Issue 1, Issue 2: What you need to know about anti-corruption amendments on Cincinnati ballot wcpo.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wcpo.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Jennifer Edwards Baker | FOX 19
CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) - A special prosecutor tells FOX19 NOW he plans to ask the Ohio Supreme Court to initiate suspension proceedings against Cincinnati City Councilman Wendell Young following his felony indictment.
“I think so. You have an elected official who committed a felony. It’s just appropriate he be suspended,” Patrick Hanley said Wednesday morning.
Hanley said he plans to file motions with the Ohio Supreme Court either this week or next week for sure to begin that process.
Under state law, Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor would then appoint a panel of judges to review evidence in the case and decide whether to suspend Young.
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So how did Cincinnati end up with the council-manager form of government, where a professional city manager runs the day-to-day operations and a nine-member council sets policy?
It was a case of political bossism gone haywire in the 1920s that pushed Cincinnati into this relatively new, clean and efficient form of government – one that had little hint of scandal or corruption until 2020, when no less than three council members were indicted on federal corruption charges.
There was a period for over 40 years in the late 19th century and early 20th century when many of Cincinnati s citizens seemed willing to close their eyes and pretend they didn t see the corruption of the city s Republican political bosses.
Smitherman & Sundermann Discuss Issues 1 & 2, The Anti-Corruption Reforms On May Ballot wvxu.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wvxu.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Letters: New Eastern bypass is a better solution than bridge
Letters to the editor
In response to a March 31 Enquirer article, Brent Spence Bridge: How this week may have changed the future of Greater Cincinnati s biggest project: A new bridge will not economically benefit Cincinnati or Northern Kentucky. However, a new Eastern bypass will benefit rural areas around the region and is the commonsense solution by taking traffic out of both the I-71 and I-75 corridors while boosting the economies of the outer reaches of Cincinnati for decades to come. I remember the rural areas of Cincinnati prior to the construction of I-275. Milford, my hometown – for one of many examples – and Loveland, it s neighbor, have benefited greatly by the diverting of traffic around Cincinnati. Just look at those suburbs today. A new bridge plan with tolls to fund has been the political talking point for years and that idea, indeed, gets all the attention. But, Cincinnati, we must wake up. Th