tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217993017025280762012-01-30T16:06:49.436-05:00COAST exists to limit the rate of taxes and spending at the federal, state, and local level to within the rate of inflation and to stop the abuse of power by government officials. COAST advances this cause by consistent and principled adherence to limited government and lower taxes in fighting legislation and ballot initiatives that increase taxes and spending beyond the rate of inflation, and by supporting candidates for public office who advance these principles.COASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.comBlogger5341100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-69070426488619523352012-01-30T09:20:00.005-05:002012-01-30T11:22:09.494-05:00

Our local embarrassment, Jean SchmidtA well-funded Super PAC appears to have targeted local Congressman Jean Schmidt for defeat in March's Republican primary election, the Enquirer reports this morning. Schmidt's only serious opponent in the primary is COAST-endorsed, Iraqi War veteran Dr. Brad Wenstrup. The group known as Campaign for Primary Accountability indicates that their polling of the

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John Kieswetter of the Enquirer reported this weekend that WLW recently fired morning talk show host Doc Thompson.  COAST wants to salute the departing Doc, as he provided a wonderful outlet for the conservative voice in Cincinnati.  He also seemed like a heck of a good guy. He will be sorely missed.

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Monday the 30th, at 7 PM, COAST attorney (also David Krikorian's attorney in fighting Jean Schmidt), will present "A broken ethics process: a case study on Jean Schmidt" at the Sharonville Tea Party, at the Sharonville Library, 10980 Thornview Dr., Cincinnati 45241. Please join us for this important presentation.

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Too bad it is just a myth.

COASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-30247188653952533542012-01-29T09:06:00.001-05:002012-01-29T09:06:55.812-05:00

City leave policy generous, costly We have to hand it to the Enquirer's Barry Horstman for good investigative journalism.  He does a fine job exposing the union excesses of City Hall here.  S.B. 5 again, anyone?  Calling Shannon Jones....

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  Hearing at 2 PM in City Council Chambers Today at 2 PM, Cincinnati City Council members Charlie Winburn and Christopher Smitherman have called for a special session of Council to discuss Streetcar budget and financing issues, forcing the administration to answer questions they have avoided to date, such as:  How the Administration intends to address more than $30 million of potential

COASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-65817850460559551102012-01-25T22:44:00.000-05:002012-01-25T22:44:25.731-05:00

COAST attorney Chris Finney delivers a powerful speech on the Jean Schmidt corruption scandal and the toothless House Ethics Committee process at the Anderson Tea Party this evening at Anderson High School.  More than 50 persons were in attendance. If your group, large or small, would like Chris Finney to present on this topic, please contact him directly at 513-533-2980.

COASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-1367889562848056802012-01-25T16:26:00.001-05:002012-01-25T16:27:07.174-05:00

COAST attorney Chris Finney presents at 7 PM this evening  to the Anderson Tea Party at Anderson High School We have read in the newspaper reports of the Charlie Rangel, Maxine Waters and Jean Schmidt ethics scandals in Congress, but what do we really know about the process, the integrity of the House Ethics Committee and other federal agencies to address even the most obvious and flagrant

COASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-73115311550292148952012-01-23T22:19:00.000-05:002012-01-23T22:19:02.483-05:00

COASTers were high-fiving it Monday night with a successful fundraiser for Dr. Brad Wenstrup at the Anderson Township offices of Finney, Stagnaro, Saba & Patterson. Thanks to everyone who donated, including volunteers!

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The lesson of South Carolina is learned over and over and over again in Republican primaries: When voters are given a clean choice between what they perceive to be a moderate Republican and a conservative Republican, they will choose the conservative option every time.  Especially if the primary audience is in South Carolina. We are not saying that Gingrich is a conservative, or even that there

COASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-39032605947296484342012-01-21T09:30:00.003-05:002012-01-22T22:01:38.668-05:00

COAST Newsletter readers will remember that Prosecutor Joe Deters took on the too-cozy relationship between the County Commission under David Pepper and Todd Portune, on the one hand, and Tom Gableman and the Vorys-Sater law firm, on the other, back in 2009. In fact, Pepper and Portune sued Deters at the Ohio Supreme Court to retain the prerogative to select Banks counsel without restraint. 

COASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-90317482534343424252012-01-21T09:14:00.000-05:002012-01-21T09:14:46.517-05:00

Today's NYT has a great story here on Eike Batista, a Brazilian multi-billionaire who pretty much made it all from scratch.  He speaks of Brazil being on the cusp of the kind of entrepreneurial spirit that allowed America to climb to its heights of success. It's too bad no one in America is speaking like this, and that even Republicans attack those who have advanced our capitalist system.  Who

COASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-20797961385517655942012-01-20T17:46:00.000-05:002012-01-20T17:46:34.111-05:00

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Read here about the Illinois experience.  States facing massive budget deficits had one of two choices several years ago: cut spending or raise taxes.  States like Ohio under John Kasich began to implement long-needed reforms in state spending.  Others like Illinois decided to solve their budget problems with massive tax hikes.  The result: Ohio's budget is balanced and Illinois' budget is

COASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-79462225971583002792012-01-19T20:11:00.004-05:002012-01-19T21:36:42.681-05:00

At the same time the batsh*t crazy Council is dreaming up and implementing new and crazy ideas of how to spend our money (read here, here and here), a few Council members are taking seriously the job of governing in Cincinnati: Christopher Smitherman and Charlie Winburn. This week, they proposed laying off every lawyer in the City and farming out the services they provide to competent

COASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-76271187726616989202012-01-18T09:27:00.001-05:002012-01-18T09:27:55.779-05:00

Here.

COASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-83966142621692201362012-01-17T18:54:00.001-05:002012-01-17T22:37:31.386-05:00

COAST attorney Chris Finney, who is also representing David Krikorian in his many legal battles with Jean Schmidt, is appearing tomorrow morning at 7 AM with Brian Thomas on WKRC radio, 550 on the AM dial. Read more here. Listen in!

COASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-21400984224192175472012-01-16T11:50:00.004-05:002012-01-16T14:27:55.400-05:00

It is impermissible for a member of Congress to accept a gift in excess of $335.  Further, a member of Congress must annually report all gifts, even if they exceed the permissible amount.     Yet, Second District Congressman Jean Schmidt has accepted nearly $1/2 million in the payment of her legal fees from the Turkish Coalition of America in her various legal fights with David Krikorian. 

COASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-40221169888530093882012-01-16T11:49:00.003-05:002012-01-16T11:49:55.956-05:00

In a time of fiscal crisis, and $1 billion of unfunded liability in its pension plan, one would think the City would approach its finances a little more prudently these days.  One would be wrong. On top of the utter foolishness that is the City's $140 million Streetcar project, Council voted with almost no debate, to enclose the City Hall Courtyard with a glass roof, and make it into a

COASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-10638344490425446202012-01-16T11:49:00.000-05:002012-01-16T11:49:10.743-05:00

In 2010, Tea Party activists throughout Ohio entered races for State Central Committee seats, hoping to influence the direction of the Ohio Republcian Party that for years had been in the grips of Bob Taft-Style Republicans.  These posers squandered more than 16 years of Republican control of the Ohio House, Senate and Governor's Mansion with nary a single conservative initiative to show

COASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-45982255593329144182012-01-16T11:48:00.002-05:002012-01-16T11:48:12.922-05:00

See here a Local 12 interview of former Cincinnati City Council member  Chris Bortz wherein he asks the City to "slow down" and "rethink" the Streetcar plan.  As we note above, the Streetcar plan is turning into a disaster in its implementation.

COASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-3524170116290554082012-01-16T11:47:00.000-05:002012-01-16T11:47:31.116-05:00

COAST opposes the Streetcar project not just because it is bad in concept, but because we also know it will be a disaster in implementation.  Unfortunately, this is playing out just as COAST expected. First, the engineering disaster: The City's original streetcar budget allotted only $6 million for relocation of underground utilities.  As Dan Monk of the Cincinnati Business Courier has

COASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-49052039789983385292012-01-16T11:46:00.000-05:002012-01-16T11:46:08.511-05:00

   Monday, January 23, 2012 at 6 PM   * * *Now is our chance to reclaim  2nd Congressional seat for fiscal responsibility   For details, click here.

COASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-22048396850203855692012-01-16T11:45:00.000-05:002012-01-16T11:45:05.044-05:00

COAST is proud to endorse its founder and spokesman Tom Brinkman, Jr. for Ohio House of Representatives in the Republican primary on March 6.  Tom served his constituents from Anderson Township to Hyde Park in an outstanding fashion for eight years in Columbus, until he retired due to term limits in 2008. After sitting out for four years, Tom is again eligible to serve, and we

COASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-14168365574887495692012-01-13T11:00:00.000-05:002012-01-13T11:00:32.497-05:00

Chris Finney, the general counsel of COAST, appears on Doc Thompson of 700 WLW to discuss the Jean Schmidt ethics scandal.  Listen to the Pod Cast here.

COASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-62713754402319141892012-01-11T05:48:00.001-05:002012-01-11T05:49:25.319-05:00

Please join us Monday, January 23, 2012 at 6 PM  * * *Now is our chance to reclaim  2nd Congressional seat for fiscal responsibility  HOSTSChris Bortz and Chris FinneyBrian Bortz * Neil Bortz * Bruce Brandstetter * Thomas BrunsWilliam Busemeyer * Kim and Joel Grant * Curt HartmanDan and Kellie Peters * Dan Regenold * Alvin Roehr Durk Rorie * Brian Shrive * Ron and Roseann SideritsGene Utz *

COASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-9368510746490630612012-01-11T05:30:00.002-05:002012-01-11T05:31:46.522-05:00

Cincinnati City Council is fiddling with $150 million Streetcar project, a $4.4 million project to put a glass lid on City Hall, and $1.5 million in annual subsidy for the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, all while Rome burns. The Enquirer here points out one of the more visible indicators of the decay. Sad.

COASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-50337316917980793552012-01-11T04:55:00.000-05:002012-01-11T04:55:07.280-05:00

Romney? Paul? Santorum? The Iowa and New Hampshire fight for the Republican nomination has been fascinating to watch, and certainty tens of millions of dollars have been spent and tens of thousands of volunteer hours have been expended choosing a nominee to date, but what political message are we to take from all of this? First, the candidates continue to fight for the mantle of most

COASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-43956956977489880542012-01-10T20:58:00.000-05:002012-01-10T20:58:13.683-05:00

COAST attorney Chris Finney gave a powerful speech last night to the Warren County Tea Party at the Warren County Justice Center on the Jean Schmidt ethics scandal.  Read more about it here. If your organization wants to hear the presentation, please call Chris Finney at 533-2980.

COASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-4458082531257164902012-01-10T18:15:00.000-05:002012-01-10T18:15:31.282-05:00

COAST's public records request has yielded the project schedule form the City.  It already has been blown, repeatedly.  Can you say: "behind schedule and over-budget?"  Get ready. Here it is.

COASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-25468444229648253372012-01-10T07:20:00.000-05:002012-01-10T07:20:21.070-05:00

Radical, left-wing, big-government types who apparently care little about personal hygiene have "occupied" parks and public squares in cities throughout America.  They seem to have an aimless agenda, except anger against those who work and pay taxes. As we think about it, other than the hygiene part, that's pretty much the M.O. of Harry Reid and his fellow democrats in the U.S. Senate and Barack

COASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-37296740910172060812012-01-10T06:59:00.000-05:002012-01-10T06:59:28.022-05:00

The "imminent" groundbreaking for Cincinnati's Streetcar has been repeatedly announced several times, but it never happens.  Scheduling documents from the City show that work was supposeed to have started in December, but has not. What's the delay?  Could it be that the City has no plan to pay the tens of millions of dollars needed to pay for utility line relocation such as lines for MSD (

COASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-85767257363453496482012-01-09T09:54:00.000-05:002012-01-09T09:54:06.515-05:00

USA Today has the story here.

COASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-33273512232483791682012-01-09T09:08:00.000-05:002012-01-09T09:08:05.338-05:00

Speaking of getting rid of Bob Taft Republicans, the Enquirer this weekend had a nice piece on the primary race between Jean Schmidt and Brad Wenstrup.  We say "speaking of Bob Taft Republicans," because one of Schmidt's claims to fame is her slavish adherence to the Bob Taft agenda while they both served together.  Never forgive; never forget. It's kind of like pure good versus pure evil. 

COASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-29043409076994489072012-01-09T08:58:00.000-05:002012-01-09T08:58:57.582-05:00

A COASTer e-mailed me this morning.  After reading the Bob Taft entry below, he asked "so, why am I even a Republican."  The answer, dear COASTers is our raison d'etre.  <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4

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 He's exactly right, as usual.

COASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-41970090337171289292012-01-07T02:04:00.003-05:002012-01-07T13:51:28.811-05:00

This link has a simply great retrospective from the Cleveland Plain Dealer on the wisdom of Governor Kasich in killing the Strickland/Obama slooooow speed rail project. California is sinking under weight of rail monies from DC.

COASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-91424736972236285232012-01-06T22:58:00.000-05:002012-01-06T22:58:56.287-05:00

In 2003, City voters adoped Article XIII, Section 3 of the City Charter outlawing the use of City monies to aid campaigns for candidates and issues on the ballot.  It seems like a pretty simple concept to COAST, yet year after year, w find our tax monies being diverted to aid campaigns. COAST has sued over this over and over.  In 2008, we caught City bureaucrats using the lobby and front stairs

COASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-10691980864726884982012-01-06T22:46:00.000-05:002012-01-06T22:46:34.520-05:00

COAST has been digging a little deeper into the $4.4 million plan to enclose the courtyard of City hall with a roof, lighting and heating, and air conditioning.  The idea behind the project is that they will rent the enclosed courtyard for weddings, and other assemblages. COAST wanted to know -- what is financial proforma of the project?  For big government advocates let us explain, in a

COASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-29588865738275804182012-01-06T13:35:00.000-05:002012-01-06T13:35:36.813-05:00

The lead story this week in the Business Courier is COAST legal demand upon the City Solicitor to stop the foolish and illegal plan by the City to build the City's new $130 Million streetcar project on top of existing sewer lines downtown. The City's plan is foolish from an engineering perspective, as it will cause repeated and prolonged service interruptions for the new Streetcar line, but also

COASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-36965086515613240902012-01-03T21:39:00.000-05:002012-01-03T21:39:06.862-05:00

The Enquirer reports here how Sherrod Brown does not want to be with President Obama while he visits Ohio.  Other than just being rude to his fellow democrat, what does this tell us about Senator Brown?  It tells us that Senator Brown is fearful of the association with a snake-bitten President whose approval ratings are in the tank. It also tells us that Senator Brown is a man without character

COASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-3190773902632123532012-01-03T21:20:00.000-05:002012-01-03T21:20:59.483-05:00

COASTer Mark Miller has settled his suit against Cincinnati City Council member Laure Quinlivan over her outrageous abuse of City staff and equipment to run her re-election campaign for Cincinnati City Council.  As part of the settlement, Quinlivan re-paid the City $1,500 for the mis-use of 30 hours of staff time and Judge Steve Martin issued a permanent injunction preventing Quinlivan from

COASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-48845293541028933952012-01-01T08:46:00.000-05:002012-01-01T08:46:44.808-05:00

COAST's attorneys have issued a challenge under the Ohio Taxpayer Statute to the City's illegal and irresponsible plan to build Streetcar improvements ON TOP of sewers owned by the Hamilton County Commissioners. The Cincinnati Business Courier covers the story here. Ohio has a taxpayer statute that applies to cities.  The statute empowers a taxpayer, in the name of the city, to bring a law suit

COASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-47462234175144102122011-12-31T07:05:00.000-05:002011-12-31T07:05:44.395-05:00

This story keeps growing.  Here. the New York Times explores the depth of the crisis in Spain.  Debt is insidious. Vast, sometimes hidden, daunting.  Easily seductive; hard to dig out from.  The Cincinnati Stereetcar is emblematic of the debt problem.  Almost 100% financed with debt, and an absolutely worthless project. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/31/world/europe/

COASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-22642106243862345942011-12-30T19:10:00.000-05:002011-12-30T19:10:29.504-05:00

The story of 2011 that will live through the generations is repeated crises with sovereign debt, especially in Europe and America.  Starting with Greece, extending to Ireland, Italy, Spain, and Portugal, and finally to vaunted France, the accepted notion for the past 25 years that unlimited debt in each nation is without consequence was methodically demolished. Interestingly, even in the face

COASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-70422453822358062792011-12-29T09:24:00.005-05:002011-12-29T09:29:14.511-05:00

At City Hall, Mayor Mallory and Milton Dohoney are singing a song of sweetness and light regarding Streetcar construction.  Indeed, they have promised to start construction now for more than a year.  But behind the scenes, engineers and planners are fretting that the project can't happen -- at least within budget. There are loads of problems with building the system -- something COAST and others

COASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-28787062853984401102011-12-27T14:18:00.000-05:002011-12-27T14:18:27.902-05:00

