'Gang of 5' text messages revealed

The city of Cincinnati released 626 pages of text messages between five council members on Thursday which reveal gossip, name-calling, rumors of extramarital affairs, high-school level backstabbing and the secret side to how City Hall business really gets done. City lawyers released the text messages around lunchtime, shortly after Hamilton County Judge Robert Ruehlman approved a settlement ending a controversial lawsuit that cost taxpayers $177,000 to end. The long-awaited text messages revealed the massive amount of government business that council members Tamaya Dennard, Greg Landsman, Chris Seelbach, P.G. Sittenfeld and Wendell Young conducted behind closed doors and away from public scrutiny.