Hamilton County Commissioner David Pepper Joins Blogosphere: The Democrat's 'Pep Talk' Is A Week Old

CINCINNATI (TDB) -- Hamilton County Commissioner David Pepper has been blogging for the past week. He's a lawyer who's been in elected offices at the city and county level since 2001, and his dad, John, is a former CEO of Procter & Gamble Co. David Pepper, who defeated Republican Phil Heimlich for the commission seat in 2006, says he named his new blog PepTalk because he's innately upbeat about the future of the Cincinnati area. (Hmm. It really has nothing to do with his surname being Pepper? Good thing he isn't a Breastheimer):

"I call it PepTalk because amid all our challenges and hurdles, not to mention the ups and downs of politics, I am an optimist about our great community. With our wonderful assets, citizens and traditions, our best days are ahead of us -- and I hope the discussions on this blog will help lead us in that positive direction."

Cincinnati Black Blog's Nate Livingston: He's Popped Up With A New Google Address

CINCINNATI (TDB) -- Nate Livingston has launched a new blog that he's calling Operation Heightened Contradiction. His Cincinnati Black Blog is unavailable to the public while it is "under review" for possible terms of service violations. Livingston recently posted some Social Security numbers on CBB that he said belonged to persons he considers enemies, and there may be other objections about possible privacy violations beyond that. Livingston hasn't yet explained online what is taking place between himself and the Internet powers at Google, who own Blogspot, the site that hosts Cincinnati Black Blog. That said, Nate is back in attack mode and still raising considerable amounts of hell aimed at his enemies.

Scott Piepho at Pho's Norka Pages reckons Google smacked down the Cincinnati Black Blog because Livingston "promised to publish whatever confidential information he could lay his hands on about his opponents in a the [child] custody dispute." Pho believes Nate has embraced a ruthless school of revenge. Pho also shows that the Google content policy appears to be a barrier in the way of Livingston's threat to expose person information on the Web:

"We do not allow the unauthorized publishing of people's private and confidential information, such as credit card numbers, Social Security numbers and other license numbers."

At the moment, that type of material does not seem to show up in the posts now on Livingston's new blog, Operation Heightened Contradiction. They seem to be edited versions of what originally appeared on Cincinnati Black Blog before the Google smackdown.

Welcome Cincinnati Law News: New Blog Makes Its Debut

Who is the mystery blogger behind Cincinnati Law News, which has just filed its official notice of appearance in the Ohiosphere. A lawyer with 20 years in the field. That is the best clue offered. Attorneys across SW Ohio no doubt soon will be thumbing through their Cincinnati Bar Association directories trying to unmask the proprietor, who seems to have been admitted around 1988. Welcome. Looking forward to reading your posts more than your court filings.