MBE's in the Nati

Iraq De-escalation Act 2007

2007-02-01T14:59:00.000-05:00

Dear Nubian Oracle,

Today, we sadly find ourselves at the very point in Iraq I feared most when I opposed giving the President the open-ended authority to wage this war in 2002 – an occupation of undetermined length, at undetermined cost, with undetermined consequences in the midst of a country torn by civil war.

We have waited and we have been patient. We have given chance after chance for a resolution that has not come, and, more importantly, watched with horror and grief the tragic loss of thousands of brave young Americans.

The time for waiting in Iraq is over. The days of our open-ended commitment must come to a close. And the need to bring this war to an end is here.

That is why today, I’m introducing the Iraq War De-escalation Act of 2007. This plan would not only place a cap on the number of troops in Iraq and stop the escalation, it would begin a phased redeployment of U.S. forces with the goal of removing of all U.S. combat forces from Iraq by March 31st, 2008 – consistent with the recommendations of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group that the President ignored.

The redeployment of troops to the United States , Afghanistan , and elsewhere in the region would begin no later than May 1st of this year, toward the end of the timeframe I first proposed in a speech more than two months ago. In a civil war where no military solution exists, this redeployment remains our best leverage to pressure the Iraqi government to achieve the political settlement between its warring factions that can slow the bloodshed and promote stability.

The U.S. military has performed valiantly and brilliantly in Iraq . Our troops have done all we have asked them to do and more. But no amount of American soldiers can solve the political differences at the heart of somebody else’s civil war, nor settle the grievances in the hearts of the combatants.

When it comes to the war in Iraq, the time for promises and assurances, for waiting and patience, is over. Too many lives have been lost and too many billions have been spent for us to trust the President on another tried and failed policy opposed by generals and experts, Democrats and Republicans, Americans and even the Iraqis themselves.

It is time to change our policy.

It is time to give Iraqis their country back.

And it is time to refocus America ’s efforts on the challenges we face at home and the wider struggle against terror yet to be won.

Sincerely,

U.S. Senator Barack Obama

Churches Can Change Cincinnati NOW will be the grassroots action agency for Christian faith based organizations who want to join our (Cincinnati Change) vision of Cincinnati. Churches Can Change Cincinnati NOW will create the momentum to end the boycott through economic development by bringing over 20 major faith based events to Cincinnati starting with the sponsoring an upcoming Southern Christian Leadership Conference convention. We will start lobbying this year for 2008. The same group of faith based leadership that joins the Cincinnati SCLC will also help establish a spin off from Cincinnati Change called The Nati Action Association. Its theme is to be the African American Social and Human Services Agency of Hamilton County. The initial project we will do is to care for the ex-felons in our community. Over 4,000 people are released from jail or prison a year in Greater Cincinnati. When Cincinnati Change formed as an organization, we looked for you to be its Chairman as you are highest ranking person in the church world that is associated with Cincinnati Change. Churches Can Change Cincinnati Now will partner with the Nati Action Association and other non-governmental organizations along with government agencies and professionals to provide and coordinate services. C4N will have members from a broad range of Christian faith based organizations and service providers who have programs who serve this population. C4N will become the faith based grassroots licensee from Global Change, a for profit subsidiary of my organization. Churches Can Change Cincinnati NOW will be a state of Ohio registered subsidiary of Cincinnati Change who received its charter on June 19, 2005. Churches Can Change Cincinnati NOW Membership is to be open to everyone as an individual and/or as an organization who believe that we are One Nation, with many faiths. Through C4N, Cincinnati Change will partner with non-governmental organizations and professionals along with a broad range of faith based organizations such as Churches, Synagogues and Masjids to deliver a regional social and human services infrastructure that builds on already established faith based operations. Through Churches Can Change Cincinnati NOW, Cincinnati Change will provide training, technical assistance and will work to attract grants to faith and community-based organizations serving their neighbors in need. The organization will concentrate its efforts in proving access to capital, leadership development, research on issues of local importance and creating a regional initiative to assist Greater Cincinnati's grass-roots, faith and community-based organizations so they may increase their effectiveness, enhance their ability to provide social services and create collaborations to better serve those in need through the creation of a mutual fund. This fund would be owned, in part, by Cincinnati Change, C4N, OIC Cincinnati and the Nati Action Association. This effort to develop financial instruments for change was led by me with the assistance of Irvin Henderson. Recently, you met with Mr. Henderson who is a board member of a NYSE mutual fund that has over $600M to begin your briefing as a board member of Cincinnati Change.

The American Dream

2006-09-13T00:34:00.000-05:00

Martin Luther King invoked the American Dream in what is perhaps his most famous speech: "Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends. And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American Dream."

The American Dream is the belief that in the United States of America, hard work and determination can lead to a better life, usually through the earning of money. These were values held by many early European settlers, and have been passed on to the newer generations - including African Americans. The United States remains a magnet for immigrants today, receiving 1 million legal entrants annually — the largest influx in the world.

We ask this question, "If the U.S. becomes something along the lines of Mexico, do we all stand to lose something?"

As the Anglo-Euro population diminishes, why would people, who would under some peoples plans become voting American citisens, from alien cultures subscribe to the prescriptions of a Thomas Jefferson, or care about the legacy of Magna Carta? The Magna Carta is often a symbol for the first time the citizens of England were granted rights against an absolute king.

We will speak over the coming days of all those jobs that "Americans won't do". We take the position that these jobs were being done as recently as 15 years prior by Americans who worked as roofers, framers, drywallers, body, fender repairmen, truck drivers and janitors. Prior to the mass deluge, native-born minority citizens dominated these occupations and were able to sustain their families on their salaries.

9/11

2006-09-11T07:57:00.000-05:00

This WAR is for REAL !

Who we at War with in totality is not yet clear, but to get out of a difficulty, one usually must go through it. The war in Iraq is a very large battle front. Even the War on Terror now is just a battlefront.

Cincinnati Change believes that the United States of America, our country, is now facing the most serious threat to its existence, as we know it.

This War will be as bloody as the Civil War and as great a challenge as the Second World War.

We are in World War IV whether we like it or not, or whether we know it or like it. We cannot appease our out of this, the other side wants to win.

The deadly seriousness is greatly compounded by the fact that there are very few of us who think we can possibly lose this war and even fewer who realize what losing really means.

First, let’s examine a few basics:

1. When did the threat to us start?

Many will say September 11, 2001. The answer as far as the United States is concerned is 1979, 22 years prior to September 2001, with the following attacks on us:

* Iran Embassy Hostages, 1979;
* Beirut, Lebanon Embassy 1983;
* Beirut, Lebanon Marine Barracks 1983;
* Leon Klinghoffer October , 1985
* Lockerbie, Scotland Pan-Am flight to New York 1988;
* First New York World Trade Center attack 1993;
* Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Khobar Towers Military complex 1996;
* Nairobi, Kenya US Embassy 1998;
* Dares Salaam, Tanzania US Embassy 1998;
* Aden, Yemen USS Cole 2000;
* New York World Trade Center 2001;
* Pentagon 2001.

