Dissecting the Mayor's Press Conference

Last Thursday, only hours after Judge Winkler's ruling came down, Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory held a press conference at which he laid out the desperate fiscal situation the City finds itself in under his stewardship.

Please watch it here as it contains six minutes of remarkable admissions of failure on his part.
COAST below dissects his presentation for you:

This deal's getting worse all the time...

Kevin Osborne at Channel 9 has uncovered details on the Parking Plot, revealing that the bulk of the revenue of the parking deal will end up in the hands of a Wall Street hedge fund.

Milton Dohoney's mouthpiece, Meg Olberding, claims the city will see nearly 41% of the value, but the City's own economic director says the city's take will be 24%.

Just as the streetcar bids came in widely over projections, we expect that the 24% number is close to correct. And probably inflated!

To quote Lando Calrissian, "This deal's getting worse all the time!"

Can you really trust a parking meter?

Track the time displayed on the parking meter versus the YouTube timer on this video. You'll see a difference of about 3 seconds develop over a period of 30 seconds, indicating the meter is running about 10% fast.

 

Red light cameras (now banned in Cincinnati) use similar dirty tricks to ensnare unsuspecting citizens with expensive tickets by monkeying with yellow light times.

Over and over again we see that whenever law enforcement is viewed as a 'for-profit' enterprise by government, it ALWAYS leads to abuse. Sign the parking petition today.

Can you trust a parking meter?

...or the rapacious politicians who use them to get into your wallets?



The meter reads "10," and when he inserts the nickel it goes up to "14."
After inserting a dime, it goes up to "23."
after inserting a quarter, it goes up to "31."

14-10=4; 5 cents divided by 4 minutes equals 1.25 cents per minute.
23-14=9; 10 cents divided by 9 minutes equals 1.11 cents per minute.
31-23=8; 25 cents divided by 8 minutes equals 3.12 cents per minute.

Qualls' parking plan doesn't add up either. Sign the parking petition today.

You never get a 2nd chance to make a 1st impression

The first contact many of our visitors have with the city of Cincinnati will be the machine they park next to. Will high parking prices, overzealous enforcement and rapacious ticketing make them feel welcome?

 

Don't bother cursing at Roxanne Qualls, Laure Quinlivan, Wendall Young, Cecil Thomas, or Chris "Judas Iscariot" Seelbach. They didn't bother listening to constituent concerns when hatching this scheme, and aren't likely to start now.

Sign the parking petition to send them a message they'll understand.

Parking meters: creating crime

Privatized parking company places meters in illegal locations to entrap citizens with expensive tickets.



Don't become a victim of the rapacious parking plan contrived by Qualls', Quinlivan, Thomas, Young, and Chris "Judas" Seelbach.

Sign the parking petition today.

Can you trust a parking meter?

Apparently parking meters are programmed with the same timers used to limit public comments at council meetings.

 

Cheated by the very people elected to serve. Sort of like the voter suppression subterfuge that Qualls, Quinlivan, Young, Thomas, and Chris "Judas Iscariot" Seelbach used to prevent you from voting on Cincinnati's future.

Don't stand for it.  Sign the parking petition today.

Parking meters rob citizens

Is this the image Cincinnati wants to project to the world?


Clean up our act. Sign the parking petition today.

City Council: Neighborly or miserly?

After the intro, skip ahead to 2:30.

Neighbors look out for each other. That's what being a member of a community is all about.

 

Do Roxanne Qualls, Laure Quinlivan, Cecil Thomas, Wendall Young, and Chris "Judas" Seelbach have the best interests of you and your business at heart? Or do you feel like just another pocket to be picked?

Cincinnati used to be known for warmth and graciousness in how we treat our visitors. The Democratic's rapacious parking plan makes our guests feel unwelcome.

Do a good deed for your neighbors.  Sign the parking petition today.

Everybody loves parking police

Citizens of San Diego LOVE their rapacious parking enforcement [sarcasm].


Coming soon to Cincinnati, unless you stop it at the polls.

Citizens Obtain TRO Halting Parking Lease

While Judas Iscariot Seelbach was selling out the City, COAST's legal dream team was waiting at the Courthouse to file a request for a temporary restraining order blocking the lease from being completed.

Judge Robert Winkler granted the order and now Milton Dohoney is restrained from moving forward with selling out the City. It may be that Seelbach sold out the City for nothing. But at least we know exactly where he stands.

Read the TRO below:

  McQueen v Dohoney TRO by COAST  

Updates to follow.

Amy Murray - Parking Lease is "Band-Aid"

From Amy Murray: Statement of Cincinnati City Council Candidate Amy Murray on Parking Issue

Cincinnati City Council candidate Amy Murray is concerned that Council is promoting a parking deal that is bad for residents, bad for businesses, and bad for our city.    Statement of Amy Murray:    "Once again, Council is making short-term, band-aid fixes to avoid addressing the real problem of a structurally imbalanced budget. I applaud the City for coordinating with the Port Authority in trying to manage parking lease issues. However, as I read this plan, I feel that we have gotten very far off track.

UnHappy New Year for Chicago Parkers...

The Chicago Tribune reports that parking rates within the Chicago loop will increase 13% in the new year to $6.50 per hour.  Neighborhood street parking will go up to $4.00 per hour and $2.00 per hour outside the downtown loop area.