Controversial Over-the-Rhine project hits snag, debate in Cincinnati City Council Sharon Coolidge and Randy Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer
Development of a controversial project at the corner of Liberty and Elm streets in Over-the-Rhine is on hold.
The vote was 7-2 with Republican Councilmembers Steve Goodin and Betsy Sundermann voting no.
Mayor John Cranley, who does not vote, but presides over Council, weighed in for the first time and gave council a tongue-lashing for being anti-development.
His points: Elm and Liberty is a vacant lot and nobody is being displaced; the streetcar is hailed for bringing economic development, and that s exactly what this development is; and the incentives being offered on the project are the same as for other projects.