Podcast appearances and mentions of Chris Seelbach

A decade ago, Chris Seelbach ran for Cincinnati City Council wanting to help stop the city's yearslong population decline. The trailblazing Democrat was personally doing his part. He purchased a condo in Over-the-Rhine for $125,000, $10,000 of it an inheritance his parents told him he was squandering on such a purchase. Seelbach, first elected in 2011, has watched his neighborhood thrive ever since. As Seelbach prepares to leave city hall early next month, he told The Enquirer's "That's So Cincinnati" podcast that he accomplished more than he thought possible on council. Prevented by term limits from running for reelection, he reflected on his time at city hall and talked about what might be next for him.  "I ran for city council because we were losing population for 65 years ... and that's why we had a deficit every year," Seelbach said. "And so the conversation was only about what are we going to cut? What are we going to not cut? I wanted to run to change that conversation to not what are we going to cut or not, but what can we invest in that will attract people back to our city that will make people want to live in Cincinnati." According to the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey and Enquirer research, from 2014 until 2019 – the last year estimates are available – the city's population grew 1.9%, or by nearly 5,800 people. It might not be a lot, but it's not a decline – and Seelbach is proud of the growth.

LowcoSports.com's Justin Jarrett and Wes Kerr get you up to speed on all the latest local sports news from around the South Carolina Lowcountry and interview key figures in the local sports scene each week on the LowcoSports Lowdown podcast. This week's guest is former Atlanta Braves pitcher Chris Seelbach, who shares stories and insight from his baseball career as well as his experience coaching his son, former Hilton Head High standout Dean, now a pitcher at Columbia International. (more…)

LowcoSports.com's Justin Jarrett and Wes Kerr interview key players on the local sports scene each week in the Lowco Sitdown. An excerpt of these extended interviews airs on the LowcoSports Lowdown podcast, but you can hear the full interview with former Atlanta Braves pitcher Chris Seelbach here. Seelbach made his debut with the Braves in 2000 and broke camp with the club in 2001 before continuing his career in Japan. His son, Dean, was a standout baseball player at Hilton Head High and now pitches at Columbia International. Seelbach shares stories from his playing days — including interactions with stars such as Greg Maddux, Chipper Jones, and Brian McCann — his thoughts on how the game has evolved in recent years, his experiences coaching youth baseball, and how the sport helped develop a bond between father and son. (more…)

Lately, President Donald Trump’s speeches and tweets have become more pointed and divisive as he attempts to appeal to members of his base. There are four crucial months until election day and the president is spending them emphasizing racial divisions and defending symbols of white supremacy. The move is at odds with a cultural moment of awareness about systemic racism and police brutality. Maya King, campaign 2020 reporting fellow at POLITICO, David Nakamura, White House reporter for The Washington Post, and Clare Malone, senior political writer at FiveThirtyEight share what they've observed in their reporting on the President's reelection bid. The killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis sparked an uprising for racial justice and renewed demands for police reform. Across the U.S., calls to defund the police and reinvest the funds into schools and mental health services have grown louder as the mission of police departments is reconsidered. Daniel Nichanian, founding editor, The Appeal: Political Report, shares where these proposals are taking place and whether or not it’s just a liberal city phenomenon. Plus, Cincinnati Council Member Chris Seelbach and founder of the Cincinnati Black United Front, Iris Roley reflect on the state of policing in their city and how effective their community-based model has been since it was enacted in the early 2000s. Check out our ongoing coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic here.  Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segment. Don't have time to listen right now? Subscribe for free to our podcast via iTunes, TuneIn, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts to take this segment with you on the go. Want to comment on this story? Share your thoughts on our Facebook page, Twitter or Instagram.