WE WILL NEVER FORGET
(Note that during the period from 1981 to 2001 there were 7,581 terrorist attacks worldwide).

What we want our government to do with illegal invaders

2006-09-06T16:26:00.000-05:00

CINCINNATI CHANGE believes that one of crucial root causes of crime is poverty and that we can change the conditions from which crime takes root. It is a mission of Cincinnati Change to change the conditions in which children live so that they can grow up and become adults in a nurturing and supportive community environment.

The War on Terrorism and the hope for Democracy has a problem illegal invaders in the country.

Cincinnati Change has what it believes is an example of a practical approach to the illegal invader problem.

We use the term illegal invader because that is who this solution is aimed at. If you have not broken the laws of the United States of America then the term does not apply to you. If it does we hope to create an example in Cincinnati that can provide for more secure borders within 150 days from a administrative and training headquarters located in Cleveland, Ohio.

Cincinnati Change will propose a A-76 Contract to provide totally secure borders within three years using the full resources of the federal government combined with state and local governments in cooperation to this vital national goal with a coalition of 300 corporate partners, 1,000 small business enterprises and 10,000 non governmental and faith based change agent partners.

We support a 20 year sunset law granting 50 million visas allowing foreigners legal immigrants status. This would allow them to work for 20 years in the United States at a cost of $50,000. This would include support of family unification by not subtracting the visas given to immediate relatives of U.S. citizens from visas available to all family immigrants. thereby the Illegal Invaders in this country could apply for up to 20 to 30 million visas over the next three years - they would have to sign and or their country a $50,000 Individual American Citizenship performance Bond;

Cincinnati Change will build in support for agricultural workers that builds on current law and regulation as an example while working to provide a path to legal, permanent residency and citizenship for college age students and or those in service to the federal government;

Cincinnati Change supports the application of due process rights for the illegal invaders who are facing deportation, including access to fair, humane and follow established legal procedures such as a speedy trials through remote court operations, and the creation of a pool of adequate counsel and will work in greater Cincinnati to create such an infrastructure using our patent license;

Cincinnati Change is a non governmental organization who is not a 501 C 3 organization who supports efforts to penalize anyone for providing humanitarian assistance to illegal invaders by providing American citizens in need with assistance determined by a local faith based lead coalition of community service providers at the local level such as what we will look to assemble in Cincinnati. In addition, we support our fellow human beings in their native countries in need of help. To that end we will team up with Ammons United Methodist Church and their operations to create economic and community development infrastructure through the co development of infrastructure for the 20 to 30 million illegal invaders in the United States of America, that in turns finances development in their home country and works to stop their migration;

We support efforts to require, encourage and/or deputize state and or local police to enforce federal immigration laws with oversight through the US State department;

We support the mandatory detention of undocumented invaders. Cincinnati Change will support the Department of Homeland Security by providing for the detention of up to 100,000 individuals indefinitely. This will happen within 150 days from acceptance of our A-76 proposal to DHS from an Network Operations Center located at 2439 Auburn and growing to include over 4 million sq. ft. of mixed use development in support of the network facilities that will house a million undocumented invaders. Most of these will be faith based run but overseen by the coalition created by Cincinnati Change in Cincinnati, Ohio and;

Cincinnati Change will create an A-76 Coalition to creates a contract with the US Government to create a low-level Citizenship and Immigration Digital Support Service that supports personnel exercising legal authority to judge the good moral character of an applicant for citizenship complete with thorough identity background checks and judge which type of facility that individual will go to.

We believe that the new phase the war is going in that it will have even a longer term affect on us as citizens of the United States of America. Our job is to make sure that the 8 trillion dollars spent since September 11th 2001 was spent as the 1st Phase as we rebuild America over the next five years.

Cincinnati Change will propose that we, Citizens of the United States and the 50 million people who want to become citizens spend $10 trillion dollars worldwide to bring about democracy, safe communities and peacefull coexistence with the coalition created by the United States of America and it's allies in the War.

Cincinnati Change will be one of the co-founders of a business that is majority African American owned and will be a Professional Military Corporation. One that serves clients from around the world but for Cincinnati Change will implement it's A-76 proposal through a stratagic partnership with 1,300 companies and 10,000 non governmental organizations and faith driven organizations.

At Cincinnati Change we believe that our nation can stand as a shining example to all the world of freedom and democracy, a unique honor that comes with a responsibility to lead. First we must make our streets safe and our communities secure. In Cincinnati we can create an example that can be used throughout the United States and the world.

We can and have to win the War on Terror in Cincinnati, first with Peace in the Hood with Jobs in the Hood.

We don't have all the answers but through the net we hope to bring about change in greater Cincinnati that is, in part, coordinated through a public private faith based partnership called Nati Action Agency. This organization will be formed on 17 September 2006 by Cincinnati Change and partners

Illegal Invaders, time for a change.

2006-09-04T22:10:00.000-05:00

We will work to change Cincinnati as a national example of the issue of Illegal Invaders. Our changes will provide the means to provide national change. Each illegal invader will be responsible for a payment of $50,000 under our proposal. They would join those who are allowed legally in the country over the next 20 years.

100 Days of action

2006-07-30T00:43:00.000-05:00

The Lloyd Daniels Daniels Development Group will create a trust for a Pew Pastor Ministry of Ammons United Methodist Church under the leadership of Wanda Lloyd Daniels. The pastor the Ammons, Vera Cole, has provided leadership to a group of Cincinnati churches that after one year are continuing to mobilize their men to bring about change not only in their neighborhoods, but also to the people who live there.

The 100 Male March Ministries was launched one year ago on a 5th Sunday with a walk in a troubled Walnut Hills neighborhood from Peoples Corner to Ammons United Methodist Church. They will gather this Sunday the 30th of July 2006 to celebrate one year of action at 934 E. McMillan St. and march to Ammons United Methodist Church. Each man is asked to bring a boy to mentor. Call 513.545.7905 for more information.

According to Melvin Williams, president of the Cincinnati District United Methodist Men and manager of the CVS Pharmacy on East McMillan Street at Pebbles Corner, "We're trying to put a human face on Christianity from the male point of view."

LDG created Cincinnati Change to encourages increased economic activity in Hamilton County with faith based partners like Ammons. LDG will create companies that support the ministry like Hughes Electronics did the Hughes Medical Institute through trusts setup by each company that supports our youth. Over the next 100 days we will impliment a program that effects 20,000 households, 50,000 people in the region and supports 1,000 businesses.

Through Cincinnati Change LDG is proposing to create with Ammons United Methodist Church a Cincinnati Company called Churches Can Change Cincinnati NOW, Inc. (C4N) that over the next 100 days would impliment a plan of action to impliment a continium of care for young men and boys.

