Clefan98

Just to provide a bit of context for our discussion, my academic background encompasses a master's degree in History with a minor in Political Science. What you appear to be missing is the striking resemblance between today's right wing and former SS officers I interviewed in German and Polish prisons, as they rotted to death, weak and full of shame. From a young age, I understood how strong and powerful propaganda can be on the feeble-minded. And you know what!? It's similar propaganda I see from today's regressive party. It begins rather inconspicuously, then grows and grows and grows until a critical mass has bought into the BS. You don't notice this process happening in real time because you're either woefully ignorant, thus in denial, or just an outright dishonest person. BTW - I've never watched cable news, or much TV at all. My preference is books.

It’s not the old white guy’s greatest problem. Got it. Now take your gaslighting elsewhere. I can’t think of a greater problem than having a major political party in the US pander to white supremacists. It’s your party, be a man and own it.

Report: White supremacist activity on rise in Ohio, across U.S. COLUMBUS, Ohio — When it comes to white supremacist activity, Ohio ranks third on the list. That’s the assessment from a new report released by the Anti-Defamation League Center on Extremism. Specifically, the ADL documented 167 white supremacist events in 2022. Those events took place in 33 states, with Ohio being on the list for the third most active state. https://www.10tv.com/amp/article/news/local/white-supremacist-activity-on-rise-in-ohio-across-us/530-e2a1b0e8-ae3a-4609-994f-ff7d3c8bcfcb

It can get a little noisy with all that coffin.

Feel free to manipulate the words as you will, but the underlying truth remains unaltered: this proposition gives greater power to the government while diminishing the agency of its citizens. Even if the Democrats were in control of Ohio, my ballot would still oppose it. Herein lies our differences, where authenticity sets one of us apart from the label of hypocrisy.

Voting yes surrenders some power for citizens to influence laws. Voting no maintains the power citizens have to influence laws. Regardless of political leaning, it surprises me any true "conservative" can be for giving up power. The government will never return that power to the citizens.

Hear me out, Issue One should need 60% to pass. Right? It should have to be able to prove itself worthy of the standard it wants to set, not use the standard that is believed too low.

What landmark changes to Ohio law would have FAILED under Issue 1? In just the 21st century: 2000: Clean Ohio Fund; state can sell environmental bonds (57% in favor...would have failed) 2005: Third Frontier program to modernize Ohio's economy (54% in favor...would have failed) 2006: Increasing minimum wage (57% in favor..would have failed) 2009: Legalizing gambling at casinos in Cbus, CLE, Cincy, & Toledo (53% in favor...would have failed) 2015: Barring businesses from using amendment process to form monopolies (51% in favor...would have failed) Let's go further back now: 1923: Remove the phrase "white male" from parts of the constitution describing VOTER ELIGIBILITY (56% in favor... would have FAILED) 1933: Giving counties authority to create city charters with "home rule" (53% in favor...would have failed) 1933: Set the 10-mill property tax limit that Ional governments can impose without getting app y from voters (59.7% in favor.. would have FAIL. 1949: Ending the practice of straight-ticket voting; voters must mark their candidates, not just check off a party (57% in favor...would have failed) 1953: Creation of Ohio state school board, which advises local school districts on education policy (57% in favor...would have failed) 1953: Allowing people of color to serve in the Ohio National Guard (57% in favor...would have failed) 1961: Allowing women to serve in Ohio National Guard (50.1% in favor...would have failed) 1975: Allowing charitable orgs to run bingo games (form of gambling) (54% in favor...would have failed) 1978: Prison labor reform (54% in favor...would have failed) 1982: Enabled lower-interest, first-time homebuyer programs that continue today (57% in favor..would have failed) 1990: Tax credits and other steps to help finance housing projects (53% in favor.. would have failed) As you can see, if Issue 1 had been in effect starting when Ohio's constitution was written, then (19th amendment aside), being a white male would still be the requirement to vote; women and black people would still be ineligible to serve in the Ohio National Guard; local governments would be able to raise property taxes without voter approval; gambling would still be illegal; there would be no affordable housing programs; there'd still be unregulated prison labor; businesses would be allowed to use the amendment process to form monopolies; and minimum wage would still be $4.25/h.

What people don't realize is educating folks about it isn't the issue. Educated people possessing common sense know Issue One is trash and should vote no. It's the extreme ideology, based completely on mythology, that the (hopefully) minority of humans have, but want to force onto everyone else. These individuals and groups do not care about guidelines or regulations, they want to ensure you are stuck living in their mythology-based rule of law. I'm for maximum freedom, with maximum personal responsibility. If you don't like abortion, don't use it. If you don't like marijuana, don't use it. If you don't like a trash television show, don't use it. If you don't like religion, don't use it. But... it's very clear the religion category wants to play ball in politics, since those groups can't seem to get the memo to leave us, the majority, alone. Everything, albeit rare, I see which supports Issue 1 at this time is attached to a church-owned property, or is attached to a home with ties to religious propaganda. I don't know a single person who is completely against abortion, and isn't deep AF into their local, weekly guy-in-the-sky rally.