Lately, President Donald Trump’s speeches and tweets have become more pointed and divisive as he attempts to appeal to members of his base. There are four crucial months until election day and the president is spending them emphasizing racial divisions and defending symbols of white supremacy. The move is at odds with a cultural moment of awareness about systemic racism and police brutality. Maya King, campaign 2020 reporting fellow at POLITICO, David Nakamura, White House reporter for The Washington Post, and Clare Malone, senior political writer at FiveThirtyEight share what they've observed in their reporting on the President's reelection bid. The killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis sparked an uprising for racial justice and renewed demands for police reform. Across the U.S., calls to defund the police and reinvest the funds into schools and mental health services have grown louder as the mission of police departments is reconsidered. Daniel Nichanian, founding editor, The Appeal: Political Report, shares where these proposals are taking place and whether or not it’s just a liberal city phenomenon. Plus, Cincinnati Council Member Chris Seelbach and founder of the Cincinnati Black United Front, Iris Roley reflect on the state of policing in their city and how effective their community-based model has been since it was enacted in the early 2000s. Check out our ongoing coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic here.  Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segment. Don't have time to listen right now? Subscribe for free to our podcast via iTunes, TuneIn, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts to take this segment with you on the go. Want to comment on this story? Share your thoughts on our Facebook page, Twitter or Instagram.  

Lately, President Donald Trump’s speeches and tweets have become more pointed and divisive as he attempts to appeal to members of his base. There are four crucial months until election day and the president is spending them emphasizing racial divisions and defending symbols of white supremacy. The move is at odds with a cultural moment of awareness about systemic racism and police brutality. Maya King, campaign 2020 reporting fellow at POLITICO, David Nakamura, White House reporter for The Washington Post, and Clare Malone, senior political writer at FiveThirtyEight share what they've observed in their reporting on the President's reelection bid. The killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis sparked an uprising for racial justice and renewed demands for police reform. Across the U.S., calls to defund the police and reinvest the funds into schools and mental health services have grown louder as the mission of police departments is reconsidered. Daniel Nichanian, founding editor, The Appeal: Political Report, shares where these proposals are taking place and whether or not it’s just a liberal city phenomenon. Plus, Cincinnati Council Member Chris Seelbach and founder of the Cincinnati Black United Front, Iris Roley reflect on the state of policing in their city and how effective their community-based model has been since it was enacted in the early 2000s. Check out our ongoing coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic here.  Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segment. Don't have time to listen right now? Subscribe for free to our podcast via iTunes, TuneIn, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts to take this segment with you on the go. Want to comment on this story? Share your thoughts on our Facebook page, Twitter or Instagram.

Before the streetcar was shut down to passengers to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, there was a plan on the table to make it fare-free. Yes, free. Finally. Supporters have long said such a move would bolster weak ridership. Cincinnati City Councilman Chris Seelbach told The Enquirer’s That’s So Cincinnati podcast that the Cincinnati Bell Connector was going to be free to ride starting July 1. (Click the Audioboom link at the top of the article to listen to the podcast episode for free.)  It would have been free even sooner than that, Seelbach said, but there was concern about any discussion of the streetcar interfering with Cincinnati Metro’s levy. Now – with the streetcar still closed to passengers and the city facing gaping budget deficits – no one knows what will happen, Seelbach said. If Cincinnati doesn’t get some federal aid, he said, the streetcar may never open back up at all, let alone without fares. It was a shocking statement from one of the streetcar's biggest proponents. “That’s just the reality,” he said. “In addition to it not reopening, we will likely be shutting down all parks, all health centers, rec centers, your garbage is only getting pick-up once a month. I mean, that’s the dire situation we’re looking at if we don’t get assistance from the federal government. And so far we haven’t.” The streetcar launched in September 2016. It had a successful start – with more than 133,000 riders that first month – but it has been plagued by troubles since. Ridership quickly dropped, falling well below projections, and the streetcar has struggled to gain revenue from advertising and fares. With the breakout of COVID-19, under the orders of the Cincinnati health commissioner and Mayor John Cranley, the streetcar has been closed since April 1. (https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2020/03/29/coronavirus-prompts-call-temporarily-shut-down-cincinnati-streetcar/2936074001/) Rather than shutting down completely (https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2020/04/02/should-cincinnati-streetcar-run-without-passengers/5111292002/) , though, the streetcar has been running without passengers. Officials said it would cost between $300,000 and $1 million to bring the streetcar back into service after a complete shutdown. Running it empty, save for a skeleton crew, costs roughly $138,000 a month. Travis Jeric, interim deputy director of the streetcar, did not return a message seeking comment about a potential plan to make the streetcar far-free. David Mann, city council’s budget and finance committee chair, said he’s not sure where the July 1 date came from. Mann has long advocated for a fare-free streetcar but said he was unaware of any concrete plans. “I had not heard a definite date, and I haven’t heard anything about it since the stay at home orders and the temporary closing,” he said. “It’s pretty obvious, I think, that we’re going to have a heated debate about what to do about the streetcar, ranging from close it to bring it back the way it was to free service.” Mann is worried now about the city’s overall budget, which has a projected $15 million deficit this fiscal year and a projected $90 million deficit next fiscal year, recently upped from an earlier $80 million projection. (https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2020/03/27/city-cincinnati-faces-up-80-million-deficit-fiscal-year-2021-and-means-cuts/2929465001/) He thinks city council needs to tackle that budget first – “which is going to be misery” – and then it can take up the streetcar issue. The streetcar's operating budget is $5 million a year, but it's set up to be self-sustaining. The money is to come from fares, advertising naming rights and developers who benefit from proximity to it. But it was falling short even before the pandemic. Last year, Cincinnati City Council had to cover a $1.4 shortfall in that budget with operating budget money. The same struggles this fiscal year, coupled with the pandemic shutdown mean that amount will likely climb. Also on this week's That's So Cincinnati episode, Seelbach discussed:  City Council's Gang of 5 text message scandal FC Cincinnati's new West End stadium  Gentrification of Over-the-Rhine 

