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Chennel Pace, a 29 year-old African American woman, was arrested and charged with four counts of child endangering on September 28, 2008 by the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office.  She spent one night in jail and was released on an ORC bond (her own recognizance) by Judge Dwane Mallory.  All four of her children are alive and uninjured, but they have been removed from her care by Jobs and Family Services.  The court stipulated their removal and also instructed Ms. Pace not to contact them.  The endangerment charge was applied because Ms. Pace’s 12 year-old daughter was watching the other three children ages 8, 6, and 18 months while Ms. Pace went to work.  Ms. Pace works at Lincoln Crawford Nursing and was working a few hours of overtime to pay bills.  Ms. Pace was not in a bar while her children were at home.  She was at work.  Yet, the Hamilton County system has criminalized her and taken away all of her children. 

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The Enquirer reports on the battle for ethics between Vic Wulsin and Jean Schmidt, but the article fails to name one of the most conspicuous aspects of Wulsin’s 2006 ethics disclosure form:  her alleged employment for the Heimlich Institute.  Blogger Matt Hurley has been staying current on related press statements from Schmidt’s campaign, and it’s clear that Schmidt does not intend to ignore either The Heimlich Institute or malariotherapy.  Wulsin’s omissions on her 2006 forms add fuel to this growing fire.

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The Cincinnati Beacon interviews author Dan La Botz about Up-Coming Lecture this Tuesday

Beacon: In “Who Rules Cincinnati?”, published earlier this year, you argued that seven large corporations ruled Cincinnati—Procter & Gamble, Kroger, Macy’s/Federated Department Stores, Fifth Third Bancorp, Western and Southern Financial, American Financial Corp, and, E.W. Scripps—dominate the economic and political life in the city. Has anything change since you wrote Who Rules?

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Vic Wulsin’s Heimlich problem isn’t going anywhere, and now her alleged employment at the Heimlich Institute has reared its head in a new complaint by incumbent Jean Schmidt.  But ultimately, the controversies surrounding Wulsin are not political—they’re medical, and the issue is figuring out what, exactly, has been going on at The Heimlich Institute.  The timing this week is more alluring given Dr. Heimich’s recent appearance at a Rotary Club meeting, promoting his debunked and weird medical theories that experts warn can put innocent lives at risk.

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President Bush recently announced that he would be sending nearly 5,000 more troops into Afghanistan. Bush stated: “This continuing commitment to the Afghan people illustrates a stark contrast: While the terrorists and extremists deliberately target and murder the innocent, coalition and Afghan forces risk their lives to protect the innocent.” Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain have both voiced support for increasing troop levels in Afghanistan, but Barack Obama feels that Bush’s plan does not go far enough. Obama recently stated, “His plan comes up short. It is not enough troops not enough resources with not enough urgency.” While both major candidates for President may agree on sending more troops into the region, a conversation that is rarely discussed is the increased presence of private military contractors within the borders of Afghanistan and the expansion of military basis that hint at a long-term U.S. presence.

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According to articles in today’s Daily Oklahoman and Washington Post, when she was mayor of Wasilla AK, Sarah Palin “spearheaded” efforts to establish the town as as “a community of character” via the International Association of Character Cities (IACC). What these stories don’t mention is that the Oklahoma City-based IACC is a secular front for Chicago millionaire evangelist Bill Gothard.

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One-time Democratic loser Paul Hackett, who for some reason appears with fellow-loser and Republican Phil Heimlich as a political analyst on WCPO, recently posted an item to the Daily Kos revealing how out-of-touch Hackett is with successful political campaigns (probably a result of his limited experience losing).  Hackett’s hack-job at trying to give the Obama campaign advice demonstrates not only why he quickly disappeared from any active tickets, but it also calls into question why WCPO gives losers like Hackett and Heimlich prime-time billing as political commentators and analysts.

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The Cincinnati Beacon’s Resident Philosopher, Wes Dempster (also my friend since pre-school) has engaged me in a lengthy, private email debate about the merits of voting for a third party candidate.  When I heard Ralph Nader would be coming to Cincinnati, I realized I might be provided an interesting opportunity to take my private debate into the public realm.  So I collaborated with Dempster to create a single question for Ralph Nader—one to which we had not personally seen him respond, worded in such a way as to limit his answer in a very particular manner (assuming he would not sidestep the question, as politicians so frequently do).  I joined the press conference this past Monday to see how Nader would address my friend’s question.

