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I can dream, Pittsburgh has looked pretty bad... Browns haven't looked as bad and it's at home.

It would be so nice to kick the Steelers while they're down on Thursday.

Two of my good friends from HS are the owners of CLE Clothing Co. Great guys who love Cleveland. They've had an amazing response to the shirts. To tie this into retail, they do have kiosk at Southpark Mall for the holiday season. Also, Room Service in Gordon Sq sells their shirts and they will also have a booth at Bizarre Bazaar. I've been looking all over for a good "Cleveland, you gotta be tough" shirt. Tell your friends to make one. Big Fun has one, but it's just not my style.

Here's mine for Cleveland. 1) Art Modell - Stole the Browns 2) John Elway - Broke the Browns Hearts 3) Ben Roethlieberger - Ex-Ohioan that kills the Browns (also I went to Miami and everyone there despises him too) 4) Michael Jordan - Broke the Cavs Hearts 5) Every Single Person that thought bulldozing the Euclid Mansions from 1900-1950 would be good for the city. (and I know that's not just me) Naturally, most of them have to do with sports from our sports crazed/deprived city.

They'll have to dig through the foot of snow first...

My girlfriend lives in Bellevue, south of Sandusky, in a heavy soybean farming country and they are terrified of Issue 2 being voted down, citing that family farms will be surely run out of business. Very afraid that the business will be hijacked just like what happened in California. I'm still undecided, but I don't want to leave these farmers out to dry. I'll probably vote YES. The bottom line is if you want what's best for the farmers, and the farmers are all voting YES, then vote YES. It's like the communitive property.

How about some what could have beens? (Weideman's, torn down in the 50's) Can you do that with more old, torn down buildings? It's a pretty neat effect.

100% correct. And the key is money that is NOT spent in Cleveland will now be spent IN Cleveland. That is how a city grows until it can support itself.

Saw Toy Story in 3D with my girlfriend, the place is a real gem.

Supplementing the city, not the savior of the city. That, and Gilbert, are the two reasons I love this project.

Yep.

The plan is for Scranton Peninsula or behind TC where the Med Mart would have been.

Because he's made the Cavs a perennial powerhouse... What's more, I don't see Dolan or Randy Lerner giving a flyin'g phuk about Cleveland development and future. Gilbert's been in town 10 minutes, relatively speaking, give him some time. Sheeesh... Whoever compared Gilbert to the late Dick Jacobs is dead on... both built powerhouse franchises replacing weak and/or incompetently run ones (sadly all too typical for Cleveland) and both spearheaded big, downtown development impact away from their teams, as well. (Gilbert will have more in the future, trust me). ... and as for Detroit, Gilbert is relocating his Quicken/Rock/Intuit empire to downtown while, in the meantime, he's headed up a private group to develop the downtown link for Detroit's first light rail system--- I don't know what more you want from this (young) guy... In other words, he has the audacity to be a majoy playa in not 1 but 2 Rust Belt metro areas. ... as to the proposal, I'd prefer Higbee’s NOT be used for a casino. As much as I've been converted into believing in casino gambling for downtown, I still tend to view Public Sq. as our living room and off limits to casinos... The plan for the River behind the Flats w/ TC access to the Square works for me. He is also owner of Bizdom U, http://www.bizdom.com/ an academy for entruprenuers of the future. If they open in downtown Detroit or Cleveland, they will receive significant start-up capital to revitalize these downtowns. He is HEAVILY invested in Detroit and Cleveland. There's also a great Gilbert bio. http://www.bizdom.com/about/founder

The Weston-Gilbane project will be HUGE for Cleveland as well to fill in the empty space. Sure, that's a little further off, but it has huge potential. It reminds me of the Gateway project that's been open for a few years in Columbus.

