Will the horde instinctively recognize some uniting putrefactive spirit?
For that matter, couldn't the god that makes life sacred actually be some evolving thing that transcends all 3 worlds of existence?
No doubt there will be blood, embalming fluid & oil spilt before it's all over but what will be left when the dust settles?
Ken Ham accusing Pat Robertson of Paganism?
NBR on the Super Soldier
Foreign Policy on Zombie Apocalypse Preparedness
Glenn's take on Ken & Pat
In other words, the technology in future armor will really complete humansBut how will this affect the soldier psychologically? Will he feel removed from the mainstream unaugmented / incomplete human? Might he question even defending the 'normal' from the undead? Or would he see the scourge of the zombie as an aid in wiping out the old & ineffectual.
Twenty-five years from now, we may be to the point where the sensors are embedded in the skin and the person becomes the processor
Indeed, what will life become when the world is populated by three semi distinct lifeforms - humans, zombies & cyborgs? Will any or all be deemed 'sacred' life forms?
No doubt the cyborgs will find some strange machine god & homo incompletus will stick to his sky gods but what of the zombie? Will the horde instinctively recognize some uniting putrefactive spirit?
For that matter, couldn't the god that makes life sacred actually be some evolving thing that transcends all 3 worlds of existence?
No doubt there will be blood, embalming fluid & oil spilt before it's all over but what will be left when the dust settles?
Ken Ham accusing Pat Robertson of Paganism?
NBR on the Super Soldier
Foreign Policy on Zombie Apocalypse Preparedness
Glenn's take on Ken & Pat
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Reasons to Commit
This one caught my eye as a list of actual reasons for admission into the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum from 1864 - 1889.
A few of these seemed kinda strange like Novel Reading?
Over Study of Religion - like the clergy?
Tobacco & Masturbation - since masturbation is also listed, I guess this was a popular fetish at the time?
Politics - well, yeah, most politicians should probably be committed
Bad Company - is this about politics again?
Shooting of Daughter - because everybody can relate to killing a son
Excessive Sexual Abuse - as opposed to Acceptable Sexual Abuse
Kinda strange. Probably stranger to just throw mentally ill people into prison nowadays, tho.
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Branding Rail
Typical Transit User
The Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority is seeking proposals for RFP 20-14 for Streetcar Brand Development. Proposal instructions, specifications and contractual terms and conditions may be obtained by contacting SORTA's Procurement Department, Lyndi Bryan at lbryan@go-metro.com..
Given the horrors of mass transit, the dangerous route the proposed line might take, the fact that it might even go to Price Hill - I imagine horror should be the main theme. Flames, blood, skulls, ominous music, explosions…
Branding Beat offers this.
The idea of frightening the rider is only half of what they need to do. They need to scare the crap out of every ped, cyclist & motorist that might come into contact with the murderous metal leviathan as it screeches along it's tracks.
I'm tellin' ya maaaaaannn, Horror Sells.
Monday, May 12, 2014
Who Needs a Bridge ?
Hammasker Schlamascker catalog here
Saturday, May 10, 2014
Friday, May 09, 2014
Saturday Afternoon
Art sales in the park? check
Mansion Tours? natch
Record fairs? gotcha
Puppet shows? Reggae? Vinyl? Creepy Ceramics?you bet!
heck, you can even pull weeds if you want!
Set the controls for the heart of the Queen City & check out Clifton & Northside Saturday, May 10.
And when you wake up in the gutter Sunday morning - don't worry (much) 'cause you will be in the brunch capitol of the galaxy.
Art in the Park
11AM - 4PM
4001 Hamilton Avenue
Northside Second Saturday
6 - 10PM
Northside
Historic Mansions of Lafayette
1 - 5PM
Cincinnati Women's Club
330 Lafayette Avenue
Northside Record Fair
11AM - 4PM
North Presbyterian Church
4222 Hamilton Avenue
Room With A View: Mixed Media Cigar Box Experiences
6 - 11PM
Bathroom Gallery
4029 Hamilton Avenue
Mark Klish Trunk Show
6 - 100PM
Marketside Mercantile
4170 Hamilton Avenue
CRASH: Cute and/or Creepy Porcelain
6 - 10 PM
Fabricate
4037 Hamilton Avenue
Basement Reggae Night
The Comet
4579 Hamilton Avenue
Tonefarmer
Northside Tavern
9PM
4163 Hamilton Avenue
Hook & Ladder
Chameleon
10PM
4114 Hamilton Avenue
Thursday, May 08, 2014
Standing Your Ground
11 years ago today, a guy in the Northside neighborhood of Cincinnati, OH, after an uneventful Citizens on Patrol patrol, stopped into a neighborhood bar on his way home. Then things went terribly wrong.
