Indiana's new tourism campaign, “Enjoy Indiana,” features a picture of a smiling African-American boy on summer vacation. With yellow swim goggles, orange flippers and a blue towel around his neck, he looks like a cross between Aquaman and Emmanuel Lewis.

        If he looks familiar, it may be because he is also the most prominent face of the recent “Cincinnati ... We're on the Move!” campaign from the Greater Cincinnati Convention and Visitors Bureau.

        The chamber's campaign, the brainchild of Vice Mayor Alicia Reece, was launched in March as an attempt to counter a growing boycott of the city by African-American groups.

        The campaign included print ads and 250,000 glossy brochures touting the city's diversity. Of the 60 or so discernible faces on the brochure, Mayor Charlie Luken's is the only white one.

        Aside from Ms. Reece, the brochure also included the smiling countenances of former Red Dave Parker, funk artist Bootsy Collins, and convention bureau chairman Eric Kearney. (And look! There's James Washington, the limo company owner now embroiled in a controversy over his alleged role as the vice mayor's middleman in an attempt to coerce the mother of police shooting victim Timothy Thomas into settling her lawsuit against the city.)

        So — is the 8-year-old boy on the cover of the brochure a happy Hoosier or an anti-boycott Buckeye?

        Probably neither. Designer Bobby Harrison apparently picked the photo of Cincinnati's “On the Move” poster boy from a CD-ROM of “clip art” images used by advertising agencies.

        Legislative limbo: It's not unusual for low-priority reports from the city administration to get held up for months — and even years — in the city manager's office.

        One report to City Council this week was in response to a request made in October 2000 from council members Paul Booth, Minette Cooper, Ms. Reece and Mr. Luken.

        The request: that the city manager report back to City Council on the availability of vaccines for the upcoming 2000 flu season.

        Help wanted: The mayor's office is getting deluged with inquiries — but few applications — from residents interested in serving on the seven-member Citizen Complaint Authority.

        The seven-member panel will replace the Citizens Police Review Panel and the Office of Municipal Investigation as the city's primary police oversight agency.

        Brendon Cull, a spokesman for Mr. Luken, said the office had gotten more than 30 calls Tuesday alone.

        But the office has only 10 completed applications, and about 20 more that are incomplete or from people who live outside the city.

        Completed applications should include a resume, a letter of intent and two nominating letters. Applications should be sent to the mayor's office at 801 Plum St., Room 150.

        The deadline is May 31.

        City Hall reporter Gregory Korte can be reached at 768-8391 or gkorte@enquirer.com.

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