A council committee then approved the same amount of money for pedestrian safety projects an ordinance only proposed as a reaction to the defeated proposal.
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Westside residents had a clear message for Cincinnati council members Monday night: they re tired of meetings about violent crime and ready for action. Nearly a hundred people attended a special session of the Neighborhoods Committee in East Westwood.
Aurelia Persley says she doesn t feel safe with her two kids in East Westwood, and she worries about being the next target of gun violence. I could step out my door and somebody could be shooting right there next to me, Persley said. I don’t want that every time I step outside. I don t want anybody to have to go through that every time they step outside or go somewhere and have to get shot or killed because they re just stepping outside the door.
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Cincinnati City Council voted Wednesday not to suspend Council Member Wendell Young following his April indictment on a tampering with evidence charge related to the 2018 "Gang of Five" scandal.