Andre Harper enjoys playing the fool

The Cincinnati Enquirer's Politics Extra blog Politics Extra: Andre Harper: Candidate and Funny Man? reports that Andre Harper, a Republican candidate for Cincinnati City Council, will be performing in a comedy show on August 23rd in Over the Rhine. After reading Harper's editorial opposing the Si Leis-Todd Portune-David Pepper Sales Tax hike, we suspect he's used to making a fool of himself.

In his article Harper refers to his experience growing up in a tough neighborhood and living in Section 8 housing. Just because Harper grew up in Section 8 housing doesn't mean he knows anything about crime.

David Pepper has been robbed and kidnapped on the mean streets of Mt. Adams. With those kind of life experiences, who could know more than Pepper about how to solve crime? While on City Council, Pepper was Chairman of the Public Safety Committee. He did a wonderful job making Cincinnati a safer place to live. We hope Pepper can do for the county what he did for the city, and it starts by passing this Sales Tax hike.