This company will also provide consulting, homeland safety and security infrastructure management, design and construction from our headquarters in Cincinnati as a faith based enterprise that is owned in part by the ministries of the churches involved and the companies created as church affiliated companies who will pay their taxes on unrelated business income and use the rest to support the needs of young men and boys.

During 2007, more than $500 billion dollars is being allocated for and through the federal, state and local government units in the United States and our for profit businesses will take advantage of these contracts with it's faith based sponsors in the following areas -:

Peace in the Hood, Jobs in the Hood Initiative
Veterans Assistance program operation
Creative Class Workforce and Network Development Program
Third Frontier Workforce Development Program
Housing program to build a million homes for young men and their families
ReEntry of Young Men into society
Preparing for and responding to future catastrophes
Immigration & Secure Boarders
U.S. Gulf Coast Reconstruction
Regional National Energy Policy Partnership Demostration Program

Cincinnati Change has created a program that serve the nation through and it's partner The American Academy of Distance Learning and Training, Inc.(AADLT) who has joined with Beauchamp Tower Corporation, Inc. and it's partners to support their proposal called Operation Enduring Service (OES) which will the basis for the creation of a program to employ over 1,000 of countys young men in 2007 through the 100 male March Ministry of Ammons United Methodist Church.

BREAKING NEWS: Activist Kabaka Oba Dies Of Injuries

2006-04-16T04:08:00.000-05:00

Cincinnati Change Media Statement

From Chairman of Cincinnati Change Fred Hargrove, Sr., PE, MBA

For Immediate Release: April 15, 2006

Contact: Nubian Oracle nubianoracle@cincinnatichange.com

From the Cincinnati Change headquarters Fred Hargrove, Sr., Cincinnati Changes Chairman and Chief Engineer issues the following statement on the passing of Michael Bailey [ General Kabaka Oba]."I hereby express my deepest sympathy and condolences to the family of Michael Bailey as Chairman of Cincinnati Change. Michael Bailey, 47, who was also known as General Kabaka Oba is dead.

I did not know Michael Bailey for many years and was introduced to him through Cincinnati Change's support for some of the ideals of the Millions More Movement.

Even though he was controversial in some circles, some of the ideals that he talked about like economic inclusion and justice cannot be disputed and should be embraced by us all.

We hereby pick up the challenge before us in this my hometown."

Cincinnati Change & Hispanics

2006-04-05T11:31:00.005-05:00

This nation's civil rights movement of the 1960s broke the back of overt white supremacy that prevented black Americans (who were citizens) from enjoying the rights guaranteed to them under the Constitution. Undeniably, the freedoms codified by civil rights-era legislation have made life better for all Americans — regardless of skin color, gender or national origin.

The Immigration and Nationality Services Act of 1965 (also known as the Hart-Celler Act or the INS Act of 1965) abolished the national-origin quotas that had been in place in the United States since the Immigration Act of 1924. It was proposed by Emanuel Celler and heavily supported by Senator Ted Kennedy. In the two decades that followed, along with millions of legal immigrants, the U.S. attracted a huge, mainly Hispanic, illegal population -- roughly 3 million of whom received amnesty from Ronald Reagan in 1986.

Illegal immigration describes migration across national borders without complying with the legal requirements.

As of July 1, 2004, Hispanics accounted for 14.1% of the population [including the 11 million illegals]) or about 41.3 million people. Hispanic growth rate over the July 1, 2003 to July 1, 2004 period was of 3.6 %, higher than any other ethnic group in the United States, and in fact, more than three times the rate of the nation's total population (at 1.0%).

The projected Hispanic population of the United States for July 1, 2050, is 102.6 million people. According to this projection, Hispanics will then make up 24% of the nation’s total population. [2]

At the same time, the black population is projected to rise from 35.8 million to 61.4 million by 2050, an increase of about 26 million or 71 percent. That would raise their share of the country’s population from 12.7 percent to 14.6 percent.

``This is the defining moment for the Republican Party,'' Graham, of South Carolina, said on the ``Fox News Sunday'' program. With Hispanics the fastest-growing group in the U.S., Republicans ``will lose our majority'' if Congress passes harsh penalties for illegal immigrants and fails to create a way of addressing the estimated 11 million undocumented workers already in the U.S., he said.

No matter how you look at it, it is the United State of America not the United States of the Americas. If Mexicans and other foreigners want to make it here legally, more power to them. Let them use the legal means. Let them earn the rights and citizenship not just have it handed to them because they are here.

Hispanic, as used in the United States, is one of several terms used to categorize persons whose ancestry hails either from Spain, the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America, or the original settlers of the traditionally Spanish-held Southwestern United States. The term is used as a broad form of classification in the U.S. census, local and federal employment, and numerous business market researches.

In Spanish speaking America, when speaking of any given nation's Hispanic population, those who are implied include criollos, mestizos, and mulattos, but excludes indigenous Amerindians, the unmixed descendants of black African slaves, and other more recent non-Spanish immigrants which may now reside in Latin America. In this context, regardless of whether the excluded groups now use Spanish as their first and only language. As is the case with all blacks, most Amerindians and the great majority of immigrants do not qualify for Hispanicity,

We disagree with many immigrant-rights organizers [seemingly only Hispanic Latino] and their sympathizers who seem to be saying that there is some inherent right to enter the United States, thumb their noses at the law [it is against the law to cross the border without permission, even for Citizens] and at the same time make fools out of those who wait patiently in foreign lands for visas to come to the United States.

Roughly 60% of the illegal alien populationare undocumented aliens and 40% are nonimmigrant overstayers. The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States found that the government inadequately tracked those with expired tourist or student visas.

Crossing the border without authorization is a misdemeanor for the first offense and a felony for subsequent violations. Immigrants who are caught illegally trespassing U.S. territory are fingerprinted and immediately returned, unless they are a repeat offender, in which case they may be criminally prosecuted. The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA) made the hiring of an illegal alien an offense for the first time. American businesses hire well over 10 million illegal aliens per year.

A 2005 Pew Hispanic Center survey on attitudes toward immigration, conducted in part in Mexico, found that an estimated 70 million adults in Mexico would come to the U.S. if they had the means and the opportunity.

About half of those said they would be willing to move to and work in this country illegally. The study also found that 35% of Mexican college graduates want to come to the U.S., even if that means they would have to work at a job below their qualifications — and many also said they'd be willing to come illegallyImmigrant-rights groups will have to acknowledge that an unchecked flow of unskilled labor drives [over a million a year] down wages for entry-level jobs, rendering all poor Americans, including millions of teenage workers, less competitive. The reality is that most Americans won't do entry-level labor for the meager wages often offered to undocumented workers.

