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Seven o six at forty five krs DE talk station A very happy Friday Eve Flash Thursday to you Got to Heart be the aviation. Next for Jay Raffle of A thirty Corey Bowman's going to join the program in one hour telephone. This time. He won't be in studio, but we're going to get his comments about the debate and his campaign seems to be doing pretty well by all accounts, and someone knows all about that. Our citizen watchdog, Todd Zinzer, former Inspector General, is in studio. Todd Man,
it's always a pleasure. You know so much about what's going on in the city of Cincinnati. It just cracks me up. A couple of story as you talked about as you came in the in the studio this morning, you have got me laughing, and we're gonna get to those. I'm not gonna keep that information under wraps, but it's good to have you in the studio. Mike Ran, thank you for what you're doing. Oh and real quick, I just want to interject, because cribbage, Mike, My listeners know cribbage.
Mike's guy I played cribbage with. He was a submariner. Thank you for your service to our country, but also for passing this along. If you're gonna go to the parade,
there's gonna be something extra special going on. Mike. Let me know that he along with his local submarine veterans, are going to be in the opening day parade with the thirty foot replica of the United USS Cincinnati sub and he noted that the actual parts of the decommission in the USS Cincinnati will be the centerpiece of the Cold War Memorial and Museum at the Voice of America Park. So keep your eyes peeled for that, and give him a big round of applause and thank those guys for
the amazing service for our country. Can you imagine being stuck in that tin can underwater for I think he said his longest was fifty seven days or something like that. Tough job. That is tough job, Toms Enzers got keep it on top of all the fraud, waste and abuse in Shenanigans going on. Let us begin with have to have provol Okay, we'll get to the debate and your perception of the debate a little bit later in the segment.
But let me tell my listeners about the complaint that's been filed, because I think we have what is rightfully called a Shenanigan's declaration in the form of a lawsuit.
Well, it's a complaint to the Ohio Election Commission.
Oh, okay, okay, Oh, you see.
Filed by Kurt Hartman. Ah, Kurt's at it again, And the report in the Inquirer said he filed it on behalf of Jim Burns. People who are in the Republican Party know who Jim Burns is. But the complaint is about debt that Mayor Purval has on his financial disclosure report to three different outfits totally in about eighty thousand dollars.
So you got to file a financial disclosure report in connection with what campaign contributions, the work that's been done on behalf of the campaign, that kind of thing, exactly.
Okay, you have to disclose your donors and then you have to disclose what you spent your donors' money on.
Okay.
So the complaint concerns the fact that this debt was on the books for Mayor of purvol so long that it's essentially forgiven under election law.
I guess, almost like a statute of limitations.
It's statute of limitations. And so Kurt's complaint is that the fact that these debts were allowed to expire constitute campaign contributions.
Okay, the money that is expressed this debt, that's for services rendered. Yes, So if I'm doing like legal work on behalf of a campaign, or you know, I've I've printed up signs on behalf of a campaign, the presumption is that is disclosed, it's listed as a debt, and that the debtor pays back for the services that I render. That's Correct's exactly what these three line items represent. Yes.
In the three firms include Perkins cooy Oh. Now the Enquirer says it's Seattle base, but they're very they at least during Russia Gate, which is what they were all caught up in. They're a Washington, d C. Law firm, and then he owes them fifty eight thousand dollars. The second is an outfit called Spiro's Consulting, also a big Democrat consulting firm in Washington, d C. And the third is SKD Knickerbocker and Mayor Purvol's campaign owes them fifteen
thousand dollars. So SKD Knickerbocker is a heavy hitter in the Democratic circles in Washington, d C. And as it turns out, that's the outfit that the Norfolk Southern's Political Action Committee used during the railway campaign. And SKD Knickerbocker got about ninety percent of that six million dollars.
And I running the propaganda campaign to sell the railroad.
Yes, that was sk Knickerbocker. I don't know if this bureau's consulting was part of the railway campaign or not, but it could have been. But there's definitely some interconnections there.
Well, I would say, and it's like rounding up the usual suspects, getting the gang back together. Yeah, we're putting the band back together. Yeah, where's anyway, that's right, it's late for lunch, that's right. Hey, it was me money.
