If you do not live in Cincinnati, please share this with friends and relatives who do. This is an abuse of the Democratic process.
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From: Randy Simes
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 1:33 PM
Subject: Another streetcar vote on May 3rd
Please read the following message from John Schneider. It appears that the same special interest groups that were defeated in November 2009 during the Issue 9 campaign refuse to listen to the voters of Cincinnati and will put forth a new charter amendment that would be even more dangerous than the last when it comes to building a 21st century economy in Cincinnati.
Please, please, please make sure you are prepared and registered to vote this May and do everything in your power to share this message with your friends, family and colleauges. If we can turn out a lot of people this May, we will win (again). If you would like to learn more about the Cincinnati Streetcar please visit the city's official website. To learn more about Cincinnati's long-term light rail plans visit the Alliance for Regional Transit's website. All of this would be killed by the special interest agenda being pushed by COAST. Thanks for your time and consideration.
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Randy A. Simes | Owner & Managing Editor
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From: <Millvalley@aol.com>
Date: Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 12:46 PM
From: <Millvalley@aol.com>
Date: Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 12:46 PM
Dear Streetcar Supporter,
They will get the signatures, and they will make Cincinnatians spend $400,000 to re-litigate the decisive vote of November, 2009. This ballot language is actually worse than the last time. It prevents City Council from spending any money for streetcars and light rail until after December 31st 2020.
So even if gas prices rise to $4 or more over the next ten years, the City of Cincinnati can't spend a dime even to plan for rail, even if all the money were to come from the State or the Feds, or even if it were built with private funds. The language doesn't even provide the option of holding a vote on whether we should build rail.
Huh? I thought last time their slogan was: "We Demand a Vote!"
This election will probably be decided by fewer than 25,000 voters, fewer than one in ten Cincinnatians, so your involvement has a lot of leverage. We'll need to re-connect, and soon, perhaps as early as next week.
For starters, make sure anyone you know who might be inclined to sign the petition reads it very carefully. Second, make sure you are registered at the correct polling place and make sure any Cincinnati-resident supporters you know are similarly registered. This will be a game of inches, won with lots of individual efforts.
Thanks - we'll beat this again,
John Schneider