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The recent Uniersity of Cincinnati assessment backing the sugar-plum claims for the proposed streetcar may have brought in a few dollars to the university, but it also shows the standards that enable one to pay for pre-determined results.  It accepted ridiculous claims at face value, ignored outrageous assumptions, and cavalierly dismissed focused criticisms of the proposed streetcar in the July 2007 feasability study by HDR Engineering.

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While 3CDC defends the closure of the Fountain Square restrooms, claiming that some cities don’t offer any toilets at public venues, places like Portland are emerging as innovative leaders in the realm of providing this basic public service to all citizens.  It seems significant that Portland would be the City leading the way in terms of public bathroom designs that fight crime, drug use and vandalism—particularly since Cincinnati has modeled its streetcar proposal after them.  How telling, the manner with which Cincinnati will pick-and-choose those aspects of Portland’s pubic policy to imitate, showing once again that Cincinnati does not put its people first.  Or rather, that it only puts certain people first.

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Recently, Mark Miller left a comment at the CityKin blog, and it indicates that 3CDC’s decision to close the public toilets on Fountain Square may actually be a violation of Ohio law.  I just called to double-check, and there are no public restrooms available in the Fountain Square parking garage, which is open well beyond the 11am-2pm window for the public toilets on the Square.  In fact, the person who answered the FSQ garage phones told me that the toilets for the garage were on the Square!

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I guess I won’t be taking my five year old son to Fountain Square during the afternoons anymore, since the last thing I need with a small kid is to be running around hoping some business owner will let him pee in their toilets.  If you haven’t heard, 3CDC has decided to shut down the public bathrooms on Fountain Square!  Now, the potty will only be available from 11am-2pm, and during 3CDC’s money-making events on the Square.  I guess this is the latest from the genius of Bill Donabedian—yet another chapter in the hostile corporate takeover of Cincinnati’s central public space.

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This weekend, John McCain appeared on CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, and he said that his father-in-law is a role model for young Americans.  So what do we know about McCain’s father-in-law?  What sort of behavior does he model for our nation’s youth?

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In a recent press statement from Noble Maseru at the Cincinnati Health Department, two facts were emphasized:  the Ohio River has a water quality index in the “Very Good” range, and the City of Cincinnati’s drinking water is of “the highest quality.” So with a plentiful water source in our river, and with celebrated high quality drinking water, you would think that Cincinnati would be celebrating this great natural resource.  On the contrary, the City Manager has instituted a “Water District Committee,” which has some wondering if the City’s water supply might be in danger of privatization.

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For years, The Cincinnati Beacon has been bringing the story of the 2004 stolen election to Southwest Ohio.  Remember Stephan Skirtz?  He’s the guy who made waves in the 2004 blogosphere when he captured a photograph of a red pickup truck with a George W. Bush bumper sticker, and a guy handling uncounted ballots in a dark parking lot with no one around.  We interviewed him for posterity’s sake!  We captured BBC Reporter Greg Palast sharing some of his collected evidence about the 2004 stolen elections in Ohio, too.  Let’s not forget the interview with UC’s Dr. Bob Drake about stickered ballots.  The list goes on.  So when The Enquirer’s Carl Weiser proclaimed that the story of the 2004 stolen election was over, we couldn’t help but think about the matter a little more.

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When The Cincinnati Costume Company caught fire in July, 2007, owner Caren Young did not expect her insurance payments to be caught in a sea of red tape.  She was reportedly told that the Fire Department has up to seven years to complete investigations, and her insurance company allegedly claimed that everything is at a standstill until the investigation gets completed. 

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Guest article by Chris Johnson.

Much of the focus in the U.S. media on the 2008 Olympic Games has revolved around the athletic accomplishments of athletes representing the United States. There has also been some coverage in the corporate media that has discussed the human rights abuses that surround China as well as the crackdown that the Chinese government has imposed upon those activists that wish to see a free and independent Tibet. While this type of story gets limited airtime, much of the media coverage in the United States has been of a more traditional nature; coverage of athletes and their quest for gold and old rivalries renewed by the spirit of competition. As the Olympics descend upon Beijing this year, it is critical to look at some issues that surround China and China’s relations with the United States. 