So the only issue is and actually when I filed a complaint against Purvoll's campaign during the railway campaign, if you remember Mayor purval in the Political Action Committee for Norfolk Southern shared the same treasurer.
Remember that it's a really incestuous relationship. Yes, it is.
So the complaint we filed was that who's deciding that Mayor Purval is in these commercials? Is that his campaign treasurer, who's running the Folks Southern campaign. So we we filed that complaint. In the penalties for violations of Ohio election law is kind of pitiful and at least the report in the report in the Enquirer this morning said that the potential penalties are one hundred dollars a day.
So this has been sitting around for three years. Though, you know what you said at the outset, I don't well statched limitations.
I think it's probably I don't know exactly how long, but it's probably five years, I would think so. But the commit Election Commission is not gonna if they even hear the complaint, they're not going to impose a significant penalty like that. I'd be very very surprised.
Well why is that? I mean, they have a record of being, you know, light the touches.
Yes, when I filed my complaint back during the railway campaign, Kurt even told me that, well, you'll get a good experience going to the Election Commission, but don't expect a lot of results.
Well, who sits on the election Commission. I didn't really.
Look into that. I'm assuming that there are appointees of the governor, but don't I don't really know. I think there are appointees from the governor.
Well, you'd like to think that they would be politically neutral if there is a violation, and let's just assume, for the sake of this discussion, is a clear violation. He owes these people money and he didn't pay it, which means he got services for free, and as services translate to a campaign contribution under law. Yes, so if any politician, Republican or Democrat did that, then you'd like to think that the reason that there is a penalty for doing that is to prevent people from getting free
campaign contributions and campaign dollars. And well, that's disturbing that they don't exercise their enforcement power.
Right and as a result, the campaigns just look at it as these whatever penalties they get is kind of the cost of doing business.
So, well, you wonder why there's three Well, I know why they wouldn't seek a collection's actions or you know, send a letter, a dunning letter or something, is because they're Democrats and they wanted to get a Democrat elected. That was their job, and they succeeded in that regard.
Yes, that's that would be my analysis as well.
But that's why it's considered a campaign contribution.
That is what Kurt's alleging.
Yes, okay, so he at least goes through the process. Obviously it's been exposed in the Enquirer, so it's negative press for pro of all. We can all say, well, this doesn't seem right, it doesn't smell right, and we can all look to the Elections Commission and if they don't do anything about it, maybe we can press the governor or whoever appoints the individual and the Election Commission to do a better job of appointees and get people on there like judges that we elect that don't enforce
the law right to start doing their job. Right.
So, the good thing about the complaint we filed, and I actually talk about this on my latest podcast, is that we got an Aftha David from Mayor Purval's treasurer who basically said, well, I wasn't just making the decisions about these commercials. We had a steering committee for the pack. Well, the steering committee's never been identified. We don't know who the steering committee is, who its membership is, and you know that's another one of these secret you know, deals
with the city. So and the reason I started, the reason I went back to it is because of this arena issue where this five oh one C four has been formed and you know that's that's a potential dark money source.
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On Thinking about CARECDE talk Station Happy Variety. Eve Todd Zens are former Inspector General and he's basically effectively the Inspector General or DOGE for the city of Cincinnati. Pivoting over to the new sports arena. You say it's called the Heritage Center, Now, I always call it the Coliseum because I'm old. Yes, that's the building. Yes, and they still have events there by the way. Oh yeah, okay, I.
Don't know how. One of the issues is that they think with a new arena that they will have, they'll be able to put more events in a new arena than the one that Heritage has.
So the claim is we're missing out on some big acts, big draws because there's not enough seating there for like the artists, and you know, hey, I'm selling out twenty five thirty thousand seat arenas that's only got what fifteen thousand seat centers or.
Something like that. I think that's probably right.
Yeah, well, okay, I've seen the gazillion concerts there, and I know the acoustics suck, and I know it's old, but well, they also prey.
On the uh, the fact that Cincinna, he's a sports town, and they say, oh, we want to get the NCAA tournament here.
