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Yeah I didn't mean to characterize it as a right-wing website, as a whole I agree with your characterization. The city subreddits just always were a lot like, the same type of discussions you'd find on city-data or the cleveland.com or cincinnati.com comments. And the alt-right is growing on the website especially after the whole trump thing. A lot of nerdy young STEM types on reddit who unfortunately can be drawn in to that whole worldview. Then again a lot of the altrighters on there are actually the famous russian trolls.

Yeah, big business is going all in for Jackson this time around. Reed is viewed, fairly or not, as too volatile and unpredictable.

City subreddits on Reddit are notoriously right-wing/reactionary, like comments on newspaper sites. And Reddit as a whole is trending alt-right. I wouldn't worry too much about what Reddit says.

It's not that kind of pizza. Citizen Pie is doing authentically neapolitan pizza, and the challenge restaurateurs have when trying to do 'authentic' international cuisine is that often Americans have expectations that directly contradict the authentic part, and they have to decide whether to risk potential customers by going with "authentic." Since there a quintillion pizza joints in America I for one am happy to drive out of my way for the real thing every so often so I am glad he goes with authentic. So he picks up potential customers that way as well. The good news is it only takes like 90 seconds in the oven. I definitely would not recommend taking it home, it's supposed to be eaten piping hot. Go in and sit down sometime.

So Frank Jackson is an embarrassment to the city because his accent? Small town in Mississippi?C'mon guys, step back and think about what you are saying here.

I don't know, but I would imagine there is just probably a long list of things that need to be put back to the way they were before, and it's probably a lot of work. We can probably start a thread to document suggestions etc.

The dirt bike thing was mishandled in some ways, and now he's trying to sheepishly walk the whole thing back, but I understand what he was going for. Co-opting your enemies as opposed to fighting them head-on is a well-worn strategy. (Using the term "enemy" loosely here, maybe we should say, co-opting your antagonists.) Urban dirt biking has the potential to be a problem for Cleveland and he was trying to twist it around and turn it into a positive. He was even getting ambitious with it by dreaming that we could be the national capital. When Zack Reed says it's a WASTE OF MONEY! he isn't being honest because the cost of the track shouldn't be compared with zero, it should be compared with however many police wage-hours are spent chasing riders and how many more serious crimes are missed because cops were chasing people for popping wheelies. There were some problems, like, would people drive all the way across town to get there, maybe not. Also noise issues where they wanted to put it. But the idea wasn't as horrible as it's now made out to be. But maybe reaching out to these guys and building a track somewhere else, even if it would be tougher for people to get to, could still get riders to behave less rebelliously because they'd appreciate the city reaching out to them and not solely viewing them as a problem to be dealt with. Anyways, in the grand scheme of everything he's done as mayor I don't think he deserves to be solely judged for a dirt bike blunder.

I'm actually watching the debate on YouTube right now. I know a lot of people are tired of him but I think Jackson is the better choice. I like his quiet dedication to the job. I believe he truly cares about the city and tries to find a good balance between new development and not forgetting about Cleveland's longtime residents. Reed is a smoother talker, a younger face, but I think he's kind of Donald Trumpy in the way he tries to oversimplify everything, run with empty catchphrases (SAFETY FIRST!), and blame the incumbent for factors far beyond their control. Is "400 new cops" Cleveland's version of the big, beautiful wall?

Bill O'Neill is the man. He was my brother's nurse at Hillcrest Hospital ten years ago for some kind of broken bone, don't remember. Then he decided he'd had enough of nursing for the time being, so he became a supreme court justice. Kind of weird to have a sitting justice get all into political debates though - we need to stop electing them.

I know the NYC MTA uses fare inspectors that they call the "eagle team." Here's a list of systems using Proof-of-Payment. Many American systems as well as systems in other countries use the system. (Germany and Italy use off-board ticket purchasing and random inspections on board even for regular city buses.) I've googled both Dallas and Denver's systems and their websites both make reference to "fare inspectors," not police. So I think the question is who, besides Cleveland, doesn't have separate fare inspectors? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof-of-payment Edit: found one reference on Charlotte's system to fare inspectors and police officers checking fares: https://secure.ridetransit.org/psales/shopcontent.asp?type=Frequently-Asked-Questions. But they still have separate inspectors who take the primary responsibility, and it doesn't fall completely on police, to the detriment of actual policing.

