#DNC2024 Aug 21 Speakers

Host: #MindyKaling [Actress, writer, comedian]

#PeteButtigieg — US Secy of Transportation, fmr South Bend, IN mayor

#GeoffDuncan — Republican, fmr Lt Gov of GA

Rep #MaxwellFrost — US House FL

#OliviaJulianna — TX #AbortionRights Activist

#WesMoore — Gov of MD

Rep #NancyPelosi — Speaker Emerita US House

#AftabPureval — Mayor of Cincinnati, OH

#JoshShapiro — Gov of PA

Rep #TomSuozzi — US House NY

#BillClinton — 42nd POTUS

#TimWalz — Nom for VP, Gov of MN

The Armchair Urbanist has released a great video talking about all the reasons Cinci shouldn't sell its railroad to Norfolk Southern: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaBB0Qzb-Ik

- Norfolk Southern sucks
- Financially bad
- Blocks local gov from pushing reforms and infrastructure improvements
- Blocks local gov from pushing Amtrak access
- Probably corrupt

#Cincinnati #Ohio #ArmchairUrbanist #AlanFisher #AftabPureval

The Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra hosted a traveling festival featuring a 12-foot puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee girl named Little Amal. Her journey across the US celebrates refugees, immigrants, displaced people and the communities that welcome them.

I tried to meet up with the Wave Pool contingency but the banks of the Ohio was a bit of a madhouse of folks with wagons lining up for free snack samples for a corporate event.

That aside, the weather was perfect and the vibe was extra good.

https://chrisglass.com/2023/09/22/little-amal/

#AftabPureval #blueSky #cincinnati #festival #puppet #RoeblingBridge