By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Reporter Stories about cities going bankrupt have grown more common in the news over the past couple years. Cities like Stockton, California and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania among other cities have done that. But City Administrative Officer Don Martin said Fort Thomas is not in that boat, nor is he […]
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Ft. Thomas VA Homes Project: Details You Won’t Get Anywhere Else
By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Reporter Many people know what kind of economic impact this major acquisition from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and refurbishing would mean to the city of Fort Thomas. The city recently made huge step toward that when City Administrative Official Don Martin drew up a two-year plan […]
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How Much Would You Pay?
This past week there was an update on the VA / military homes from the Campbell County Connects blog. In this update we learned that three developers had “picked up bid packets” indicating a high level of interest. However the original deadline passed and was extended 3 weeks at the request of one developer and […]
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City Council Notes 1/18/11
Aside from Big Bird, Elmo and the Cookie Monster districts that came from the city council meeting on the Tuesday following MLK Day, there were some other points of interest that came from the meeting. Here’s a quick run down: 1) Letters of interest are due to the city by this Friday to purchase the […]
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Anatomy of an Ordinance
I get emails all the time from citizens who are having issues with something, and would like Fort Thomas Matters to help get it more publicity. I know most, if not everyone, has a little problem that bothers them about their neighborhood, street or city in general. Take a look at these comments from a […]
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Polling the Audience
Isn’t it nice not to have to watch the Bengals today. Don’t get me wrong, I love them, but how frustrating have they been this year? I guess they all can’t be as good as Mueller and the Birds. Not a whole lot going on in and around the city right now that hasn’t already […]
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Ordinance Counter Point – Don Martin’s Possible Point of View
In an attempt to represent the entire issue surrounding the new ordinance and the various perspectives beyond my own I will try and represent the other point of view with the following points: The original ordinance regulating the placement of tables and chairs in the public right-of-way was adopted in February 2004 and amended in […]
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Noise Ordinance Madness – Council Clamps Down Further
Just when you thought the madness of a 10 o’clock curfew for local businesses had reached its peak I experienced a very bizarre council meeting this afternoon. While council gave local businesses an extra hour Sunday through Thursday and two extra hours to midnight on Friday and Saturday they placed many additional restrictions on local […]
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Sidewalk Along Memorial Parkway
The Kentucky Post has an interview with Don Martin where he indicates work has in fact started again on the sidewalk along Memorial Parkway. I had actually assumed that work had finished near the city line with Bellevue and would never be completed. I am excited to see that it will be connected with Taylor […]