John Phillips’s Anti-Streetcar Enquirer Column: Awesome?

So, it seems like the Enquirer’s hitting the anti-streetcar sentiment pretty damn hard lately.  Harder than they have been in the past.

Ugh.

You like that, Cincinnati?

I swear, this is a depressing time to live here.  Except for the Reds.  They’re pretty good, I guess.… Read the rest

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Anti-Streetcar Peeps Gonna Put a Horse Head in Berding’s Bed. Awesome or Whatever?

This story notes that anti-streetcar people are now targeting individual council members like Jeff Berding in order to point out what they think looks like hypocrisy in the way they’ve voted and in the way they’ve said they’re going to vote.

From what I can tell, the sitch looks like this:

  • Jeff Berding said something one time about how his vote on streetcar matters will be dependent upon certain funding issues.
  • It’s not being funded exactly that way, so…
  • COAST gon’ put a horse head in his bed, and also point out that he’s a hypocrite for “flip flopping” or whatever.
  • I don’t know. This back-and-forth high school girl slapfighting crap is hard to follow sometimes.

Pros:

  • If you don’t like the streetcar, I guess it’s another in a stack of things to point your hate stick at.
  • Whatever.
  • Dude did rack C. Trent’s ‘nads during broomball a long time ago, so maybe a horse head is deserved.

Cons:

  • The anti-streetcar people tend to come across as a hair crazy. This doesn’t help.
  • SQUAWK SQUAWK SQUAWK.
  • Why you gotta act a fool, Chris Finney?
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