Cory Bowman For Mayor

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:12):
Seven o six the fifty five air CV talk station
on on Friday. What an extra special treat I knew
Corey Buman was going to join the program, but I
kind of thought he was going to be calling in
the fact, I talked over to Joe Strecker, I said, Joe,
is Corey coming into the show studio. He's going to
be calling? He said, Now he's going to be calling in.
I turn around and Joe Strecker's walking into my room
in the studio right behind him Corey Bauman. Find him

(00:34):
online at Corey Bowman dot com. He has a chance
to win the uh well, of course he's going to
win the primary. It's going to be him against aftab
Provall in November. And Lord Almighty. After talking to Todd
Zenzer yesterday and congratulations, welcome Corey Bowman. You got another
endorsement Todd Zenzer.

Speaker 2 (00:49):
Yeah, that was awesome to hear that as well. But
thank you so much for having me, Brian. It's awesome
to actually be in the studio. I like that more
than anything.

Speaker 1 (00:56):
I enjoy having someone across the board here to talk
to and look at in the face, because you know,
it just makes conversation that much easier. All right, So,
I think the biggest story locally in the City of Cincinnati,
and you were there and you heard the residents of
Hyde Park talking about it, sounds to me like they
were not interested in having the zoning variants granted. But

(01:18):
the council members, I think they had after talking to
Todd Zenzer yesterday, they had prepared statements, prepared statements before
the vote seven to two vote to allow the variants
from the previously shoved down every neighborhood in the City
of Cincinnati Connected communities zoning laws. They then immediately pivot

(01:38):
and shove the variants the allowance for the waiver of
the height restrictions in Hyde Park Square down the residence
of Hyde Park throat. I can't reconcile those two. But
if you have a prepared statement going into the meeting
before you've listened to what I understand were very well
articulated legitimate concerns expressed by the residents of that neighborhood, yep.

(02:03):
I mean you're not even giving them a fair shake. Yeah, well, I.

Speaker 2 (02:07):
Mean I've prepared a statement and I was, you know,
keeping within my two minutes of time just to kind
of support the community but the people that were getting up,
these were Hyde Park residents of thirty forty fifty years.
You had people and this was like one after another
where just some of them were a little bit more
colorful than others, but every one of them had excellent

(02:28):
points with their community of why they do not want
the rezoning. And they were very adamant to explain that
they're not against development, they're not against the building, it's
just how it's being done right now to take away
from the charm and the character of Hyde Park. But
the thing that kind of blew me away was that,
you know, no matter the issue, an elected official is

(02:50):
there to constantly and consistently consider the voice of the community.
And that's who showed up and they were just ignored
that day.

Speaker 1 (02:58):
And they have been ignored, I guess across the board.
When you have an organized campaign and four thousand people
signing on to a petition to the the to the
city council saying do not allow this, that how many
times has that happened? Like never? I mean, this isn't

(03:19):
an election where you know you're you're putting up Cory
Bowman signs vote Corey Bowman for mayor or whatever. I mean,
you see that kind of organization all the time because
it's backed by political money, it's backed by other people's
donations and everything. But this is as grassroots a campaign
as you can find, absolutely, and with that many people
saying no, you know, that's where the majority of voters are,
and yet council ignoring their This is representative democracy. Here,

(03:43):
you are elected to represent the will of the people,
and in that community, the will of the people was
do not allow this. But when you're a well connected developer,
I guess that Trump's the will of the residence of
the community. Now, you're absolutely right.

Speaker 2 (03:56):
And the thing that this has turned into is that
Cincinnati is not just like this one downtown area. Were
made up of fifty two neighborhoods, and every one of
our neighborhoods was watching this vote very carefully. Yeah, because
it wasn't just about Hyde Park Square. This was about
do our elected officials, our nine council members, our mayor
the people that we have elected, do they actually represent

(04:19):
us and do they actually care to hear our voice?
So this was one community in Hyde Park that was
really speaking very strongly against this decision, and they were
ignored that day. While all of these other neighborhoods that
witness this are now questioning whether their elected officials represent
their communities as well.

Speaker 1 (04:39):
Well, And they already know the answer to that is no,
they will not, because again I'll go back to the
prior intrusion on zoning, which was connected communities. Each of
the fifty two neighborhoods has its own vision, view and
thoughts and ideas. Some of them, had they voted on
it in their own town halls and their own community forms,
they would have embraced the idea of connected communities. Other
ones did not want it at all. And yet the

(05:02):
whole city of Cincinnati is now governed by this zoning
called connected communities. Long comes High Park developers. They want
a variance from that, and they get it in spite
of the will of the people in Hyde Parker said no, no, no, no,
no no, no, do not do this. I don't understand that.
But as Todd Zendzer pointed out yesterday, and I recommend
everyone listening to that podcast, that is an eye opening discussion.

(05:23):
We had. They did this the Bond Hill as well.

Speaker 2 (05:25):
Yeah, well, also to the whenever we first started running
for mayor. You know the first thing that I started
researching was this connected communities and all these policies that
were going in place. And when I saw it, to
be honest with you, when you read the cover sheet,
you know it sounds all nice and all. We're all
for development, we're all for community, we're all for all this.

