The Cincinnati Planning Commission approved zoning changes and initial plans needed for FC Cincinnati’s Major League Soccer stadium on Friday, sending those items to the Cincinnati City Council, where they could face political turbulence.
Vice Mayor Christopher Smitherman, a member of the commission, recused himself from the vote because Jostin Construction, a company owned by his brother and sister-in-law, Albert and Liza Smitherman, have a contract to do work on the stadium.
Vice Mayor Smitherman,…
