Sunday, May 5, 2013

Let's just say it now -- there will be very many cost overruns on the Streetcar project

COAST has made the point over and over through the course of the Great Streetcar Debate that the cost estimates floated by the City are, shall we say, fluid, and absolutely guaranteed to be lower than the actual costs incurred.

Saturday, May 4, 2013

COAST Attorney Chris Finney appears on 700 WLW tonight at 8 PM with Dan Carroll

Tonight at 8 PM, COAST attorney joins WLW's Dan Carroll at 8 PM to discuss the Parking Plot and this week's update on the Cincinnati Streetcar.  Tune in after the Derby to catch the conversation!

Here's a preview:

Paranoid, secretive Mallory administration seeks to shield more records from the public


When the Cincinnati Enquirer last year sued to force the City to provide bid documents on the Streetcar, the City attempted to shield them under the "Trade Secrets" exception to the Ohio Public Records Law, for reasons still unknown.