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July 2007 www.cincinnatibeacon.com Free! Take One!
The Cincinnati Beacon
WhereDivergent Views Collide
Nick Lachey:Keeping theFaith (p. 8)Hey Black People!No News for You!(p. 4)
Cincinnati’s Missing Strippers
Cities like Atlanta have reaped the economic benefit of upscale adult entertainment. Chris Bortz, Cincinnati’s Economic Development Com-mittee Chair, says banning adult entertainment is niche marketing.
by Jason A. Haap, MAThe Dean of Cincinnati
City of Cincinnati. 6 pm.What do you find? Mostlyclosed businesses. A ghosttown. But how can this be?Shouldn't Cincinnati be bus-tling with business – especiallywith a major hub airport, twomajor league sports teams, a brand new center Square, anda convention center? Whatmakes Cincinnati different?The answer, surprisingly,might have nothing to do withurban planning, or streetcars,or The Banks, and everythingto do with adult entertainment.Enter Cincinnati's missingstrippers – a key piece to suc-cessful economic developmentthat no one wants to talk about.Morality aside (even if just for a moment), adult entertain-ment might be the answer to jump-starting struggling urbaneconomies.In a study available online bythe Woodhull Freedom Foun-dation and Federation, Ange-lina Spencer writes about therelationship between economyand adult entertainment. Fromher piece entitled "The EroticEconomy":"The city of Atlanta is the bestexample of a sleepy town do-ing some of the country's big-gest adult business. Accordingto Atlanta Magazine, this cityis home to more nude danceclubs than any other in theUnited States. The metro area boasts over forty that earn arespectable $80-$100 million per year, not to mention theover $20 million dancers makeas independent contractors(Rebecca Poyner-Burns,2000). Even a conservativeestimate of the economic im- pact of such clubs translates toa whopping $200-$240 mil-lion, which is far above theeconomic impact of theBraves, Hawks and Falcons(con’t on p. 2)
Sweetheart Deals!
To: Richard WeilandFrom: Cincinnati
Henry Heimlich’sManuever: WorldLeaves CincinnatiDoctor Behind
by Jason A. Haap, MA
Cincinnati native Henry Heim-lich is a world-famous, house-hold name. But the maneuver that has brought him fame has become a left-behind.Did you know, for example,that the American Red Crosshas changed their guidelinesfor first response to choking?Instead of the Maneuver, youshould use a combo called thefive-and-five. That’s five backslaps followed by fiveabdominal thrusts (the RedCross no longer calls the movea “Heimlich Maneuver”).And even the American HeartAssociation – whose guide-lines are the model for emer-gency response professionals – recently issued a press state-ment which suggests a possi- ble replacement for abdominalthrusts: chest thrusts.We recently talked to Dr.Charles Guildner, who firstidentified chests thrusts for choking rescue in 1976.(con’t on p. 2)
by Michael Earl Patton,Senior Analyst
How does a non-profit or-ganization convince govern-ment officials to give it moremoney in the face of contro-versy? The National Under-ground Railroad FreedomCenter is a non-profit organi-zation that has received both private contributions andgovernment funding. It was built on public land in a primeriverfront scenic location, andmuch of the initial fundingcame from the state. Many people thought that the mu-seum would be self-supportingwhen built and oppose givingit additional taxpayer dollars.Others point to what they con-sider high executive salaries – its president, Spencer Crew,earned over $300,000 in 2005. Nonetheless, it will be given$800,000 in Cincinnati taxdollars this year. Last year,the Ohio legislature voted togive them $2,000,000.The Freedom Center pays noincome tax, but it does file aform 990 which gives manyfinancial details. The form990 for 2005 (2006 was notavailable when this article waswritten) gives the salaries of the top officers and also re-veals that the center spent$162,124 in lobbying ex- penses. The purpose of thislobbying is revealed right inthe form 990: "... to securefunding for the center from the(con’t on p. 2)
Your Tax Dollars Recycled into CampaignContributions
Notes ‘n Dotes
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Do you deserve to know if an elected leader takes prescrip-tion painkillers daily? Mightsuch drugs affect their ability tomake sound and reasoned deci-sions? Is it fair to even ask such a question?
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Did you know that 3CDCoriginally said the City would be in charge of permitting for Fountain Square, and then theytook over permitting for Foun-tain Square? Should we beconcerned about the privatiza-tion of our public spaces?
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