Those of us in Cincinnati Change who are Americans who came to America by slavery, have paid the dues, not the over 11 million illegals who broke the laws of this country and the over 5 million children they have had in America. We acknowledge that they have rights as human beings and believe that they should exercise those rights in their own country. On the other hand, in our country we should have a plan if they don't want to leave America.

Cincinnati Change Chairman Fred Hargrove Sr. said: "Our nation’s immigration policy must be consistent with humanitarian values that take in consideration the needs of America’s disadvanted and with the need to treat all individuals with respect and dignity who obey our laws. We must move away from the politics of ostracizing immigrants and instead look at how we can work to meet the needs of our nation"

Cincinnati Change is calling for Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform with a focus on the enforcement approach in which the United States immigration policies must be consistent with our humanitarian values as expressed in our laws. As public policy, such legislation must address genuine immigration reform that should include proposals that would allow people to earn the right of citizenship through hard work, the commitment of several years, learning english and meeting several security and related requirements.

We also propose a monetary solution whereas they will pay the United States $250 Billion Dollars over the next 5 years to be used in those areas with the most unemployed Americans. This money would be used to address the larger economic needs of the nation such as the creation of job training programs and small business programs, as well as federal education assistance to those in areas already identified as in need of help through HUD so that all Americans can have enhanced opportunities.

When this is on the table, then we will look to create an alliance with these people. If not then what global solidarity to us have they shown? Are they going to align with the needs of a America at war, no matter how we got there?

We also feel employers employing those who break the immigration law should be prosecuted as should public officials and religious leaders who aid them.

The Internet

2006-02-16T23:15:00.003-05:00

Young Chinese use computers at an Internet cafe in Beijing. More than 100 million people in the country are online, second only to the United States, with 135 million. The net population is near 950 million by the end of January 2006.

Small Business Administration

2006-02-07T18:27:00.002-05:00

There is nothing small about small business - there are 25 million of them. The [SBA's] Office of Advocacy estimates that small business produces 52% of the gross output of the economy, so 52% of all products and services come from small business.

Ninety-eight percent of all companies have less than 100 employees, 89% have less than 20, and the average American business has 10 to 12 employees. That is why Congress passed the Small Business Act after the Korean War, to direct government contracts to where Americans work.

Cincinnati Change believes that small business is one of the engines that fuels the economy, another is housing (mostly small businesses). We support programs of the Small Business Adminstration (SBA) and look forward to expanding them in the region.

Cincinnati Change believes that the numbers don't lie, and since the beginning of the Bush Administration the things that the SBA is doing are at historic levels. A third of SBA loans go to minority businesses, and minority businesses represent 15% of all businesses.

The mission of SBA is to maintain and strengthen the Nation’s economy by enabling the establishment and viability of small businesses and by assisting in the economic recovery of communities after disasters.

To fulfill this mission, the SBA has three programmatic Strategic Goals that broadly define what the Agency and its programs are trying to accomplish. A fourth Strategic Goal defines the responsibility of the Agency’s executive leadership and support functions to help accomplish the programmatic goals.

SBA Strategic Goals:
1. Improve the economic environment for small businesses.
2. Increase small business success by bridging competitive opportunity gaps facing entrepreneurs.
3. Restore homes and business affected by disaster.
4. Ensure that all SBA programs operate at maximum efficiency and effectiveness by providing them with high quality executive leadership and support services.

President Bush has said, “The role of government is not to create wealth, but to create an environment where entrepreneurs can thrive, flourish, take risks and achieve the American Dream.”

According to SBA Administrator Hector Barreto, "When this Administration started, the SBA was doing $9.5 billion in loan guarantees, and we did 50,000 loans. Last year, the SBA and it's partners did over 100,000 loans and over $20 billion in loan guarantees."

Futhermore Mr. Barreto said, "One-third went to the fastest-growing areas of women and minorities.When we started four and a half years ago, the SBA was training 1.4 million businesses; last year 2.6 million got access to technology and educational assistance. Lastly, four and a half years ago the federal government bought $50 billion worth of goods and services from small businesses; last year they bought $69 billion. That is almost a 40% increase."

[In regard to Katrina loans, the SBA Adminstrator had this to say], we did $1 billion worth of loans to small businesses affected in the Gulf areas and we've done over $3 billion to victims throughout the area. We will surpass $4 billion in loans.

Mr. Baretto has said, "We're still not satisfied. We are producing $70 million in loans a day. We are working seven days a week in two shifts. The bottom line is that this is the biggest response that the U.S. has ever [undertaken]."

"[In terms of the budget], nothing is further from the truth[the story about the Bush adminstration wanting to shut down the SBA]. We have the 2006 budget in place, and I am already working on the 2007 budget and after that the 2008 budget. "

The SBA submitted request for funding for section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2006 commitments to guarantee loans under section 503 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, shall not exceed $5,500,000,000: Provided, That during fiscal year 2006 commitments for general business loans authorized under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act, shall not exceed $16,500,000,000: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2006 commitments to guarantee loans for debentures under section 303(b) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, shall not exceed $3,000,000,000: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2006 guarantees of trust certificates authorized by section 5(g) of the Small Business Act shall not exceed a principle amount of $12,000,000,000

Cincinnati Change plans to take advanatage of the the statutory authority for the SBA to enter into cooperative agreements with any coalition of private or public entities to: (1) expand business to business relationships; and (2) provide businesses with online information and a database of companies that are interested in mentor-protégé programs or community-based, statewide, or local business development programs.

Working with this as a base of possiable federal SBA lending Cincinnati Change is working to create 1,000 greater Cincinnati based companies in co-operation with partners.

Mrs. Martin Luther King

2006-02-07T18:27:00.001-05:00

Sell the Cincinnati Water Works?

2006-02-05T03:20:00.000-05:00

The Greater Cincinnati Water Works has been a municipally owned and operated utility since it was purchased by the City of Cincinnati in 1839. We believe the future mission of this city owned organization whose revenues are over 90 million dollars year is to be sold.

It provides about 136 million gallons of water a day through 3,000 miles of water mains to most of Hamilton County and parts of Butler and Warren Counties in Ohio, and to Boone County in Kentucky.

The net profits should go to housing in the city, supporting business development, public saftey and health along with improving public infrastructure so that it is the residents of the city who it will be helping first.

After that we like the rest of the region will share in the cost of the water we drink.

Cincinnati Change thinks it is worth $400M and will hire an engineer to find out.

What Did Julian Bond Say?

2006-02-03T17:35:00.000-05:00

Let us state for the record that we support the concept of a coalition of schools to provide for the education of those who identify themselves as African Americans that has sunset provistions - lets say 40 years.

We believe that Fayetteville State University (FSU) who was cited as one of 20 schools nationwide that create a campus culture that fosters student success is such a school and has made the transition into a school that does a good job of educating students.

It was featured in a listing of colleges appeared in the August 29 edition of USA Today.

Fayetteville State University is a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina and the second-oldest public institution of higher education in the state.

