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Oh leggo. It feel like the #FCCincinnati stadium is a good place to start. Folks may recall there were rumors about the construction of a #Cincinnati in 2017, but the capitalists were quite tight lipped https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/soccer/fc-cincinnati/2017/02/16/fc-cincinnati-no-point-responding-stadium-rumors-speculation/97892584/ https://twitter.com/onlyAshleigh/status/1329448535599800322
2017 was a fun year in #Cincinnati politics because John Cranley was up for reelection but former councilmember Yvette Simpson @ysimpsonpower ran against him, and beat him in the primary https://www.newsrecord.org/news/cincinnati-mayoral-race-heats-up-simpson-gains-traction/article_933ffa1c-8d13-11e7-b91f-07dd0e6fef6f.html
IMPT to note because in thiscontentious race there was no mention in Cranleys platform to build a stadium in #Cincinnati +Cranley won the election arguably in part because Simpson called for community benefits for large projects like Children's Hospital https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics-extra/2017/09/12/px-yvette-simpsons-stance-childrens-deal-still-scares-people/657104001/
Fresh off a reelection win, Cranley introduced #FCCincinnati stadium legislation that got folks in Oakley (a majority white, more #Cincinnati affluent neighborhood) like whet? So their council rejects the proposal on a Sunday night https://www.fox19.com/story/36928397/oakley-leaders-reject-fc-cincinnati-stadium-plan-on-eve-of-cincinnati-city-councils-vote/
Oh yeah and this: " #FCCincinnati owners and their family members gave at least $112,000 to local campaigns in 2017, donating the most to #Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley, who has been very supportive of a new soccer stadium coming to the city." https://www.wcpo.com/news/insider-premium/heres-how-much-fc-cincinnati-owners-family-gave-to-cranley-commission-members-ahead-of-election
Fast forward Feb 2018, the stadium aint dead ( #FCCincinnati owners have until the end of March to get the site for a MLS bid). It in fact looks like the #Cincinnati stadium could land in the historically Black, mostly working class West End neighborhood https://www.citybeat.com/news/news-feature/blog/20992449/waiting-in-cincinnatis-west-end
Knowing that Black folks, and working class folks would organize against the project #FCCincinnati hired Mark Mallory, the first popularly elected Black Mayor of #Cincinnati to do "community engagement " https://www.wlwt.com/article/prominent-cincinnati-family-sharply-divided-on-potential-west-end-stadium/16018331
After weeks of non stop organizing to preserve this historic Black neighborhood, the #Cincinnati West End community Council voted against any development of the #FCCincinnati project https://www.citybeat.com/news/blog/20997430/west-end-community-council-votes-against-fcc-stadium
The deadline passes, no site was selected. Oh and Cranley wants then city Mgr Harry Black gone for a variety of reasons but of note is that the contention becomes more public when Black starts pushing back on #Cincinnati police
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://amp.cincinnati.com/amp/472947002&ved=2ahUKEwi-983zgo_tAhXRZc0KHQHmA3Q4ChAWMAB6BAgBEAE&usg=AOvVaw0UfH_QkwR_KNVsdNNIuh5p
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://amp.cincinnati.com/amp/472947002&ved=2ahUKEwi-983zgo_tAhXRZc0KHQHmA3Q4ChAWMAB6BAgBEAE&usg=AOvVaw0UfH_QkwR_KNVsdNNIuh5p
But this damn stadium won't die because #Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley won't let it. https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics-extra/2018/03/22/px-column-john-cranley-tries-keep-fc-cincinnati-stadium-hopes-alive-amid-city-hall-chaos/446262002/
Organizing against the #FCCincinnati stadium persists into April 2018, see the dope tweet from capturing an elder saying "Go home FC Cincinnati and take Jeff Berding with ya" http://local12.com/news/local/west-end-residents-protest-fc-cincinnati-stadium
Unfortunately #Cincinnati City Council (with PG being the betraying swing vote) ignored poor, working class, Black folks and approved the stadium in the West End. Awarding 33.9 mil for infrastructure in the process https://www.fox19.com/story/37962645/cincinnati-city-council-to-hold-special-meeting-vote-on-fc-cincinnati-stadium-funding-plan/
Why does this matter in
re: of another arrest of a #Cincinnati elected official? 1. Because regardless of if the FBI declares above behavior corrupt it IS.
2. The culture of white developmers is to gaslight and out maneuver everyone
3. The whole damn system is guilty as hell
re: of another arrest of a #Cincinnati elected official? 1. Because regardless of if the FBI declares above behavior corrupt it IS.
2. The culture of white developmers is to gaslight and out maneuver everyone
3. The whole damn system is guilty as hell
