THE RIVER CITY NEWS MORE COVINGTON NEWS THAN ANY OTHER SOURCE
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by Michael Monks
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DARA MCDOWELL DROPS OUT OF RACE FOR COVINGTON MAYOR
Dara McDowell, the Monte Casino home school advocate and mother of eight withdrew from the mayor's race Tuesday afternoon saying that she would not be a good candidate to represent gay citizens the way they should be represented. A full interview with the former candidate is at the link.
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MCDOWELL'S DEPARTURE LEAVES TWO SITTING CITY COMMISSIONERS IN THE RACE:
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| Commissioner Sherry Carran |
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| Commissioner Steve Casper |
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QUESTION: Covington is one of only 3 city or county governments that currently has a human rights ordinance in Kentucky (often referred to as the Fairness Ordinance) protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender persons from discrimination. Given the recent examples of intolerance against the LGBT community in Northern Kentucky, do you think it is important to continue to have these ordinances in place?
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NOTE: During an earlier posting, the answers presented below did not match the question that was highlighted but that has now been fixed. Apologies for the editing error and the full survey is at the link below.
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NOTE: During an earlier posting, the answers presented below did not match the question that was highlighted but that has now been fixed. Apologies for the editing error and the full survey is at the link below.
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CARRAN: It is a shame that we need ‘Fairness Ordinances’ but the reality is we do. Discrimination – bigotry – intolerance, whatever you call it, exists in our society and therefore we need to set laws preventing injustices caused by this kind of mentality. Covington’s Human Rights Ordinance has not only set regulations regarding fairness but I believe the Ordinance has gone a long way to making our community a more welcoming place and a place of choice for those who appreciate diversity of all kind.
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CASPER: This is simple, Yes! What makes Covington so special is our diversity.
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Other questions include issues involving the Northern Kentucky Area Planning Commission, homelessness, clean energy, and economic development in the urban core. For the candidates' full responses to each, click the link below.
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THE PLAN FOR DOWNTOWN COVINGTON IS HERE. NOW WHAT?
"This is not just plan number twenty-one." The plan to revitalize Downtown Covington needs several pieces to fall into place very soon or it could face the same fate as the twenty plans that came before it. Details from Tuesday night's presentation at the link. |
BONUS COVERAGE:
-The Denver-based firm that created the Center City Action Plan put a strong emphasis on what it calls "quick wins", a noticeable action or change that is immediately visible to the people. One such suggestion is to move forward in improving 6th Street between Mainstrasse and Madison Avenue, starting with the train overpass that separates Mainstrasse from Mutter Gottes. The plan calls for the linking for all the important areas that drive Covington's economy Downtown and that a reimagined strip between Mainstrasse and the Central Business District would be a good start.
-However, another aspect of the plan is to streamline the "Center City" stakeholders and already there may be some confusion in who kicks off the effort to better the area around the train overpass at 6th Street. At Tuesday night's meeting, Commission Carran mentioned that the Mutter Gottes neighborhood had applied for and received a "place matters" grant from the Center for Great Neighborhoods to clean up the area, while the City's community development department and Renaissance Covington each have ideas of their own.
-The PUMA team will return to Covington in June with its retail consultant from New York City who was said to be very impressed with the possibilities along Madison Avenue and Pike Street. That consultant will explain how Covington could capitalize on those possibilities, mainly through focusing on niche businesses that fill a void in the region.
-Brad Segal, PUMA's President, explained that Gateway College has been far more involved in the revitalization plans than a community college typically is. In fact, Commissioner Steve Frank, who sits on the school's foundation board, said that Gateway's urban campus will not just teach classes and hand out degrees but will offer an entrepreneurial emphasis so that each graduate would understand how to operate his or her own business, preferably in Covington.
-As to the funding of some of the suggestions, the City is not starting with a zero balance. City Manager Larry Klein said that some of the projects could be paid for from the city's budget which allocates funds for public improvements.
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Mayor Chuck Scheper and City Commissioners will continue the C+V=G tour this week to explain to neighborhood groups the overall vision for keeping the City on the right track.
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MONTE CASINO
Tonight at 6:00PM at the Center for Great Neighborhoods, 1650 Russell Street.
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SOUTH COVINGTON
Thursday evening at 7:00PM (with a half hour social that starts at 6:30PM) at the Hands Pike Firehouse.
