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Comment on Cincy Streetcar… A Design Qualm by 5chw4r7z

5chw4r7z — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:51:27 +0000

OMG!

Comment on Cincy Streetcar… A Design Qualm by visualingual

visualingual — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:58:16 +0000

Oh, dear. Even my first site, circa 1995, was a bit slicker than that.

Comment on Cincy Streetcar… A Design Qualm by D R E W

D R E W — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:53:32 +0000

i totally agree. i went to the new site yesterday and it looks like somebody got an HTML book and decided they were a designer and created a webpage. it’s totally unprofessional.

Comment on Let me introduce you to… White Rock by William fleminh

William fleminh — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:44:00 +0000

I saw the film when it came out I’ve been looking
for it since can a copy be bought any where.
Cheers

Comment on I’ll get back to this… by stafford85

stafford85 — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:13:09 +0000

Of course it was publicity stunt. But an award show is one giant publicity circus, and he bested it. The man understands how to manipulate the current state of media and media coverage. The top story on OUR local news last night was the local reaction. I mean, seriously? Do you know how many people who watch that news may not of heard of him? Well they know him now. Frankly, I think outbursts like that are what make him a more complex and intriguing public persona. And they will talk about THIS time for a week, but Kanye and award shows misbehavior are synonymous with each other. He even upped the ante this time, it didn’t even have anything to do with him! But seriously, forest for the trees, talk to me about the the bigger question, that’s what I really want to discuss.

Comment on I’ll get back to this… by overlookedcincy

overlookedcincy — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:57:20 +0000

Kanye is lame. That was a publicity stunt at best, but mostly just rude and immature. So, people will talk about him on the internet for a week and less people will like him. What’s smart about that?

Comment on Let’s look inside…The Emery Theater! by The People of Cincinnati

The People of Cincinnati — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:16:12 +0000

A benefit for the Emery?
What for?
Isn’t it bad enough that corporations want tax bailout money – do they now want us to have charity concerts for them too?
The time to save the Emery is past.
Why hold a charity event to raise money for a for-profit-corporation that bought the Emery, ripped the Mighty Wurlizer out, gutted the place and turned it into expensive upscale yuppie apartments?

The Emery is gone.

Comment on Let’s Look Inside…Iris Book Cafe by Angie

Angie — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:01:59 +0000

the cool wood benches (yes i own a couple) are hand made by a tri-state artist and are available and affordable – you can call signatures of switzerland county to help this artist make a buck for a special order. the artist is from Vevay Indiana up for budget travels top cool small towns in america award – 812.427.2024 – or ask julie at the cafe for contact info

Comment on Last Thursday’s Streetcar Debate by Kris Sommer

Kris Sommer — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 20:52:46 +0000

well, I watched the debate at UC and then saw it again, thanks to Travis for posting the video.
Jason Haap seemed to be, admittedly so, an idiot. A mere decade ago, he was able to buy a house, but not find a fuse box. Jason also mentions that we get more energy from coal versus some other fuels, but the carbon footprint is much larger. This is true, based on the time frame the carbon was “fixed”. Some millions of years ago (coal) versus a few years (soybean, corn or other oil from a crop) ago. Jason also fails to mention that SORTA has been using soy fuel for years. Yes, the streetcar will be on a grid (along with all of Cincinnati) using electrisity from mostly coal, some hydro power (talk about expensive investments… check http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2008/09/22/story3.html).
Oh, and he mentions the upkeep costs of running a streetcar and interperts it as needing to replace the whole shebang every so many years… but does not talk about fleet reapirs and replacements for the busses.
These incomplete items go on and on..
John Schneider also has a lot of faults on his presentation… mostly in assuming the audience is a friendly one and does not offer any counters to the efficiency, “greenness” of mass transit, or a detail to the total costs involved or why this link is good for all of Greater Cincinnati.

I’ve followed this movememt for development of a streetcar for quite some time and was shocked to find out our city will actually move forward on something we can use to make our city better, only to be faced with the reality that the small group of opponents will most likely put a ballot initiative together and hamstring the progress already in motion for the city center.

Jason Haap, the unqualified “Dean” of Cincinnati (no Ph.D) has over the years done some good things, but true to form for most of the mindset in Cincinnati, is a naysayer and is a new face to the tired old guard which has kept Cincinnati on the “20 years later” track that Mark Twain wrote about. Jason possibly would have been one to oppose our rail tracks to go east and west and push to focus more development on the north-south lines. When Cincinnati did just that and Chicago went east and west, Chicago was a town of about 40 people.

Comment on Whatever Happened To The Theme Song? by Ryan Sheldon

Ryan Sheldon — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:19:46 +0000

I was just having this same conversation the other day about theme songs and jingles. long live king john of hollywood.