Bruce Ratner and Forest City Ratner made a deal with Russia’s richest man for the New Jersey Nets and a major Brooklyn project called Atlantic Yards.

If there’s going to be an investigation of the integrity of commercial property appraisals here, we ought to also probe tax reductions awarded to downtown property owners by official County and State of Ohio agents.

 

IT's here, and has been taken seriously by many folks. Do you count yourself amongst them, or no?

Severe Particulate Matter 2.5 Hourly Reading in Cleveland at 8:00 AM on 09/23/09 - see current here

There is clear evidence the leadership of Northeast Ohio has failed to create an environment encouraging world-class monitoring, analysis, research, notification and controls of pollution created in our region of Ohio, and the consequences on residents and society. As a result, the people of this region have suffered significant health consequences, including early death, and impaired learning ability, crippling our schools and workforce, and society and the regional economy have suffered greatly. As much of our pollution is exported beyond our region, our failure to be world-class addressing pollution here causes harm world-wide.

There was an interesting meeting tonight at the Central Tremont Block Club.  The by-law committee reps. came to discuss proposed changes to the TWDC by-laws. 

First, no one can seem to answer the question as to whether there will be an amendment process as afforded by Robert's Rules at the special meeting.  My take, no amendment process -  no vote. 

Also, the new changes not so subtly shift all the power to those inside the organization - which they already have too much of. 

When my friend Kieth called and asked me to come over, last Thursday night, I could tell by his voice something was very wrong. When I arrived, he looked in shock - he told me his youngest son's mother had called to say their child had shot a mail carrier in Maple Heights.

Today's Sound of Ideas on WCPN discussed the outcome and costs of the corruption probe.  Roldo called in (and I called in and cried me a river)...More later.

I've spent several years now developing theoretical pieces toward a sustainable future and now seek to apply the theory to effect pragmatic positive change for our region.

The Social Sciences Department of the Cleveland Public Library is facilitating a non-fiction book club.  Our discussion will be held on Thursday, October 8, 2009 at 12:00 PM in the Social Sciences Department.  We will discuss the book entitled, "A Rip in Heaven: a Memoir of Murder and its Aftermath," by Jeanine Cummins.  This intimate memoir tells of one family's immediate and widely publicized story of surviving a shocking crime and suffering in the

Blaming the Villain; "80% of this mortgage problem is caused by the banks. It's fraud committed by the banks ... not the people who were there to get something they couldn't afford." – Michael Moore after Minneapolis screening of 'Capitalism: A Love Story'

Big Insurance: Sick of It' Rally BY MOVEON.ORG Political Action http://pol.moveon.org/ E. 9th & Prospect, Medical Mutual, 2060 E. 9th (Map) Cleveland, OH 44115 Tuesday, September 22nd, 12:00 PM Let's keep the momentum going! Please sign up for this gathering right away!

Police and Military

I wanted to drop a line and let everyone know that the brownouts at Station 21 have started again. Anytime there are fewer than 187 firefighters scheduled, the company that mans both Engine 2 and Engine 21 (The Fire Boat) are disbanded and sent to other stations across the city. With a new Captain at the station and new leadership coming to the area (Goodbye, Mr. Santiago)there is hope for fighting this decrease in service for the Tremont area.

 

This program will draw on the proven expertise of local beauty salon owners. Participants will hear the business histories of our speakers, learn what worked and what didn’t, and obtain free resources that can increase their chances of running an enduring and profitable beauty salon business. This program is meant to be informal, with a lengthy question and answer section following each presentation.

The program will take place on September 26th, from 1:00-2:30 PM at the Cleveland Public Library, Hough Branch located at 1566 Crawford Road.

 

For more information contact: Stephanie Tyus @ 216.623.6997 or Aaron Mason @ 216.623.2927

The Naturehood Pollution Removal Calculator tool was constructed to help document Naturehood pollution removal data and to help local gardeners calculate the positive impact of their landscaping choices on small lots.

This Saturday I actually left the compound. My roommate and I visited the Shaker Square Farmer's Market. I had to get Honey Crisp apples cause they're in season. And then we went to the Ohio City Bike Co-Op so that she could investigate a bicycle and then onto the Westside Market.

Wow! What a cornucopia NEO farmer's are pulling out of the ground!

don't celebrate me,

celebrate my work

for i could never be as beautiful or important

I will be posting photos from the One World Event here in Cleveland.  Notably absent? Mayor Jackson who presumed that the audience would be mostly suburbanites and made the call to write it off.  Bad move. 

This is the mural at the end of the little garden.  Sorry if I was off about the address, I was more interested in taking the pictures that the actual address.

I know this mural has been on NEO before but it is still pretty to look at again.

A little ingenuity and imagination and what a vision.

Max Eternity - After an entire summer of heated discussions and culture clashes at town hall meetings created by the government as a forum to discuss healthcare reform in America, the specter of Southern white supremacy tied-at-the-hip with a particular slice of the blue collar white, working and middle class, erupted in sea of vitriol; putting on full display the racist slant that a portion of America's collective has of the current state of affairs in the United States and its current president--a bi-racial, black man named Barack Obama.

The fact that Dan Gilbert, owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers in the National Basketball Association, will own casinos is reason for a NO vote against the casino issue on the November ballot.