Speaker 1: My Billy cunning into Great American After one o'clock today
Speaker 1: we have an expert from the Heritage Foundation about the
Speaker 1: riots and more. But until then it's been quite a
Speaker 1: matter of interest the past several months. There's a large
Speaker 1: development proposed by Rob Junius of Vandercarr involving Blue Ash
Speaker 1: Summit Park. Tonight's the big powwow, I think at seven o'clock,
Speaker 1: and parking is going to be at a premium and
Speaker 1: many concerned citizens are going to be there to voice
Speaker 1: there I think opposition some their concern And unlike the
Speaker 1: Hyde Park situation, this is completely different. And Rob, first
Speaker 1: of all, welcome again to the Bill Cunningham Show. And
Speaker 1: I'm holding in my hand here a missive a message
Speaker 1: that you've just sent to the fathers and mothers of
Speaker 1: the city of Blue Ass little tree that grew from Vandercarr.
Speaker 1: So this is kind of breaking news in the summ
Speaker 1: of you development. Tell me what your decision is as
Speaker 1: of about twelve thirty five this afternoon.
Speaker 2: Well, thank you the greatest. We have in looking at
Speaker 2: the situation, we felt as though that it's in the
Speaker 2: best interest of Blue Ash, its citizens and the administration
Speaker 2: and council that we have a cool off period and
Speaker 2: and rethink this this whole development, and uh we look
Speaker 2: forward to possibly and get re engaging pretty soon. But
Speaker 2: we're we're going to uh thwart this effort and uh
Speaker 2: and you know, rethink it. It's a great development. We
Speaker 2: we've gotten many many inquiries from other communities that would
Speaker 2: actually wanting it, but our first choice was was Blue
Speaker 2: Ash and on a great site in a in a
Speaker 2: great community, and people were a small group of people
Speaker 2: were very very loud.
Speaker 1: And of course the the shiny object gets most of
Speaker 1: the media coverage and rob us but Junus as far
Speaker 1: as what, Lizahead, can you tell us why you're pulling
Speaker 1: up just a few hours before after're going through? I
Speaker 1: would assume it's private property, privately owned. It's not owned
Speaker 1: by the City of Blue Ashes, privately owned by you
Speaker 1: and your group. What was the reason you're pulling it
Speaker 1: is because it's not going to pass.
Speaker 2: It's not going to pass. We we we we know
Speaker 2: that we may have three votes, we just don't have
Speaker 2: that that that fourth vote. And in the interest of
Speaker 2: of of council and and everybody's time, you know, it's
Speaker 2: to to go into the evening. Uh, as you said, Raucus,
Speaker 2: we felt as though that lets let the piece begin.
Speaker 1: At this point you're pulling it. There won't be a
Speaker 1: powwow tonight about this. So what lies ahead over the
Speaker 1: next few months. You had told me about a week
Speaker 1: ago that you're considering putting another one thousand apartments in
Speaker 1: that site, which is right now vacant land.
Speaker 3: There's nothing there at all.
Speaker 1: It's not the plan now, simply to put more apartments
Speaker 1: and give up the idea of a magnet. By the way,
Speaker 1: according to what you've told me previously, this would give
Speaker 1: at least a million dollars more year to the Sycamore
Speaker 1: Public schools. And when I have on the speaker of
Speaker 1: the House next week, he's going to come, Matt Huffman's
Speaker 1: going to be here to talk about cutting state contribution
Speaker 1: to local school districts. This would give an additional at
Speaker 1: least one million dollars Sycamore Public schools. There's a huge
Speaker 1: tax income tax ingredient of the workers that would be
Speaker 1: there in order to pay for police and fire. But
Speaker 1: a small vocal minority is flapping their jaws. Can you
Speaker 1: give me the three or four things that the city
Speaker 1: of Blue Ash in the sense is giving up cause
Speaker 1: of their opposition.
Speaker 2: Well in a in a big way in national recognition,
Speaker 2: uh Willie, we were going to be putting in uh
Speaker 2: this this both complexes would have been uh totally camera
Speaker 2: ready for the people, you know, if they wanted Fox
Speaker 2: Sports and ESPN for some of the bigger u uh
Speaker 2: sports activities in those in those both those venues. So
Speaker 2: it would have gotten national experience for Blue Ash. Although
Speaker 2: Blue Ash is one of the best places in the
Speaker 2: country to live, but this exposure would have been visual
Speaker 2: to the country. The other thing that's giving up is
Speaker 2: a phenomenal youth sports uh complex that would have drawn
Speaker 2: people from all over the country uh to Blue Ash.
Speaker 2: Those people would have been spending money in a way
Speaker 2: that has not been seen in the restaurant and in
Speaker 2: the hospitality on weekends. That's a very very important thing
Speaker 2: because you know, the center of sports uh in Blue
Speaker 2: Ashes is in just in some ball fields. But this
Speaker 2: would have brought a very height and awareness of Blue
Speaker 2: Ash from across the country or the Midwest.
