CINCINNATI — A former state consultant is asking for a taxpayer lawsuit to cease the neighborhood workshops centered on the sale of the Cincinnati Southern Railway.
In a requirement letter to Metropolis Solicitor Emily Good Woerner, an lawyer for former Republican lawmaker Tom Brinkman alleges the workshops and town’s “Cincy on Observe” spending plan violate town constitution ban on utilizing public cash for the passage or defeat of a poll situation.
Cincinnati Metropolis Council’s Finances and Finance Committee offered its plan for spending the proceeds of the proposed sale of the railway earlier this month. Town additionally introduced it will host three neighborhood workshops “to tell the general public concerning the potential sale of the Cincinnati Southern Railway and study extra about neighborhood finances priorities,” in line with a press launch.
In accordance with a launch from town, attendees might be requested to take part in actions to supply suggestions about infrastructure wants and determine which tasks are essential to them.
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In his letter, Brinkman’s lawyer says the spending plan and public conferences scheduled forward of the Nov. 7 election “are tied on to the on-going vote on Problem 22 and, in flip, violate Article XIII, Part 3 of the Cincinnati Metropolis Constitution.”
“The timing of those actions, along with the dearth of any objectivity therein, clearly help the conclusion as to their singular goal, i.e., to help and advance the passage of the poll situation on the proposed sale of the Cincinnati Southern Railway,” the letter says.
The letter additionally notes that Mayor Aftab Pureval’s re-election marketing campaign supervisor is the treasurer for the railway sale marketing campaign, as reported by the WCPO 9 I-Group. Brinkman has stated he has no downside with Pureval’s connection to the marketing campaign, however the letter says the opposite actions by town “clearly fall afoul of the prohibition.”
Brinkman sued the railway trustees earlier this 12 months for open conferences and open data violations, resulting in a settlement.
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