DeanSheen

I went. Had fun, walked around East bank when we got to the other end. Did not seem to be as many people this year, but was a ton going on last weekend.

I was very upset last night when I saw the riders headed back East with State Highway Patrol and Lawewood police chasing them at high rates of speed. I have been asking for awhile for a piece of investigative journalism that examines the intersection of the CPD Police misconduct jury awards, the Federal consent decree, and the decrease in safety to local Cleveland residents. IOW: It is my understanding that the reason there is a "no chase" order in effect on CPD is because of the jury awards and the consent decree. What we get as citizens is less safe streets and I think these things should be discussed publicly. This comment from the city ignores the fact that the riders had to drive through the city in order to get to the E and W suburbs. "The Jackson administration did not have an immediate comment Monday on the weekend activities. A spokeswoman for Cleveland police noted, though, that most of the activity occurred outside the city and that Cleveland made no arrests. " https://www.cleveland.com/cityhall/index.ssf/2018/08/cleveland_long_has_wrestled_wi.html#incart_m-rpt-1

^ Thanks for clearing up the Monsters fallacies. I was going to post that about us being 2nd in AHL in attendance. I go to the games and dont find the kids to be distracting. Thats just nonsense.

A Target downtown on the Lake? Sounds horrible.

I'd like think this is true but the city has lost roughly 500,000 people over about 65 years. Well yeah, he's obviously pandering for votes. Thats another YUGE issue in the US, the low information voter.

Found this tidbit interesting and frustrating when put in perspective in the article. FTFA: ""The citizens of the 34 Cleveland neighborhoods are smart enough to know what is in their best interest and what will advance the city," Johnson said. Perhaps. It can also be noted, however, that citizens of Cleveland aren't particularly avid about using suffrage to advance their interests. Fewer than 30 percent of eligible voters bothered to cast a ballot in the last mayoral election." http://www.cleveland.com/morris/index.ssf/2017/08/cleveland_cavaliers_are_done_i.html

The irony to me on this issue has been that the group of churches that pushed this are advocating for how tax dollars are spent while they are members and representatives of tax free institutions. Furthermore I have yet to see a plan put forth by this group to demonstrate how to constructively spend money in troubled Cleveland neighborhoods to improve them. Lacking a plan, the optics to me are a group with their hands out ready to burn money because: neighborhoods?

The Terrestrial vibe can be a bit stiff depending on who is serving you. Agree on Toast in that it is a slower place, I do like it there on occasion but not a regular. Parkview is still chill and still mostly the Parkview......for now. I said fast casual because I think that space, and the neighborhood need something functional as far as atmosphere and food service. I was bummed that the Mediterranean place on Detroit was not more like Aladdin's in that one could just walk up to the counter and place an order and be out and on your way shortly. It does feel like a chore to me to always have to go through the waiter/waitress rigamarole. The other thing about some more efficient dining is that people who are down at Edgewater chilling could say to each other "I don't really feel like waiting in line at the Boathouse for food but there is that place we can walk to up the hill that is casual enough that we don't have to worry about our attire and we can just go chill up there and grab a bite thats not gonna cost us an arm and a leg." But as noted upthread, if your gonna go for the volume, the parking thing is an issue. Also, I had heard sometime ago way before Terrestrial was built that the rent the landlord wanted was insane. This was from a fast casual hybrid that was kicking the tires on the place. So yeah, I guess I'm just wasting pixels here.

Went there a few times. Never felt much of a need to go back. With all the apartments around there and the brewery next door, some fast casual?

It would be nice. I have been in those before. Lots of work.......

Kizer is gonna get physically beat from holding the ball too long or taking a hit while running and that will be that. The NFL has a real problem in that it's product pretty much sucks in large part due to bad QB play. Since the kids are not learning how to run a pro style offense in HS or College then the NFL will have to make accommodations so that their players can learn the game. The "learn by doing" canard has serious limitations when applied to the NFL QB position.

I believe it's because his father is loaded and also tied into the Sports entertainment industry.

When is the repaving going to be done? I have no idea what the rubber overlay is they put up on the two inside lanes. Is the contractor out of cash and looking for some contingency payments to complete the project?

Those barriers are an eyesore.

And yet you fail to make a case for WHY this project must be built and WHY it must be built to these specifications. Cleveland taxpayers have no OBLIGATION to STARK.