Two guys charged in brandishing guns and announcing a robbery.
The Citizen on Patrol guy pulled out his pistol & shot one of the robbers in the neck. The other one fled but was caught.
The problem was, in Ohio, it was illegal to take a gun into a bar. So, the guy who saved the day got arrested. Folks in the neighborhood quickly pooled resources & raised his bond while one perp couldn't raise bond & the guy who got shot went to the hospital.
Then came the cool part. The Grand Jury refused to indict the shooter. They said people were fed up with crime & chaos.
He still got kicked out of Citizens on Patrol. Police suggested he run for city council.
Later, that fall, there was an open carry march in the neighborhood to promote concealed carry in Ohio which eventually passed.
Fishwarp article
Free Republic article about the march
Ohio Open Carry article
Two guys charged in brandishing guns and announcing a robbery.
The Citizen on Patrol guy pulled out his pistol & shot one of the robbers in the neck. The other one fled but was caught.
The problem was, in Ohio, it was illegal to take a gun into a bar. So, the guy who saved the day got arrested. Folks in the neighborhood quickly pooled resources & raised his bond while one perp couldn't raise bond & the guy who got shot went to the hospital.
Then came the cool part. The Grand Jury refused to indict the shooter. They said people were fed up with crime & chaos.
He still got kicked out of Citizens on Patrol. Police suggested he run for city council.
Later, that fall, there was an open carry march in the neighborhood to promote concealed carry in Ohio which eventually passed.
For two hours, it made Northside what one Ohio police chief called "the safest neighborhood in the state."City Bleat interviewed the guy
Fishwarp article
Free Republic article about the march
Ohio Open Carry article
Wednesday, May 07, 2014
Sound Off
In the discussion of the charnel house that we call the US Highway system, the topic is usually focussed on the bumper car aspect of fellow drivers careening into one another in a mad chaotic dance. But there are other victims of the cyborgic mayhem - the road crews that keep the whole thing going.
Giant blinky signs & arrows are routinely overlooked by the speed crazed motorist, so, in Missouri, they have tried sound alerts to wake up the caged & comatose.
Perhaps this is something bicyclists could do. It could be as simple as riding around screaming at the sky or maybe some sort of siren whistle sort of deal generated by the turning wheels.
The trick is channeling the sound in a narrow path in front of the rider since most bike car collisions occur when people pull out in front of one another. Dunno how much the navy doohickey used by the MODOT weighs but I'm guessing nobody wants to lug it around on a bike.
Giant blinky signs & arrows are routinely overlooked by the speed crazed motorist, so, in Missouri, they have tried sound alerts to wake up the caged & comatose.
Perhaps this is something bicyclists could do. It could be as simple as riding around screaming at the sky or maybe some sort of siren whistle sort of deal generated by the turning wheels.
The trick is channeling the sound in a narrow path in front of the rider since most bike car collisions occur when people pull out in front of one another. Dunno how much the navy doohickey used by the MODOT weighs but I'm guessing nobody wants to lug it around on a bike.
Thursday, May 01, 2014
Pour les Nerds
OhioDance
This was pre Photoshop but the scanner had a number of color correction controls found in Photoshop like curves, levels & selective color and it had USM, UCR & GCR (or PCR) that smokes Photoshop to this day.
Somewhere along the line, Crosfield came up with a gizmo called a Scan View. Not only did it give the operator a visual preview, it gave him the ability 'mask' sort of like Photoshop's Select>Color Range. You were limited to 4, I think.
It was a large console thing that kinda looked like an arcade video game like Galagia (SP?). The keypad was pretty much the same as the scanner's. It had a track ball to move the cursor around the image.
The scanner was attached to a really dumb computer called a Scanner Display Terminal (SDT) that allowed the operator to save set ups & automate tasks. It ran on 2 7" floppy disks. Formatting & initialising these things took about 14 steps back in the old days.