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The Cincinnati NAACP membership continues to skyrocket at the close of the quarter, July 31, 2008.  The Cincinnati NAACP signed up 400 new members between May 1 and July 31.  This was a 20% growth in membership over three months.  These new numbers bring the membership total to 2,400 members of the Cincinnati NAACP branch.  Congratulations to our existing members for continuing to support the unit and recruit new members!

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The Cincinnati Health Department applied for and recently was awarded a grant from the State of Ohio for $264,000 (give or take some change).  The grant was written to establish an Office of Minority Health under the Cincinnati Health Department.  The City of Cincinnati received the funds; however, the members of City Council returned them to the State of Ohio.  Five members of Council could not agree to receive the funding.  The Cincinnati NAACP has highlighted that infant mortality rates in Cincinnati are worse than in third world countries. 

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Hamilton County Commission President Todd Portune has condemned the behavior of not only The Whistleblower (a race-baiting rag-sheet written by GOP cheerleader Jim Schifrin, who uses the pseudonym “Charles Foster Kane"), but also Hamilton County prosecutor Joe Deters, who serves as a regional chair for John McCain’s presidential campaign.  Chris Redfern, chair of the Ohio Democratic Party, has already criticized the McCain camp for choosing Deters due to a past filled with scandal.  And let’s not forget the national headlines made when WLW big-mouth Willie Cunningham suggested Obama was a secret Muslim, an idea at least partially suggested by Deters and later repudiated by McCain.  Portune’s latest comments continue a growing trend of bi-partisan opposition to Schifrin’s racist language and Deters’ personal connections.

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Many people know about the massive disenfranchisement of African Americans in Florida 2000, but fewer know it happened again in Ohio’s 2004 election. What’s virtually unknown is that the U.S. has the highest ballot access barriers for independents of any western “democracy” and the major parties conspire to shut them out of the electoral process, but sometimes people fight back. This is just one of the many important issues ignored by the major candidates that the Nader campaign is putting on the table. 

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Just days after exposing local McCain campaign chair Joe Deter’s personal relationship with Jim Schifrin, author of a hate-laced rag-sheet filled with race-baiting, The Whistleblower is bragging about its relationship with Deters—a smack in the face to anyone expecting better character from those appointed to lead a major political campaign.  Meanwhile, Republican candidate for County Commission Greg Hartman easily denounces a publication that calls Cincinnati’s first directly elected African American mayor a “gay darkie.”

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Michael Flannery speaks against Melva Gweyn’s band of bandits, suffers image smearing by Mary Kuhl

When I read this Enquirer blog entry, I was thrilled to learn that someone like Michael Flannery—a Westwood resident—stood up against the incoherent fears and ramblings of people like Melva Gweyn and Mary Kuhl.  What’s unfortunate is how those activists immediately tried to smear his image and reputation for daring to have an opinion about his neighborhood.

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So I just got back in town, and totally didn’t have enough time to check out the Anonymous protest of Scientology today.  Did anyone go?  What is happening here locally with the Anonymous protests?  Will CityBeat start covering these monthly occurrences?  Someone sent me a link to this video, advertising today’s global event:

Here is a link to the local branch of this global movement:  http://www.cincyanon.org/

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Why do Democrats run to the right during election season? Is that just a grab for votes? Will they move back towards their progressive base after winning? 

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As reported earlier in The Cincinnati Beacon, the city agreed to pay all the construction costs for what became the Via Vite restaurant building.  The Beacon has further examined the deal and it appears that the city’s commitment to fund the restaurant is written in such a way that they cannot wiggle out of it.

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I have read the material on Barack Obama’s Fight the Smears campaign page.  And I had pondered the circus that is American politics, wondering at the emails that would cause Obama’s campaign to make such a page in the first place.  Then, I got what appeared to be one of the “smear” emails.  It was sent to me and a long list of others.  So, I decided to respond to the whole list, engaging the sender in a dialogue—to see what might happen.  Here are the results so far…

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On February 28th, 2007, City Council unanimously voted to enter into a Ground Lease agreement with 5/3 Bank regarding property on Fountain Square.  In the lease, the City of Cincinnati agreed to pay all hard and soft construction costs for the building that houses Via Vite restaurant.  Those costs were around $2.5 million dollars.  When asked, everyone at City Hall denies that the City had such an expenditure—despite the clear language from the 2007 ground lease—but no one has been able to provide documentation to discredit our claim.  Today, the City attempted to send The Beacon a document which shows no such expenditure, but it’s several months too early!

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