Is city council off to a bad start? According to Christopher Smitherman, he thinks so. The councilman, and NAACP chapter president, argues that the councils financial priorities are backwards. Since council was sworn in, they have debated over topics such as spending 4.4 million dollars to convert City Hall’s courtyard into a wedding atrium. Smitherman […]
Is the honeymoon already over for city council? This week, council voted to change the rules in the city charter that would give the mayor more power. With a 6 to 3 vote, city council gave the mayor more power with his “pocket veto”. This means that the mayor does not have to bring up […]
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 […]
We weren't the first in line for early voting (the NAACP members beat us) but Lincoln Ware, Nathan Ive and Jeri Tolliver will be ready to vote tomorrow (today- if you're reading Tuesday) when the doors open at 8am at the Hamilton County Board of Elections.
Today, our own Lincoln Ware will be speaking with Cincinnati’s NAACP president Christopher Smitherman regarding his reflections on the life of our friend Donald Spencer, a teacher, real estate broker and activist who, along with his wife Marian, helped tremendously to break down racial barriers in our community. Spencer passed away yesterday and we would […]
The Cincinnati NAACP uploaded some footage of the CPS Construction Protests on Youtube. You can check them out here.
