By: JG
Anon 12:41 – There has been program on PBS recently about the NYC park system and they referred to the PLANYC 2030. I too was hoping our HOST would review this if time permitted. The plan appears to be...
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anon 12:41, I have not read the New York plan. I’d like to do so if I find the time. I’ll try to post something if I do.
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Ciny, Race relation and conservatism. Although I don’t live in Ciny I have visited the Queen City quite a bit and I think you hit the nail on the head. The tension between the races in Cincy is just...
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Aaron, Interesting thoughts on why Cincy hasn’t prospered. I’m wondering if there’s a correlation here: Republican/conservative governance = less success over time. Cities that support this thesis:...
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anon 11:54, Mike Mallory, the current mayor, is a Democrat, as were the five mayors before him (and so way Jerry Springer back in the 70’s!) Until recently, Cincinnati had a council-manager form of...
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I’ve said it before, Urbanophile. That long period of non-partisan, strong city manager government pretty much destroyed the kind of day to day politics on which responsive government is built. The...
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I thought I would provide some additional perspective on the Agenda 360 process. I attended a session held in the winter of 2008 at the Niehoff Studio, which is partly a community design center and...
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CARR, Anon: Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and Columbus are all fairly conservative, though Cincinnati is more so than the other two. In contrast, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, and Minneapolis are...
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justforview – thanks for sharing your insights from behind the scenes. I agree that you need to tailor strategies to different communities. However, I do believe it is critical that we create some sort...
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11:54 here. Aaron, I’m wondering if you’re being a little dismissive of the political hypothesis. I just looked a list of mayors for Cincy over the last 100 years, and there have been plenty of...
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