Rob

KJP, I tried to make the point fairly explicit in my blog post that I don't know exactly why Tower City is out of the question. To suggest that I assumed the Tower City option hasn't been considered at all is simply false. Yes, I understand that this topic could have been more thoroughly researched - and I had a hunch that cost and engineering concerns took Tower City out of the question - but a major value of blogging is the ability to tap into the collective knowledge of people like yourself who know the answers to these questions. I'm a little disheartened that this discussion couldn't have taken place on my blog. I'm not closed to new viewpoints but few have chosen to contact me directly to talk about them.

Thanks for the feedback, everyone. I appreciate it.

Thanks, jpop. Unfortunately, despite my initial intention, I never got a chance to send the letter directly to anyone. That said, I know there have been a lot of people who have read it - whether or not any of them are in positions of leadership is unknown.

I realize that I am a little late to the party - someone just pointed me over to this thread. Thanks to everyone who has given feedback to my PD letter. For anyone who is interested, that letter was based on a more in-depth "open letter" that I wrote about a week earlier. http://blog.robpitingolo.org/2008/09/open-letter-to-clevelands-leaders.html Unfortunately, I am yet to hear from anyone with any position of power in Cleveland. It is great that so many of us are passionate about this (and similar) issues; but disheartening to feel like it just isn't getting the leadership’s attention.