Sunday, September 05, 1999
Broadway supporters reduce debt
Stadium-site campaign cost nearly paid
BY LUCY MAY
The Cincinnati Enquirer
The people who battled to build the new Reds ballpark in northeast downtown instead of on the riverfront have nearly wiped out their $150,000 debt from last year's campaign.
The campaign finance report filed in December by the Citizens for a County Charter for Baseball at Broadway showed the group had $80,000 in outstanding loans and $70,551.39 in unpaid bills.
But the campaign's debt is down to about $8,000, said Judith Osborn, the campaign's deputy treasurer.
“The large loans were forgiven,” Ms. Osborn said. “Everything else was paid down through donations or people renegotiating outstanding bills.”
Cincinnati City Councilman Jim Tarbell was the most vocal proponent for building the ballpark at Broadway Commons, the site at Broadway and Reading Road.
As he campaigns for the upcoming City Council election, Mr. Tarbell also is talking to the Broadway faithful about paying off the stadium campaign debt, Ms. Osborn said.
The winning, pro-riverfront side had a debt of nearly $70,000 at the end of last year's hard-fought campaign. That debt has been paid off, said John Schneider, the pro-riverfront campaign chairman.
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