Yesterday my wife received visitors at our door indicating they were with Insight and were there to make an unscheduled visit to check our service. As you may have guessed this raised some red flags with my wife who asked for credentials before letting them in our home. Once in the house the visit seemed […]
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Smoking Ban Takes First Step
The draft of the smoke free ordinance was posted last night on the Kenton County website. While it is technically a Kenton County ordinance this is the draft that will likely be used by the Campbell County Commission as to gather public input. The various county commission meetings will be the first step in getting […]
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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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Checking in with Cake Towne
Took a walk with my bride and dog up to Cake Towne today and they are open for business. The place looks great. Yes, that is a cut out of a cupcake in the drywall, as well as a little cafe seating area (below). Donna Kirst, one of the owners, was manning the counter. Cake […]
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Fort Thomas News – Week of November 1
Some random observations and mentions of Fort Thomas around the internet: 1. What did everyone think about mid-afternoon trick or treating? In my opinion it just wasn’t the same. I enjoyed the fact that I could get the kids to bed at a reasonable time but trick or treating with the sun up just didn’t […]
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Fort Thomas & Campbell County Results
Quick recap of the races this evening that impacts Fort Thomas: 1. Council is unchanged. This is the right result – I have had my doubts about Jeremy Canter as a real candidate and despite my misgivings on Lisa Kelly she is a better option than Canter. 2. We have a new member on the […]
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Tracking Our Local Races – so far
As of 10:00 PM, on Election Day. Only contested races. 40 of 66 precincts reporting: US Senator Candidate/Issue Votes Percent Rand Paul – R 8,925 62% Jack Conway – D 5,471 38% US Rep, District 4 Candidate/Issue Votes Percent Geoff Davis – R 9,645 67.1% John Waltz – D 4,735 32.9% State Representative Candidate/Issue Votes […]
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From the Candidates: Campbell County Commissioner
Without further adieu, from Dave Otto (D – Fort Thomas): As a father, husband, grandfather and friend, I love calling Campbell County my home. We raise our families, go to church, educate our children and we work and enjoy our leisure time here. Government needs to be about creating the environment in which these things […]
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Election Day Cheat Sheet
There are approximately 28 races in which citizens of Fort Thomas are able to vote during this election. Besides the TV ads and mailers, I have found the best way to get a candidate to talk about why you should vote for them, instead of why you should not vote for their opponent is this […]
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Three Restaurants Opening in Fort Thomas
With so little activity for the past year the dam finally appears to have broken. I mentioned last week that Cake Towne would be opening the first week of November. They are not just a store front making wedding cakes but have indicated that they will be serving a ‘daily light lunch menu’. We can […]
