Comments on: Cincinnati: Vote No on 9 http://www.urbanophile.com/2009/10/15/cincinnati-vote-no-on-9/ Passionate About Cities Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:39:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: The Urbanophile » Blog Archive » Cincinnati: Water Works and the Commonwealth http://www.urbanophile.com/2009/10/15/cincinnati-vote-no-on-9/comment-page-1/#comment-5547 The Urbanophile » Blog Archive » Cincinnati: Water Works and the Commonwealth Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:31:00 +0000 http://www.arenn.com/2009/10/15/cincinnati-vote-no-on-9/#comment-5547 [...] Cincinnati: Vote No on 9 [...] [...] Cincinnati: Vote No on 9 [...]

]]> By: Anonymous no. 2 http://www.urbanophile.com/2009/10/15/cincinnati-vote-no-on-9/comment-page-1/#comment-5515 Anonymous no. 2 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:40:52 +0000 http://www.arenn.com/2009/10/15/cincinnati-vote-no-on-9/#comment-5515 Coming from a nonprofit advertising and marketing perspective, I would love to see better communications efforts on the part of the pro-streetcar movement. I don't currently live in Cincinnati, but having seen the videos posted, I wish I could tell those responsible for them to simplify and slow down their messages. Especially the first video - there might have been great insights in that ad, but there were too many too quick. I personally didn't take anything away from it. The streetcar initiative is a really important issue for many concerned residents of Cincinnati and I hope that the message is getting through! Coming from a nonprofit advertising and marketing perspective, I would love to see better communications efforts on the part of the pro-streetcar movement. I don’t currently live in Cincinnati, but having seen the videos posted, I wish I could tell those responsible for them to simplify and slow down their messages. Especially the first video – there might have been great insights in that ad, but there were too many too quick. I personally didn’t take anything away from it. The streetcar initiative is a really important issue for many concerned residents of Cincinnati and I hope that the message is getting through!

]]> By: Randy Simes http://www.urbanophile.com/2009/10/15/cincinnati-vote-no-on-9/comment-page-1/#comment-5321 Randy Simes Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:09:35 +0000 http://www.arenn.com/2009/10/15/cincinnati-vote-no-on-9/#comment-5321 You hit on the key points relating to this particular issue. The problem is more with the approach and the style of government it creates than anything else. More red tape, dysfunctional operations and singling out one particular form of transportation just doesn't make sense. You hit on the key points relating to this particular issue. The problem is more with the approach and the style of government it creates than anything else. More red tape, dysfunctional operations and singling out one particular form of transportation just doesn't make sense.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.urbanophile.com/2009/10/15/cincinnati-vote-no-on-9/comment-page-1/#comment-5320 Anonymous Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:11:20 +0000 http://www.arenn.com/2009/10/15/cincinnati-vote-no-on-9/#comment-5320 Interesting. Although California is the posterchild for referenda dysfunction, is anyone aware of other municipal or state governments that have gorged themselves on the buffet of government by ballot box (with similar results)? Interesting. Although California is the posterchild for referenda dysfunction, is anyone aware of other municipal or state governments that have gorged themselves on the buffet of government by ballot box (with similar results)?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.urbanophile.com/2009/10/15/cincinnati-vote-no-on-9/comment-page-1/#comment-5319 Anonymous Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:01:26 +0000 http://www.arenn.com/2009/10/15/cincinnati-vote-no-on-9/#comment-5319 I would say issue # 9 sounds like a bad idea, and I would hate it if that existed in Chicago. I agree with TU on a local government needing flexibility for things like transportation.<br /><br />As it relates to street cars, I don't like them and think they are a bad idea. They create more maintenance and all that rail needs to be maintained as well as all the electrical lines which would be required and frankly ugly to look it draped everywhere. subways are my vote, out of sight, keep the lines of the cities clean. I would say issue # 9 sounds like a bad idea, and I would hate it if that existed in Chicago. I agree with TU on a local government needing flexibility for things like transportation.

As it relates to street cars, I don't like them and think they are a bad idea. They create more maintenance and all that rail needs to be maintained as well as all the electrical lines which would be required and frankly ugly to look it draped everywhere. subways are my vote, out of sight, keep the lines of the cities clean.

]]> By: 5chw4r7z http://www.urbanophile.com/2009/10/15/cincinnati-vote-no-on-9/comment-page-1/#comment-5318 5chw4r7z Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:37:39 +0000 http://www.arenn.com/2009/10/15/cincinnati-vote-no-on-9/#comment-5318 Thanks for giving us an outsider's objective view. <br />Some times, it seems we're preaching to the choir so its nice to know (as if we didn't already) that someone outside looking with no stake in it thinks Issue #9 is a very bad deal.<br /><br />The message is slowly getting out, some of the most conservative anti-streetcar people I know on the west-side have stated Issue #9 is a bad way of going about defeating the streetcar. Thanks for giving us an outsider's objective view.
Some times, it seems we're preaching to the choir so its nice to know (as if we didn't already) that someone outside looking with no stake in it thinks Issue #9 is a very bad deal.

The message is slowly getting out, some of the most conservative anti-streetcar people I know on the west-side have stated Issue #9 is a bad way of going about defeating the streetcar.

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