Weblog for Laure Quinlivan http://lqreportingtoyou.com/index.php?page=blog 2012-05-19T01:03:19+01:00 text/html 2011-10-03T18:40:15+01:00 http://lqreportingtoyou.com/ http://lqreportingtoyou.com/index.php?page=blog&full=46 Come to the Purple People Bridge Oct. 5 at 530 to help paint the Path to the Taft. You can see all the great new purple benches and flower planters that citizens have sponsored too. text/html 2011-05-19T03:43:28+01:00 http://lqreportingtoyou.com/ http://lqreportingtoyou.com/index.php?page=blog&full=45 Leave your mark on Cincinnati and help beautify an important gateway by sponsoring a bench or flower planter for the Purple People Bridge.nbsp The planter and benches will have plaques with the names of sponsors built into them.nbspnbsp Call me at 352-5303 to donate.nbsp Heres the story in todays Enquirer text/html 2011-02-18T06:35:29+01:00 http://lqreportingtoyou.com/ http://lqreportingtoyou.com/index.php?page=blog&full=44 There was no such thing as an Iraqi female politician at the turn of this century but everything changed after the fall of Sadaam Hussein in 2003.nbspA group of female Iraqi parliament members met with me in my office this week.nbspWe asked questions of each other andnbspshared a few stories.nbsp text/html 2011-01-04T18:04:15+01:00 http://lqreportingtoyou.com/ http://lqreportingtoyou.com/index.php?page=blog&full=43 There was a story on CBS News tonight about a guy just freed after 30 years in prison with the help of the Innocent Project.nbsp The Ohio Innocence Project is trying to free Dean Gillispie a man from Fairborn who has served 20 years.Governor Ted Strickland has the opportunity and text/html 2010-09-10T11:31:27+01:00 http://lqreportingtoyou.com/ http://lqreportingtoyou.com/index.php?page=blog&full=42 Council members including Laure Q Roxanne and Wendell Y went to Columbus on a bus with about 45 other Cincinnatians to see best practices for ending homelessness. National Church Registries an organization based in Columbus is doing fantastic housing.Check out my trip photos in my gallery by clicking here. text/html 2010-08-05T11:44:54+01:00 http://lqreportingtoyou.com/ http://lqreportingtoyou.com/index.php?page=blog&full=41 Today pianos painted by students in the city summer art program ArtWorks are out and about in Cincinnati.nbsp You can find two at Fountain Square and one at Music Hall.Each piano has a piano buddy who is supposed to cover it with a tarp whenever its about to rain.nbsp Anyone text/html 2010-07-16T11:48:10+01:00 http://lqreportingtoyou.com/ http://lqreportingtoyou.com/index.php?page=blog&full=40 By Jeremy Jackson Intern to Council Member QuinlivanTwo wrongs donrsquot make a right is the newest message from Keep Cincinnati Beautiful. The non-profit organization was recently chosen from a national list of cities to institute a pilot program that will seek to eliminate litter in Cincinnati by creating a number text/html 2010-07-08T10:41:04+01:00 http://lqreportingtoyou.com/ http://lqreportingtoyou.com/index.php?page=blog&full=39 The feds came through today and awarded us 25 Million for our streetcar project.nbsp We got the highest amount awarded along with a few other cities.nbsp Im grateful to President Obama for creatiing a pot of money for cities serious about improved public transportation and economic development.We are now 90 text/html 2010-06-23T13:04:12+01:00 http://lqreportingtoyou.com/ http://lqreportingtoyou.com/index.php?page=blog&full=38 Im thrilled to report my first big initiative a pilot program for mobile food venidng was passed by Council today.nbsp The only person voting against was Leslie Ghiz and for a moment there in Council I think she thought I was on the witness stand.Anyway you will find the vendors text/html 2010-06-11T08:52:41+01:00 http://lqreportingtoyou.com/ http://lqreportingtoyou.com/index.php?page=blog&full=37 This was written by Jeremy Jackson an NKU intern for Council Member Quinlivan.Why demolish when we can deconstruct some of the cityrsquos condemned buildings Council Member Laure Quinlivan wants to promote the environment and create job training opportunities by partnering with Building Values a nonprofit salvage company. Building Value recycles