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I got a couple of emails that arrived in the hopper last night inquiring as to my whereabouts yesterday for the Cool Cleveland dialogue session at the Cleveland Public Library regarding the potential county sales tax increase to fund a new convention center (among other things if Jimmy Dimora gets his way).

Photo courtesy of Brewed […]

President Bush was in Cleveland yesterday.  Even though I was invited (often when the leader of the free world’s in town I’m able to squirrel an invitation - whether it’s Reagan, Bush I, Clinton, or Bush II), I chose to skip the event - my work schedule’s kept me on my toes lately, and I’ve […]

“The deadliest day in recent history,”  that’s what the police are calling Wednesday’s July 4th in Cleveland.
On the day after our nation’s birthday, Clevelanders were mourning instead of celebrating.  All told, 12 people were involved in 5 separate incidents involving gun shots or a stabbing with over half of those 12 dying from the wounds […]

Last night I was pissed when dealing with an onslaught of homegrown fireworks displays that I felt were over the top and too dangerous to be occuring in my neighborhood.  I wrote:
This is what makes law-abiding citizens go to the gun shop, buy a gun and use it.  Michael Douglas in Falling Down seems serenely wise to […]

I’ll have more to say about this tomorrow morning - YOU CAN Fing COUNT ON IT!
But suffice it to say that I called Cleveland’s 9-1-1 system twice (so far - it’s only 9:45pm) tonight to try and report an ongoing and significant disturbance of the peace and was greeted with a never-ending ring tone.
FRANK INACTION […]

Ahh, summer time in the city…
Last night as my family and I were huddled down in the flammable 3-story victorian bomb shelter we call home in our “fashionable section” of the city of Cleveland, we watched and listened to the never-ending caucophony of firecrackers, bottle rockets, gunfire, roman candles, dynamite (I shit you not) and sundry other […]

This about John “No Balls” Edwards from today’s Openers:

Edwards wins backing in Ohio
Posted by Mark Naymik June 28, 2007 15:57PM
Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards picked up a handful of endorsements from powerful Northeast Ohio leaders today. 
Too bad they won’t likely help in the party’s primary race in which Edwards is trailing Hillary Clinton and Barack […]

 
Just got an email from my friend Barry Winovich.  This weekend the Cleveland Wine Festival will be giving a portion of its proceeds to benefit Barry’s Bright Side of the Road Foundation which is dedicated to ALS prevention, education and treatment.

If you’re looking for something to do this weekend, why not come down?  Chill out […]

As the recent tragedy that befell a pregnant Ohio woman and her unborn child occupies the airwaves both locally and nationally, I’ve found myself fascinated by the terminology used by the different news outlets to describe the crimes committed and upon whom they were perpetrated.
Let me preface this by telling anybody who’s reading this (and unaware) […]

… of Ohio’s failing tax skyscraper.
For the last three years, the worst kept secret in Northeast Ohio is that politicians and the financially-interested people (insert Forest City, or Wolstein, or Schneider or Jacobs or well, do you see a trend here?) that fund them want a new convention center in Cleveland.  It’s also not a secret that […]