It is over. The City of Cincinnati has a budget. Not necessarily a good budget. Not necessarily a structurally balanced budget, but a budget non the less. It was an interesting process to watch it unfold. I attended, via recorded video, all three budget hearings held to allow citizen input. Several things stand out. First...
Category: Political
City Hall Ha Ha!
The title of this blog article is appropriate because it seems as if anything thing coming out of City Hall is laughable. It is almost as if they feel the people are slow-witted and cannot see for themselves exactly what is happening. An interesting decision was made to move the Fiscal Year from January/January to...
The More Things Change. . . . .
Recently my wife and I decided to watch a few episodes of an old TV series called The West Wing, via the magic of Netflix. The West Wing was originally broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1999 to May 14, 2006. The show chronicled the adventures of a Democrat president named Jeb Bartlett, and the misadventures of...
Teachers With Guns – The Prequel
The debate contains on gun control. The president has signed executive orders. Politicians are trying to decide what weapons to ban, what ammunition to ban, what size magazine should be legal, and our children remain in jeopardy. Once the debating is over and the legislators begin drafting laws we will have to wait until the...
Police Chief Gets A Pay Raise!
Recently I read an article about the Cincinnati Police Chief receiving a pay rise. The article indicated the increase was granted following his review, which was very good. Congratulations to the Chief for a good review. It was reported that the Chief was granted a three percent pay raise. Now I don’t intend to bring up...