Parking lease

Mayor pitches benefits of Cincinnati parking lease

Jay Hanselman — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:35:05 +0000

Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory and other officials held a round table discussion with reporters Tuesday to talk about the benefits of the parking lease for the city.

They talked about several things including rates, hours and enforcement. But none of the information was new.

Mallory was asked why he decided to hold the session now? He says to get the facts out.

“Particularly when there’s so much misinformation out there about how this plan works,” Mallory said. “So we can’t talk about the facts enough.”

Taxpayers lawyers have their say in parking lease appeal

Jay Hanselman — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:33:14 +0000

A three judge panel of Ohio First District Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments Monday in a case concerning the city's parking lease.

The city argues a Hamilton County Judge made an error when he declared all city ordinances are subject to referendum. It also argues the plaintiffs who brought the case don't have standing to bring their claims.

The lawyers who filed the lawsuit for the taxpayers submitted their brief to the appeals court Monday.

Cincinnati's arguments in parking lease appeal

Jay Hanselman — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:42:22 +0000

Cincinnati lawyers are making two major arguments as the city appeal’s a judge’s decision that let opponents of the parking lease place the issue on the November ballot.

In a brief filed Friday with the Ohio First District Court of Appeals city lawyers argued the trial court erred by declaring that all city ordinances are subject to referendum and that the plaintiffs have standing to bring their claims.

Attorneys: No stay in parking case

Jay Hanselman — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:35:28 +0000

Not surprisingly the attorneys who successfully challenged the Cincinnati parking lease in court are opposed to the city's request for a judge to stay his decision from last month.

Lawyers Curt Hartman and Chris Finney filed a response in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Thursday.

Referendum petition on parking lease successful

Howard Wilkinson — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:06:59 +0000

Opponents of Cincinnati's parking lease plan have enough valid signatures to place the city ordinance on the November ballot.

Hamilton County Board of Elections director Amy Searcy said election officials have checked about two-thirds of the 19,803 signatures submitted by opponents of the plan to outsource Cincinnati parking meters and garages and 8,727 signatures were from registered Cincinnati voters.

Opponents of the parking lease needed 8,522 signatures to place the ordinance on the ballot.