Members of Cincinnati's NAACP gathered Wednesday making their opinions clear on the streetcar proposal for Cincinnati.
NAACP officials say they've helped gather the more than 6,000 signatures required to get the anti-streetcar issue on the November ballot.
"Our goal is to collect 3,000 more signatures from this point," said Cincinnati NAACP President Christopher Smitherman. “Because we understand that there are legal attorneys on the other side and we want to make sure that after we file that, we have enough signatures stop any legal challenges.”
And there is another side that supports the $185 million streetcar proposal.
Last month Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory made it clear that he supports the project.
"A new streetcar system in the City of Cincinnati will lead to a new development along the streetcar route. It will bring new jobs new housing and new people," Mallory said.
Members of the NAACP say Cincinnati needs stimulus money, just not for streetcars.
"We want to see this stimulus money spread out through all 52 neighborhoods," Smitherman said. “We have deferred maintenance issues like roads, like bridges, like streets.”
