34 Facts About Christopher Smitherman

An Independent, Christopher Smitherman has been a member of the Cincinnati City Council and the Cincinnati Planning Commission.

Christopher Smitherman is the former president of the Cincinnati NAACP, serving from April 2007 to January 2014.

Christopher Smitherman was born on July 16,1967, in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Christopher Smitherman's mother, Mrs Barbara Smitherman, was a teacher and administrator at Cincinnati Public Schools.

Christopher Smitherman then became a product of Cincinnati Public Schools, attending the School for Creative and Performing Arts in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Christopher Smitherman has owned and operated his financial planning practice since returning to Cincinnati in 1997.

In 2009, Christopher Smitherman purchased the old Bond Hill Library and relocated his financial planning office to the building located in Bond Hill, Cincinnati.

Christopher Smitherman married in 1990 and, in 1997, returned to Cincinnati and settled in the neighborhood of North Avondale.

Christopher Smitherman, died after a two-year battle with breast cancer and an autoimmune disease.

Pamela Christopher Smitherman was an educator at Cincinnati Public Schools and was survived by her husband and five children.

Christopher Smitherman was elected to Cincinnati City Council on November 4,2003, as a member of the Charter Committee.

Christopher Smitherman ran on a platform of fiscal responsibility, racial reconciliation, improved community-police relations, and improved transportation and employment opportunities.

Christopher Smitherman introduced motions to pioneer regional economic cooperation via Joint Economic Development Districts and Cooperative Economic Development Agreements.

Christopher Smitherman worked to firm up the city's working capital fund and played a leading role in ending Fire Department brownouts.

On November 8,2011, Christopher Smitherman was elected for a second time to Cincinnati City Council after receiving 23,760 votes in the at-large general election.

Christopher Smitherman ran as an Independent politician whose platform was a balanced budget, proper funding for police and fire, and fixing the city's pension.

Christopher Smitherman was sworn in for a two-year term on December 1,2011.

On November 5,2013, Christopher Smitherman was reelected to Cincinnati City Council with 24,125 votes.

Christopher Smitherman ran on a platform of balancing the budget, delivering basic services, and solving the Cincinnati Pension crisis.

Christopher Smitherman was sworn in for a four-year term on December 1,2013.

On November 7,2017, Christopher Smitherman was reelected with 27,149 votes.

On December 13,2017, Mayor John Cranley, having just defeated incumbent City Councilwoman and Mayoral challenger Yvette Simpson, appointed Christopher Smitherman to serve as the Vice Mayor replacing then Vice Mayor David Mann.

Cranley appointed Christopher Smitherman to serve on the Cincinnati Planning Commission starting on January 2,2018.

Christopher Smitherman was sworn in as a member of the Cincinnati City Council and as the Cincinnati Vice Mayor on January 2,2018.

Christopher Smitherman continues to serve as Chair of the Law and Public Safety Committee.

Christopher Smitherman is a member of the Economic Growth and Zoning Committee and the Neighborhoods Committee.

Christopher Smitherman is term-limited and will end his tenure on Cincinnati City Council in January 2022.

Sittenfeld, Chris Seelbach, Wendell Young, Tamaya Dennard, and Greg Landsman, being caught in an open meeting law violation scandal, Christopher Smitherman announced in May 2018, that he was launching a ballot initiative to place a charter amendment on the November Ballot to revert Cincinnati City Council terms to 2 years.

Christopher Smitherman was reelected to Cincinnati City Council on November 7,2017.

Christopher Smitherman took the oath of vice mayor on January 2,2018, during the city council and mayoral inaugural ceremony.

On March 27,2007, Christopher Smitherman was elected president of the Cincinnati Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People after a highly contested election with incumbent Edith Thrower.

In June 2013, Christopher Smitherman temporarily stepped down as president during his reelection campaign for Cincinnati City Council.

Christopher Smitherman won reelection to council in November 2013 and tendered his resignation as president of the Cincinnati NAACP effective January 1,2014.

Christopher Smitherman fell short in his attempt to institute proportional representation on city council and to pass Issue 9, the anti-street car rail initiative.