(05:46):
But when you dive down deep into it, this was
just a trojan horse for failed policies of what we've
already seen in communities like where I'm at with our
business and church in the West End. It's just now
they have a new label on it. But these policies
do not help our communities, they don't help our neighborhoods.
And this is what it does. It chokes out one
of the golden opportunities of our city, and that is

(06:07):
to take advantage of small time developers and people that
actually have a heart for our community. Because the reality
of is that there is so much property and historic
significance in our city that is being underutilized. Oh yeah,
and when it comes to these small developers that can
do one or two properties at a time, you let
these businesses thrive, You let these communities thrive, You let

(06:28):
these housing opportunities thrive. But no, it has to be
under the big vision, the big picture vision of our
elected officials.

Speaker 1 (06:36):
And I think that goes to other comments that Todd
highlighted about, like this Green Agenda that's behind the scenes,
you know, the fifteen minute community, this whole I think
it was Agenda fifty one. It was talked about maybe
ten twelve years ago. It's got a new label on
it now. But federal money comes in in order to
retool entire cities to eliminate you know, private ownership of automobiles,

(06:58):
eliminate parking spaces, you know, get people concentrated in areas
close to public transportation. I mean, maybe that's not the
vision that everybody in the community wants. You know, how
about how about letting us have a say? And I
think this whole vote in this is a reflection of
them caring more about what their vision is for any

(07:21):
given area rather than representing the interests of the citizens.
I mean, it's clearly what's going on.

Speaker 3 (07:26):
Well.

Speaker 2 (07:26):
Also, it shows that this is more of a national
take on these policies rather than actually looking at the
unique things that make Cincinnati Cincinnati. Because we're, like I said,
we're fifty two neighborhoods. I'm in College Hill right now,
and they implement that same strategy of a bike lane
and a two lane highway on North Bend Road, which
everyone hates it right now. And I tell you, we're

(07:49):
a city of hills, We're a city of snow or
a city of rain. And the thing is is that
I haven't yet to see one biker in the bike
lane on North Bend Road. They spent thousands upon thousands
of dollars to make this a bike line.

Speaker 1 (08:03):
There is this.

Speaker 2 (08:06):
Incredibly large, dense apartment complex that's on North Bend Road
that is still vacant to this day. And so the
reality of it is that these policies do not reflect
the uniqueness of the fifty two neighborhoods of Cincinnati. It's
one thing if you want to do this downtown. It's
one thing if you want to make Crew Tower residential,
and you want to make more access to public transportation,

(08:28):
those are things that actually make sense. But when you're
in the other fifty two neighborhoods to where Hyde Park
and College Hill and all these areas that have their
own unique traits to it, you can't implement those same
policies to it.

Speaker 1 (08:40):
You can't and you can't ride a bike on sunset either.
A way to get sunset into literally every conversation we
need to do.

Speaker 2 (08:49):
Our next became paign event on sunset and sunset just
staying there.

Speaker 1 (08:52):
Just don't drive your car on it. Yeah, you'll end
up getting needed in an alignment or you'll need to
get your rims ref fixed. Man, that is just so
distressing and disturbing when you realize they do have a
lot of money and they are not allocating it it properly.
They're not taking care of existing infrastructure. And I know
that's my favorite street to make fun of, and I

(09:13):
bet every time I say it there's probably nine thousand
people just all screaming about, Oh yeah, you think some
such bad you should come out and see mine. But
that's the kind of thing that's the problem. They fail
to appreciate the priorities and the needs of the residents
as possible. Being Corey Bowman back. Find them online, go
to Corey Bowman dot com Bowman dot com. You can donate,
get a yard sign, get a T shirt. And of course,

(09:35):
my friends in Hyde Park benefit from a change in leadership.
I feel pretty confident about that when going with Corey Bowman.
And you know what would be great, Corey, I think
it would be so absolutely cool if the rest of
the city of Cincinnati recognizes what happens with Bonhill and
Hyde Park and sees that or feels already burned by

(09:59):
having collect the connected communities imposed upon them, depriving them
of the direction of their neighborhood. If they are all
burned enough on that that you end up getting the
most votes in the primary, well, yeah, I want to
ask par Ball. Yeah, let's actually make a statement if you,
for the sake of what happened this last week's with

(10:21):
the elected officials blatantly ignoring the communities, let's make a
statement in this primary May by May sixth, vote for
Corey Bowman and just make that a statement to say
enough is enough and now put a fire on their tails.
I'm telling you certainly would. And that does not mean
you then have to vote for Corey in November, although
I really encourage you to do that me too, But

(10:42):
that would just be so cool. Can you imagine the
front page of the Inquirer and all the local news
Corey Bowman wins primary beats have to have par Ball,
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Speaker 1 (12:58):
Seven twenty eight five kar Seed Station. A very Happy
Friday to you, Brian Thomas with Corey Bowman in studio.
Find him online at Corey Bowman dot com. Course running
from Mayor of the City of Cincinnati, and it's racking
up a lot of really good endorsements, including Christopher Smith
and form of Vice Mayor of the City of Cincinnati.
Also Westside Jim Keefer, who wanted to be sure we
brought his name up. Hell yeah, there you go, Westside,

