Saturday’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade
drew a lot of criticism
Friday for excluding the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network, a group within K-12 schools that works to prevent bullying by striving for equality regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity and expression. Councilman Chris Seelbach led the criticisms and a boycott on the parade — an effort thatgained national attention
. Chris Schulte, who was on the board that organized the parade, apparently told Seelbach that the board did not want to be affiliated with gays and lesbians due to the parade’s Catholic roots, but Schulte said in a follow-up press release that the parade does not allow any political or social movement, no matter the cause.Cincinnati’s plan to lease its parking assets to the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority
remains in legal limbo
, even after a court hearing on Friday. Judge Robert Winkler, who presided over the hearings, did not hand down a ruling after hearing extensive legal arguments from the city and opponents of the parking plan. Opponents argued the city charter’s definition of emergency clauses is ambiguous, and legal precedent supports siding with voters’ right to referendum when there is ambiguity. The city said legal precedent requires the city to defer to state law as long as state law is not contradicted in the city charter. Cincinnati’s city charter does not specify whether emergency legislation is subject to referendum, but state law explicitly says emergency laws are not subject to referendum.Despite the reversal of his friend and Republican colleague Sen. Rob Portman, House Speaker John Boehner says
he doesn’t see himself
ever supporting same-sex marriage. Portman gained national recognition Friday for reversing his positiontwo years after finding out his son is gay
.Mayor Mark Mallory will announce details about the City’s Summer Youth Jobs Program tomorrow, and he’s also seeking as many employers as possible to participate in his eighth Annual Youth Job Fair. Employers can sign up for free booths at
www.mayormallory.com
.Due to a policy that encourages doctors to work overtime, psychiatrists are among the state’s
top paid employees
. State officials say the policy saves money because overtime rates are lower than psychiatrists’ normal hourly wages. On average, the doctors end up working 80 hours a week, but state officials say there are precautions in place to ensure the highest levels of care.The Steubenville rape case came to a close over the weekend, with two teenagers being
found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl
. While most people were appalled by the teenagers’ audacity on Twitter and other social media regarding the rape, CNN decided to report the story with sympathy for the convicted rapists:
A University of Cincinnati study found a cholesterol drug
could prevent
colorectal cancer recurrence.
Sometimes science can do gross things, like resurrecting a frog that gives birth from its mouth
.Popular Science has been covering 3-D printer plans for houses, and
the latest one
actually looks like a house.