Speaker 1: Could have come back in some other ideation later this
Speaker 1: year or next, you know.
Speaker 2: Right now, I'm not sure because of the fact that
Speaker 2: there's there's been such allowed just a rebutt of it.
Speaker 2: I think a lot of it is misinformation and misinformed.
Speaker 2: Many Almost all the questions that have been uh all
Speaker 2: the comments of of rebut have been a rest by
Speaker 2: the administration in a calm and in a very detailed way.
Speaker 2: But those those few keep on have they're on, they're
Speaker 2: on the drums, and they're spreading a message that is
Speaker 2: just causing angst among individuals. And it's I don't know.
Speaker 2: We will see if we will bring it back, but
Speaker 2: I I highly I highly doubt it. You know, the
Speaker 2: my partner Maris which was formerly on al nyer uh,
Speaker 2: they're excited to be uh uh pursuing forward on this
Speaker 2: on this new plan. Their their focus is multifamily uh
Speaker 2: and and this is something that they've discussed with me.
Speaker 1: All right, So you know, lie circle the globe before
Speaker 1: truth can take its first step. The misinformation is incredible.
Speaker 1: But nonetheless, you can take the same plans to some
Speaker 1: other some other area around the tri state and they'd
Speaker 1: be welcome and open arms. There's this small clique of
Speaker 1: radicals in UH in Blue Ash that don't want to
Speaker 1: advance and that they want to have a lot of
Speaker 1: apartments and they by the way, the apartments are two
Speaker 1: to five thousand dollars a month in rent, and this
Speaker 1: would have been a completely different concept. Private, properly privately owned,
Speaker 1: privately developed, and blue Ash would benefit. But you know,
Speaker 1: you get the government we deserve. I sense in your
Speaker 1: voice profound disappointment. You don't understand why this happened. Is
Speaker 1: that fair to say?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm I think our whole development team is very,
Speaker 2: very disappointed. Maris and us were very excited to bring
Speaker 2: such a unique development that had never been On both sides,
Speaker 2: the field house is never nobody's ever seen this kind
Speaker 2: of thing, and nobody's ever seen this the development. We're
Speaker 2: with the sports field and surrounded by restaurants and hotels
Speaker 2: and apartments. So this is something that would have been
Speaker 2: extremely unique and brought a lot of attention to Blue
Speaker 2: Ash in a in a very good way, a positive way.
Speaker 3: Sure, And right now it's an empty field. All right, Well,
Speaker 3: we'll see what happens down the road.
Speaker 1: And you know, I often say Rob Spagunas, and we
Speaker 1: get the government we deserve. And if a small cadre
Speaker 1: of radicals can spike this development for one hundred and
Speaker 1: fifty million dollars. It says a lot about them and
Speaker 1: the small group that are complaining. One of the worst
Speaker 1: comments I heard was that, well, we want to know
Speaker 1: in a couple of years who's going to run the
Speaker 1: football field, who's going to be in charge of the
Speaker 1: indoor stadium, who's going to be in charge. Well in
Speaker 1: two years, I don't know, but it's private property and
Speaker 1: it's going to be run correctly and the city of
Speaker 1: Bush is going to benefit wonderfully both and especially in
Speaker 1: these tough economic times, to tourism come in and spend
Speaker 1: money hotels, a large tax and a large fee all
Speaker 1: going the economic vitality would be incredible. But you know,
Speaker 1: we get the government we deserve. And right now the
Speaker 1: little tree that grew has some problems with some of
Speaker 1: the limbs.
Speaker 2: Well, i'd like to believe that that we can work
Speaker 2: with counsel in some way, some fashion to to finish
Speaker 2: out this development and and and hopefully in a way
Speaker 2: that satisfies now the voices that have been so keenly
Speaker 2: against what we're doing. And you know, it is what
Speaker 2: it is.
Speaker 3: That's going to be difficult.
Speaker 1: All right, Rob, thanks for checking in, and so tonight's
Speaker 1: meeting at seven o'clock is called off.
Speaker 3: You will not present whatsoever correct.
Speaker 2: That is correct sir, and and we we appreciate your
Speaker 2: time and continue to be the greatest and wave that flag.
Speaker 3: God bless America.
Speaker 1: Rob smagenis, thank you very much, and God bless you,
Speaker 1: and God bless America. Blue Ash needs new leadership, obviously,
Speaker 1: because if you don't recognize the value of this, you
Speaker 1: got to get it, get to hell out of public service,
Speaker 1: all right, Rob, thank you very much, and you're a
Speaker 1: great American.
Speaker 3: Thank you very much.
Speaker 2: Thank you.
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