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With this order, will GCRTA be able to completely replace its fleet? Or will more be needed still?

Noticed this morning a new Dunkin Donuts has opened in The Edge at 18th & Euclid. Should do well with CSU right there.

I think the big universities will continue to thrive (and their satellite campuses), but a lot of small-enrollment colleges will be going under in the next ten years.

That's part of it. I think we'll see a correction in the percentage of kids going to college as the demand for skilled trades rises, along with the headwinds of higher college debt and non-college alternatives -- I'm thinking of software certifications as an example. But there is a demographic shift as well -- fewer kids. So all the colleges are seeing a coming decline in population after a peak in 2026. Colleges have known about it for a while. https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/23428166/college-enrollment-population-education-crash

As I recall, the CSU master plan was based on CSU growing to 20,000 students. Instead, it looks like it's going to stabilize at around 12,000. They'll need a new master plan.

You seem to be misinformed about who pays into social security and who can collect. https://www.factcheck.org/2024/04/posts-misrepresent-immigrants-eligibility-for-social-security-numbers-benefits/ Illegal immigrants are not a detriment to social security or medicare. Social Security and Medicare would benefit from increased legal immigration.

Looking forward to the fencing coming down around Lee-Meadowbrook and having access to a sidewalk again!

DeWine could also take the job himself. Former Senator, he knows the ropes. And if he approves of his LtG as the next governor, he would be giving Husted a boost. I don't think this is likely, nor do I think it is likely that Portman returns. He's 69, he's moved on. Dewine is 77. Who did DeWine like in the primary - Dolan? That would be my bet.

No longer a supermajority (2/3) (at least 67 seats -- Rs are down to 66) in the Ohio House but still a veto-proof majority (60%). (Ohio Senate still supermajority R) https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2024/11/06/how-the-2024-election-impacts-balance-of-power-in-ohio-statehouse/

As much as I appreciate doing all we can to support minority rights, that's not the most important issue and not one that was particularly addressed by the proposed amendment. Do we want competitive districts that encourage democracy -- debate, negotiation, compromise -- or do we want to continue to allow gerrymandered districts that encourage extremism and preserve the power of the incumbent party? The Courts have already prohibited using race as the predominant factor in drawing district lines. And the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a Louisiana gerrymandering case this next year and will likely go further and make it illegal to even consider race when drawing districts. If that guardrail is removed, on what basis would you think that Ohio Republicants would try to preserve minority representation?

Right -- no hatred at all. https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/20/us/haitian-immigrants-springfield-threats/index.html While you may be right that "immigration" was a strong voter-motivation, there's no evidence to support the claim that there is "blatant and rampant" illegal immigration. Particularly not in Ohio. Facts don't matter though, I realize that.

With two junior senators, we won't have any committee chairs. We surrendered any seniority.

Not at all surprising given the language used on the ballot to describe it.

It does look like they added some parallel parking on those through-the-square lanes, and pedestrian crossing bump-outs. That's not much, but it's better than nothing. Really need to improve the pedestrian crossings on the inward side of the square; I'll be happy if they follow through. Also it looks like they might be introducing some parallel parking on the curved inside, and changing the head-in parking on the outside of the curve to parallel parking.

Thank you for sharing that presentation. I'm with you -- not overly excited about the changes, but I think they are positive easily-accomplishable changes, and so I'm optimistic that they will move the Square in the right direction. This is probably a better course, incremental improvements over time, than more dramatic changes in the hope that such changes would suddenly (magically) revitalize the neighborhood.

Anyone have copies of the proposed changes at Shaker Square? https://www.ideastream.org/community/2024-09-20/authenticity-is-shaker-squares-key-asset-new-owners-say-glow-up-will-restore-original-design

That's very good news -- maybe the world will stop kicking the EC-problems down the road to the future and actually deal with them. Everyone benefits from an improved EC-community, whether EC remains independent, dissolves, merges, whatever.

Fair point. I don't know. Both are critical to national security and we should have SOME of each inside the US. A steel mill is a unique structure. You can build a new steel mill in Japan, but you can't pack up a US steel mill and move it to Mexico. And you don't want a blast furnace to shut down, ever, because it's really really expensive to restart. The only concern I would have with a foreign owner is that they close the mill in the US without building a replacement here. Heavy stuff like steel (and its raw materials) is relatively easier to move by boat than truck, but neither boats nor freight rail are very fast. Maybe that is an incentive to keep steel production in the US. (But higher labor costs in the US have certainly provided some advantage to China.) As we are seeing in Columbus, a circuits fab requires a high quality construction and expensive, sensitive equipment inside -- but could you build a similar structure in Mexico and move the equipment? Also, in contrast to steel you can load a ton of chips onto a plane and ship them overnight. Here, I think there is more concern with a foreign owner "sneaking" something into the chip design (particularly for military or "secure" communications applications) -- something that is not a concern with steel production.

Nice to see more cycling infrastructure. I'd like to see a physical curb rather than plastic "bollards" that cars can (and do) drive through. https://www.sandersonconcrete.ca/high-profile-bike-lane-dividers https://www.nzta.govt.nz/projects/dunedin-sh1-cycle-lane-safety-improvements-project/gallery

As opposed to what? Dave's wasn't spending money on its maintenance and developers didn't rush in after its closing, so how is a negative?

Just reinforcing this, asylum is a legal status. Congress passed a law allowing people to come to the US and stay if granted asylum. You have to ask for it, and I think you have to be in the US when you do so. How you entered the US, whether through a port or just walking across the border, does not matter. If granted asylum you are legally allowed to stay in the US (permanent resident).

I'm on board -- Berea 👍 👍 Brookpark 👎👎

I actually agree that this is not a good site for a park. The Prospect side is a full story above the Huron side. And one of the adjacent buildings is another old parking garage. Building something on this site actually seems like the better alternative in this case.

I'd fully support removal of the vacant burger hut and renovating the west end of the plaza to provide more space for pop-up vendors. Temporarily shutting down the street (at the Euclid end) also would be a worthwhile trial. There are multiple parking garages in that section of Huron, plus deliveries to the hotel, for which some vehicle access will need to be maintained.

I find it hard to believe that there would be no beneficial psychological impact of being in a courtroom vs. being in court "via Zoom."