I cannot remember exactly how you scanned to the Scan View but the operator would take the 7"floppy with the set up over to the Scan View, insert it & call up the setup & after further edits, save & take it back to the SDT to scan the art.
This particular transparency, because it had been chemically altered, wasn't seen well by the scanner so I globbed it onto the Scan View to use the masking functions to get some of the shoes that weren't coming up right. It was one of the few times we ever used it for something other than just messing around. No idea if the dot etcher worked the films afterward or not.
Maybe I should change the name of this blog to Grandpa's Slide Show...
Let the Games Begin
'Mann's Bend' will permanently eradicate more than a dozen mature trees to save 2 hours of parking on early weekday mornings for businesses that do not open before the parking restriction ends.
Furthermore it will upend thousands of years of roadway traditions & force motorists cum pedestrians to cross the 'protected' bike path to get to the sidewalk.
In the picture above, from the Gotham City's DOT, there appears to be a designated crosswalk. I do not know what to expect in Cincinnati. Most likely, motorists cum pedestrians will just cut across in front of or behind their parked cars.
How will this work in the dark winter mornings with commuting cyclists & distracted peds on their phones?
Bizniz Courier article here.
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
The Contest I Could Have Won
Then some guy came along & rewrote the rules. He started up a dedicated comic book store across from a major shopping center.
He also put on the first comic book convention in Springfield, OH.
One of the events at the convention was an art contest. That's what this image was for. It has genuine Steve Ditko rubber extremities & catches that split second realization that death is imminent. Cool, huh?
Anyway, I gave up on it, I knew other people were better than I was. And there were - but nobody submitted anything. So, even unfinished I could have won the prize whatever the prize was…
And this just goes to show you, I guess, pretty much nothing.
Monday, April 28, 2014
Classy Chris
There are so many reasons to toss Chris Smitherman out on his ass, this one seems fairly unimportant.
Thing is - it's kind of a cheap shot to blame the victims.
The real problem is people who are unable to resolve personal differences with one another in any way other than just eliminating a person.
Is this a black thing? Beats me - I've seen plenty of bad parenting by black moms on the street & buses, tho. They seem to want to stifle any inquisitiveness or creativity their young children have. If the kid grows up with these qualities retarded, he likely will have problems resolving differences with other people and will just choose the "practical (final) solution".
How to accomplish this? I wish I knew.
Fishwarp article here
"The No. 1 solution is we've got to charge the hill [sic] on this culture of no snitching," Smitherman said.Well, not exactly, but if that's how you want to address the issue then you need to work with the community & the city, county & state law enforcement & court agencies and find a way to protect these witnesses & family members.
Thing is - it's kind of a cheap shot to blame the victims.
The real problem is people who are unable to resolve personal differences with one another in any way other than just eliminating a person.
Is this a black thing? Beats me - I've seen plenty of bad parenting by black moms on the street & buses, tho. They seem to want to stifle any inquisitiveness or creativity their young children have. If the kid grows up with these qualities retarded, he likely will have problems resolving differences with other people and will just choose the "practical (final) solution".
How to accomplish this? I wish I knew.
Fishwarp article here
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Voting GOP
As I look over my GOP primary ballot, I see most races are unchallenged and I won't be voting for any of the candidates in the November election. 2 races are contested with 3 women & 3 men running for the district state central committee. Can't find anything on a couple of them. One guy is an ex-Democrat. One guy is an 82 yr old career politician. One lady, the incumbent (the male position is currently vacant) is absolutely batshit crazy. She has a challenger who I disagree with on practically everything but, at least, seems sane & mature. The sane lady claims the crazy lady set up a fake Twitter account to sully the sane lady's reputation. Indeed, the crazy lady's website is mainly juvenile attacks on the sane lady.
So I can do this one of two ways.
1. Vote for the sane lady & maybe bring the GOP back a little closer to reality.
or
2. Vote for the crazy lady & give the party another nudge into chittering oblivion.
decisions, decisions...
So I can do this one of two ways.
1. Vote for the sane lady & maybe bring the GOP back a little closer to reality.
or
2. Vote for the crazy lady & give the party another nudge into chittering oblivion.
decisions, decisions...
Friday, April 25, 2014
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Compromise Solution
Here are the trees David Mann wants to remove & pave over to make a wide sidewalk that bicyclists can share with pedestrians, some with mobility issues.
