Good morning all. Here’s a quick morning news update.
The attorney for former UCPD officer Ray Tensing filed documents yesterday requesting that Samuel DuBose’s medical records and past criminal history be admitted as evidence in Tensing’s murder and manslaughter trial. Tensing was indicted last year after he shot and killed unarmed black motorist DuBose during a routine traffic stop in Mount Auburn. In court documents, Tensing attorney Stew Matthews said that the records, which detail medical treatment DuBose underwent months prior to the incident, could shed light on why he was anxious to get away from Tensing.
• Chelsea Clinton, daughter of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, spoke at the Transept venue in Over-the-Rhine this morning to about 40 supporters. Clinton told the crowd that the Nov. 8 election is “the most important of her lifetime” and admonished them to go out and vote for the Democratic candidate. Her visit comes as Hillary Clinton fights a pitched battle for Ohio with GOP nominee Donald Trump, who Chelsea decried. Democrat Hamilton County Clerk of Courts candidate Aftab Pureval introduced Clinton, giving brief remarks and drawing some nice applause of his own. Pureval is running an underdog race against incumbent Republican Tracy Winkler for the office.
• A snapchat image of a woman wearing blackface and a photo of a skeleton hanging from a noose while wearing traditional African garb originating from Xavier University students circulated earlier this week on social media. The racist images drew immediate rebuke from anti-racism activists and school officials. The blackface photo bore the caption, “Who needs white when black lives matter,” and the skeleton photo included a Trump campaign flag. “Racist actions are unacceptable on our campus, and we have mechanisms to respond in a responsible and thoughtful manner,” XU President Michael Graham wrote in an e-mail to students yesterday morning. “When one of us falls short, we all fall short.” Graham says an investigation into the images is ongoing.
• If you feel like checking out a candidate who is almost assuredly NOT going to win the presidency, Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson will be in Cincinnati Saturday. Johnson, who is campaigning as the fiscal conservative and socially liberal alternative to Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, has failed to reach double-digit figures in major polling. He has captured some major national attention for not knowing what Aleppo is, however, and for shrugging off man-made global warming as something we shouldn’t worry about because the sun is just going to swallow the earth someday anyway. No, for real, he said those things. Johnson will be at Great American Ball Park’s Champions Club. Doors open at 5 p.m.
• So, how much do governors make? And is it worth the hustle of overseeing a multi-billion-dollar budget and thousands of state employees when the private sector beckons? Short answer, according to this Business Courier story: probably not if you have the chance to be a private company CEO instead. Both Ohio Gov. John Kasich (who makes about $149,000 a year) and Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (who makes $140,000 a year) are above average ($137,000 a year) in the salary department compared to other governors. To me, that’s an unimaginable amount of money, but to a corporate CEO getting seven or eight figure yearly checks, it’s like, pocket lint or something. But hey, at least Bevin and Kasich aren’t Maine Gov. Paul LePaige, who makes a paltry $70,000 a year, which is still more cash than I’ve ever contemplated bringing home.
This article appears in Oct 19-26, 2016.