U.S. Senator Ben Nelson, of the Corn Husker Kickback fame, will be retiring from the Senate, another victim of Obamacare.  Good riddance bad apple!    http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/27/nelson-will-not-seek-re-election/?hp

COASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-42874857188757532872011-12-27T09:42:00.001-05:002011-12-27T09:43:44.295-05:00

Many of you are aware that our COAST Co-Founder, Tom Brinkman, is running for the 27th House District in the March 6th primary. As you recall, Tom has proven himself time and time again during his eight years in representing the 34th District.  COAST is, of course, once again pleased to endorse Tom Brinkman, Jr. for State Representative. Primaries are expensive and that is just the first battle.

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The Cincinnati Streetcar project is bad for all kinds of reasons: It's impractical, serving no transportation need, it is expensive, far more expensive than any benefit obtained, and, most importantly, Cincinnati cannot afford it, especially right now. Further, what will inevitably unfold over the coming months is that Cincinnati politicians, bureaucrats and taxpayers will be overwhelmed with

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On the topic of naughty and nice, COAST also wants to celebrate the nice deeds of voters and our elected officials in 2011.  Warm "presents" of thanks for their vision and leadership: 10)  Governnor Kasich's cutting $52 million in fund for the streetcar.  Great way to start the year. 9)  Senator Shannon Jones bold legislation to prevent all state funding for the Cincinnati Streetcar boondoggle.

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As Santa delivers presents on Christmas Day, we hope he takes into account the naughty acts by politicians and voters throughout the year. For your reading pleasure, COAST has assembled its Top 10 instances of foolish excesses of the voters and politicians in 2011:10) The voters electing to Cincinnati City Council a liberal, left-wing, big-spending cabal led by Roxanne Qualls, and including

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For those who believe the Streetcar is a "done deal," do not yet dispair. As Dan Monk at the Business Courier reports each of the last two weeks, there are very significant - perhaps insurmountable - obstacles remaining, particularly that nagging issue of more than $20 million in utility relocation costs. Read this week's installment here: http://www.bizjournals.com/mobile/cincinnati/news/

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Standard disclaimer: This blog entry represents my thoughts and anyone who agrees with me. It may or may not represent COAST as a whole.Alex Triantafilou; December 3, 2011 - "Things would probably run better if we all just got along and disagreed respectfully."Alex Triantafilou; December 7, 2011 - "I think Tom Brinkman just needs a job."Is it any wonder why a growing number of Republican

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An 84 year-old lady on a defibrillator was strip-searched by TSA and injured during the process. Feel safer? Candidate Barack Obama: "There should be no contradiction between keeping America safe and secure, and respecting our Constitution." Yet under the Obama Administration, TSA has grown into a monster that is ineffective at protecting airline passengers and offensively violates our rights.

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Hamilton County homeowners face four more years of higher property taxes to provide more money to the stadiums and the teams who inhabit them. That's the plan that has been submitted by Commission President Greg Hartmann and the County Administrator. The other two Commissioners, Chris Monzel and Todd Portune, have each submitted their own plans which include no property tax increases.As part

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COAST endorses: Dan Unger for Northwest Local School Board Colleen Greissinger for Sycamore School Board Arnie Engel for Fairfield School Board These candidates offer fiscally responsible solutions to education issues COAST proudly supports Dan Unger for re-election to the Northwest Local School Board. Dan is a rock-ribbed conservative with a proven record of fighting for taxpayers. Dan

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Channel 9 I-Team exposes one of the City's biggest boondoggles. "The Riverfront Transit Center opened in 2003. Eight years later, it sits empty and padlocked roughly 275 days every year." Former Cincinnati mayor Charlie Luken calls the Riverfront Transit Center the biggest waste of money he's seen in his long political career. "The only reason there's not more outrage about it, " Luken said,

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Four Council members and one Mayor directly responsible for Cincinnati's woes Wendell Young, Laure Quinlivan, Cecil Thomas and Roxanne Qualls condemn Cincinnati to police layoffs or massive tax increase Voting is already underway for Cincinnati's newest Council. And in many ways COASTers know the results largely don't matter. They don't matter because Cincinnati -- formerly the

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Cincinnati NAACP President has been transcendent figure in fighting taxes and spending in southwest Ohio Christopher Smitherman is at his very best fighting taxes and spending We are not overstating matters at all when we say that the City of Cincinnati is facing its biggest challenges ever in the coming two-year term of City Council. Under the failed leadership of Mayor Mark Mallory