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COMMISSIONER STEVE FRANK SAYS TOLLS ON THE NEW BRENT SPENCE BRIDGE WOULD FALL DISPROPORTIONATELY UPON NORTHERN KENTUCKIANS:
I am going to throw down some markers. The cost of this tolling will fall disproportionately on we the people of Northern Kentucky and particularly those of Covington and the inner ring suburbs such as Park Hills, Ft. Mitchell, Villa Hills, and Edgewood as it is we who travel across the bridge everyday to work. One essential question before any of us can be on board for tolls is what is the toll likely to be? We used to pay a dime to cross the Shortway Bridge between Newport and Covington. I know the toll won’t be a dime. I have however seen bridge tolls of as much as $8 to cross the Tappan Zee or George Washington Bridge in New York. No one here will even begin to support tolls unless we know what we are signing up for.Second, since it would be we in Northern Kentucky who would be paying a disproportionate share of the local cost of tolling; I’m throwing down a marker. If we do not get the design we want. There will be no bridge built because there will be no local match and I have the horses to make good on that threat.Read Frank's full statement here.
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4TH DISTRICT CONGRESSIONAL GOP PRIMARY INTENSIFIES
The two county judges-executive in the race continue to focus their attacks on each other with Boone County's Gary Moore targeting the budget produced by Lewis County's Thomas Massie. From cn|2:
Moore’s ad is airing in the Louisville and Northern Kentucky cable markets. It highlights the high unemployment rate in Lewis County, as well as some of the economic factors in Boone County, one of the most prosperous in Kentucky.|
Massie says the ad is misleading according to WFPL:
“Thomas’s first year he found the previous year’s budget was really just an act of fiction. They budgeted 800,000 and overspent by several hundred thousand, so Thomas put a real budget in and made appropriate cuts,” says campaign chairman Phil Moffett.|
Moffett further calls the claims regarding Massie’s effects on unemployment “absurd.”
Meanwhile, a Super PAC supporting Massie plans an ad blitz against Moore in the coming days cn|2
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And while Moore and Massie take swipes at each other, State Representative Alecia Webb-Edgington continues to pile up endorsements, the latest coming from the Susan B. Anthony anti-abortion organization press release
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QUICKIES
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Who is setting Florence on fire? NKY Spot
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Not much love for patient protection and affordable health care at a state forum cn|2
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Attorney General and Secretary of State join forces to ensure fair elections in Kentucky press release
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Toyota boosts engine production, creates more jobs in Georgetown press release
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Highlands teacher resigns amid sex allegations WKRC
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Villa Hills citizens create signs that call for mayor's resignation Cincinnati Enquirer
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Historic marker goes up at Muhammad Ali's childhood home in Louisville Courier-Journal
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Families react to hearing the surviving co-pilot of the Comair flight that crashed in Lexington in 2006 WKYT
|Route 8 was closed by a landslide near Flemingsburg Ledger-Independent
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Two Boone County homes added to National Register The Kaintuckeean
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Beechwood, Highlands rank high on state list of best schools WXIX
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Kentucky Derby ratings increase Business First
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CREATION MUSEUM FOUNDER SAYS ATHEISTS ARE ANGRY THAT HIS ESTABLISHMENT IS INCLUDED IN THE "THERE'S ONLY ONE KENTUCKY" TOURISM CAMPAIGN
From Ken Ham's Facebook page:
Well the atheist blogs and certain news sources are going 'nuts' because the Creation Museum was listed as one of the tourist attractions on an official Kentucky website. The intolerant secularists just can't tolerate something Christian that is such high quality being on such a list. And of course, the Creation Museum is a significant tourist attraction in Kentucky--providing many jobs and bringing in considerable dollars to the State. The secularists want discrimination against Christianity in this nation. I wouldn't bother quoting from the atheist blogs as they are the usual vile blasphemous stuff. The secularists already have legislation to protect their religion of naturalism/evolution in public schools --and they are not content with just that. They want Christianity eliminated from the culture.Ham doesn't offer any links to the criticism and a quick search did not reveal any. But here's what the "There's Only One Kentucky" website says about the Creation Museum:
The Creation Museum is a state-of-the-art 60,000 square foot museum presenting biblical history. Developed by a former Universal Studios designer, this unique venue enganges the senses and stimulates the imagination. Throughtout the museum are life-size dinosaurs, animatronics and visually stunning displays including a Stargazers Room Planetarium, Special Effects Theater and Botanical Gardens.What is interesting is that the website offers little snippets of information about each of its listings except for one...
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HERE'S THE DESCRIPTION FOR COVINGTON'S SAINT MARY'S CATHEDRAL BASILICA OF THE ASSUMPTION:
...Yep. Nothin'. Click here to see for yourself.