And okay, so grandiose ideas. Yeah, I think they tried to get the Olympics here too one time. You have, right, what a colossal waste of effort that is. Anyway, So my understanding from you and off air comments is the local businesses want the if there is a new one, and we haven't gotten into the logistics and realities whether or not we even afforded. They wanted to stay in the same place.
Right, the businesses that the banks have an association, They even have a little taxing authority that group does. Yeah, and they want to keep the arena on the banks, and there's a lot of people that agree with them. But the people proposing a new arena, they've concluded that that footprint of the current arena isn't large enough for the size arena they want to build.
Do we know what size arena that they want to build. Is there's some proposal and no, it's going to have like this many seasons.
Yes, the it was either the regional Chamber or a consultant for the Regional Chamber has done a study for them, and it's several months old. Now, okay, I haven't looked at it recently, but it's it's it's not all that persuasive, to be honest with you.
And for what specific reasons?
Well, they you know, for example, they conclude that the current arena would have to shut down and not have any events.
Well, it's probably owned. They can't do that, that's right.
So they're there. Their proposal assumes that they're not going to have any competition for these events. And I don't think the Heritage Center is going to go.
Are they going to get rid of P and C Pavilion or Riverbend too? Yeah, look at them all and the one that's across the river.
That is one thing you hear from people is that don't we have enough around here?
I know, but you're hoping. I think they are hoping that if you build this new grand facility that they're going to get like the NC two A tournaments to correct. Okay, all right, now, pivoting over to the location that is proposed. I know the current owners and the resident or the businesses around the Heritage Center want it to stay there. Let's assume for the sake of discussion, there isn't a big enough footprint. Where do the powers that be that are pushing this agenda item want it to go.
Well, the the two locations that I've heard about is someplace in Queensgate I'm not exactly sure aware. Uh, And then the other is right there on Central Avenue where WCEET is.
Oh sure.
I think they've tried to talk to WCET about selling out, and WCET has come back with an outrageous amount of money that it will I be so to move. I think it's up like the fifty million or something like that to move to move them.
But that wouldn't be the only property to have to acquire to build a big facility there. They'd have to acquire a lot of land around there. Yeah.
I'm not really sure about all that, but it will take a lot of land.
And a lot of money. Yes, yeah, your negotiation power goes up dramatically. It's like the last person standing over with the rook would comp remember that one house that they refuse to give in and that one loan house with all the open field land, after all the other houses have been knocked down, you can hold out, you can get a lot of money. Yeah, well, let's talk about the financials on this one, wherever it might happen
to go. I guess the folks that the Heritage aren't going to sell and they're not going to close down their operation. It sort of renders this entire conversation moot.
Well, like I said, I think that the proponents of the new arena are assuming that the current arena will go away. But you know they could stick around and outcompete the new arena.
They certainly could. Those pause will bring former Inspector General and current Inspector General Todd Zenzer follow us. Listen to Citizen Watchdog. That's his podcast. He's talking about this kind of stuff every week. So we'll be here more from Todd. Coming back after I mentioned Bud Herbert. My friends at Bud Herbert, I consider them friends because you know what, they helped me out so much. When I got my
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Seven fifty five KRCD talk Station, Happy Friday. Eve dodds Ends are in studio again his podcast Citizen Watchdog, talking about the kind of thing we're talking about here at
fifty five KRC Morning Show this morning. Well, I told you off air that this whole arena thing seems sort of kind of half baked, and it's not even half Biga's it's like an amorphous blob under the head and under the heading we need a new And then as soon as you pull back to Veneer of just the general concept, because you might get everybody nod their head and go, yeah, wouldn't it be nice? Youah, the Colisseum
or you know, Heritage Center, it sucks. It's outdated. I remember seeing since any Stingers playing there back in the seventies and it hasn't changed much. You know, it's not big enough. You get the big act, So okay, that sounds like a great idea, and then as soon as you move to the logistics behind it, it just seems like an insurmountable task. Yeah, so you've got location problems.
