An endorsement for Sandra Queen Noble
Three reasons why Sandra Queen Noble has my vote for the (expletive) mayoral race. 1. Of the candidates, she is the only one who admits she doesn’t understand the problems, or have any (expletive)...
View ArticleUnappealing candidates, voter apathy, or both?
I voted yesterday and was just the 13th voter in my precinct at 11 a.m. I think this is a disgraceful turnout. Maybe it is reflection on the fact that we have candidates who keep recycling through...
View ArticleQualls’ ad brings up important issue
It seems that the substance of Roxanne Qualls’ second campaign add got lost in the analysis of the “facts.” In a letter to supporters, John Cranley said, “Earlier this week, Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls...
View ArticleOutsiders help reinvent city
It’s not easy being an “outsider” in Cincinnati, although I’ve certainly felt very accepted by persons in this City who have rejected the divisive “us vs. them” mentality of “where’d you do to high...
View ArticleCommercials reveal true character of candidate
To make my point I borrow a line from a Guinness Beer commercial: “The choices we make reveal the true nature of our character.” Ms. Qualls has chosen to run ads depicting John Cranley taking money...
View ArticleWhy don’t we get to vote for mayor, too?
I read with interest the article “Mayor’s race has impact on suburban residents” (Oct. 8) about how the mayor affects all of us in the Cincinnati area. If they control our tax dollars, sports teams’...
View ArticleSo much for taxation without representation
Suburbanites may care about the Cincinnati mayoral race, but they are only spectators (“Mayor’s race has impact on suburban residents,” Oct. 8). Those who work in the city but live elsewhere benefit...
View ArticleA word for those harping suburbanites
Kudos for the article about people outside the city getting benefits from the city and taking an interest in city politics (“Mayor’s race has impact on suburban residents” Oct. 8). Let me remind those...
View ArticleWould like to see Mann elected mayor
There is a battle going on in the City of Cincinnati. It is all about politics. Two professional politicians, Roxanne Qualls and John Cranley both want your vote for Mayor of Cincinnati. We should have...
View ArticleRumors surround Cranley’s choice of vice mayor
So far John Cranley will not name who his vice mayor will be and rumors point to the possibility of him choosing council member Christopher Smitherman. Well no wonder he won’t say if that is the case....
View ArticleQualls’ campaign is beneath her dignity
So, Roxanne Qualls has turned feisty. How about desperate? She’s run a campaign well beneath her dignity. Qualls has been driving Cincinnati on the road to Detroit for years with budgetary finagling...
View ArticleCity needs a leader who can chip away at debt
I, like many others, have either attended the mayoral discussions and debates, watched them on television or read The Enquirer reports. The Blue Ash Airport has been sold and the money spent. The city...
View ArticleRegretful voter won’t make same mistake twice
We expect more of our public women – better manners, higher moral standards, more sensitivity toward others. Roxanne Qualls has missed the call. Her smarmy ads (i.e. a dog urinating on her opponent’s...
View ArticleAstonished by Cranley’s endorsement
In a pivotal moment in our city’s history, you recommend we elect someone who is so “bombastic” and “controlling” that he needs to discipline himself”? Someone who’s “ego occasionally overshadows his...
View ArticleCranley’s skin too thin to be mayor
So John Cranley is behind on paying a loan for his signature accomplishment, the Incline District in Price Hill. Been there, was not very impressed. In any event, Cranley sure seems to be thin skinned...
View ArticleEndorsement is a strange one
The Enquirer’s love letter to John Cranley is a strange one (Enquirer Endorsement, Oct. 27). It states that Cranley has this great personality that is right for the job, but then in the next few...
View ArticleQualls ‘gets’ communities, community life
In response to The Enquirer’s endorsement of John Cranley for Cincinnati mayor: It was 1991 when I first saw Roxanne Qualls in a Cincinnati neighborhood to support a community-based development effort....
View ArticleCranley’s tenacity and directness are refreshing
Kudos to The Enquirer’s endorsement of John Cranley for mayor, and more importantly their analysis (right on) as to why he should be mayor. Even though I am a 70-year-old lifelong Cincinnati resident,...
View ArticleVote for candidate who does the most for city, neighborhoods
This mayoral election is not about the streetcar or the parking lease, it is about the future of the city. Both John Cranley and Roxanne Qualls have served on city council, Cranley from 2000-2009 and...
View ArticleNon-voters’ reasons are pathetic
Non-voters had pathetic reasons for not voting (“Mayoral elections: Where was everyone?” Nov. 7). If you wonder why our society is doomed make sure you read why 10 of our citizens didn’t vote. Why...
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