Founded in 1867 as the Howard School for the education of African Americans, today FSU serves a growing student body of more than 5,300 and ranks among the nation’s most diverse campus communities. Enrollment is projected to grow to 6,000 by 2008, and a $45.5-million campus construction and renovation campaign is underway to accommodate additional students.

The university offers 39 undergraduate and 20 master’s degree programs in the arts and sciences, business and economics, and education. New degree programs also have been established, including FSU's first doctoral program in Educational Leadership. And leadership is where our questions start. This was recently posted on the schools web site:

2005-2006 Chancellor's Distinguished Speaker and Fine Arts Series

Chancellor T.J Bryan and the Department of Performing and Fine Arts at Fayetteville State University (FSU), announce its 2005-06 Chancellor's Distinguished Speaker and Fine Arts Series.

All events for the Chancellor's Distinguished Speaker and Fine Arts Series are free and open to the public. For information concerning the Fine Arts Series, contact Dr. Marvin Curtis at (910) 672-1276. For information regarding the Chancellor's Distinguished Speaker Series, please call (910) 672-1474.

Julian Bond
February 1 at 7:00 p.m.

Seabrook Auditorium

Chairman of the NAACP, Julian Bond will be guest speaker on February 1, 2006 to coincide with the Black History Month Kick-off. Mr. Bond was a founder in 1960 of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) while a student at Morehouse College in Atlanta.

In 1965, he was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives but was prevented from taking his seat by members who objected to his opposition to the Vietnam War. He was re-elected to his own vacant seat only to be un-seated again and eventually seated after a third election and a unanimous decision of the United States Supreme Court.

He was co-chair of a challenge delegation from Georgia to the 1968 Democratic Convention which led to the successful unseating of Georgia's regular Democrats. He became the first Black to be nominated for Vice-President by any major political party but declined because he was too young.

He is a commentator on America's Black Forum and has narrated documentaries including the Academy Award-winning A Time for Justice and the prize-winning acclaimed series Eyes on the Prize.

and recently

Press Release

02/03/06

Fayetteville State University Responds to Speaker's Comments
Julian Bond, Civil Rights Activist and chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), denied comments attributed to him during a speech made at Fayetteville State University (FSU).

Bond was the guest speaker during the Chancellor's Distinguished Speaker Series Feb. 1 in J.W. Seabrook Auditorium. The following day, nationwide media reported that Bond equated the Republican Party with the Nazi Party, and referred to Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice and her predecessor, Colin Powell, as "tokens".

"I didn't say these things I'm alleged to have said," Bond told FSU. "There is no one in the audience who can say I said them. The reporter from the Fayetteville newspaper did not report I said them. I have denied I said them and refuse to engage in a back and forth about what I did say. This is an irresponsible attack by a right-wing blog - a partisan blog - and these kinds of attacks should be expected and dismissed for what they are."

FSU officials reviewed a tape of Bond's speech to verify the alleged comments. Based on the review, it was determined that nowhere during Bond's speech was reference made to the Nazi Party, nor was the word "token" used.

"We received numerous calls and emails from concerned individuals about Mr. Bond's presentation, so we felt compelled to review the tape in an effort to address their concerns," said Jeffery Womble, director of public relations at Fayetteville State University. "After a close review, we have concluded that the comments attributed to Mr. Bond about the Republican Party, Dr. Rice, and Mr. Colin Powell were not made."

Fayetteville State University is a member institution of The University of North Carolina, which says it is committed to equality of educational opportunity and does not discriminate against applicants, students, or employees based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, or disability."

Proposal to Develop Vendor Relationships

2006-01-23T20:35:00.000-05:00

Billion Dollar Riverfront Development

We are proposing building 20,000 homes over the next 5 years in greater Cincinnati. We will start in the core and work our way out. The center is located at 2439 Auburn Avenue. By the time we are through helping rebuild the south we have the potential to earn over 10 billion dollars for Ohio. Our Cincinnati Change Change Agent Vendors will employee over 8,000 people.

Cincinnati Change needs people, organizations, schools, churches, businesses and governmental agent's to step to the plate and help our subsidiary Queen City Development Group to level the playing field in regional major projects, rebuilding the Gulf and from there the world.

Our AEC team are developing the designs, financing, bid documents and are sending negotiated invitations to bid. These include a reference to the appropriate building policies that will meet our purchasing goals for the particular category that the purchasing request applies to.

In general 60% of the employees must live in the Empowerment Zone. Fifty percent of contracts must go to African Americans and 25% to members of the regions minority purchasing council who is a Cincinnati Change Agent organizational supporter of the Cincinnati Change Corporate Diversity Roundtable.

All vendors must be Cincinnati Change Agents and 25% must be women owned businesses, 25% must by owned by young adults under 35, 19% must be owned by our seniors and not for profit organizations that service the poor will own 10% through Nati Action Agency.

Fred Hargrove PE can assist you with the specs, bid language and/or the diversity partnerships and or investments a Change Agent partners will need.

Cincinnati Change believes that Change Agent vendor relationships are critically important as we step to the plate with over 1,000 MBE's, SBE's DBE's, FBE's and companies owned by veterans and peoples with disabilities .

Keep in mind that these Cincinnati Change Agent Vendors will work with our development partners to support products and or services to build 20,000 homes in greater Cincinnati while keeping 80% of the jobs in the City and 95% in the OKI region.Cincinnati Change through incorporate Diversity Roundtable can intervene with Queen City Development Group as its contracted diversity managers.

In this roles we can help all parties to an transaction carryout the goal to make a profit, increase revenues for all parties concerned, deliverer homes and buildings for 20,000 households, improve the lives of over 9,000 employees and create an environment that we would want to live in for people at all levels of the community.

MBE's United for Change

2006-01-23T16:37:00.000-05:00

Cincinnati Change is creating a coalition of companies from Ohio, over 1,000 who will look to build 40,000 homes in the Gulf over the next ten years. In Hamilton & Cuyahoga County they would also build 20,000 homes, each. Minority Businesses Enterprtises will lead this effort.

The headquarters for each will be located in that county's Empowerment Zone. The first headquarters is at 2439 Auburn Avenue. We are having a meeting on this starting on 27 January 2006. Call 513.257.2552 for details and or email us at admin@cincinnatichange.com.

They would become members of Cincinnati Change's Change Agent Business Partners and own a % of the holding company developer of the 40,000 homes to be built in Ohio.

As a Cincinnati or Cleveland Change Change Agent Business Partner they would receive work based not only on their current capacity but on their projected 5 year capacity.

As a Cincinnati Change Agent Business Partner they would receive access to bid information on local, national and international as an individual contractor. They will also have the chance to be part of our group bid, to be the lead 5th wheel in the $200B rebuilding in the Gulf.