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Systematic, pervasive and continuing use of tax dollars challenged Since she was sworn into office two years ago, Council member Laure Quinlivan started her re-election campaign, using tax dollars and City staff to support it. When she printed her official City letterhead and business cards, she included a reference on each of www.LQReportingtoYou.com, which is a site paid for by "

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Endorses two tax hikes and takes a dive on limited government So often, we hear about how business interests are "conservative" and back a limited government agenda. In greater Cincinnati, nothing could be further from the truth. This year, as just one example, the Chamber released its ballot issue endorsements, and once again they entirely favor a bigger government and higher tax agenda.

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October 2, 2011 at 4 PM Once again, COAST's NorthCOAST Chapter, under the able leadership of Kim Grant, Roseann Siderits and Del Landis, is the host of our fifth annual COAST Picnic. The details are below. RSVP to Kim Grant if you can join us, kgrant5ATcinciDOTrrDOTcom . Last year's picnic included COASTer Steve Johnson who revealed the facts underlying the

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COAST adopts westside phone bank   COAST needs your help to move Ohio toward a strong and healthy economy. Please join us at our Greater Cincinnati Area-West phone bank at 3012 Glenmore Avenue and help us tell others why Issue 2 (upholding Senate Bill 5) and Issue 3 (the Health Care Freedom Amendment) are critical in moving Ohio forward and creating a brighter future for all of us. The

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COAST noticed this little ditty -- public workers are making 43% more than private workers. So much of that "grand bargain" of more job security and better retirement benefits in exchange for lower pay!

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With COAST's help, Red Light Camera bans are on the ballot in three Ohio cities -- all in northeast Ohio this year. Voters in Ashtabula, South Euclid and East Cleveland will have a chance to ban these pernicious devices this year at the ballot box. COAST provided legal and logistical assistance for each drive. The folks in Hamilton are still plugging away on their petition drive.

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It's not your imagination: the game is changing COASTers felt mighty lonely during the George Voinovich and Bob Taft years in Governor's mansion. Year after year, the latest budget crisis was universally met with one solution: higher taxes and increased spending. What a change it has been this year! What happened? First, we have better elected officials. With John Kasich as Governor,

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Vision of three men, sweat of hundreds of volunteers and courage of 81 state legislators strike bad tax COAST Newsletter reported in July on the elimination of the Ohio Estate Tax as part of its reporting on the passage of Governor Kasich's budget. But what we did not properly do was to tell the story on how a ragtag band of volunteers, without the backing of any major financier, managed

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Republican commissioners stabilize fiscal situation Under the leadership of Republicans Chris Monzel and Greg Hartmann, Hamilton County has managed to score a A+ rating from Fitch. Congratulations to this team!

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COAST allies in streetcar fight abound In August, COAST asked the City for records showing the costs associated witht he streetcar for relocation of facilities of Cincinnati Water Works, Metropolitan Sewer District and Duke Energy. As a result, the Cincinnati Business Courier ran this story. What the story revealed was that the City was pushing for MSD to shoulder a share of the costs

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Issue 47 gives voters a say in this important battle For the past three years, the City Manager and Mayor have tried to balance their bloated budget on the backs of Cincinnati residents by charging a new tax collection fee -- forgetting that we pay earnings taxes already to pay for that service! Once again, liberals on Council supported the proposal, and only a forceful lobbying effort

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Proud civil rights organizationleads in stopping Streetcar As Mayor Mallory, and Council members Qualls, Quinlivan, Thomas and Young, foolishly are thrusting Cincinnati headlong into a $135 million streetcar project, the Cincinnati NAACP led by Christopher Smitherman has worked tirelessly to place a second charter amendment before the voters that will stop the project and its attendant

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Clueless, liberal and wasteful School Board pushes huge tax hike Hoping to fly under the radar with a quiet campaign, Cincinnati Public Schools has placed on the ballot a strange levy and a huge one. The 7.95 mill levy will cost the owner of a $200,000 home about $500 per year in increased taxes (you read that right!). That homeowner already pays more than $2,600 per year just for the

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Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Washington (CREW) names local Congressman as one of Washington's worst This news item caught COAST's attention: The Center for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has named local Congressman Jean Schmidt as one of the most corrupt members of the United States Congress. You can read the release here and the full 9-page report here. CREW

