“Let me stress this: We’re not taking anyone’s homes. We’re going to increase home ownership. We’re going to increase the number of people living in a neighborhood. The
notion that we’re somehow going to try to buy people’s homes out, move people out of the neighborhood, that’s just false. That’s just made up. It’s a real disservice to
the public discussion that people are actually putting that out there.”
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Jeff Berding, president and general manager of FC Cincinnati, on reports that the club, considered
the favorite to land an MLS expansion franchise, was considering property sites in Cincinnati's West End if a transportation study revealed that a stadium would not fit in the Oakley neighborhood. (
WCPO, "This Week in Cincinnati)