Cincinnati Change starts partnering at Music Hall with MLK

2006-01-11T04:48:00.000-05:00

On 16 January 2006 at 11:30 Cincinnati Change is creating a limited liability company called Queen City Development Group at Washington Park right across from Music Hall. Then we will walk in for the FREE 12:00 Martin Luther King Day event with Bishop E. Lynn Brown, Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, Second District, Cincinnati.

E. Lynn Brown was elected the 46th bishop of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in 1986 in Birmingham, AL. He was born April 2, 1936. As a native of Jackson, Tennessee, Bishop Brown joins the sainted Bishop Isaac Lane as one of the only two bishops of the church born in Madison County, Tennessee, the birthplace of the CME Church. According to family lore, in 1870 his great grandmother was the cook for one of the bishops of the M.E. Church, South, during the organization of the CME Church. Thus, his nurture in the church from the "incipiency of his being" all the way through college on the very grounds where Christian Methodism originated is unique.

Bishop Brown's elementary and secondary education was from the public schools of Madison County, TN. He matriculated at Lane College in Jackson where he came under the directing influence of Chester A. Kirkendoll, the 35th bishop, who was the president. He earned the BA degree from Lane. His theological training was at Phillips School of Theology at The Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, GA which he entered as the recipient of a Fellowship Grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. He earned the M.Div. degree. Several honorary degrees have been conferred upon him. He has taught at the Lemoyne-Owen College in Memphis, lectured extensively, and has earned a national reputation as a preacher.

The hallmark of the entire ministry of Bishop E. Lynn Brown has been his community activism. He has been at the forefront in the struggle for justice. He received the Outstanding Community Service Award. As a bishop he has served as Chair of the Department of Lay Activities and has served as Chair of the Department of Evangelism, Missions, and Human Concerns.

He serves on the National Board of Directors of SCLC and the Board of Directors of the National Congress of Black Churches (NCBC). The NCBC repersent denominations with 65,000 churches and membership of over 20-million. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Phillips School of Theology.

Bishop Brown is married to Gladys (nee Stephens) Brown, and is the father of Alonzo Victor and Cheronda Patrice. His office and residence are in Cincinnati. Bishop E. Lynn Brown, is also the Chairman of the Board of The Center for Closing the Health Gap.

This year he leads the celebration of the Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. as it's Chairman. This day is offen called Martin Luther King Day and is on Monday January 16, 2006 at the Cincinnati Music Hall for a free concert starting at noon.

The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr, Ph.D. (January 15, 1929 Â April 4, 1968) was a Baptist minister and political activist who was the most famous leader of the American civil rights movement. King won the Nobel Peace Prize and Presidential Medal of Freedom before being assassinated in 1968. For his promotion of non-violence and racial equality, King is considered a peacemaker and martyr by many people around the world. Martin Luther King Day was established in his honor.

We have established Cincinnati Change to adhere to many of the principles that he stood for.

Besides winning the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize, in 1965 the American Jewish Committee presented the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with the American Liberties Medallion for his "exceptional advancement of the principles of human liberty." Reverend King said in his acceptance remarks, "Freedom is one thing. You have it all or you are not free."r King Jr.,

Martin Luther king was aregisteredd Republican and may have supported affirmative action.

Among his comments:

"Whenever this issue [compensatory treatment] is raised, some of our friends recoil in horror. The Negro should be granted equality, they agree, but should ask for nothing more. On the surface, this appears reasonable, but is not realistic. For it is obvious that if a man enters the starting line of a race three hundred years after another man, the first would have to perform some incredible feat in order to catch up."

"A society that has done something special against the Negro for hundreds of years must now do something special for him, to equip him to compete on a just and equal basis. "

"... for two centuries the Negro was enslaved and robbed of any wages and potential accrued wealth which would have been the legacy of his descendants. All of America's wealth today could not adequately compensate its Negroes for his centuries of exploitation and humiliation. It is an economic fact that a program such as I propose would certainly cost far less than any computation of two centuries of unpaid wages plus accumulated interest. In any case, I do not intend that this program of economic aid should apply only to the Negro: it should benefit the disadvantaged of all races."

"You can't talk about solving the economic problem of the Negro without talking about billions of dollars. You can't talk about ending the slums without first saying profit must be taken out of slums. You're really tampering and getting on dangerous ground because you are messing with folk then. You are messing with captains of industry.... Now this means that we are treading in difficult water...."

On April 3, 1968, King prophetically told a euphoric crowd:

"It really doesn't matter what happens now.... some began to... talk about the threats that were out -- what would happen to me from some of our sick white brothers.... Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place, but I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over, and I've seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land. And so I'm happy tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord."

King was assassinated the next evening, April 4, 1968, at 6:01 PM, on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, while preparing to lead a local march in support of the heavily black Memphis sanitation workers' union which was on strike at the time.

Over the next 5 years Queen City Development Group will create in the south over 2,000 acres of real estate developments that will serve as relief centers, under contracts, for a million people by 2010 with 1,000 Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana businesses lead by Fred Hargrove P.E., MBA whose Engineering Company is taking the point in a joint venture that will tread in thdangerousus waters of rebuilding the south and being ready when this happens again.

We will partnership with an Inter Faith Based Leadership lead by Pastor Wanda Lloyd-Daniels, of Ammons United Methodist Church who is also a journeywoman of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, owner of Lloyds General & Electrical Contractors, a Ohio company that is 20 plus years old general contracting and technology company that is a FBE/MBE/SBE and she is the head of the Cincinnati Hamilton County Black Republican Forum.

This company will create on Tuesday, 17 January 2006 a proposal to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) a proposal for less than $100M in an IDIQ contract to care for 7,000 households and their facilities in the Gulf. Under the contract the federal government is paying the bill over 5 years ($100M or less) with companies drawn from around the nation, a 30% preference given to team like ours that located in the affected areas and are SBA 8A firms. The contract starts in March 2006.

Over the next five years we will recruit over 10,000 businesses and 100,000 people in the Gulf to pick up the bill afterwards, either through their representative government and constitutional right to redress grievances to the government and or direct contracts with our subsidiary Queen City Development Group and it's affiliate Gulf Change through the business process developed by Hershel Daniels, Junior.

Gulf Change will perform basadministrativeive functions as a contractor with Union workers through Lloyds General and Electrical Contractors, Inc., if we conclude a Cincinnati based planned labor agreement whereas we get access to pension funds to -

1 build homes for 100,000 people over next ten years; promote the establishment of substantial autonomy and self-government in communities through the use of fiber to the home enable community access technology master territory licensee's who use our patent in communications as their competitive advantage in the Gulf states demonstration;

2 facilitate a political process at a neighborhood level through the internet to determine regions future based on development from 16 Jan. 2006 till 19 June 2006 of a plan to house and rehabilitate the lives of 100,000 people and from then to create the financial and technical ability to implement the plan by December 31, 2006;

3 create 10 centers in the Gulf to provide for the coordinate humanitarian and disaster relief of all international agencies for a million people in the America's and as part of a internal effort lead by AID and Gulf Change, first headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio for a 18 month staff training period; Fred Hargrove Sr. and partner companies, educational institutions and governmental agencies who will support the reconstruction of key infrastructure with over 100 companies who will invest in the redevelopment including foreign companies who operate key urban infrastructure including phone systems, water works and sewage plants;

4 maintain civil law and order thought eh creation of a private military company that in Cincinnati has the public police powers empowered to them through the city of Cincinnati under it's laws, and;

5 promote human and civil rights for Americans and create a environment whereas American citizens can live safe and secure lives; and assure the safe and unimpeded return of all displaced persons to their homes in the Gulf.

