Residents of Old Brooklyn are buying ads with a very simple message:

IF YOU ARE HAPPY WITH LIFE IN SLAVIC VILLAGE, " RE-ELECT"  BRANCATELLI.

IF YOU'RE NOT HAPPY VOTE FOR OLGA SARBINOWSKA.

I say if you want Old Brooklyn to become like Slavic Village, vote for Brancatelli. After all, he spent 20 years making it that way.

Pass the word. Avoid disaster.

PressTV - New disturbing charges have emerged against XE, the infamous private security firm formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide, whose operations came under spotlight after its 2007 carnage in Baghdad. According to a report by MSNBC and based on alleged sworn declarations by two Blackwater employees in federal court, the firm used child prostitutes at its compound in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone.

The leaders of the American Civil Liberties Union in Louisiana and the Center for Constitutional Rights and Justice in New York said Keith Bardwell, a white justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish in the southeastern part of the state, should quit immediately.

Does anyone believe that the Cleveland chapter of the NAACP is a civil rights organization and not the plaything of old man George Forbes.

I got an email from a friend with the news that the Toledo Blade was carrying the story that Michael Stolarczyk, the $170,000 dollar head of the Toledo Port Authority suddenly resigned.

What does this make you think?

Resident Advocacy Group - Tremont
RAG - Resident Advocacy Group
http://rag14.weebly.com/index.html
http://twitter.com/RAG14Tremont

Does anyone know what this stuff is?

donation request - tremont residents by-law amendments for twdc members - needs about  9,000, 8 1/2 by 11 paper any color & 1,000 envelopes  and a copy machine access to copy about 8,000 two sides  - in a few days-

members address labels for our amendments to the bylaws to be sent and date and time to come to twdc office for same by next we

I'm pleased to see a candidate for East Cleveland City Council has joined REALNEO... finally, someone to talk with about politics on the East Side. Welcome, Ephraim Abdullah, Candidate For East Cleveland City Council, Ward 3 - Tell Us Your Vision.

Welcome to REALNEO, new REAL COOP member and recent Cleveland transplant Bill Botkin. Thanks for joining our real NEO community.

Bill's REALNEO member bio reads: "I am a transplant from Columbus as of 2 years ago. My career has spanned 20 years in the copier/mfp industry and I recently made the change to the Office Supply/Furniture Industry where I discovered Sustainability. I am looking to become more involved in the Cleveland area." Bill came to the right place!

Because Bill filled out his REALNEO user profile with useful information about himself and his employer, I found reasons to learn more about Bill and spent some time visiting his employer's website - Today's Business Products - where Bill "discovered Sustainability"... and Today's Business Products seems to have a good interest in sustainability - they list many "green products".

Marie Cocco @ Truthdig - The challenge of our time is to re-create America as a middle-class nation.

Some positive signs of easing of unemployment in Ohio are reported by analyst George Zeller today. However, job losses continue.

It has been several months since anyone has gone to the RealCoop PO Box.  

So when I finally got there yesterday I wasn't sure what to expect.

Maybe there would be some small donation checks.   Maybe there would be some outstanding bills.

The Good News is that when I opened the box, there were no summons and only one bill ($22.00 for the next 6 months for the PO box)

Could this be the dullest, most meaningless mayoral election of all time? Well, it is what it is, ain’t it?

'Burning ball' spotted in Germany

Meteorite streaks across NM sky

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Dollar loses reserve status to yen & euro

By PAUL THARP

Here is the campaign's most recent literature piece -- see all the campaign pieces at our Fickr.com site:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/plowharp/sets/72157622091438324/

Gus Chan, Plain Dealer

filePolicyBridge, a Cleveland think tank founded in 2005 to explore issues critical to minorities, examined how Cleveland’s social and economic problems have affected the city’s 36 neighborhoods

Cleveland should avoid investing too much in weaker neighborhoods, study finds

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"Cleveland has lost more population and housing in the past 5 years than previous trends would have suggested.... The movement of many poor residents to the suburbs surrounding Cleveland is one aspect of the new reality. A early sign of this trend can be seen in the growth of foodstamp recipients in many suburban municipalities.