Voters smiled on local levies

Good news came Tuesday night to all 25 Hamilton County communities where officials had asked for levies. While people were sending some Republicans packing and rejecting the countywide tax increase for the jail, they were supportive across the board of their own communities.

Street levies in North College Hill, Cheviot, Springfield Township all passed. Operating levies in Golf Manor and Glendale also passed. The same goes for fire levies from Elmwood Place to Sycamore Township.

Walter Cordes, village administrator in Glendale, has a theory: no negative campaigning.

“We don't threaten people,” he said. “We don't say we’re going to shut down garbage collection. We try to just give out the facts and hope voters come to what we think is the right conclusion.”