They want it to be, say on Central Avenue, but you have to buy out the stub Cet building and then a whole lot of other privately owned properties around that. So acquisition costs for just the land you haven't even put a brick in the ground in terms of building that the stadium, and you're already tens of millions of dollars in the hole from an acquisition costs. Plus they'll probably be litigation because some people wouldn't want to sell,
like you're not going not to our neighborhood. There's always that. Then you've got the competition factor that you pointed out. Heritage we're privately own. We're not going to shut down. Screw you guys, right, we can still get draws. An actor comes in that can't fill a thirty thousands for arena, we've got fifteen thousand. They may sell that out. We're the perfect size. There's also Riverbend PNC, the venue across the street of the univer across the river over at
the University. I'm sorry, I can't remember what that one's called. And of course the smaller venues like the Brady Center, which you know, we're talking different types of acts. We've got a lot, a whole lot and then money. Of course money relates to ecxisitions. But we all have a bad taste in our mouth from the stadium deal. But you told me off air, and it's important for listeners to know there's a five O one C four corporation that's behind this.
Yes, the Hamilton County Growth Alliance.
Wait till you hear what their idea is. Listeners who know what the stadium deal, remember when you voted to build the stadium FKA Paul Brown Stadium in Great American Ballpark, what did you agree to. You agreed to pay more taxes for the purposes of building those two venues, and then you got stabbed in the back because they didn't get the reduction of taxes that was promised to you when you voted for it. So with that background, go ahead.
Yeah, Well, the report about the Hamilton County Growth Alliance is that one of the sources of funding that they're looking for, they think they'll be able to get access to the tax sales tax receipts that were approved by the voters for the stadium and the Great American Ballpark. And I don't understand that enough to know what they're really even talking about. It doesn't sound like that's going to happen.
No, And if they've somehow got their hand in that cookie jar, maybe there might be litigation related to doing that.
Well, here's the thing about five oh one C fours is that they do not have to disclose their donors. So that creates a situation where where it kind of becomes or could become, what they call dark money, and that that money you don't know who it's coming from, and you don't know what other areas of our civic
life that they're influencing. For example, two incumbent members of city Council came right out supporting the Hamilton County Growth Alliance and you have to wonder, well, what's their relationship with this five oh one C.
Four going back to have to have provall financial disclosure statements of just chuckling along those.
Lines, and it is it is a very similar situation. You don't know who the donors are, just like you don't for the Hamilton County Growth Alliance, just like you don't know who's on the steering committee. And there's there's a lot of secrets that go on in this town. I've always heard about the meeting before the meeting, which means somehow the city council members get together and make decisions before they come into the council room.
And it got me thinking that it sounds like the Gang of Five problem.
Uh, well, I don't know how they do it. Like do you remember the scandal that Sherry Coolidge reported on about the railroad board meeting in executive session and making decisions in executive session?
Oh? Sure, an executive session excludes the public.
Yes, right, Well, I've never seen the city council go into executive session to talk about anything. Where when do they get their information about what they're voting on? It's got I think what happens is.
I think what I think?
What happens that the city manager. I heard her speak one time and she kind of let it slip. She kind of indicated that she meets with every member of city Council on a regular basis.
Individually, individually.
And I know that's what Aftab did on or Mayor Purval did on the railway deal. They kept that secret and he would he went around and I think he said this, He went around to each member of city council individually on the QT to tell them that hey, we're talking about selling a railway and I thought that was very unusual.
Well, and of course the transparency raw laws and rules would require them to announce this and make it an open discussion. And we know the Gang of five got in trouble because they were making decisions collect five of them anyway behind the scenes, got busted for that. So you're telling me the way around this and the way they work around this, which is very easy to do.
It just requires a little more time. Rather than meeting one big room, you got the mayor going individually and then talking to one of the council people and saying, hey, the other council people I've already talked to have already agreed with me that this is the direction we need to go. Are you on board with me on this?
I think that's how I think that's how it has to be working. Because they have litigation, they have personnel matters, they have all kinds of things that you know they should discuss as a council but not in public. That's why executive sessions exist. But you never see them going into executive session. So I don't know how they deliberate.
