John Schlagetter makes observations on Chris Anderson's comments regarding so called segregation in Cincinnati. Chris has followed up on yesterday's remarks with more.

Love on the Rocks
It appears that John Cranley, Cincinnati Councilman, was dating older woman Leslie Ghiz, who is a former city administrator now running for City Council. They are just friends at the present. I guess the sparks could not fly between a democrat and republican enough to start a fire, even here in Cincinnati. Well, maybe in springtime, things might change.

Bengals Hire Lewis
I was going to write about this, but Chris Anderson has done so, admirably.

Ohio Senate Republicans defend their new leader
The wagons are circling as expected. They are going to hunker down for the winter and hope the cavalry comes before the war drums play again.

Dead prostitute testified against cop This quote should have been a little higher in the article.

Homicide investigators said they "haven't ruled anybody out," but don't suspect that Knight is connected to Mapp's death.

This women was called by prosecutors "a brave little soul," but was wanted by police for allegedly cutting a women during a robbery. The cop she testified against, for years ago, appears to be scum, but this story has a certain yellow flavor.

MAKE SURE TO READ Chris Anderson's comments on Ohio Senator Doug White. Chris brings up White's past habit of racial insensitivity and White's self declared "Hillbilly" background reported in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Doug White sounds more and more like what might be called the stereotypical northern prejudiced bigot. White is not a racist and is not anti-Semitic, but he just does not like black or Jewish culture much, or at least not enough to know that Jews don't like to be stereotyped as greedy, and blacks don't like to be treated like good luck charms (property). Is this the kind of person who should be President of the Ohio Senate? I am starting to consider no. Now, first I must admit that he is a Republican, and I surely am not for most Republicans, but I especially don’t like those Republican’s that try to instill on the government a sense of unsophisticated piety rooted in a faux homespun attitude. Hiding behind a rustic upbringing as the defense of personal prejudice is not going to fly, even here in caustic free Ohio.

The WhistleBlower is Gone
I do not know why the Blower is gone, but I wonder if Nate Livingston's reported threats of a lawsuit caused problems? The url http://www.thewhistleblower.net now points to http://www.newsbyfax.com. The Blower may still exist via fax and/or email, but it appears that the post from the weekend was no joke.