There’s a tendency among many people to romanticize the past, and that’s especially true of the mainstream media. This trend was in full display last weekend when The Enquirer ran a lengthy, glowing profile about Cincinnati Police Chief Thomas Streicher Jr., upon his retirement.  

Even as Cincinnati officials grapple with what cuts to make to avoid a $54 million deficit — cuts that might include laying off more than 100 cops — the city's arrogant, clueless police chief Tom Streicher spent money from the CPD budget for an extravagant, unnecessary junket to Las Vegas.