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EXCLUSIVE
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MARKET REALITY WILL DRIVE COVINGTON REVITALIZATION PLAN
The River City News learned more about Covington's Center City Action Plan at a public meeting Wednesday afternoon. "Covington has had a lot of plans out there but never have you looked at how the Center City can work together," said Brad Segal, President of PUMA. Read about what the Denver-based company has learned about Covington so far at the link.
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WHAT'S GOING ON IN FRANKFORT?
HINT: IT'S GETTING PRETTY CRAZY
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REDISTRICTING WAR CONTINUES, CANDIDATES TO RUN IN OLD DISTRICTS
“Obviously the status of the law would be that, the members, those senators and representatives will run in the district from whence they’re currently elected, so we have told our members to prepare for that,” Stumbo said.cn|2/Nick Storm
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House Democrats decided Wednesday not to challenge a circuit judge’s order that they run for re-election in their current districts. But they plan to ask the Kentucky Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality of the state legislative redistricting plan that was struck down Tuesday by Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd.Courier-Journal/Joseph Gerth
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If the Senate does not agree to pursue an appeal, then the House Democrats may file the lawsuit, he said. “We believe there needs to be some clarification on this issue from the highest court in Kentucky,” Stumbo said.Herald-Leader/Beth Musgrave & Jack Brammer
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But it still has some wondering if that was the plan all along and lawmakers could, to use another football metaphor, run out the clock on a potentially divisive issue like expanded gambling.cn|2/Ryan Alessi
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Incumbent lawmakers ask each other, their leaders and even reporters in what district they will ultimately campaign. Potential challengers walk the hallways and ask the same questions. Candidates, both incumbents and challengers, who already have filed to run visit the Secretary of State’s Office to withdraw from a district they no longer reside in and file papers — and pay a $200 filing fee for the second time — for the district which now is in force after Judge Phillip Shepherd’s ruling.Ashland Independent/Ronnie Ellis
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Congressional redistricting appears to be dead:
“I think that ship has sailed, that bell’s rung,” Stumbo said. “I think the Secretary of State will have to certify those folks as the candidates and so the current status of law is that in my opinion they would run in the current Congressional district.”WFPL/Kenny Colston
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MEANWHILE, SOME THINGS ARE GETTING DONE IN FRANKFORT
The state senate passed a bill that would help raise the dropout age to 18:
The state Senate approved a bill today that allows individual school districts to decide whether to raise the dropout age and requires participating schools to have alternative education programs.WFPL/Kenny Colston
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GOV. BESHEAR SAYS THERE'S STILL TIME TO PASS EXPANDED GAMING
The Governor will wait a few more days, he says, before unveiling his gambling expansion plans:
Redistricting, or the redrawing of boundaries for legislative and congressional districts, has largely paralyzed the law-making session. Lawmakers generally don’t like to act on controversial issues until they know who their opponents will be.Read that again. Lawmakers generally don't like to act on controversial issues until they know who their opponents will be.
Herald-Leader/Jack Brammer
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MORE LOCAL NEWS NOW...
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MEET ONE OF THE MENTORS BOLSTERING UPTECH'S PLANS
UpTech intends to bring 50 start-up firms to the NKY region through a major dose of funding and mentoring. Here's video of one of the mentors:
Tarek Kamil - Has dramatically changed the way sports franchises evaluate statistics. He is one of many successful mentors that will be working with Uptech.