Nate and I are back at it this week after 3 weeks off. We dive into what seems to be the imminent hire of Jaap Stam and just what if Alan Pardew were the new manager. Both of us give our takes on the Bundesliga starting back up and what MLS can hope to learn from it. Lastly, we talk about the new stadium and the ticket prices that were released and of course we have rants!

There's nothing aggressive about staying in "holy huddles" of people who already think like you do. Brian invites his friend, Chris Seelbach, Cincinnati's first openly gay elected city council member, to talk about their aggressive move to pursue friendship, and to demonstrate what it looks like to disagree well. 

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Scott and Amy Murray talk about Cincinnati Politics

More on the homeless and the tased 11 year old; Chris Seelbach weighs in; Rachel and Seg join the Stooge Report

Chris Seelbach discusses the homeless issue; Urban Meyer and the domestic violence situation; Kidd Chris joins Seg and Rachel on the Stooge Report

A discussion of Cincinnati and LGTB issues with Councilman Chris Seelbach.

Sheriff Richard Jones talks all things Trump and immigration; Andrew Arthur discusses DACA; Chris Cicchinelli and Chris Seelbach in studio, can a 7 year old be transgender?

Gary Jeff talks about this past weeks tragedy in Charlottesville, VA and Chris Seelbach’s campaign remarks about the young woman who was murdered during those violent rallies in Charlottesville. He also talks about leftists with his Libertarian friend Steve Schultes. Also Tom Davis, Science Mike, Dave Fisher, hangin’ with Dick, Ms. Lynette, what passes for news and… Hey Mo!

Rocky is joined by Cincinnati Council Member Chris Seelbach to discuss the Charlottesville riots and the removal of confederate memorial statues.

Brendon Cull interviews Cincinnati City Councilman and candidate Chris Seelbach. Recorded June 8, 2017.

Beth interviews Chris Seelbach, a Democrat and member of Cincinnati’s City Council. Seelbach is Cincinnati’s first openly-gay council member and has led the charge on progressive policies in Cincinnati. From banning conversation therapy to transgender rights, Seelbach believes that honest and hard conversations are crucial to bringing people together. Chris was recognized by President Obama as a “Champion of Change.” MEMBERSHIP DRIVE Pantsuit Politics takes time and energy to produce and that's why we're asking for your help and support. By pleading your monthly support for Pantsuit Politics, you make it possible to produce additional content, improve our offerings, and host events. Check out our Patreon page to see how you can support our show and get loads of additional content! SPONSORS: Aaptiv What do you get when an app that Sarah is obsessed with becomes a sponsor of the show? Aaptiv - a fitness app that provides audio workouts guided by a trainer synched with the perfect playlist and fully customizable by workout type, machine, duration, and intensity. Aaptiv is are offering our listeners a free 30 day trial. Go to https://aaptiv.com, sign up for a monthly subscription, and enter promo code PANTSUIT. Leave us a review on iTunes by clicking here! Subscribe to Episodes: iTunes | Android Subscribe to our weekly email and get a free Pantsuit Primer audiobook! Follow Us: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this episode of KEEPIN' IT PG, we welcome Cincinnati City Councilman Chris Seelbach