I think you may have stubbled upon it. Todd Zenzer, which is why you're great at what you do seven thirty seven. Right now, we'll talk with them a little bit more. Get his thoughts and reactions to the mayoral debate the other day. He was there, he saw it all, and we'll see what he has to say about well, who he would like to see as mayor. First call In Electric for all your residential electric needs projects. You just call the people a Culin outstanding is at what
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Seven fifty bou KR City Talk Station. I love my conversations with Todd Zinzer, and I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. Kind of frustrating recognizing all the problems that you are uncovering and all the realities that make them even seem even more batcrap insane than they are. Todd, you got the Shenanigans going along with it, Like, how are all these efforts just like sort of coordinated and magically show up one day where everybody's in agreement
on what's going to happen. But before we get to your thoughts and impressions on the mayor, Old debate the other day, which I'm interested in. The city borrowed another thirty million dollars yesterday.
Yeah, they they approved either approved that, they just moved it on to another another meeting. But the bottom line is they're going to borrow thirty million dollars. They're going to issue bonds for an additional thirty million dollars five point five I think for health center and OTR and twenty nine million for a like a community center around Findley around Finley Market, because.
They're gonna be a whole brand new couple of buildings for these Yes, they're relocating. Well, they're selling off a whole bunch of buildings like the Elms and Ducky building and some of the other buildings were identify up for sale.
That's the county.
Oh, that's the county. Okay, okay, okay.
And it's funny because that's the same thing that's going on in the federal government everybody's complaining about. I didn't hear the county commissioners are smart enough to do it here locally, so good for them.
Good for them. Yeah, I agree, but I just I mean, there has to be available space. I mean, isn't something out there that is being unused or could be easily acquired that wouldn't require that level of capital expenditure to have it done and accomplish the goals they want to accomplish. Oh, but it won't be LEADS certified or something, right, Yeah, exactly, And it won't put their friends in the construction business and do more jobs either. Huh.
Well, that area is getting a lot of has gotten and it continues to get a lot of resources from the city.
All right, but in terms of dollars and cents you mentioned to me off air, it's important to understand they had they got an initial twenty one million dollars laying around over there.
Well, the city manager issues a memo every month about the finances, and this most recent memos is that they have collected twenty one million dollars more than they had budgeted for. So they're in high cotton right now in terms of in terms of.
Cash, well, just write a check. At least one building is only five and only five and a half million dollars they could pay for that other pocket. Well that's what that's what I think. But I guess I guess that's not how they do business. So did were the terms of conditions of the borrowing released. I mean, what the percentage of interest is, how many how many years it's going to be we're paying interest on them.
They're going to leave all that up to the finance department for the city. So they have just general parameters that they that they've approved, but the actual borrowing is going to be decided by the city administration.
And of course the taxpayers have no say in this matter.
No our says. As soon as they vote to approve it, ur say, is pretty much over.
I think, jeez, did anybody vote or come to some understanding that yes, these are absolutely necessary structures to build.
Well, that's all done by the city council, and it's all you know we talked.
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Seven nine fifty five cair Cdcalk Station one more with in studio Todds Enter Citizen Watchdog the podcast. Follow him and check out what he's got say. Former Inspector General all over the Shenanigans going on, mostly in City Council. Before I get you know, every time we go out of Breakman, you give me something else I want to talk about. I want you to, really, really quickly, just give us an update on the status of the Hyde Park redevelopment, which requires a zoning change, a variance from
the zoning laws. Now Hyde Park has a say on certain matters. They've got their own community council and they're against it. The citizens of Hide Park don't want that, absolutely no, not in my backyard. The City of Cincinnati City Council wants it. Well.
I believe that they will vote to approve it if but only because they're so far in the pocket of these developers.
Right, we've talked about how influential these developers are with the city council members and the mayor. So if the city pushes it forward and approves it, that trumps what the voters in Hyde Park want. Yes, absolutely, which may have a significant outcome on the upcoming elections.
Well, I would think so if you've got a voting block over they have over three thousand I think I heard the number thirty five hundred signatures on a petition. Now, that's a pretty big voting block.
