City Council Watch: Budget and Finance Committee 12.16.13

December 16, 2013 at 4:22 pm

Two major issues were discussed in this morning’s Budget and Finance Committee meeting:

  1. Funding for energy saving capital improvements
  2. Funding for the MLK interchange.

The committee also took up the motion to move the city manager communication director under the office of the mayor.

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Cincinnati Enquirer Bias Favors Jean Schmidt

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I know the Cincinnati Enquirer supports Jean Schmidt, but usually they can at least mask it better. Today, the Enquirer finally posted some coverage on the Jean Schmidt/David Krikorian hearings before the Ohio Elections Commission. As I was scrolling through the coverage, I discovered that the Enquirer left an older […]

Representative Steve Driehaus on Health Care

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Steve Driehaus spoke to hundreds of supporters and critics of health-care reform last night at the First Unitarian Church. Tea Party folks were given instructions before the meeting on how to disrupt the event. Apparently, opponents feel they cannot win without resorting to disruptive tactics. Here’s some samples:  Artificially Inflate […]

Quality Health Care

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I happened across an interview with Victoria Wulsin in CityBeat this week and was struck by her concise framing of the health care issue. “What we all want is quality,” Wulsin said. Wulsin believes what has gotten lost in the health care debate is the patient. The current administration has […]