Quicken Loans? Slow your roll there, trust me, they are hurting like every other financial company. All these things you all say gilbert can do, are only because the developers/movers and shakers of the past laid the foundation. Come on, trust me, get some facts before you start spewing nonsense. My brother just did a refi with them and did the research. 4th largest lender in the US behind Chase, BofA and Wells Fargo. Check the website, still hiring, not firing, in this recession. And you're right, the movers and shakers of the past set of a solid foundation for mortgage banking in this city with...? Guy blazes his own trail. This casino's going to be amazing.

Agreed, there is no silver bullet. But you must consider that the majority of the gamblers will be those who can least afford it. Gambling casinos bring a wealth of social issues when you consider the people gambling away house payments, college savings, retirements.... let alone the consideration that all the money spent gambling would/could be spent on dining/movies/other recreation around the area. The cons can easily outweigh the pros. That's why this Issue 3 is a bad deal. Ohio must be very careful about bringing these casinos into urban areas. I'm willing to bet that the people who have an addiction to that level (bet car, house, savings, etc) are already gambling at back door games, horse tracks or other states... If a smoker doesn't have a pack in the house, he doesn't just say, "Shoot, guess I won't smoke." I agree with hubz. Pros far outweigh the cons.

I love the Browns, but their utter inability to apply pressure or stop the run on the defensive front will doom them. I still say an optimistic 6-10.

Name a game-changing player outside of Braylon Edwards and Shaun Rogers? Right there is the answer they won't sniff north of 8-8. And they are both volatile and hit or miss.

I went to camp on Sunday. Talk about all business. No messing around, no horseplay (Braylon racing jailbird Stallworth with no shoes on). Practice ran over the 3:30 pm end time by at least 30 minutes bc Mangini didn't like what he saw. I left before they ended bc I was roasting. There's obviously a new sheriff in town. That said, there were balls all over the field, neither QB nor receivers were very impressive. Line looked good. I love watching those guys grit it out. They didn't look great, but hey, they're BACK!

I'm tearing up a little bit reading that. I really can't think of a move that effected me this much by any of our teams. Victor was the kind of guy that loved the city and the city loved him back. I'm going to miss his handshakes and passion for the game the most. I know I'll be a fan again, but it won't be any time soon. Old habits die hard.

ESPN sure doesn't think the Tribe got hosed. We get Philly's #2, #3 and #4 prospect and a kid with a live arm they compare to Papelbon. Sure, they won't win for a year or two, but we already knew that. Who here honestly thought they'd compete for the AL Pennant next year? Right, not many. The Indians have done extensive studies of deals like this and found that teams which concentrate on "big league-ready" prospects as the centerpieces of these trades often make out the worst. Cleveland aims for upside -- and it ranked 18-year-old smokeballer Jason Knapp as having the highest ceiling of any arm in the Phillies' system, including Drabek's. One scout we surveyed Wednesday compared Knapp to a young Jonathan Papelbon. Another said: "If his medicals check out, they may have gotten a young Roy Halladay." Meanwhile, Baseball America ranked the other three players in the deal -- right-hander Carlos Carrasco, catcher Lou Marson and shortstop Jason Donald -- as the Nos. 2, 3 and 4 best prospects in the Phillies' system entering the season. -Jayson Stark, ESPN

Why do the trolley's bells not work? Every single one I hear is muffled. It would be such a cool dynamic to hear on a sunny day with bells ringing, but I hear a dead pang sound. I've heard it enough to actually say something when I heard it today. What gives?

I'm not sure if that was sarcasm, but I plan to work, save and invest in Cleveland in the future. How and with what? Not sure yet, but I do know that's why I get up and go to work in the morning.

Regardless of how frustrated you are about what she said, it's the truth. I saw it for four years. So what do we do about it? Complain? Ostricize an entire demograph essential to our redevelopment? We (recent grads) can bring new ideas, new business and new culture to the city. If Cleveland doesn't want it, I'm sure Chicago, New York, hell, even Pittsburgh would take them.

^ I had to check the author to make sure I didn't write this article. Exactly my thinking on the lakefront and experiences at Miami.