What Are John Cranley's Motives ?John Cranley, after leaving Cincinnati city council over ethics issues, has decided to run for mayor.
While out of office Cranley has been busy developing real estate, his
Incline Village, in East Price Hill. With his handy government contacts, he has managed to finagle almost $7M of tax payer money for his real estate scheme.
While Cranley has supported the Cincinnati streetcar project in the past, he later denounced it & is now making his opposition a central point of his mayoral campaign.
Why?
Cranley knows government dollars are limited. If dollars are spent on the streetcar, the Banks or Madisonville, they will not be available for East Price Hill. If these areas attract people, they will not buy into his development gamble. What other neighborhoods will he shaft to further his personal gain?
He's definitely not the kind of person we want at the helm of Cincinnati.