There has never been and never will be a city election in this town where people have spent the summer fretting over the council election. Even this year, when there is plenty of fretting that could be done.
âWe are a movement:â Issue 3 backers pledge to continue despite resounding defeat
Where do Cincinnatiâs affordable-housing advocates go from here? Itâs a question they appear to be asking themselves.
Issue 3 fails on ballot By Morgan Parrish and Brian Planalp | May 5, 2021 at 6:23 PM EDT - Updated May 13 at 11:32 AM
CINCINNATI (FOX19) - Cincinnati voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected an affordable housing charter amendment, sending the issueâs supporters back to the drawing board on one the cityâs most pressing needs.
Issue 3 would have required that city council appropriate $50 million to affordable housing every year.
Supporters say it took five years to get the amendment on the ballot. It garnered just 27 percent of the vote.
As nation awaits Chauvin verdict, Cincinnati preps for possibility of protests Share Updated: 6:14 PM EDT Apr 19, 2021 Share Updated: 6:14 PM EDT Apr 19, 2021
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Show Transcript TONIGHT WITH MORE JOHN. YEAH AND CHERIE THIS IS OFTEN. GATHERING PLACE FOR DEMONSTRATIONS AND JUST LAST WEEK A ROW OF METAL BIKE RACK STYLE FENCING THAT YOU CAN SEE ACROSS THE STREET HERE WAS PUT IN FRONT OF THE HAMILTON COUNTY COURTHOUSE. WE ARE TOLD THIS WAS DONE AS A PRECAUTION. THOSE IN CHARGE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY KNOW IT IS PRUDENT TO BE PREPARED FOR WHATEVER THE AFTERMATH OF THE CHAUVIN TRIAL BRINGS. WELL, I’M IN TOUCH WITH CHIEF ISAAC DAILY, AND THEY’RE MONITORING ALL INTELLIGENCE. THE HAMILTON COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT HAS SPENT THE PAST THREE. WEEKS MONITORING THE CHAUVIN TRIAL AND ASSESSING THE POSSIBILITIES, YOU KNOW IN THESE SITUATIONS THAT CAN BE PRETTY EMOTIONALLY CHARGED. THEY CAN BECOME VERY UNPREDICTABLE, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHY WE NEED TO