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what if they don’t perform.  Unbelievable news today from a report by the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research that Cleveland Municipal School District teachers are paid at a rate 36% higher than other locally based white collar workers.
No offense, I think that most teachers work hard, deserve to be paid well and should be paid well because […]

Apparently there’s not much love for Dennis Kucinich’s vanity in the state of Ohio.  According to a new Quinnipiac poll gauging support in the state for potential candidates in the 2008 presidential race, the conman (who’s supposed to represent Ohio’s 10th District in Congress) rated only 2% of his party’s votes as compared to party leaders like Hillary Clinton […]

Apparently the Cleveland City Council thinks Mayor Frank Jackson is still the council president and have chosen to cede their authority over parks and recreation funding to his office. 
The mayor will be following a “worse to first” approach in doling out dollars.  Not necessarily a bad idea if you live in one (of the many) needier neighborhoods in the city, […]

The other night I had the opportunity to catch a few minutes of an interview with Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones on CSPAN’s Q&A program and I couldn’t help but be struck by how little she knows about the job she currently holds as well as the offices she’s previously possessed.  As someone who lives in Ms. Tubbs Jones’ district, […]

The following takes place following the airing of each new episode of 24 on FOX…
Well as predicted, last night’s episode of 24 was more story reset and prep for future plot direction.  Very little was resolved and plenty of new forks in the story’s path were Image:Karen Hayes S6.jpgcreated.  Highlights of the episode included the […]

Take a moment to stop by the home page to see what we’ve been up to… of special interest is a new project, TIWIDT, I’ve undertaken thanks to a post by Henery on the womblog via a link and additional thoughts from Jeff Hess on his Have Coffee Will Write blog.
Check it out and then GO DO […]

There’s an idea making the rounds in Ohio and nether-parts of this great nation that proffers the concept of requiring all registered voters to be poll workers.  The idea came as part of a 2005 report of the Commission on Federal Election Reform following the 2004 election cycle and suggests using a system similar to calling […]

The recent Meet the Bloggers podcast with Cuyahoga County Treasurer Jim Rokakis is now available.  Thanks to George Nemeth at Brewed Fresh Daily for the quick turnaround in posting the audio.  Check out the podcast and post here.
The event was held at the new Gypsy Beans and Baking Company in the Detroit Shoreway neighborhood.  I highly […]

Did anybody happen to catch Alexandra Pelosi’s tourist-form documentary “Friends of God” about christian evangelicals last night on HBO?  If you missed it, don’t waste your time.  Pelosi (yes, she’s the daughter of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi) apparently has not improved on her “craft” since her last big HBO forays “Journeys with George” which followed […]

…say the people of the Third World to all of those celebrities so hell bent on solving designer diseases one at a time.  At least that’s what Laurie Garrett from the Council on Foreign Relations said on the Marketplace Morning Report this morning.
Garrett was making the point that while it’s all well and good that Bono and […]