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Please join us to put the brakes on the Trolley Boondoggle Please join us in the campaign to STOP THE CINCINNATI STREETCAR. This issue no longer just impacts the City of Cincinnati. Mayor Mallory is in talks with the utility companies to convince them to pass on the cost of streetcar construction to rate-payers throughout the County. That means that all Hamilton County residents will

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Print out and display this poster at your home, office or club. Boondoggle Poster (function() { var scribd = document.createElement("script"); scribd.type = "text/javascript"; scribd.async = true; scribd.src = "http://www.scribd.com/javascripts/embed_code/inject.js"; var s = document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(scribd, s); })(); Cincinnati will be shovelling

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And wants to exempt themselves from the county's tax levy review processThe Commissioners have to deal with a last-minute request from The Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) to sneak a massive $300 million levy on the ballot. The CMC is seeking approximately $300 million (principal plus interest) to repair one building. As we noted in the last item, each Commission-controlled levy is

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(Note: This was sent to the COAST mail list on 7/12/11)This week the Hamilton County Commissioners will hold the first two of their three public hearings to determine the tax levies that will appear on this November's ballot. Those hearings are Wednesday July 13th at 11:30 AM, Thursday July 14th at 5:00 PM, and Wednesday July 27th at 11:30 AM. Each hearing will be held at 138 East

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Tom Neyer was one of Hamilton County's worst Commissioners ever. Neyer is most known for joining with fellow Commissioner Bob Bedinghaus to pass the stadium deals that have bankrupted Hamilton County. Born with every advantage possible, Neyer has squandered all of it and recently filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.Neyer's filing revealed assets of $1.4 million with debts of $69 million. In other

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This is kind of what I feared was going to happen. Just read the 1st paragraph of the story to get an idea where this is headed. 1) Start with a $29 million shortfall 2) The Hamilton County GOP responds by holding a rally claiming, "we won't stand for more taxes" (while they're doing absolutely nothing to oppose the same-sized property tax increase that Hamilton County imposed on us to give more

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Each year ESPN's The Magazine ranks each sports franchise based on how much they give back to the fans for the amount of time and money invested in them. Out of 122 professional sports franchises, the Cincinnati Bengals ranked dead last. This is no surprise to anyone who has watched how the Bengals conduct themselves on the field, off the field, or with their lackeys on the County Commission.

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Leading voice at City Hall for tax hikes fails to pay his own property taxes Cecil Thomas owns this dilapidated property on Reading Road that has a $2,446.36 tax delinquency In a stunning case of hypocrisy, Council member Cecil Thomas has failed to pay his own property taxes, yet pushes for tax increases on the rest of us at City Hall. The Hamilton County Auditor's web site shows Council member

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Our country's fiscal health continues to deteriorate rapidly. Through the first 8 months of the fiscal year the federal government ran a $929 billion deficit, placing our government on pace to roughly match last year's astonishing deficit of $1.3 Trillion. If economists were concerned when our deficit was crossing $400 billion, then 3 consecutive years of deficits over $1 Trillion should have

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Now it's Greece. If the United States doesn't get control of its finances, it could soon be us. Imagine ongoing economic depression, much higher taxes, steep Social Security reductions, steep Medicare reductions, significantly reduced government services, severe defense cuts, etc. We need to address our $14 Trillion Debt (and climbing rapidly) before we become Greece. It's not enough to nibble

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(your tax dollars at work)A scathing report from Senator Tom Coburn has identified $3 billion of mismanagement at the National Science Foundation. The report finds that the foundation has squandered billions on questionable studies, poor cost controls, duplicative research, and many other forms of mismanagement.Some of the scientifically urgent projects include:- $560,000 to have shrimp run on a

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(man with cane outpacing the streetcar)An Enquirer investigative report has revealed that the $100 million streetcar project will barely travel faster than a brisk walk. The reporter was able to walk the projected streetcar route in 34 1/2 minutes, not far behind the 28 minutes the streetcar is expected to take. When you factor in waiting time, a fast walk can get you to your destination in

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COAST is pleased to host its 2011 Annual Fundraising event featuring: Grover Norquist  President,   Americans for Tax Reform The event will be held:   Thursday, June 9   6:30 pm  Anderson Center  (View Map)   7850 Five Mile Road  Anderson Township, OH 45230 Sign up by clicking one or more of the buttons below: Any payment card may be used by clicking "continue" near the card logos on the PayPal

