THE RIVER CITY NEWS MORE COVINGTON NEWS THAN ANY OTHER SOURCE
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by Michael Monks
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COVINGTON FIREFIGHTERS BLAST PROPOSED CUTS/CHANGES TO DEPT.
"Calls for service are increasing while staffing levels are decreasing." Covington firefighters don't want to see ambulance services privatized or put into a different department and they also take aim at other recommended changes to the fire service. Click the link.|
ROOF CATCHES FIRE AT COVINGTON BUILDING ON JULY 4
Via Andrus Video, also known as "Scanner Boy" on Twitter:
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ROOF CATCHES FIRE AT COVINGTON BUILDING ON JULY 4
Via Andrus Video, also known as "Scanner Boy" on Twitter:
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ERLANGER MURDER SUSPECT ON WAY BACK TO KENTON COUNTY FROM SC
The man accused in Kenton County's second murder of the year has been arrested in South Carolina and is being transported to the Kenton County Jail Thursday.
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GATEWOOD GALBRAITH'S FAMILY SHOWS SUPPORT FOR MARIJUANA BILL
The legalization of marijuana for medical purposes is the focus of a bill that will be introduced in the 2013 General Assembly by State Senator Perry Clark, a Louisville Democrat. Clark was joined Thursday by members of Gatewood Galbraith's family. Galbraith was a perennial candidate for various offices in Kentucky and was a staunch supporter of legal pot. He died earlier this year:
The news conference began with a 1991 video of Gatewood Galbraith extolling the benefits of marijuana and criticizing law enforcement during a stump speech. Clark cited multiple studies that cite the beneficial use of marijuana for an assortment of conditions, including post-traumatic stress disorder, cancer, multiple sclerosis and other chronic degenerative diseases. "The concept of the prohibition of a medicine is opposed to the very freedoms that this country was once about," Clark said. "It's anathema to freedom ... this is a liberty issue."Seventeen states and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana for medicinal purposes. Herald-Leader/Beth Musgrave | SEE ALSO: The versatile plant that produces what so many affectionately call "weed" is also supported on the Republican side of the aisle in the form of industrial hemp. Kentucky's Commissioner of Agriculture is pushing for industrial hemp in the Commonwealth. Click here to read his stance.
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KENTUCKY WILL BENEFIT THE MOST FROM HEALTH CARE REFORM
Congratulations, Kentuckians! You live in the state that stands to benefit the most from the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare:
Medicaid is jointly administered between states and the federal government, and the states are given considerable leeway to set eligibility rules. Texas covers only working adults up to 26 percent of the poverty line. The poverty line for an individual is $11,170. So, you could be a single person making $4,000 a year and you can’t qualify for Medicaid. That’s part of the reason Texas has the highest uninsured rate in the nation. Massachusetts, by contrast, covers working adults up to 133 percent of the poverty line — partly due to a former governor whose name rhymes with Schmit Schmomney. It’s a big reason it has the lowest uninsured rate in the nation. The Affordable Care Act wants to make the whole country like Massachusetts. Everyone earning up to 133 percent of the poverty line, which is less than $15,000 for an individual, gets Medicaid. And the way it does that is by telling states the feds will cover 100 percent of the difference between wherever the state is now and where the law wants them to go for the first three years, and 90 percent after 2020.Full story: Washington Post/Ezra Klein | Here is the accompanying graphic The Washington Post:
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Meanwhile, Kentucky Republicans are urging Governor Steve Beshear to halt the planned 2014 Medicaid expansion:
In Kentucky, more than 700,000 people receive insurance through the $6 billion program. It is Kentucky’s largest insurance provider. “Last week’s Supreme Court ruling gave the states the legal flexibility to opt out of a massive expansion of the Medicaid program,” Hoover said. “On behalf of the House Republican Caucus, I am encouraging Gov. Steve Beshear to do just that and opt out of this financially devastating expansion of Medicaid.” Kerri Richardson, a spokeswoman for Beshear, said the governor has not yet decided whether Kentucky will go ahead with the expansion. Kentucky is waiting to see how the federal government will adjust the regulations in light of the Supreme Court’s decision, Richardson said.Bluegrass Politics/Beth Musgrave | Here is audio of Jeff Hoover, the Republican Floor Leader in the State House of Representatives, explaining his position:
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What happens if a state opts out of Medicaid expansion? Washington Post
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Sen. Mitch McConnell assails health care reform in Louisville speech Thursday WFPL
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President Obama: Health Care Law is here to stay The Hill
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Obamacare is a big tax cut for middle class families Think Progress
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Columnist: Republicans have older, whiter voting base that doesn't understand health care reform Salon
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DON'T MISS THURSDAY MORNING'S NEWS FROM COVINGTON
The pacemaker inside a man who was murdered and dismembered in the Eastside may provide clues in the upcoming trial; Video from the opening ceremony of the World Choir Games; Plus, could WLWT's fight with Time Warner land our NBC affiliate off the service as the Olympics near? Those stories and more at the link.
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LEAVE IT TO NEWS RADIO 700 WLW TO PISS ON EVERYONE'S PARADE
The City of Cincinnati and the entire region is celebrating and enjoying the arrival of the World Choir Games, but not the blowhards at the area's most listened-to radio station. In an article posted on the station's website with no author attributed and under the headline "Where are the Crowds?" with the sub-headline "World Choir Games" criticized, here is what "someone" has to say:
Backers predicted hundreds of thousands of visitors to Cincinnati for the World Choir Games, and some are wondering where the crowds are. 700WLW's Scott Sloan says he searched online for hotel rooms in Downtown Cincinnati, and found not only vacancies, but discounted rooms."Some" are wondering.