The State and Feds offering tax incentives and other creative subsidies would be the solution to make it work. Unfortunately, US politicians are mostly reactive instead of proactive, hence my overall pessimism.

Right, and I highly doubt many (if any) of these obsolete, auto-centric offices will ever turn residential. It’s not as easy and realistic as some on here think. The demand for apartments in areas such as Westlake, Mentor and Mayfield, etc., just isn’t what is in areas where new multi-families are already being constructed or converted. The future and fate of these suburban office parks will run similarly parallel to the dated indoor shopping malls we see getting mothballed across the country. My company ended our lease in Middleburg Hts Jan 1 of last year (40ksqft), those two floors still haven’t been filled and other tenants have left the building too. We’ve also cut our office space in Dublin and Kenwood, OH by over 50%.

Another “conservative” willing to give up their rights so that big government and billionaires have even more power over people. Other than bad ideas, what do conservatives actual conserve these days?

The suburban office market is getting decimated. Hyland seeks to shed two Westlake properties https://www.crainscleveland.com/real-estate/hyland-lists-two-westlake-office-buildings-sale-cbre?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_term=crain's+cleveland+business&utm_content=afce1040-8f6d-4c03-8903-277fc2acb405&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

If issue 1 passes it would almost certainly give them their goal of destroying the Ohio constitution/ government so their Billionaire Masters could take over. Amazing how many rubes will vote for sycophants and fascists. Our state is screwed.

Ohio Man Has Epic Meltdown at Petco Over Gender-Neutral Bathroom https://www.advocate.com/news/gender-neutral-bathroom-ohio-petco The Ohio Building Code can be quite triggering for (checks notes) oh, MAGA idiots. Chapter 29 for those that are curious. Toilet counts are based on calculated occupancy and then fixture count/requirements are calculated based upon a table. Single occupancy bathrooms save business owners money, most of the time, by saving construction costs. It's only "woke" in that it makes business sense. Making it some culture flash point is surprisingly the dumbest thing l've read today. So far.

@zbaris87 do you know which type of crane will be used when this baby is ready to get vertical?

I think it makes a real difference considering they're completely separate entities with completely separate budgets. The city gets enough unwarranted blame, no need to pile on.

I'm confused how the city got robbed when it's the county who's paying her salary?

Once upon a time, there was a man named Dustin, and he was the self-proclaimed master of city-avoidance. Dustin had an uncanny ability to turn the smallest molehill into a mountain of fear when it came to the urban jungle. He once saw a squirrel nibbling on a leftover hotdog in the park, and from that day on, he was convinced that all city creatures were secretly plotting against humanity. When Dustin stumbled upon Ed Gallek's piece on downtown crime, he couldn't resist sharing his views on the public forum. With trembling fingers, he typed out his post, warning everyone about the dangers of sticking their heads in the hand – oh, how he wished he meant "sand" – and making Cleveland's reputation more perilous. Little did Dustin know that his city-avoidance tendencies had taken on a life of their own, and in his creative spelling mishap, he had accidentally conjured up a whole new level of danger in the minds of locals and tourists alike.

Homicides increased post 1972 and population decreased by over 100k that decade so the numbers were much worse by the mid and late 70s.

Yeah it’s pretty close but in 1973 there were 366 homicides with a population closer to 720k than 750k. Homicide rates really started to increase in 1970 and didn’t stop rising until 1994.

Yeah, about that.... CLEVELAND, Ohio - Local insurance giant Progressive Corp. has put five of its office buildings in the eastern suburbs of Cleveland up for sale as it responds to the new realities of the workplace. https://www.cleveland.com/community/2022/08/progressive-looking-to-sell-several-office-buildings-as-most-employees-remain-offsite.html BTW almost a year has passed and no offers have been made on any of these buildings, no surprise.

90% of Progressive and Eaton's staff work full-time work from home now. And yes, all three of those companies have a hard time attracting top talent. Follow along Progressive's bus tour for prospective employee's to see which part of the metro they show off (hint: the city) and which they do not (hint: their campus). Like I said, HR and talent acquisition know this but don't get to make real estate decisions. Why do you think SHW is building a new HQ in the heart of the city? Their folks are much more savvy and future thinking than the ladder.

Even when population losses are equated, Cleveland's homicide rate today is still far below the levels we saw throughout the 1970's and early 90's. The only things that have changed are bored Facebook Karen's with nothing better to do than crime talk, and the bombardment of 24/7 news, which sole purpose is to incite fear. In 1972, homicide in the city set a record with 333 murders. https://teachingcleveland.org/cleveland-in-the-1970s-mike-roberts/

Stay away from downtown if you’re so scared. There’s enough people whose viewpoints are the exact opposite of yours, and that’s a large enough number to keep downtown growing faster than any Ohio suburb for decades to come.