What's been lost in the argument about a 'protected' bike lane in front of 2145 Central Parkway is that the building also backs onto Central Avenue (you might say the building is centrally located) where there is more parking as well as entrances to the building.
So, here's my solution.
The owner of the Mohawk building can knock a hole in the east side of his basement wall and let drivers enter via Central Avenue, drive through the building and park in the subway tunnel under the Parkway. Not only would this solve the problems & save the trees, it would provide safe, dry parking for the employees & customers in the building.
What's been lost in the argument about a 'protected' bike lane in front of 2145 Central Parkway is that the building also backs onto Central Avenue (you might say the building is centrally located) where there is more parking as well as entrances to the building.
So, here's my solution.
The owner of the Mohawk building can knock a hole in the east side of his basement wall and let drivers enter via Central Avenue, drive through the building and park in the subway tunnel under the Parkway. Not only would this solve the problems & save the trees, it would provide safe, dry parking for the employees & customers in the building.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Death Trap v. Killer Trees
Here We Go
A 'protected' bike path is unnecessary on Central Parkway but could increase cycling in the city. If the path, as originally designed, were built, it could be removed fairly inexpensively. At a Cincinnati City Council Committee meeting April 21st, it was estimated the whole thing could be erased for $40,000.
The meeting was called because Vice Mayor David Mann had 'new information' and mayor John Cranley 'had questions'. I heard no questions from Cranley who I didn't even see at the meeting. David Mann's 'new information' was what had been on the intertubes for a few days prior, that 1 building owner was griping about the plan.
During the speaker's time a business owner complained about it impacting loading & unloading in front of his store. Another business owner complained of lost free parking. Another couple people expressed worries that emergency vehicles getting stuck in traffic. Some people worried about traffic jams during special events downtown. These are all legitimate concerns.
How did Mann respond?
He issued a motion that would appease 1 building owner, cause permanent change, put cyclists & pedestrians in conflict with one another, some of the pedestrians having mobility issues, and cost the taxpayers about $110,000. The other citizens' issues? fuck 'em - Mann didn't address any of the other issues raised. Mann calls this "common sense". I don't. Further I don't call these 11th hour shenanigans good governance.
Why not install the system as planned & see what happens? Any modifications can be made as needed in the future and, as previously noted, it can be undone at a fairly low price.
Now, will Cranley issue 4,285 trivial questions?
The meeting was called because Vice Mayor David Mann had 'new information' and mayor John Cranley 'had questions'. I heard no questions from Cranley who I didn't even see at the meeting. David Mann's 'new information' was what had been on the intertubes for a few days prior, that 1 building owner was griping about the plan.
During the speaker's time a business owner complained about it impacting loading & unloading in front of his store. Another business owner complained of lost free parking. Another couple people expressed worries that emergency vehicles getting stuck in traffic. Some people worried about traffic jams during special events downtown. These are all legitimate concerns.
How did Mann respond?
He issued a motion that would appease 1 building owner, cause permanent change, put cyclists & pedestrians in conflict with one another, some of the pedestrians having mobility issues, and cost the taxpayers about $110,000. The other citizens' issues? fuck 'em - Mann didn't address any of the other issues raised. Mann calls this "common sense". I don't. Further I don't call these 11th hour shenanigans good governance.
Why not install the system as planned & see what happens? Any modifications can be made as needed in the future and, as previously noted, it can be undone at a fairly low price.
Now, will Cranley issue 4,285 trivial questions?
Monday, April 21, 2014
Sunday, April 20, 2014
Happy 420 Day
Saturday, April 19, 2014
Friday, April 18, 2014
The Protection Racket
Some bicyclist today want their own protected roads. Sharing the roads, a social custom dating back thousands of years, is broken they say due to the rise of the machine. Currently the move is towards protected bike lanes.
It's kind of amusing since it was motorists who wanted bikes out of their way who promoted the same idea 40 years ago. Back then, however the cyclists fought back. They refused to cede the thousands of years to the machine.