(13:19):
got your name up, and I know you're a strong
Corey Bowman endorser. Pivoting back to have to have par
ball in the current makeup of city Council, while stabbing
the various residents in the neighborhoods in the back in
terms of their zoning rights, engaging in national level politics,
while breaking the laws of the City of Cincinnati, and

(13:40):
causing the Cincinnati Police Department to have to incur unanticipated,
unplanned overtime expenses to the tune of fifteen thousand dollars.
He's doing an anti Elon Musk protest, blocking the streets,
no permit, and there he is with his bullhorn. What
the hell does that have to do with Cincinnati city issues,
Corey Bowman.

Speaker 2 (13:59):
Well, that's the biggest thing that I'm hearing from people.
I mean, when we talk to people, we talk to Republicans, Democrats, undecided,
Charter rights, whatever you want to call it, and everybody
is fed up with local government trying to bring national
politics into this. Yes, there might be a connection to
people in Washington right now. Yes, we have to have
a relationship with people in the federal government, state government,

(14:22):
but city government needs to focus on city government. And
people are fed up with all these agendas and all
these opinions that have nothing to do with potholes, have
nothing to do with crime, have nothing to do with that.
So this protest. I'm not against protests, and we have
the right to peaceably assemble and protests under the constitution,
but the way that it was done, the city itself incurred,

(14:45):
like you said, up to fifteen thousand dollars of unplanned expenses,
and we're trying to run on money management to be
just smarter with our budget to be able to prioritize
what needs to be prioritized with the budget, with the finances.
And so that was a case there. And then you're
up there with a bullhorn and you're talking about national
politics and yeah, it might get you on the news,

(15:05):
or it might get you, you know, a raw raw
from the people. But this isn't fixing our city problems. No,
it's not getting sunset pay.

Speaker 1 (15:13):
That's for damn sure well, and it's ken Kober the
FOP hasn't and pointed out, you know, you got all
these additional officers standing around. But and he didn't say
it directly, but he certainly implied it that they were
not to issue any citations for violating the permit requirement.
There is a law in the books that require you

(15:33):
if you're gonna block, especially the blocking the streets is
not is unlawful in and of itself. Listen to him, Sorry, listen,
next time, arrest the mayor if he engages in this.
I mean, if he's the one stirring the pot, he'd
be the best figurehead to use as an illustration saying, listen,
you're not allowed to block the dam streets, and we
even arrested our own mayor and gave a citation for it.

Speaker 2 (15:52):
Well, that's the thing with our police officers. We have
some of the greatest police officers in our city and
a lot of people talk about crime in our city
and I think that all the time. CPD will get
a bad rep for that. But you got to realize
that the government is essentially tying their hands yep, because
they have non pursuit laws, they have directives in order
that prevent them from doing their jobs properly. And so

(16:13):
you want to blame the crime, blame it on the
administration that's tying the hands of our police officers well.

Speaker 1 (16:19):
And sap in the will and they desire to even
do their job because if you follow through to the
prosecutor's office, and the prosecutor can do the best job
in the world, and you can draw you on conclusions
on whether Kyalae County pillage is. But then once you
get in front of a judge, and the judge is
one of those Silverstein type judges and doesn't apply a
bond to a very dangerous individual who may be a
flight risk or a danger of the community. And then

(16:40):
when it comes time for actual sentencing, after being convicted
beyond a reasonable doubt, they get a slap on the
wrist and there back on the street. That just defeats
the entire will and collapses the entire structure of law enforcement.
Punishment is a deterrent and if you take away the
detern effect, you're not going to stop the crime from happening.

Speaker 2 (16:59):
No, exactly. And we talk to police officers. I mean,
there's many that come in my coffee shop in the
West Send, and when we talk about these issues, a
lot of people think, oh, we're they're understaff, or there's
things happen, And for the most part, they actually say
that their biggest issues are these policies. Are these things
that are tying their hands, like non pursuit laws that
are keeping them from doing their job. Two is like

(17:22):
what you said, like these judges and these things that
are happening after the arrest. That is just basically discouraging them.
What's the reason why we're booking people? Why is the
reason why we are enforcing these laws if they're not
going to be implemented after the process.

Speaker 1 (17:38):
Yeah, you got to complete the process and get the
conviction in order to get that leg of the criminal
justice in place, which is the deterrent effect. You know,
it has to have consequences. Without consequences, there is no
point in law enforcement. Corey Bowman, it's been a pleasure
having you in and I appreciate making the effort to
stop in the studio. You're always welcome here, my friend.
I wish you the best of wealth. You got a

(17:58):
primary May six, people, Get out vote, vote. Vote. You
can vote now. Early voting is going on. Get into
the Board of Elections, cast your vote, and let's make
a real strong statement to the current administration to get
the job done and get back on track, because right
now you're not serving the interest of the citizens that
you purport to represent. Corey Bowman seven twenty five afty

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