And while everyone was watching meaningless ads for a meaningless election, that's what happened. The secretive, clubby, arthritic CBC will not stroke out and keel over. It will cling to its aluminum-walker mission to aid downtown and urban schools. This is not your father's Corpocracy. They plan to bring in experts on regional issues - and open some meetings to the public.
Pigs can fly.
The CBC was weakened by damage from its own executive director, Ron Roberts, who has now moved on to damage the Reds' stadium negotiations with the same threats and bullying that wore out his welcome everywhere else. The beginning of the end was the day when CBC members emerged into the sunlight, juggling sauerkraut-heaped hotdogs and toy bats, lined up in silly Reds caps and promised Marge Schott a new Reds ballpark. They didn't get it. The good old days when a couple of guys could have breakfast at the Queen City club and action would follow - that just doesn't work anymore,'' said one MGA leader. Business help is welcome, but these days Cincinnati voters demand the constitutional right to make a complete mess of things all by themselves.