This 1974 study noted that the 'protected bike path' only really protected the cyclist grom being rear ended by an automobile. That particular collision is actually rare & the least likely collision to happen between a car & a bike accounting for only about 4% of car bike collisions. A cyclist is about 3 times more likely to hit a car making an improper turn in front of the cyclist or a cyclist making an improper turn in front of a car. The most common collision comes from cyclists riding on the wrong side of the road. This problem will likely become a bike on bike issue with the 'protected bike path'. The turning issue might only be exacerbated with the paths & the decreased lines of visibility.
But what's changed in 40 years when the cyclists defied their adversaries and now when the cyclists worst enemy is himself?
Fatal car crashes have been slowly declining over the last 30 years. Cycling whether it be serious/utility cycling or recreational/sport riding certainly seems up over at least the last ten years. Removing the cyclist from the roadway here & there will not help the motorist learn to deal with the cyclist who needs an 'unprotected path'.
I'm reminded of what Ben Franklin once said"
It's kind of amusing since it was motorists who wanted bikes out of their way who promoted the same idea 40 years ago. Back then, however the cyclists fought back. They refused to cede the thousands of years to the machine.
This 1974 study noted that the 'protected bike path' only really protected the cyclist grom being rear ended by an automobile. That particular collision is actually rare & the least likely collision to happen between a car & a bike accounting for only about 4% of car bike collisions. A cyclist is about 3 times more likely to hit a car making an improper turn in front of the cyclist or a cyclist making an improper turn in front of a car. The most common collision comes from cyclists riding on the wrong side of the road. This problem will likely become a bike on bike issue with the 'protected bike path'. The turning issue might only be exacerbated with the paths & the decreased lines of visibility.
But what's changed in 40 years when the cyclists defied their adversaries and now when the cyclists worst enemy is himself?
Fatal car crashes have been slowly declining over the last 30 years. Cycling whether it be serious/utility cycling or recreational/sport riding certainly seems up over at least the last ten years. Removing the cyclist from the roadway here & there will not help the motorist learn to deal with the cyclist who needs an 'unprotected path'.
I'm reminded of what Ben Franklin once said"
They who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.Let this be my warning to all of you who want your special 'protected paths' - the route you are taking will lead to your banishment from the common roadways.
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Jobs & Housing
With the announcement that General Electric will be moving over a thousand jobs to the Cincinnati area, a question looms, where will the employees live? Mason, Oakley & The Banks are supposed to be the short list for the office with a temporary office planned for downtown in the short term. People are pretty comfy commuting for miles, so no matter where the final office is located, anywhere in the region is a viable place for these new workers to call home. If The Banks is the final decision, the new housing coming online in the downtown area will be very attractive for people who don't want to commute long distances. It is also the destination of area highways. Mason & Oakley would probably find most employees living on the east side.
The question is - where will realty agents direct these new residents?
I had a relative who was relocated. The business provided realty services but the agents only knew the sprawly suburban areas so when said relative asked to look at old farmhouses the agent drew a blank.
I don't know how this could be done but I would say neighborhoods need to promote themselves to either GE or to the agency they choose to provide real estate services.
Whatever, the city government will not be the answer.
PS - the relative did find a nice little 1790-1800 farm house with a barn.
'Warp article here
And another perspective from Victorian Antiquities & Design
The question is - where will realty agents direct these new residents?
I had a relative who was relocated. The business provided realty services but the agents only knew the sprawly suburban areas so when said relative asked to look at old farmhouses the agent drew a blank.
I don't know how this could be done but I would say neighborhoods need to promote themselves to either GE or to the agency they choose to provide real estate services.
Whatever, the city government will not be the answer.
PS - the relative did find a nice little 1790-1800 farm house with a barn.
'Warp article here
And another perspective from Victorian Antiquities & Design
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Saturday, April 12, 2014
Friday, April 11, 2014
The Willful Surrender of the Road
Road Sharing (& drafting - not recommended)
I have considered why people have a fear of sharing the road with autos. Living in Cincinnati, it's kind of hard to get out into the country. I grew up in a smaller community where getting onto a rural highway was pretty easy. Before I could drive, I was riding up & down RT68 to Urbana & Yellow Springs. There was about a foot of pavement to the right of the white edge line. Cars, pickups & semis gliding by at 60MPH…
The notion of sharing the road was also reinforced as motorists had to contend with slow moving farm machinery on the rural roads.
Are the Cincinnatians afraid of the road just 'city slickers'?
