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by Michael Monks
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WANT TO IMPROVE YOUR CITY? CHECK ITS VITALS
"Want to change the nation? Start with your city. Want to change your city? Check your city vitals." Former Ohio Lt. Gov. Lee Fischer, President of CEOs for Cities, co-writes this op-ed:
Mayors and urban leaders across the country are asking, "What will it take for my city to prosper in this new economy?" CEOs for Cities, a national organization of cross-sector, cross-generational urban leaders, surveyed the landscape and concluded that the future belongs to those cities and regions who are able to frame their opportunities and challenges by first assessing their vital signs -- critical information that benchmarks their economic performance. Just as the medical profession looks at four vital signs to assess a human's health, so too must we identify and assess the key vitals that determine the economic health and vitality of cities.Read it all, even though it kind of turns into an ad for their City Vitals report: Huffington Post
(snip)In our new report, City Vitals 2.0, we have developed a four part formula to help city leaders benchmark their economic performance. Using more than two dozen different indicators, we show how cities need to focus on four vital signs: building connections, increasing innovation, improving talent, and capitalizing on your city's distinctiveness. C-I-T-Y: Connections, Innovation, Talent, Your Distinctiveness spells out the genetic code for formulating city economic success in the new economy.
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COME TOGETHER AND HELP REBUILD SIXTH DISTRICT PLAYGROUND
The community needs you Saturday as Sixth District School and its partners (such as Gateway College) begin the work of rebuilding its playground that was scorched on June 24. Everyone can give something: time, ideas, resources, and money. To raise some cash, there will be an event at the school (1901 Maryland Ave in Austinburg) on Saturday from 11:00AM - 2:00PM. Some ways money will be raised: City Commissioner Steve Casper and Covington Independent Public Schools Superintendent Lynda Jackson will be in a dunking booth and for two bucks you can take a few shots at them. You can adopt a plant for $2, $5, or $10. Volunteers from Seven Hills Church will be there to help sand the area around what is left of the playground equipment. By the way, Lowe's will match what is raised up to $5,000. Get down there and help out!
(Original story with photos: Fire destroys playground at Covington School)
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CONVICTED: MUGSHOT ROUND-UP
Who's not going to have a good weekend? The people at the link. Check out who's going to prison, who got probation, and who's on the loose in this week's mugshot round-up from Kenton Co Commonwealth's Attorney Rob Sanders, at the link.
CONVICTED: MUGSHOT ROUND-UP
Who's not going to have a good weekend? The people at the link. Check out who's going to prison, who got probation, and who's on the loose in this week's mugshot round-up from Kenton Co Commonwealth's Attorney Rob Sanders, at the link.
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GOP tax plan would cost $29 billion more than the Democrats' plan The Hill
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College Republican doubles-down on his Super PAC that plans to influence the NKY Congressional race Sunlight Foundation
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WLWT/Channel 5 is back on cable as Time Warner/Insight reaches a deal with Hearst Broadcasting press release
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This is now the worst drought in the Midwest in 50 years MSNBC
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PHOTOS: The drought of 2012 Washington Post
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Bank of Kentucky reports profits jump Cincinnati Enquirer
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Editorial: State Government puts high priority on child welfare State-Journal
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Editorial: Joining expanded Medicaid would be beneficial to Kentucky State-Journal
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LET'S CLEAR UP SOME MYTHS ABOUT CANNABIS
After last week's terrbily misleading editorial in the State-Journal, Frankfort's newspaper, the director of Kentucky Veterans for Medical Marijuana responds:
Aside from the American family, the one big loser in the prohibition of cannabis has been the truth. The fact that cannabis is illegal and the ramifications of even admitting you smoke it could jeopardize your employment, your standing in the community, your entire life. All of this, while the agents of misinformation spread their lies.
As a young airman I smoked cannabis while serving in Thailand. I found it to be something other than what I had thought it would be but nothing as harmful as I had heard. Back then there was so much misinformation. Over the years I have smoked off and on but it wasn’t until I met Gatewood Galbraith back in 1990 that I realized just how much I had been lied to.Read it all: State-Journal
The problem over those years is no one could speak up. No one dared to, except a handful of activists and over a period of 18 months things changed. The genie was out of the bottle and all the establishment could say is, “It’s a gateway drug.” By then that argument didn’t hold water and since then no one has been able to come up with a good enough reason for the prohibition. It’s as if they have been afraid of the debate, running from it from the president on down.
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DON'T MISS THURSDAY EVENING'S NEWS
If you've ever wanted to own your own priestly wardrobe, altar, or Eucharist plate, now's your chance, thanks to Mother of God; A KY girl's "Make A Wish" trip to Disney is denied by her own father; Plus, six new homes, part of the Neighborhood Stabilization Program, hit the Covington market -- and you can check them out. Those stories and more at the link!
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WHAT TO DO THIS WEEKEND IN AND AROUND COVINGTON
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Friday
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Friday Night Flick in Taylor Mill's Pride Park:
Santa Claus will be here on Friday evening at Pride Park to celebrate Christmas in July between the hours of 7 pm and 9 pm. Please stay after your visit and enjoy our Friday Night Flick - Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas, rated G - and a family dinner from our tasty grilled concessions menu.More info: Click Here
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The Carnegie Visual & Performing Arts Center hosts the 20th annual Colored Pencil International Exhibition:
More than 100 color pencil works will fill The Carnegie's galleries as part of the Colored Pencil Society of America's (CPSA) 20th Annual International Exhibition.
This exhibition features work from dozens of artists that explores the myriad expressive aspects of color pencil, highlighting its versatility and multifaceted uses.
CPSA sponsors the International Exhibition in a different US city each year in conjunction with a four-day convention with workshops, an awards banquet and artists' reception. This year's Meet the Artists Reception will be held Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012, from 4 to 6 p.m.
More details: Click Here
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Saint Benedict's Festival in Austinburg features fish dinners on Friday and chicken dinners on Saturday, plus a kiddie arcade and lots of games and raffles (338 East 17th Street).
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Saturday
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What's going on this week at the Madison Theater? Click Here
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Beast Bash: A celebration of pets and their people
Get over to Pioneer Park (3950 Madison Pike) for this event from 10:00AM to 4:00PM. It features a dogs pool party, an animal communicator, pet contests, and much more.
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TV star Meredith Baxter talks to The River City News publisher
The first-ever CNKY Scene GLBT Film Festival kicks is this weekend in Cincinnati with several great films lined up for presentation. The special guest is Mereditch Baxter who you may remember as the mom on TV's Family Ties and who narrates a documentary being shown at the festival about a raid on a gay bar in Fort Worth, Texas. On Saturday, Baxter will be at the festival for a question and answer session following the film and I am thrilled to have been asked to moderate the discussion. Catch us at Know Theatre on Jackson Street on Over-the-Rhine starting at 7:00PM. -Michael Monks
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