Gulf Change is to be created on a model created by Hershel Daniels, Junior that e think is a business process that created a master holding company called Gulf Change as a for profit Business that is divided into nine holding companies which it calls "Change Agent Commands".

These Change Area Commands are:

CAC I: Public Safety and Security including NBC, Justice, Public Safety and Fire Protection

CAC II: Contract Civil Administration and Metropolitan Assets Utilization

CAC III: Neighborhood Democratization, Institution Building and Community Development

CAC IV: Reconstruction and Economic Development

CAC V: Public Private Partnership Agreement Monitoring Team

CAC VI: Lifelong Education and PLA Workforce Development

CAC VII: Health Services and Support including assisted living faculties

CAC VIII: Faith Based Leadership and Family Support & Development

CAC IX: Professional Services Support

MLK Birthday in the Nati at Music Hall

2006-01-10T02:20:00.000-05:00

A celebration of the Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., often called Martin Luther King Day in on Monday January 16, 2006 at the Cincinnati Music Hll. for a free concert starting at 11:30 AM.

It is a United States federal and state of Ohio holiday honoring the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and is observed on the third Monday of January each year, around the time of King's birthday, this year that is January 16, a day after his birth.

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday celebrates the life and legacy of a man who brought hope and healing to America.

We will commemorate at Cincinnati Music Hall the timeless values he taught us through his example -- the values of courage, truth, justice, compassion, dignity, humility and service that so radiantly defined Dr. King’s character and empowered his leadership, which we need in the Nati NOW.

In 2001, the founders of Cincinnati Change submitted a request to the Cincinnati Empowerment Corporation (CEC) that they set out procedures to issue $100M of revenue bonds. The request was updated in 2002 and again in 2003. In 2004, the CEC set the procedures to issue the bonds through the Cincinnati Hamilton County Port Authority.

In 2005, Cincinnati Change assembled a team to meet its organizational objectives through creation of a mutual fund to fund its mission to Change Cincinnati NOW. On June 19th, 2005 Cincinnati Change received its charter from the State of Ohio and stands ready to change Cincinnati NOW.

On 16 January 2006 Cincinnati Change is creating a limited liability company called Queen City Development Group.

Lou Rawls is Dead

2006-01-07T00:42:00.000-05:00

Music legend Lou Rawls has died at age 72 in a Los Angeles hospital, after suffering for months with lung and brain cancer. Rawls has long been known for his distinctive deep voice that graced songs ranging from Gospel to Disco over his nearly 50 year career. He also served for several years as the TV spokesman for Budweiser. However, he will perhaps best be remembered for his charitable work, particularly his annual telethon for the United Negro College Fund

The City of Cincinnati Law & Public Safety Committee will meet Friday

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NOTICE – SPECIAL MEETING LAW & PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE

The Law & Public Safety Committee will meet
Friday, December 30, 2005 at 10:00 a.m.

in Committee Room B (Room 312, City Hall)
801 Plum Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202

The committee will meet to review the shooting incident that occurred on Christmas Eve in the Roselawn community, which resulted in the death of one young woman and the wounding of another youth.

Committee Members:
Cecil Thomas, Chair
Leslie Ghiz, Vice-Chair
Jeff Berding, Member
John Cranley, Member
Chris Monzel, Member
Jim Tarbell, Member

Abigail Imn

Clerk to Committee

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The Story.... so far

The story includes "Security slim at teen dance, owners say" in the Cincinnati Enquirer. The promoter of the Christmas Eve teen dance that turned into a deadly shooting on the street about a block away, failed to provide the adequate security promised in his contract with The Legacy, said an attorney for the Roselawn banquet and conference center Tuesday.
"It's unfortunate the promoter dropped the ball here," said attorney Richard Goldberg.

Not only should the promoter of the Christmas Eve dance party that turned deadly at The Legacy be question but all others releated to this. Where is the CCA? When the "dance" turned rowdy it resulted in the death of 19 year-old Chanel Jordan.

2005-12-28T22:47:00.000-05:00

The Ohio Civil Rights Commission

2005-12-18T20:02:00.000-05:00

Ohio, the 17th state to join the Union in 1803, a century and half later became the 16th State to enact Fair Employment Practices Legislation to prohibit unlawful racial discrimination. The law, Section 4112.01 of the Ohio Revised Code, was enacted by the state legislature and signed into law by Governor Michael V. DiSalle, on July 29, 1959.

It created a Fair Employment Practices Commission for Ohio. In 1961 the Legislature changed the agency’s name to The Ohio Civil Rights Commission. While primarily concerned with discrimination in employment, the Legislature directed the Commission to carry out a number of other important duties, and in addition granted discretionary authority to study, advise and issue statements regarding all civil rights matters.

The statute was later amended to protect equal opportunity in places of public accommodations (1961), housing (1965), credit (1976) and in institutions of higher education (1984) without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, ancestry, age or familial status (housing only).

As a quasi-judicial, administrative agency of the state, the general powers and duties of the Commission are to receive, investigate, render formal determinations, and conciliate charges of unlawful discrimination in the areas of employment, housing, public accommodations, credit and institutions of higher education.

The Commission is also mandated to “prepare a comprehensive educational program for the students of the public schools…and for other residents of this state, designed to eliminate prejudice, its harmful effects and its incompatibility with American principles of equality and fair play.”

Discrimantion in Public Accommodation is defined as any building, office store, tavern, restaurant, club, or other structure whose privileges and facilities are open to the public. It is unlawful for any proprietor or any employee, keeper, or manger of a place of public accommodation to deny any person the full enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, or privileges based on the bases of race, sex, color, religion, age, marital status, national origin, disability, or ancestry.

2005-12-08T04:21:00.000-05:00

When the Nazis arrested the Communists, I said nothing; after all, I was not a Communist. When they locked up the Social Democrats, I said nothing; after all, I was not a Social Democrat. When they arrested the trade unionists, I said nothing; after all, I was not a trade unionist. When they arrested the Jews, I said nothing; after all, I was not a Jew.

When they arrested me, there was no longer anyone who could protest.