People who just ride for recreation, sure bike paths are fine, but if you want to get somewhere, Chillicothe maybe, you are going to have to ride with traffic & the motorists are going to have to know how to deal with the cyclists.
When cyclists continually cede their rightful place on the road, it just empowers the motorists to monopolize the road. heck, look at what they've done to thousands of years of tradition in 100 years.
The argument of 'safety' is just a common tool used to achieve other agendas and you will see both cyclists and motorists use that 'argument'.
CYCLISTS - to keep your rightful place on the road - USE IT!. Hiding and being obnoxious won't help at all.
The clip above is from the movie, Breaking Away.
Sunday, April 06, 2014
Occult Detective
His character would have developed similarly to the way the W
Willow character evolved in Buffy the Vampire Slayer many years later.
Constantine (the movie) and Supernatural (the TV show) would also be kinda comparable but I had no idea to engage heaven & hell, angels & stuff. I certainly would today. Actually, one of my issues (besides lack of ambition) was that I didn't really know anything about the occult ot the supernatural other than movies & comic books.
If only I had persevered in my dream to be an underpaid comic book creator getting ripped off by publishers, I could have traveled around to comic book conventions & sat at tables signing crap for people I would never in a 1,000 years associate with otherwise.
ah, dreams...
Thursday, April 03, 2014
Of Bikes and Cars
There's a young contingent that wants to undo 150 years of organization for no good reason other than they think their unseasoned and convoluted ideas will save the world.
Some small bit of bike infrastructure is ok in our transportation system but completely undoing generations of structure just because it sounds cool is ridiculous.
Bikes and cars are supposed to share the road.
The problem will never be solved with dumb gimmicks and there is no reason to antagonize motorists. Their fragile eggshell minds can barely deal with driving already. No, more crap in the road is not the solution.
The more special stuff that segregates bikes from cars, the more likely bikes will wind up banished from the roads and serving as transportation & just becoming recreational toys.
What we need to do is double the hours of training one needs to procure a drivers license. Furthermore, people learning to drive should be required to learn to ride a bike.
Students in drivers ed classes should take turns driving, biking and walking together to learn how to share the road. As the class bonds and the driver, biker & ped get to know each other as they trade roles, it will become much less of an us v. them issue.
The cost of drivers ed will have to increase but that will get some poor people off the road which I am sure the GOP dominated Ohio legislature would love.
There is currently a plot to reduce Central Parkway to a two lane road. The OTR Community Council and the Northside Community council support this. Why? How many of them have ridden the route for 3 decades? I have. Do people drive like idiots? Absolutely. The solution is not to manage the lousiest driver - it's to raise the standard of driving proficiency.
Contact city hal, the mayor, Mel McVey & Amy Murray and tell them not to head down this self defeating path. Tell your state legislators to improve drivers education.
It's like the fish parable thing, ya know?
Some small bit of bike infrastructure is ok in our transportation system but completely undoing generations of structure just because it sounds cool is ridiculous.
Bikes and cars are supposed to share the road.
The problem will never be solved with dumb gimmicks and there is no reason to antagonize motorists. Their fragile eggshell minds can barely deal with driving already. No, more crap in the road is not the solution.
The more special stuff that segregates bikes from cars, the more likely bikes will wind up banished from the roads and serving as transportation & just becoming recreational toys.
What we need to do is double the hours of training one needs to procure a drivers license. Furthermore, people learning to drive should be required to learn to ride a bike.
Students in drivers ed classes should take turns driving, biking and walking together to learn how to share the road. As the class bonds and the driver, biker & ped get to know each other as they trade roles, it will become much less of an us v. them issue.
The cost of drivers ed will have to increase but that will get some poor people off the road which I am sure the GOP dominated Ohio legislature would love.
There is currently a plot to reduce Central Parkway to a two lane road. The OTR Community Council and the Northside Community council support this. Why? How many of them have ridden the route for 3 decades? I have. Do people drive like idiots? Absolutely. The solution is not to manage the lousiest driver - it's to raise the standard of driving proficiency.
Contact city hal, the mayor, Mel McVey & Amy Murray and tell them not to head down this self defeating path. Tell your state legislators to improve drivers education.
It's like the fish parable thing, ya know?
Cincinnati Makes the Not So Long List
The RNC has narrowed their 2016 convention site selection to Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Kansas City & Las Vegas.