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Hey look! A festival in Mainstrasse! Only this one celebrates the residents:
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MORE QUICKIES
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Gateway College graduates nurses, including 5 from Covington Gateway
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Vision 2015's Kara Williams is profiled Soapbox
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Mainstrasse's Bouquest restaurant had to close unexpectedly Tuesday night due to the construction for its expansion but they will be back open today -- and it's half price wine night!
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Another new restaurant is coming to the Banks in Cincinnati and this one will be built as a new stand-alone structure Urban Cincy
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If you speak English and Spanish, there's a job opening for you at the NKY Health Department NKY Health
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Drinking water reminds us to conserve water press release
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Crossfit Covington sends out a call for a male model needed to an art class:
Hey guys, anyone interested in making $50 bucks on Thursday night? Looking for a "fit" male to model for an art class at Leapin' Lizard starting at 7pm Thursday night. Would really be helping me out.
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HOLMES HIGH SCHOOL STAFF MEMBER APPOINTED TO STATE COMMISSION:
Joan Gregory of Fort Thomas, a retired teacher, was appointed to the Kentucky Commission on Women. She is part-time coordinator of the International Baccalaureate program at Holmes High School. Her term will expire Jan. 17, 2016.The Lane Report
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NKY YOUTH FOUNDATION SEEKS HELP IN BATTLING BULLIES
Can you help?
We are respectfully requesting that you become involved in this endeavor. Therefore, we are providing opportunities for cross-promotion through financial endorsements. The Anti-Bully Campaign production costs are expected to run approximately $15,000 – related to the film, printing of the kits, and marketing. We are seeking 15 organizations to donate $1,000 each with the provisions that Northern Kentucky Youth Foundation and Plum Street Productions offer:NKY Youth Foundation
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THEY ARE MEASURING THE CURTAINS AT UPTECH:
Not really – when you have the whole 10th floor (which is the top floor) of a Riverfront Place you don't need curtains. You can see everything and no one can see you. This week the furniture is moving in, the offices are being wired and the coffee maker is being plugged in as we make ready the space. We are also preparing all the necessary legal documents, between the UpTech Equity Fund. Our attorney and fund manager duo of David Willibrand and Brad Zapp are hard at work on the legal and financial side of the on-boarding process.UpTech
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DESTINATION: GRADUATION PROFILE
Another soon-to-be-graduate at Holmes High School is recognized:
More on Lauren at the link.Lauren is one of the top students at Holmes High School. She has a 5.2 weighted grade point average and scored 29 on the ACT. She also is a member of the National Honor Society. History teacher, Micah Burden, said Lauren is always prepared for class, earning all A’s with the exception of one B+ last year.
Lauren Tucker
Lauren also has been involved in many extracurricular activities, such as plays, sports and service learning. She has spent many hours rehearsing for parts in musicals such as “Alice in Wonderland” and “Seussical the Musical,” “Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” and currently “Beauty and the Beast.”
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UK'S TOP RECRUIT ATTRACTS NCAA INQUIRY
Let's all breathe and try not to panic, but:
Cindi Merrill and Frank Smith, assistant directors of enforcement with the N.C.A.A., went to Everett High School on Tuesday to meet with school officials about the 6-foot-10 (Nerlens) Noel, who spent his freshman and sophomore years there. Merrill and Smith specialize in basketball-related issues.
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LEXINGTON NEWSPAPER CREATES DRAMA BY POKING FUN AT COACH CALIPARI
A controversial cartoon may have the Herald-Leader's cancellation number ringing off the hook. See the cartoon here: Kentucky Sports Radio
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UK basketball expert Oscar Combs weighed in on Twitter:
This HL cartoon controversy wouldn't be so hypocritical, if HL wasn't hawking reprints of front pages of UK hoops at $5 each 7 days a week.Snap!
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Could UK and UC play next season? It's possible Cincinnati Enquirer
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John Calipari won't leave UK for the New York Knicks NY Daily News
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Governor Beshear thanks Kansas Governor Brownback for the beef press release
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SHORT DISTANCE RELATIONSHIPS NOT WORKING FOR LOCAL MAN
LOL:
Michael had a similar experience when he began dating a woman who lived in Ft. Thomas, Kentucky. He was hopeful that living in separate states might help create a more meaningful relationship. “Maybe I should have at least tried to find someone outside of the I-275 loop,” Michael laments.Derf Magazine
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HEADLINE OF THE DAY:
Elderly Man Arrested for Dirty Talk to 911 Operators
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