• Other mayors are impressed with Mayor Mark Mallory’s ability to get himself on TV and not look like a dick, even after doing things like this.—-
• The city of Cincinnati is having trouble clearing all the snow off the roads because it got so dang cold it all turned to ice. The city’s department of public services advises motorists to go out and drive on ’em and warm ’em up bring an emergency kit in case you crash.
• John Kasich’s cabinet looks like a modern version of the white men who started America.
• Ohio’s unemployment rate dropped for the ninth month in a row. Sorry you didn’t get any credit, Ted Strickland. “It’s too late, Ted; thanks for nothing.”
• A day after CityBeat ran this story on the ongoing mismanagement of the City West development, The Enquirer reported today that residents have sent a letter to the housing authority requesting a meeting.
• Future neighbors of the downtown Casino imagine a bright future, where neon lights light up the sky and reasonably priced steak buffets are available round-the-clock. Also, the neighborhood hopes to benefit in other ways.
• Fifth Third Bakcorp Chief Executive Kevin Kabat: “I gotta say it was a good day.” No word on which park his boys chose to play basketball.
• New hospital visitation rules go into effect today, allowing people stuck in the hospital to choose who can visit them, even if they’re gay.
• MTV’s new teenager sex show, Skins, is making family therapists uncomfortable.
• PBS is the most trusted and least distrusted news channel. Fox News is the next most trusted and also the most untrusted.
• Just weeks after Internet coupon company Group said hale naw to Google’s offer of several billion dollars for its company, Google created its own. Google Offers.
• People apparently study which sports contests would be best for TV ratings and other business associated with highly viewed sports contests. If the Green Bay Packers play the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Super Bowl, Tostitos will hit the jackpot. Here’s a parody of a recent LeBron James commercial/Brett Favre’s continued embarrassment of himself.
This article appears in Jan 19-25, 2011.