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In Part 1 of this budget series I concluded that the recent federal budget deal succeeded in making some spending cuts and moving the overall debate to a place where we're debating where and how much to cut rather than if we should cut. However those "cuts" still leave us with a Fiscal Year 2011 deficit approaching $1.5 trillion, which means that this deal is only a success if it leads to

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I had planned on writing Part 2 of my series on the recent Federal budget deal tonight, but that's going to have to wait. Earlier today I read one of the most dishonest attacks on Cincinnati Tea Party President Mike Wilson that I've ever seen, and that's saying a lot considering the numerous false attacks against him during the 2010 campaign. At the end of this entry I'll post both the attack

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Congress and The White House have finally reached a budget deal for 2011 - more than 6 months after the fiscal year started. The deal will cut an additional $38 billion from the 2011 budget, in addition to cuts agreed to during negotiations for previous Continuing Resolutions. Overall, the 2011 budget will be $78.5 billion less than Obama's initial request.On the positive side, Congressional

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Reeling from multiple blows this week, Cincinnati's streetcar project is knocking at death's door. County Commissioner Todd Portune wasted no time grieving before before making a play for its funding. At Wednesday morning’s Hamilton County commission meeting, Portune suggested that the county seek part of the money to begin building long-planned decks over Fort Washington Way. The decks, which

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 In a show of pointless persistence, second only to the example above, City leaders say the streetcar is still a "go project."(Left arm) Before resigning from Council, former Democratic Jeff Berding appoints Republican Wayne Lippert, who vows to vote against the streetcar until the City gets its finances in order. Council is now comprised of 4 anti-streetcar Republicans, 4 pro-streetcar

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BUCHAREST, Romania - An official says one person has died and three are seriously injured after a streetcar smashed into cars and a bus in northeast Romania. Adrian Mihai, spokesman for public transport for the northeastern city of Iasi, said Monday's accident occurred as the streetcar was descending a hill, when it collided with a bus, and several cars in its path. Dozens of passengers on the

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Rail cultists have strutted and fretted with much sound and fury about Governor Kasich's cancellation of the 3C Snail Rail Boondoggle. "We need transportation alternatives," they say, and "high speed rail is the wave of the future." Yesterday America's highest speed rail line, Amtrak's Acela, broke down in Baltimore stranding the company's CEO and the reporter he was travelling with. Ironically

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Oregon is one of only a dozen states where the majority of its residents aren't from there. Each year thousands of 20-somethings move to Portland. The city's entire population is growing, but Portland is still about 80 percent white, making it one of the most homogeneous metropolitan cities in the country. Many of the migrants don't have jobs, kids or a mortgage. So why do they keep coming? '

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Common sense returns to Ohio  COAST was thrilled to see Mayor Mallory concede today that Governor Kasich is pulling state funding for the Cincinnati streetcar project.   COAST asks that its members write to Governor Kasich and thank him for this bold, fresh, common sense approach to Ohio's and Cincinnati fiscal challenges. This decision is a major win for streetcar opponents and is a direct

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Organizing for America (“OFA”) is a project of the Democratic's National Committee that closely coordinates its activities in southwest Ohio with the Ohio Democratic's Party and the Hamilton County Democratic's Party.  The official address for OFA in Hamilton County was Hamilton County Democratic's Party Headquarters. This is the group which arranged for Cincinnati Public School students to get

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Streetcar Survey Data When polled, 2/3 of Cincinnatians said the streetcar is a bad idea. Fully 3/4 of Hamilton County residents hate it too, but don't get to vote on it, even though their tax dollars will be paying for it. Ohio's Transportation Review Advisory Council (TRAC) recommended [lines 10 + 39] that $51.8 million of your tax dollars be given to the Cincinnati Streetcar. The

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Ohio's Transportation Review Advisory Council (TRAC) recommended [lines 10 & 39] that $51.8 million of your tax dollars be given to the Cincinnati Streetcar. The state has an $8 BILLION deficit. To fill this shortfall, drastic cuts to schools, universities, Medicaid and public safety are expected. Local levies will then seek increases to makeup for state reductions. In other words, your taxes

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Enquirer reports that we led the state last year with 21.6 homicides per 100,000 residents. Cleveland was 2nd at 18.6. Columbus was 3rd at 13.7. Toledo was 4th at 8.2. Decimating our safety forces to fund a streetcar is obviously premature.

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