And that's a significant amount of moneyed voters as well. Yes, it is. They sometimes write campaign checks. And here's the thing.
They're not opposing development. They're opposing this development because it doesn't conform to the current zoning right, and it seems like a no brainer for the council to say, you know what, let's think about this some more.
No, Okay, I got my popcorn out on that one, and none of this influences me, But man, I'm telling you that could have a sizeable, sizeable influence on the upcoming election. So, pivoting over to that, you were there for the debate the other night, I was what do you think? What was your takeaway? Because what I heard primarily from Jim Keefer. I mean, he did get into some specific topics, but generally speaking the moderator was quite biased in favor of Aftab Purvoll.
I think for the most part. Yes, I mean earlier, the first question out of the box for all three, well, for the two Republicans, the question was what qualifies you to be mayor? And then for Mayor Pervoll, the question was what have been your accomplishments? Okay, so right off the bat, so that led him into probably it was much longer than two minutes. A whole narrative, which is all he's all about, is narrative of all his accomplishments,
including the railroad sale. He took credit for the Brent Spence Bridge, even though that's been an op you know, an ongoing saga for decades.
Obama campaign in front of the bridge.
He took credit for connected communities, which nobody likes. And so he went through all of his accomplishments and which I think is a good thing, so that Corey Bowman knows exactly what his narrative is and can start poking holes in it.
I agree, it's a perfect setup. It's like bullet points. Here's what Pervall's proud of and his accomplished. Here's why it was a bad idea and a bad thing.
Yes and template. So I went to City Hall yesterday, to the City council meeting, and I suggested that or I said, one question that wasn't asked, that should have been asked, is the candidates that emerged from the primary, will you commit to additional debates in the general election?
And of course the council and the mayor don't have to answer questions that you pose, but you posed it anyway. What was the reaction from Provoll?
He was pretty deadpan. Actually, I'm sure he doesn't have much of a reaction, which which kind of leads to my working in DC for over twenty years, and this is I think a lot of people do this. You put politicians in one of two camps. They're either a show horse or a workhorse. And Mayor Parvoll is a show horse. I think Corey Bowman is a workhorse. Yeah, And so I think that's the choice that voters are
going to have. And mister Purval is all about the narratives, and I don't really know that he feels what Corey Bowman feels. In terms of the condition of the city and Corey.
I've talked to Corey face to face quite a few times. I like the man. I like how engaged he is. You know, he doesn't come across at all as a polished politician, but he is passionate about the city. He
loves the city. He has invested in an area that most people don't invest in, and he understands that there are some people that really truly wanted to invest in that particular area or by Dayton Street, but they had roadblocks down the way by city council that it doesn't conform with what their vision of a community should be, you know, denser housing and this whole connected community's crap.
And since the developers that wanted to put money into the neighborhood weren't planning on doing something like that, then they just basically were told that.
And what Corey pointed out in the debate on Tuesday night was that it seems like the city council wants to rely on these big developers to come in and do these big developments, and meanwhile Corey wants to support the local builders and the local developers that have designs on smaller developments.
Yeah, that's the one big difference.
Well yeah, well, I guess we'll see what happens. But I thought Corey did a good job. Again, mister purvol is very polished. Yeah, and it was. I thought it was a very informative, very entertaining debate.
Great. Well, I'm glad you're able to be there. You happen to always take you take time out of your life and your other responsibilities to always manage to be at the city Council, to be at the open events, to be the take up on the opportunity to follow politics and very closely and on behalf of all of my listeners, most notably the residents of the City of Cincinnati today's topics. I appreciate what you're doing. I really
do well. Thank you, Brian, because we don't get reporting that are providing this type of information, and if it is provided, it comes across with a certain measure of bias. I agree with that. You just report the facts as you observe them. Thanks again, brother, I appreciate you coming in and spending time with a citizen Watchdog podcast. You find him online, Todd zens or We'll help you back again.
I hope real soon. Stick around. Speaking of Corey Bowman, he's going to call in the program after the top of the UR News. Then we get to hear from my heart media aviation expert Jay Ratl. I've got a great list of topics with Jay. I'll be right back.
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