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Gilbert Parker is tenacious and we could all learn a lesson from his quest for justice.  If you remember, Mr. Parker’s car was impounded and then sold. Mr. Parker sued the city and they responded by offering him a meager sum of money for his car.  He persisted and they offered him $8,000 for his […]

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Recent reports predicting a low voter turnout for yesterday’s election prove to be accurate. Tuesday’s voter turnout was about 28 percent of registered voters. In addition to a newly-elected mayor, John Cranley decisively beating  Vice-Mayor Roxanne Qualls  there were some upsets including Laure Quinlivan and Pam Thomas being replaced on city council by Kevin Flynn […]

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At least one Cincinnati city councilman wants a public hearing on the recently uncovered criticism of the city’s parking lease. Charle Winburn is calling for the finance committee to investigate the circumstances of the opinion that privatizing the parking was a bad deal. City Manager Milton Dohoney claims the memo was kept under wraps, because […]

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Cincinnati City Council will vote tomorrow on the plan to lease its parking operations to the port authority. Council’s finance committee has recommended approval, but only after dividing it into the lease approval. There’s also a separate measure for spending the parking revenue. The change makes the lease subject to being overturned by voters. Here’s […]

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Yesterday, on The Lincoln Ware Show, Lincoln Ware was talking about a local news story that asked why no minorities have announced to run for mayor this year. Lincoln brought up a few names that he believed would have a good chance in being Mark Mallory’s successor. Although Lincoln believes the mayoral candidates, he listed, […]

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If anyone was expecting an open forum at last night’s Cincinnati City Council special session, they would’ve been disappointed. Last night, in a special council meeting scheduled by Chris Smitherman and Charlie Winburn, police chief James Craig addressed the council members on the rise in violent crime. Other council members present at the meeting were […]

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Need to get rid of that old refrigerator in your house? It’ll not only cost you extra, but you’ll also have to submit a background check? That’s what councilman Charlie Winburn said when talking with Lincoln Ware yesterday. While on the phone he also told Lincoln that if you’re a dealer, you’ll also need to […]

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Yesterday the voters in Cincinnati sent three new candidates to council choosing P.G. Sittenfeld, Yvette Simpson , Chris Seelbach and returning Christopher Smitherman to City Hall.  Voters sent four Republicans packing –  Leslie Ghiz, Amy Murray, Chris Bortz and Wayne Lippert; while keeping incumbents Wendell Young, Cecil Thomas,Charlie WInburn, Laure Quinlivan and Roxanne Qualls.  Call […]

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Cincinnati City Councilman Charlie Winburn is calling on Mayor Mark Mallory and all of City Council to cancel their traditional 2-month summer recess in order to develop a long term plan to fend off another possible budget deficit. Winburn said in a press release that another $60 million budget deficit is possible. He said the […]

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If you are late on your tax payments to the city of Cincinnati, your going to get a second chance to make good. On Monday, councilmembers Charlie Winburn and Roxanne Qualls announced a new tax amnesty program that offers  people and companies, who haven’t paid earnings taxes the chance to do so. Winburn and Qualls hope […]

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Today, you have the chance to be in the loop about what’s going on with the new casino project being built at Broadway Commons, downtown. Job creation committee chairman Charlie Winburn, and his committee members will hold a meeting today from 1 pm to 4 to update the casino’s progress and announce the job opportunities available. […]

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Yesterday city councilman Charlie Winburn proposed an idea of an amnesty program, which lets people pay their late parking tickets, taxes, and other payments to the city without penalty. This program will give people two months to come clean with their fines, fees, and taxes. He believes that collecting this revenue could be enough to spare the layoffs […]