Dear fellow tax hikers, this has been a very difficult week for us streetcar supporters. Even some of the most diehard amongst us are starting to wonder if this streetcar is going to happen. We encourage all of you tax hikers and streetcar supporters to stand strong through these difficult times!
To be sure, the news that bids for streetcar construction came in significantly over budget was a shocker. Our fine City Manager Milton Dohoney told us construction would only cost $45 million. Yet the lowest bid came in at a whopping $71 million. Overall the bids came in between $26 million-$41 million over budget.
Including interest, our streetcar costs just rose another $50 million (or more).
We believe these costs are worth it. We stand behind the Cincinnati streetcar no matter how much it costs. Hear us now tax hikers - this streetcar is going to happen no matter what. We don't care if costs $500 million, we're going to build this thing.
Who cares if costs continue to rise at staggering rates? We'll just raise taxes!
We applaud our tax-hiking goddess Roxanne Qualls for her steadfast support for this project. She is going to save it for us, just like she did for the stadiums. It was Roxanne Qualls who was the face of the Stadium Tax campaign. She assured everyone that the stadiums would be a great investment for Hamilton County and history has proven her to be 100% correct! Roxanne Qualls knows that this streetcar will help our city just as much as those stadiums have. Build it, no matter the cost.
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SIR YES SIR!
Is there anything else we on Blue Ash City Council can do to help Cincinnati fund their streetcar? We would love to do more.
Hey Lee, I need more money! I still have some bills to pay! Get me a check ASAP!
Say yes to the streetcar! More shopping for everyone! Just don't expect me to ride it unless you can keep those fat, smelly, disgusting, inbred west siders off of it.
As a member of the Colerain Corridor Task Force since 1989, I am now an expert in traffic planning. Just take a look at Colerain Avenue and you will see my expertise at work. I can help straighten out this streetcar mess just like I straightened out Colerain Avenue.
Our only concern, check that, our two concerns are: Is there a weight limit and will they be able to keep minorities off the streetcar?
Anything Mayor Mallory orders me to do, I do it.
I'll have to check with the old man on this, but I am pretty sure we oppose the streetcar. Say, anyone notice the nice new park across the street from my new neighborhood?
Don't forget our strong support for the streetcar! Many thanks to the Tea Party "leaders" who supported us anyway.
This streetcar is totally useless unless it goes out to where I live in White Oak and then I can drink until I am falling-down drunk and then on the streetcar to sober up before the short drive home.
the half-built streetcar when it runs out of money will be the perfect complement to the half-built shopping center in Sycamore by Kenwood. Two monuments to government incompetence within 10 miles of each other.
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