FC Cincinnati GM Jeff Berding addresses Hamilton County Commission about building parking garage at West End stadium site

Hamilton County Commissioner Todd Portune rebuked FC Cincinnati President and General Manager Jeff Berding at length after Berding spoke during a county commission meeting Wednesday. Berding demanded commissioners provide within a week a contract for the parking garage he said   commissioners promised to build for the team's Major League Soccer stadium in the West End. Portune, the commission president, took exception to Berding's demand in a nearly 9 1/2-minute response from the dais while Berding sat quietly but attentively in the crowded gallery. Portune reminded Berding that they had met Friday and discussed parking, but Portune said Berding had changed direction since their meeting and was now suggesting that the county was reneging on its commitment.