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ANTI-NKAPC EFFORT SCORES A VICTORY
Bad news for people who support strong strategic planning and roads that last, saving taxpayer money in the long-run:
Kenton County Circuit Court Judge Gregory Bartlett on Wednesday declined to dismiss the lawsuit filed by four people who signed the petition and the Northern Kentucky Homebuilders, who all disagreed with the county clerk’s decision to disqualify 8,167 names in the petition. Bartlett didn’t specify how Summe’s office should examine the signatures and set a June 1 deadline for Summe to report the findings to the court.Cincinnati Enquirer/Scott Wartman
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NEW TOWER COULD INCLUDE RESIDENCES, ONE URBANIST NOT HAPPY
The news that Cincinnati's Dunnhumby will be building a new headquarters is good for our skyline views on this side of the river. Also, the proposed tower at 5th & Race Streets may include residences:
Cincinnati City Manager Milton Dohoney told a Cincinnati council committee Tuesday that retail space and residential units could be part of a new Fifth and Race development.Business Courier/Dan Monk
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But a local blogger thinks the new tower is a missed opportunity:
Yes, the new dunnhumbyUSA tower will be a boon for city coffers and develop a long underutilized piece of property just a block from Fountain Square. But the central business district needs more residents if it ever wants to support the likes of a grocery store, theater or other service retail. And there are very few sites well-suited for a high-rise residential tower beyond the Fifth and Race location that will now be occupied by a shiny new office tower.UrbanCincy/Randy A. Simes
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SEE ALSO: In more Cincinnati news, that city and Duke Energy reach an impasse over the streetcar and relocated utilities FOX 19 & Streetcar plans will move forward anyway Business Courier
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LOW-HASSLE SCREENING AT CVG AIRPORT
Ours is one of twenty-eight airports added to this national program by the TSA:
The program works this way: Participating travelers will walk through a dedicated lane at airport security checkpoints. They will provide the TSA officer with a specially marked boarding pass. A machine will read the barcode, and travelers deemed “low-risk,” will likely be allowed to keep on belts, shoes and jackets and leave laptops and liquids in bags when being screened.AP via NKY Spot
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JOKE ABOUT PRESIDENT OBAMA DIVIDES KENTUCKY'S GAY COMMUNITY
The owner of a Louisville gay bar thought it would be funny to share on his Facebook page an image of Ronald Reagan feeding a bottle to a monkey with a caption that read, "Reagan baby-sitting Obama in 1962", has learned that that was deemed racist by many of his own customers:
Keith Elston, a Lexington lawyer who was one of dozens who joined in denouncing the post on “Louisville Courant,” a blog that first reported it, said in an interview that it is short-sighted for people in the gay community to “buy into racist stereotypes and jokes because it could come back so easily to bite them.”A very interesting read at the link.
“When we are talking about homophobia we are talking about the same mechanisms that drive racism and sexism and all the other ‘-isms,’ ” he said.
Courier-Journal
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The story originated at The Louisville Courant, a blog, and you can read it at this link.
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4TH DISTRICT CONGRESSIONAL RACE COULD GET UGLY
For Republicans, anyway:
“In order to distinguish themselves from the others, odds are, they are going to go negative,” Carey said. “I think it will make a number of candidates go home at night and wonder why they got into it.”Cincinnati Enquirer/Scott Wartman
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COVINGTON STUDENT ARTWORK FOR SALE TONIGHT AT HOLMES
From the District:
Fifth grade students at Ninth District Elementary School will be selling their artwork to help an international charity with its hunger relief effort. The artwork will be on display and available for purchase in the Nordheim Gallery, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m., Thursday, February 9. Proceeds from the art sales will benefit Food for the Poor. Money donated to the organization can buy more than food. It can buy solutions to hunger. For example, $25 will buy 20 chicks for a family, or $50 buys a family a goat. Through this service learning project, students are making meaningful connections through art, social studies, math and language arts. The Nordheim Gallery is operated by Covington Independent Public Schools for students' Fine Arts enrichment and as an outreach to the community. It is located in the Senior Building at Holmes High School.
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HOLMES ATHLETE JUST MISSES ATHLETIC HONOR
WLWT's weekly award went to a boy from Williamsburg in Ohio, but Holmes's Dontel Rice was just behind him in the public voting. Holy Cross's Jake Burger, the hero at the All A Classic, finished fourth in the voting.
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This video has been posted here before, but it's worth watching again to take in Dontel Rice's athleticism. Amazing:
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PICK UP A FURRY VALENTINE THIS WEEKEND
The Kenton County Animal Shelter is part of this region-wide effort to find homes for loving cats and dogs.
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MAN BEHIND RED HOTS, LEMONHEADS, BOSTON BAKED BEANS -- DEAD AT 93
God rest your soul, friend:
Nello Ferrara was the scion of a candy-making family that emigrated from Italy early in the last century and set up shop in Chicago with the Ferrara Pan Candy Co. The "pan" refers to the method of making the candy whereby "grains of sugar, nuts or candy centers" get tossed around in revolving pans "while adding the flavor, color and other candy ingredients," according to the company's website. The candy gets tossed around until it becomes the desired size and then it is polished with vegetable wax.
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