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here's some of the real stories from The Games
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WORLD CHOIR GAMES TICKETS, SEATS IN HIGH DEMAND
Because of increasing demand for tickets to World Choir Games events, a schedule change was made for Saturday’s Mixed Youth Choirs Open Competition. The Saturday competition scheduled for the Mayerson Theater in the School for Creative & Performing Arts will move to the Duke Energy Convention Center, Grand Ballroom B, on the third floor, and start at 9:30 a.m. It was originally scheduled for 10 a.m., as well as 11:45 a.m., 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.Via Cincinnati Enquirer
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Good Morning America to be at Fountain Square Monday Cincinnati Enquirer
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World Choir Games bring diversity to Cincinnati WKRC
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QUICKIES
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New PAC aims to give Kentucky Catholics stronger political voice WFPL
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NKY Congressional race: Democrat Bill Adkins calls Republican Thomas Massie "a quitter" Bill Adkins
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Appeals Court upholds conviction of woman who tried to extort money from Rick Pitino Courier-Journal
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CEO that was supposed to lead Duke Energy after this week's merger with Progress is gone Business Courier
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Kentucky mine operators to California: Don't expect payment on safety fines soon WFPL
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Rep. Steve Chabot attempts to override the voters of Cincinnati with anti-streetcar move Urban Cincy
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Chabot's attempt to thwart streetcar funding may hit other areas of transit funding Cincinnati Enquirer
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Bellevue Kroger closed for renovations Cincinnati Enquirer
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Annual reports from 37,000 Kentucky businesses not turned in Herald-Leader
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Editorial: Free Trade with Russia means more jobs for Kentucky Courier-Journal
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UK Basketball: Anthony Davis says to Nerlens Noel, 'just play ball' Kentucky Sports Radio
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WKRC REPORTER FINALLY CLEARS UP SEX OFFENDER ERROR
What an awkward, unfortunate situation for TV reporter Rich Jaffe. Via WKRC:
In early May we told you about a disturbing problem affecting one of our own here at Local 12. For almost four years, Reporter Rich Jaffe has been working with authorities to clear his name from a mistake that had a convicted sex offender's face and identity come up when law enforcement ran Rich's Social Security number. Rich, who is not a sex offender, never was, and now thanks to the efforts of multiple different agencies, will no longer appear to be one in the national computer systems. Apparently this problem pops up more frequently than anyone knew, and you can only imagine how much trouble it can cause, especially because most people will never know about it, until they get stopped by police, and then the nightmare begins.Jaffe explains the situation in a video report here: WKRC
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NOT COOL, URBAN OUTFITTERS
It's great that national hipster clothing retailer Urban Outfitters is moving into a trendy location in Louisville where a Blockbuster used to be, but it's not very cool that they are taking all of the sign space. A sign visible from the road once read "Tyler Park Plaza" and featured two businesses. Now it just says "Urban Outfitters". It's particularly not cool for the coffee shop that has operated there for thirteen years:
“We were told that Urban Outfitters demanded all of the signage,” says Greg Hofer, who owns Highland Coffee Co. with his wife Natalie. “It was Tyler Park Plaza, now it’s Urban Outfitters Plaza.” Natalie and Greg Hofer hope that the lack of visibility on Bardstown Road doesn’t jeopardize what they’ve been able to build over the last 13 years. “We expect our regular customers to keep coming back, but it could potentially hurt our business with people who are new to the area,” Natalie Hofer tells LEO. “You always have to recruit new customers to come in, and often people make an impulse decision to come in once they see our sign.” The Hofers have made repeated attempts to contact Urban Outfitters to see if there is a potential for compromise on the signage, but no one from the Philadelphia-based company has responded. Not that there hasn’t been zero outreach from Urban Outfitters. They came in Highland Coffee one day with a gift … of job applications for their employees to come work next door. “They took our sign, they took our space, and now they want our employees,” says Greg Hofer. “OK, we get it, we can take a hint.”Read this whole story: LEO Weekly/Joe Sonka
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WHAT TO DO THIS WEEKEND IN COVINGTON!
WORLD CHOIR GAMES FRIENDSHIP CONCERTS
The series of Friendship Concerts are free to the public and there will be three hosted in Covington:
- Saturday July 7 at the Children's Home of NKY at 4:00PM
- Saturday July 7 at the Devou Park Ampitheater with the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra at 7:30PM
- Sunday July 8 at the Goose Girl Fountain (6th & Main Streets) in Mainstrasse Village at 4:00PM
- Sunday July 8 at Mother of God (Mutter Gottes) Church at 7:30PM
HIT UP THE MADISON THEATER
What's going on this week at the Madison Theater? Click Here
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PRESERVATION ENTHUSIASTS HEAD TO DANVILLE FOR A LITTLE BIKING
For details, click here.
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SAN DIEGO'S JULY 4 FIREWORKS ALL GO OFF AT ONCE
Have you heard about this yet? The City of San Diego boasts of one of the largest fireworks displays in the country, but after Wednesday night, it may qualify as the least coordinated:
One of the largest Fourth of July fireworks shows in the nation was ruined in San Diego Wednesday after a glitch caused all the pyrotechnics to ignite all at once. About five minutes before the Port of San Diego’s Big Bay Boom was to begin at 9 p.m., spectators saw a brilliant display of fireworks that shot up in only 15 seconds – an incredible disappointment to hundreds of thousands of spectators who had waited for hours for the 18-minute show.Los Angeles Times | This is what it looked like: | Maybe we shouldn't laugh too hard... RiverFest is just around the corner. #Karma
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