Ok Folks, you can say it happened here.  This fenced outdoor patio obstructing the public right of way has been discussed at several meetings and - as you can now see, YOU HAVE A CLEAR THOROUGHFARE.

Can we call it a victory, or is this just progress or maybe they are just losing ground.  Either way - the second gate is gone and you can get through with a wheelchair, a stroller or a wagon of little fellers.  Enjoy.

Somebody must have dropped a dime  - the gate left awfully fast.

Criminalizing Poverty For Profit: Local Government's New Debtors Prisons

Local government is desperate for new funding but doesn't dare tap the wealthy. So they're busily criminalizing poverty and filling new Debtor's prisons.

(October 20, 2009)

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Since I haven't had time to listen to Diane Rehm lately, I was pleased to have a friend send me a link to this show with Darrin Nordahl author of Public Produce: The New Urban Agriculture.

One of my favorite all-time albums is Clues by Robert Palmer and I still can not believe that the man is dead.   Robert Palmer made such an impact in my life.  REAL artists do that. 

The appeal case against El Tropical was ruled on yesterday.  The City won the appeal.  El Tropical should be expected to be closed within the next 45-days as there is a 30-day appeal process (for the Ohio Supreme Court – unlikely).  See link below and attachment for ruling.
 

The Ohio Elections Commission through several Advisory Opinions and Rulings has determined that the term "RE-elect" may be used in connection with the term WARD COUNCIL, (AO 99LC-05 see link below).

A previous complaint filed against the Cummins Campaign for the new Ward 14 for one of our first campaign pieces was dismissed because the piece, although using the term RE-elect did not indicate a Ward number, it only referred to the title I currently have, which is Councilman. This is allowable under the Commission's rules.

If you were not a structural engineer, but you had a few eyes, what would you notice about this parking structure which is presently under some type of redo at the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio?

Mexico's drug wars coming to America

video  - Make your own glow stick with Mountain Dew

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3-QyCMVuH0

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Careers at Dominion

Subject: CITY OF CLEVELAND PROGRAM INFORMATION

REGISTER FOR CHRISTMAS DISTRIBUTION AT SALVATION ARMY NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS

Cleveland, Ohio - The Salvation Army will begin registration for its annual community Christmas assistance program on Friday, October 9, 2009. To register for assistance this holiday season, visit one of the six Salvation Army Community Corps Centers on one of the following Fridays: October 9, 16, 23, and 30 or November 6.

Something to have fun with - I'm happy with the results

The Huffington Post - The parents of a two-year-old girl in Colorado are unable to obtain health insurance for their daughter because the insurer, United Healthcare Golden Rule, claims she is too small.

Well, thank you Pee Dee for the free publicity. Just what independent downtown restaurants needed – two new publicly-subsidized restaurants in the Quicken Arena to draw business away from other restaurants.

Another standing room only session for the Old South Side Community Coalition.  As the Jefferson Library conference room began to fill with members, new and old, TWDC Board member Henry Senyak, Councilman Joe Cimperman, Cleveland Municipal Court Candidate for Judge, Greg Groves and Plain Press reporter Chuck Hoven, the only faces that seemed to be  missing were the TWDC By-Law Committee Representatives.