Cincinnati Change Proclamation on December 7th as Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

2005-12-07T23:29:00.000-05:00

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, 2005

A Proclamation by the Chairman of Cincinnati Change. On this day we celebrate a national remembrance for those lost on December 7, 1941 at Pearl Harbor. We at Cincinnati Change honor the courage of a generation of Americans who devoted themselves to one of the great missions in our country's history – global democracy and freedom.

After the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor took more than 2,400 American lives, millions of our citizens answered the call to defend our liberty, and the world witnessed the power of freedom to overcome tyranny.

During this global fight for survival America's ultimate triumph was far from clear in the early days of World War II. When our country was attacked at Pearl Harbor as in Asia and Europe, country after country had fallen before the armies of militaristic tyrants. However, the brave and determined men and women of our Nation maintained their faith in the power of God to support our freedom and spread democracy.

They fought and won a world war against two of the most ruthless regimes the world has ever known. In the years since those victories, the power of freedom and democracy has transformed America's enemies in World War II into close friends. This is the greatness of America the ability to reach out it's hand in friendship to those who are our today our enimies as our friends tomorrow. Witness Japan and Germany.

Cincinnati Change is dedicated to the spread freedom and democracy around the world. We are a organization dedicated to secure a more peaceful world for our children and grandchildren. We are grateful to the men and women who are defending our flag and our freedom in the first war of the 21st century. We look forward to the days of peace like our forefathers have done in the past.

These patriots are protecting our country and our way of life by upholding the tradition of honor, bravery, and integrity demonstrated by those who fought for our Nation in World War II and that is continued to this day by our military.

The Congress, by Public Law 103-308, as amended, has designated December 7 of each year as "National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day." The service and sacrifice of our World War II veterans continue to inspire people across our country and set an example of sacrifice. Cincinnati Change remains deeply grateful for all that these heroes have done for the cause of freedom.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this Seventh Day of December , in the year of our Lord two thousand five, and of the two hundred and thirtieth year in the Independence of the United States of America.

FREDERICK HARGROVE SENIOR
PE, MBA
Chairman of Cincinnati Change

MBE's and the New Mayor 1 December 2005

2005-12-02T16:50:00.000-05:00

Mayor and City Council in Cincinnati

Our plan is based on this speech by the new mayor for development in the Nati.

Good Evening Cincinnati.
I want to thank everyone for joining me here at the Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal this evening to share this momentous occasion.

I want to start by thanking the people of Cincinnati for placing their trust in me to be their Mayor. I am honored and humbled by that trust and I will work hard to make you proud.

I would also like to thank (the categories on the back of the program).

I want to thank my staff.
And, I want to thank the countless volunteers who devoted so much of their time to our efforts to bring change to the city. I would not be here today without them.

Finally, I would like to thank my wonderful family for their support and sacrifice throughout the exhausting campaign. My entire family has been dedicated to public service, and they serve as my inspiration for all that I do.

The city of Cincinnati was named after the Society of the Cincinnati, a fellowship organization for Army officers. However, the top priority of the society was to take care of the members of the society and their families.

Their motto was “He abandons everything to serve his country.” Thus our city is founded on the ideals of taking care of each other and selfless service to the city.
I believe that these founding principles should serve as the basis for how we conduct our everyday lives.

Over the last year, as I visited every neighborhood in this City, I was always impressed by the sense of hope around the city.

Everywhere, people would share their feeling that things needed to get better, and how they truly believed things would get better.

The fantastic thing about living in a democracy is that citizens are able to let their opinions be heard and make changes if they think that we can do better.

Elections are an excellent opportunity to start fresh and set a new course for our city. On Election Day, Cincinnati called for a change in the way that business is done in our city.

The citizens selected four new City Council Members and elected me the first Mayor not to come from Council since the 1930s.
We have the opportunity to have the fresh start that our city has desperately needed for a while. We have the opportunity to turn away from our past and chart a course for a new future.

This is a great city. We need to seize this unique opportunity for a fresh start and recommit ourselves to the founding principles of our city: taking care of each other and selfless service to the city.

We have the power and ability to create the change that we all know our city needs.

We share that sense that we are all part of the same brotherhood. In order to make that feeling of brotherhood stronger, we need to focus on the issues that unite us as one Cincinnati.

The desire for nice, safe neighborhoods.
The desire for good schools and opportunities for our children.
The desire for good jobs with quality benefits
The desire for a vibrant city where we can all have fun.

If we focus on these issues of commonality, it will allow us to put aside our lesser differences and work together to improve our city for everybody.

I believe that we have all felt the enthusiasm in the community. There is a sense that we are about to turn a corner and once again move forward.

People are optimistic that the time is right for a major change in this city. People are ready for that change and they believe that it can and will happen.

I share this belief. I think that in the next few years, we have an incredible opportunity to transform our city for the better and set in motion the type of progress that will once again make Cincinnati a city that is admired across the country.

But, we cannot passively sit and wait for change, we must control our destiny. If we truly want to see change then we must actively make that change happen.

Our city has taken the first step. We have elected an excellent group of talented and motivated Council Members to help us take begin down the road of change.

From my discussions with the Council Members, I can tell you that they are deeply committed to doing what is necessary to turn this city around.

Now we must turn this positive energy and commitments into accomplishments.

Change is sometimes difficult but it is absolutely necessary. This Administration will make decisions that are in the best interest of the common good.

We must seize the opportunity that we have been given a make a fresh start. It is only through our hard work that we can make that change happen.

I am dedicated to creating a team on City Council that will come together to put the best interest of the city ahead of all else. The common element that unites all of the Council Members is that we love our city and we want very badly to make it better. Much better.

Now, I would like to recognize our next City Council.
Vice Mayor Jim Tarbell
Jeff Berding
Chris Bortz
Laketa Cole
John Cranley
David Crowley
Leslie Ghiz
Chris Monzel
Cecil Thomas

This leadership team you have entrusted to turn our city around. We are going to capitalize on the energy in this room and across the city and make the necessary changes to turn our city around and make it better.

You are looking at the future of the City of Cincinnati. I am completely confident that this team will do great things for all of us in the city of Cincinnati.

But we cannot do it along. You, the citizens of Cincinnati, are part of this team as well. If we are going to truly change our city for the better, we need your help as well. We can only make this city better if we work as a team, from the Mayor’s Office all the way down to very last citizen. All working to move the city forward.

So, I want to make a challenge to you. My challenge is to get involved and be an ambassador to the city.

You must ask yourself…
What are you going to do to turn Cincinnati around?
What are you going to do to make our city better?

We are on the verge of a great turn around in the City. By working together as a team, Mayor to Council to the city departments to the neighborhoods, and not letting anything get in our way, we can create the type of change and improvement that we all know that Cincinnati is ready for.

The 10 of us standing in front of you will work hard for you everyday. I ask you to commit yourself to also working hard. Together, I know that Cincinnati will live up to its amazing potential and become the city that our country looks up to once again.

I want to thank you all for coming. Good night and God Bless Our City

Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory's Inaugural Address