by Michael Monks
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THREE PROPOSALS FOR DEVELOPING COVINGTON'S RIVERFRONT
The City of Covington received three responses to its proposal requests involving the development of the city's riverfront.How feasible any of the grand plans is will be determined later. But boy, are they grand! Click the link for details and weigh in.
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COVINGTON, NKY LOBBY IN FRANKFORT FOR IMPORTANT PROJECTS
Representatives from Covington, including Commissioner Steve Frank, joined the NKY Chamber of Commerce and NKU President James Votruba in making sure our region's needs are at least heard if not met. Here is a pic from Chamber President Steve Stevens sent on Twitter:
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ATTORNEY ERIC DETERS IS NOT HAPPY WITH COVINGTON POLICE DECISION
The City of Covington won a lawsuit this week after a robbery suspect claimed he was framed by Covington Police. Here is the response from attorney Eric Deters who represents the suspect:
Steven Scott is a black man. The eye witness to the burglary said the burglar was white. Yet, they held Steven Scott for five months, knowing him to be innocent. They asked him to stipulate to probable cause. If he did, they would let him go. He refused. They kept him. These are the battles I fight. They are righteous causes. Don’t give me a bunch of crap about who I am, what I do, or about lawsuits I file. You can go to hell. I won’t be there.
Deters links to the article that details the suit and you can find that at the link below.
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HEALTH DEPT: LOTS OF REPORTS OF VOMITING & DIARRHEA IN NKY
If you've spent any time recently puking and pooping, the NKY Health Department says it may be part of a region-wide outbreak of Norovirus:
The symptoms of Norovirus include vomiting, watery diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea and occasionally a low-grade fever. Norovirus is highly contagious. It is transmitted primarily by consumption of contaminated food or water or by direct person-to-person spread. Most Norovirus outbreaks begin with infection of food by a food-handler immediately before its consumption.To combat the spread of this disease, click the link below for details.
NKY Health
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COVINGTON BANK ROBBERY, KIDNAPPING SUSPECT INDICTED
Be glad that this guy is off the streets:
Joseph Weir, 39, was arrested last Monday for the Dec. 5 robbery at the Huntington Bank at 540 Madison Avenue in Covington. Weir was indicted Thursday on charges of robbery in the first degree, kidnapping, and first degree persistent felony offender status. Last Tuesday, police named Weir as a suspect in the May 31, 2011 abduction of 74-year-old Ann Ernst at the Crestview Hills Town Center.WCPO/Kendall Herold
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AT LEAST WE'RE NOT VILLA HILLS, EPISODE 4,566
That town is a hot mess. The council is demanding the mayor's resignation:
“I hope we can legally remove you,” said Councilman Tim Sogar, noting that although he knows he cannot get the unanimous vote to remove Martin, it’s one way to alleviate the ailing city.In the same week, councils have asked for mayors to resign in Villa Hills and Lancaster, KY.
Cincinnati Enquirer/Libby Cunningham
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SEN. MITCH MCCONNELL IS BITCHING AGAIN
Today it's about the EPA:
“Today, I join my colleagues to support Senator Inhofe’s legislation which reins in the EPA’s job-killing Utility MACT regulation. The coal industry is essential to Kentucky’s economy and many regions of our country—without it American jobs will be lost and energy prices will increase. This regulation threatens the availability of reliable electricity to the American public, costs the taxpayer over $10 billion dollars each year, significantly increases electricity prices, and will result in the loss of tens of thousands of American jobs. Don’t be mistaken, Kentucky is at the center of the Administration’s bulls eye and this rule takes direct aim at Kentucky’s thriving industries. It threatens the jobs of over 1,400 Kentuckians working in aluminum smelter plants as well as Kentucky’s approximately 18,000 coal miners, and not to mention the industries that support them. At a time when many Kentucky families are already making tough financial decisions, we must rein in the Obama EPA and their continued assault on Kentucky jobs and their families.”Just a reminder, this man has been in Washington since 1985. Is Kentucky better off after twenty-seven years of sending him there? 27 YEARS.
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MEANWHILE, SEN. RAND PAUL IS ALSO UPSET
Only his anger is about Americans being detained in Egypt:
Speaking on the Senate floor Thursday, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., challenged Congress to vote on an amendment that would cut U.S. financial support to Egypt until it releases 19 Americans who are being detained in the African country.WFPL/Phillip M. Bailey
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in case you missed...
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THIS MORNING'S NEWS
City commissioners to lobby in Frankfort today; An NKY rapper is busted for trafficking pot; Eerie: A Kentucky haunted house collapses; Plus, morethe Big Pig Gig is returning and king-size Snickers are going away. Those stories and more at the link. |
SH*T PEOPLE IN CINCINNATI SAY, PART TWO
After more than 144,000 views, the "Stuff" People in Cincinnati Say now has a sequel. It's funny... though not as funny as the first one. Check out both of them at the link (but be aware of the salty language).
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BIG NAMES COMING TO INAUGURAL MUSIC FESTIVAL IN CINCINNATI
The Bunbury Music Festival will be headlines by Weezer, Death Cab for Cutie, and Jane's Addiction.
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GOOD NEWS
Unemployment applications are at a 4-year low:
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So... how's that hope and change working out for you:
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TRIBUTE TO NOAH'S ARK IN GRANT COUNTY IS CLOSER THAN EVER!
The people behind the Creation Museum bought the last piece of land they need for a theme park devoted to the story of Noah and all that rain:
Under the direction of Answers in Genesis, the organization responsible for the development of the Creation Museum in Petersburg, Ky., a full scale replica of Noah’s Ark will be built as the featured attraction of Ark Encounter. Developers believe the attraction will draw more than a million people in its first year.Business Courier/Lucy May
Engineering and architectural work on the Ark structure will allow for “significantly greater guest capacity inside the Ark than originally anticipated,” the release said. “This finding has eliminated the need to build additional biblical attractions simultaneously to accommodate the projected crowds.”
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BEHRINGER-CRAWFORD COLLECTING ORAL FLOOD HISTORY
Have a story about the 1937 or 1997 floods? Share it:
The library staff and NKU students will be interviewing volunteers through a question and answer format and recording their answers for storage. A portion of these interviews will be uploaded into the Kentucky Libraries Unbound series online to create easy access to the personal stories.Cincinnati Enquirer
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BIG NAMES COMING TO INAUGURAL MUSIC FESTIVAL IN CINCINNATI
The Bunbury Music Festival will be headlines by Weezer, Death Cab for Cutie, and Jane's Addiction.
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TEBOW!
Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow is coming to Cincinnati:
Cincinnati Christian University will host Tebow on April 25 as part of its Leadership Initiative 2012. He will appear at two events, including A Talk With Tebow, a conversation about faith and football, featuring a short speech from the quarterback and an interview. This event will take place at 4:30 p.m. at Presidents Hall Gymnasium.WLWT
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GOOD NEWS
Unemployment applications are at a 4-year low:
Weekly applications for unemployment benefits dropped 13,000 to a seasonally adjusted 348,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. It was the fourth drop in five weeks and the fewest number of claims since March 2008 — six months before Lehman Brothers collapsed and only a few months into the Great Recession.WCPO
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So... how's that hope and change working out for you:
