NPR’s Smart City with Carol Coletta covers Cincinnati’s anti-rail Issue 9.
Monthly Archives: October 2009
Chris Smitherman calls his own ballot language ‘political corruption’
Cincinnati NAACP president Chris Smitherman complains about the ballot language that he helped write:
The Cincinnati NAACP remains concerned that a Yes vote on Issues 8 & 9 mean No and a No vote on Issues 8 & 9 means Yes. “This is nothing short of madness and political corruption,” Smitherman says.
If it’s so confusing, why’d he help write it that way? And why’d he help collect signatures to get the issue placed on the ballot?
Wenstrup Might Want to Head Back to Iraq
Mayoral candidate Brad Wenstrup on crime in Cincinnati:
I felt safer in Iraq.
I want a mayor who’ll stand up for our city, not badmouth it & claim it’s more dangerous than Iraq. Wenstrup is a joke.
Consumers Pay Down Credit Card Debt For 11th Straight Month
The Federal Reserve has released data on consumer debt for August, and for the 11th month in a row we’ve paid down credit card debt and increased savings. Take that, rate-hiking credit card companies!