Today it was announced that the city of Cincinnati would not be receiving any federal TIGER stimulus funds for its proposed Modern Streetcar project. Meanwhile, the cities of Tuscon, Arizona and Dallas, Texas received federal stimulus dollars for their projects. Out of 1457 projects that applied for funding, only 51 had their requests met in some fashion. Does this mean the death of the proposed Cincinnati Streetcar? Not by a long shot. The project has applied for other grants and the word will be out on those in the future. Is this a setback? Yes. However, unlike COAST would like to believe, this not the death of the project and this is certainly not a victory for the Anderson Township based fringe group.
Check out this tweet where COASTer Mark Miller (yeah, that guy who made fun of a dead American combat veteran) declares victory:
I don't think the brilliant minds at COAST are aware that this was not the only funding grant the streetcar project had applied for, nor is this set back an imminent threat to the project as shown here. Maybe the boys at COAST should brush up on a little bit of their history of assumed premature victories:
Meanwhile, in other COAST news: While COAST chairman Jason Gloyd was busy fighting red light cameras in Cleveland and declaring premature victory in the Cincinnati Business Courier, he wasn't busy paying his mortgage. As City Beat has reported: the COAST leader faces a foreclosure on his home.
Image provided by the boys at COAST.
One has to wonder why a man who can't take care of his own finances feels so inclined to lecture others on how to properly spend their money. Maybe Jason should get the court case set against him by Hamilton County in order first before he declares victory for COAST. We wish the best for Jason and his family through this tough time.
Just as there are no TIGER funds for streetcar, there will be no TIGER funds for Gloyd's mortgage.
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Even if this were the death of the project, how is that a victory for COAST unless they were actively lobbying the federal government against giving us those funds? Victory, please!
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ReplyDeleteThey claim a victory against the streetcar, but have they come out yet and claimed where they actually live?
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"While COAST chairman Jason Gloyd was busy fighting red light cameras in Cleveland and declaring premature victory in the Cincinnati Business Courier, he wasn't busy paying his mortgage. As City Beat has reported: the COAST leader faces a foreclosure on his home."
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Poor form? I call it a great big helping of karma hitting Gloyd in the kisser.
ReplyDeleteDungy, I actually went back and forth about posting that for awhile. In the end I decided to, because I find it ironic that Jason Gloyd feels he wants to lecture everyone in a city he doesn't live in about how their elected officials want to spend money, when he can't even manage his own.
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