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by Michael Monks
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PRICE TO STORE FIREWORKS SEIZED FROM COVINGTON DEALER: $8.3M
The man whose grandfather once operated Sam's ice cream shop on Pike Street and who created a multi-million dollar fireworks business in the space and who served time in federal prison after pleading guilty to not having a permit for his work in the industry, is at the center of an $8.3 million bill accrued by the federal government to store the seized fireworks in Nebraska:
While the value of the roughly million pounds of fireworks is disputed, the ATF has likely spent at least eight times their worth on storage costs.Read the full story about Sam Droganes: Cincinnati Enquirer/Jim Hannah
And some of the fireworks may now be dangerously unstable because they have not been stored properly for five years. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is paying $101,790 per month to store 44 tractor loads of fireworks at the former Cornhusker Army Ammunition Plant in Nebraska.
Fallout from the investigation forced the ATF to re-evaluate its practices, led a U.S. magistrate judge in May to recommend precedence-setting sanctions against the federal government and left a man once recognized by the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce as one of the area’s most successful entrepreneurs in economic ruin.
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THE SIMPLE MATH THAT CAN SAVE CITIES FROM BANKRUPTCY
Are old vacant buildings in Downtown areas, like the ones in Covington, the key to fending off the prospect of bankruptcy? Maybe:
We tend to think that broke cities have two options: raise taxes, or cut services. Minicozzi, though, is trying to point to the basic but long-buried math of our tax system that cities should be exploiting instead: Per-acre, our downtowns have the potential to generate so much more public wealth than low-density subdivisions or massive malls by the highway. And for all that revenue they bring in, downtowns cost considerably less to maintain in public services and infrastructure.The Atlantic Cities/Emily Badger
“We really are kind of preachy, because we know it works,” says Minicozzi, who has performed similar tax studies in 15 cities across the country. “And the reason we know it works is because cities have been here forever. That’s all we’re saying: think urban. When I talk with people about urbanism, we as hairless apes have lived in these things called cities for thousands of years. Now over these last 40 years, we think we don’t need them any more?”
So, broke cities: Need money? If you’ve got underutilized buildings in your downtown, do anything you can to fix them up, because that’s where your wealth comes from. This is Minicozzi’s first lesson.
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Fixing up Downtown buildings is one of the top priorities at Covington City Hall as evidenced in an ambitious, generous incentives package that aims to bring in new entrepreneurs and property developers. Read about the program at the link.
Selling Covington: We're All Ambassadors Now
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Right Now happens to be a great time to capitalize on the potential for urban renaissance...
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CITIES ARE GROWING FASTER THAN SUBURBS FOR 1ST TIME SINCE 1920S
CITIES ARE GROWING FASTER THAN SUBURBS FOR 1ST TIME SINCE 1920S
But there are deeper long-term trends at work. Perhaps the most important is a fundamental change in cities’ economies from industry to services, with loud, smelly factories moving out while bankers and tech startups move in. That has been accompanied by a demographic rebalancing: “white flight” has ended, with affluent young professionals moving back into cities and driving up housing prices. Meanwhile,immigrants and blacks are increasingly finding homes in the suburbs.Slate
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However, this report shows that in Cincinnati and Louisville, suburban growth is still slightly outpacing urban growth:
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THE RIVER CITY NEWS MORE COVINGTON NEWS THAN ANY OTHER SOURCE
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BABYSITTER FACES MORE CHARGES IN KENTON COUNTY
The massive search for a missing 1-year old boy in City Heights who had been dead in Cincinnati all along, cost taxpayers on this side of the river $10,000 and left Covington with just 2 officers to patrol the rest of the city. Now, the babysitter who fabricated the story faces charges in Kenton County as the prosecutor seeks to get some of that money back.
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THE SUNDAY EDITION
Delays for Covington's music scene as the Madison's expansion is months behind and Bangarang's is still shut down; Jeff Ruby is confident that the Waterfront will reopen; Plus, a look back at the busy week that was and a look ahead to the week that will be. It's all inside The Sunday Edition -- at the link!
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QUICKIES
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First bill filed for Kentucky's 2013 General Assembly session would increase penalties for DUI Cincinnati Enquirer
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Letter to Editor: Would a Massie win in November mean that Texas is better represented by NKY's Congressman? Cincinnati Enquirer
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Kathy Groob: Parades are for candidates Elect Women
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Columnist: Which Party in Kentucky wins in Obamacare ruling? Courier-Journal
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More trouble for Western Kentucky bridge that was struck by barge as navigation lights fail Herald-Leader
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Gem mining now available for visitors to a Kentucky state park WKYT
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Check out the big makeover for Washington Park in Over-the-Rhine Cincinnati Enquirer
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SPORTS: Holy Cross senior-to-be Connor Callery commits to play baseball at Ohio University NKY Sports Blog
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GAY PRIDE CELEBRATION IN COVINGTON SUNDAY
The annual NKY Pride celebration took place Sunday afternoon and evening at 7th & Bakewell Streets in Mainstrasse Village. Photos:
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Where in Covington am I?
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FROM THE YOUTUBE COMPLAINT DEPARTMENT
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HAS ONE OF YOUR KIDS EVER CUT ANOTHER'S HAIR?
It happens, but rarely do the children get interviewed by NPR. Of course it helps when the father of the kids involved works at the radio network. You'll want to listen to this, especially if you woke up with a case of the Mondays. Via PRX:
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