August 22, 2025 – Citizen Watchdog on 55KRC with Brian Thomas
This morning’s conversation was about the November 2023 elimination of the Cincinnati Police Department’s District 5 and the reshuffling of the other 4 Districts. We also discussed the “analysis” of a PowerPoint presentation about the “Changes in Response Times,” which I had requested via a public records request on 8.14.25. The presentation was dated August 18,2025. In other words, it had not been publicly issues. The data was stale and the evaluation of the “redistricting” was insufficient.
June 6, 2025 Citizen Watchdog on 55KRC with Brian Thomas
This morning, Brian and I discussed the city’s irregular handling of an anti-corruption audit commissioned by the city council under Mayor Cranley near the end of his second term. It had to be handed off to the new incoming Mayor in 2022, Aftab Pureval. Let’s just say that the hand-off didn’t go very smoothly.
May 16, 2025 Citizen Watchdog on 55KRC with Brian Thomas
This morning, Brian and I had a wide-ranging conversation about the Hyde Park Square petition drive, the condition of the city’s fleet, the Green Cincinnati Plan and the city’s budget process for making financial grants to 200 or so non-profit organizations thoughout the city.
March 27, 2025 Citizen Watchdog
Topics covered in this morning’s discussion with Brian included a complaint filed with the Ohio Election Comission concerning Mayor Pureval’s campaign finances; the talk about a new arena; and the mayoral primary debate.
February 14, 2025 Citizen Watchdog
This was another fun conversation with Brian. Among some other topics, we discussed a couple of items about the railway money, which is a favorite topic of mine. We discussed the “Rising 15” motion and the recent meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Cincinnati Southern Railway.
January 28, 2025 The Watchdog of DC
President Trump’s firing of 17 federal Inspectors General was the topic of today’s conversation with Brian. Since I’m the only former federal IG in Cincinnati, I thought I would submit an Op-Ed to the Enquirer, which led to the discussion with Brian.
January 10, 2025 The Watchdog of City Council and the County
Brian and I started off the New Year discussing the spate of shootings in Price Hill over the New Year weekend and a broader discussion of crime statistics. We also discussed proposals for a new arena in Cincinnati.