Friday, July 20, 2012

Sunday, July 15, 2012

WVXU Political Analyst Claims Gerrymandering Makes Steve Chabot 'Unbeatable'

In an article titled House races could get interesting again, Howard Wilkinson discusses recent Republican gerrymandering of House districts.
"An analysis of the 435 House districts show that only about 12 percent of them are truly competitive races."
"They took the whole of Warren County – where John McCain beat Barack Obama four years ago by more than two-to-one – and gave it to Chabot, making him, practically speaking, unbeatable, at least until the next time the lines are re-drawn."

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Mallory working to strip anti-streetcar language from transportation bill

From Fox WXIX:
The Mayor of Cincinnati stated, "This is nothing but a political stunt." "People are tired of the same old ‘we can't' attitude. That is not how we operate in Cincinnati anymore. We work on big projects and we get them done." "Representative Chabot says that we should be investing in the Brent Spence Bridge and a new interchange on I-71 at MLK. I couldn't agree more. So, where is Steve Chabot's leadership on getting that funding for our community? It isn't there".
WXIX Fox 19 story here

Friday, July 6, 2012

Urban Analyst Points Out Big Central Government Policies of Steve Chabot

Aaron M. Renn, an opinion-leading urban analyst, consultant, speaker, and writer on a mission to help America’s cities thrive and find sustainable success in the 21st century, points out Steve Chabot's big centralist government policies paralyze Cincinnati and ignore democratic processes. The Urbanophile - Cincinnati vs Cincinnati

Monday, July 2, 2012

Questioning the Logic of Steve Chabot

DCStreetsblog questions Steve Chabot's logic, fears, priorities & motivation to hamstring his own district & hometown. "Remember the good old days when congressmen used to try to insert riders into spending packages to win money for a project in their home district? My, how things have changed." DCDtreetsBlog article