WILL NOVEMBER BALLOT DRIVE A WEDGE THROUGH REDS PLANS?

          All indications are that Hamilton County voters this
     November "will be able to cast ballots in the long-running
     baseball stadium debate," according to Lucy May of the
     CINCINNATI ENQUIRER.  Proponents of the Broadway Commons
     site, opposed to the "tentative deal" for a riverfront
     ballpark, are expected to present about 40,000 petition
     signatures to Hamilton County officials.  To get the
     Broadway site measure on the ballot, backers need valid
     signatures from 26,800 voters.  County Commissioner John
     Dowlin expects county officials will know next week whether
     Broadway backers have enough signatures to put the measure
     on the ballot (CINCINNATI ENQUIRER, 7/26).