Denver has legal pot & we all know how the GOP hates drug regulations.
Dallas has rednecks, lousy health codes, lots of low wage jobs & poverty and lousy schools - all GOP benchmarks of success.
Las Vegas has gambling, strippers, prostitution and lots and lots of booze.
Kansas City has a nice song named after it.
Clevo has Dennis Kucinich.
So where's that leave Cincinnati?
A lame casino, lotta crack whores, a coliseum that will likely be empty, a lot of left wing anarchist types, Charlie Winburn, CO , CCV…
I honestly think one of the best things Cincinnati has to offer is potential protests & street violence that would give the convention more national & international media attention. For that matter, Cleveland would probably do fine, too.
Still, I'm going to put my bitcoins on Dallas or Las Vegas. The GOP is strong in the south & there will be more opportunities to hoodwink hispanics there.
The Fishwarp's take here
You can vote for the site here.
And you know the GOP really cares about what you think.
Palin/Bachmann '16 !
Denver has legal pot & we all know how the GOP hates drug regulations.
Dallas has rednecks, lousy health codes, lots of low wage jobs & poverty and lousy schools - all GOP benchmarks of success.
Las Vegas has gambling, strippers, prostitution and lots and lots of booze.
Kansas City has a nice song named after it.
Clevo has Dennis Kucinich.
So where's that leave Cincinnati?
A lame casino, lotta crack whores, a coliseum that will likely be empty, a lot of left wing anarchist types, Charlie Winburn, CO , CCV…
I honestly think one of the best things Cincinnati has to offer is potential protests & street violence that would give the convention more national & international media attention. For that matter, Cleveland would probably do fine, too.
Still, I'm going to put my bitcoins on Dallas or Las Vegas. The GOP is strong in the south & there will be more opportunities to hoodwink hispanics there.
The Fishwarp's take here
You can vote for the site here.
And you know the GOP really cares about what you think.
Wednesday, April 02, 2014
An Audacious Proposal
In Cincinnati there were 2 elections that made major changes to how the government works. In 2001 we changed the way we elect the mayor & changed the mayor's duties. In 2013 we changed the council members to 4 year terms.
Both elections had big consequences and tiny voter turnouts. And, as usual, the politicians who get the majority vote always claim to have been given mandates.
So, here's my great idea.
Establish minimum voter turnout to make an election official. Maybe 30-40% turnout of registered voters should be required. If that isn't achieved, have another election or wait a year & try again.
It would screw with term limits but I don't care, I hate term limits
A toe head at UrbanCincy pointed out it would make ballot initiatives harder as more signatures would be required, but with some of the hare-brained ballot issues we've seen lately that might be a good idea. A city run by referendum is not a very attractive city to investors & business.
The big issue is - is this legal? It wouldn't require that people participate but if they didn't, they'd just wind up with councilmembers who serve for life & then appoint their replacements. Presumably people wouldn't want that so the rule wouldn't force people to vote, it would just really incentivize them.
Ideally it should be a minimum of 50% or more of registered voters, but that ain't gonna happen in Cincinnati any time soon.
Both elections had big consequences and tiny voter turnouts. And, as usual, the politicians who get the majority vote always claim to have been given mandates.
So, here's my great idea.
Establish minimum voter turnout to make an election official. Maybe 30-40% turnout of registered voters should be required. If that isn't achieved, have another election or wait a year & try again.
It would screw with term limits but I don't care, I hate term limits
A toe head at UrbanCincy pointed out it would make ballot initiatives harder as more signatures would be required, but with some of the hare-brained ballot issues we've seen lately that might be a good idea. A city run by referendum is not a very attractive city to investors & business.
The big issue is - is this legal? It wouldn't require that people participate but if they didn't, they'd just wind up with councilmembers who serve for life & then appoint their replacements. Presumably people wouldn't want that so the rule wouldn't force people to vote, it would just really incentivize them.
Ideally it should be a minimum of 50% or more of registered voters, but that ain't gonna happen in Cincinnati any time soon.
Horror Sells
Still ain't buyin' no damn Pepsi, tho...
Tuesday, April 01, 2014
Circuses
While the Wasson Way bike path is better than some bike paths in that it actually has some destinations, all those destinations are already on ROADS. Do we have to pay to maintain both? Can we afford to pay for both?
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