I don't think police should be doing fare enforcement. Both for intimidation/4th amendment concerns, and because it distracts from their real job of safety. Having them do fare enforcement is like having security take tickets at an Indians game. Or having the off duty cops at giant eagle also work the checkout lines. It's absurd. Other systems abroad (and I'm assuming in the US too, I just haven't ridden them) use actual fare enforcement departments to run proof-of-payment systems, not cops. In other news I was walking down Euclid this morning and walked by three transit police officers griping about the new system. I wish I heard more of their conversation but I did catch "when the doors are all open, you just can't stop everyone...."

Interesting (and kind of scary) factoid about the Japanese stock market. I guess the whole "gray dawn" aging of society thing could be bringing us to uncharted territory. Still I would argue that Japan's economy will eventually surpass 1989, but if the boom-and-bust cycles are lasting entire lifetimes, that's a huge problem. Though, I'm not sure that pension funds with some allocation to bonds would offer much protection - if you are Japan, you're pretty much screwed.

All the personalizations and settings they had ever done over the years were lost, so we are working off the default settings for the forum software... I imagine hero member is the default version of where we used to have all the different ohio buildings.

It depends on the person's age, but I don't view 100% stocks (diversified index funds, not individual stocks or penny stocks or anything) to be problematic, at least for people in their 30s and even early 40s. Once they hit their later 40s and 50s it might be time to add in some bonds to smooth out the ride and protect against bad timing. But for young people 100% equity just makes sense once you take emotion out of it. Pension funds need to invest in a certain amount of less volatile investments because they have constant cash-flow needs so they also need to smooth out their ride. Otherwise, they should also invest in stocks as much as possible. The stock market always goes up over time, technology always advances and the economy always grows over time. It's not even 'risky' when you look at the long run. You are only trying to avoid bad timing. Societal collapses notwithstanding.

There is nothing speculative about buying stocks and holding them until retirement age. Speculation would be betting on short-term market increases and decreases, and that's not the same thing at all as growth investing, which is betting on long-term, 8-12% / year REAL growth over a long period of time. Furthermore, you can put your 401(k) money in any investment you want, and the tax benefits are the same - 401(k)s do not incentivize stock investments over any other type of investment, only prospective returns do that. Financial illiteracy among the public is a problem with 401(k)s vs. pensions, sure. And wage stagnation is a problem as well, but I don't see any problem with how 401(k)s are set up in the internal revenue code. You are correct about the scandalous fees, and anyone who works for a company with a bad 401(k) plan should complain about it until those places are put out of business. They are robbers who benefit off of the public's aforementioned financial illiteracy.

I rode it from Public Square to Playhouse Square today around 4:50 PM, and the driver was pretty good at checking fares while stopped at lights and driving on all the greens. He was opening all the doors and then getting on the PA and telling people to bring their fares up front. It was rush hour and our bus wasn't empty, but not horribly crowded, either. I can't imagine how it could be done on a more crowded bus.

They need to a) make the ticket machines easier to use, b) have a fare enforcement department which is separate from the transit police, and c) decriminalize fare evasion.

Yes it is going to be closed from Tower City all the way to 117th with replacement buses going down Detroit straight to West Blvd and then 117th where trains will run thru to the airport. (Riders who want 25th or 65th will be directed to take a Lorain Ave bus instead.)

I thought that was strange when I read it, because there were ridiculously low 25 mph speed limits on what were basically country roads in Willoughby Hills (an incorporated city) for the longest time.

What a pleasant surprise to see as I went to go to bed tonight! Thanks for what I assume was a lot of hard work! Though, I'm sure my productivity has been a tiny bit higher the past few weeks ;)

It could put pressure on the legislature though... Look what happened with medical marijuana, even though the recreational issue went down in flames.

Oh, I thought you meant the third paragraph that I quoted. I didn't even think to check the third paragraph of the actual article, haha. Anyways, the article doesn't say that no cities on the east coast are under performing, and it also doesn't say that there are no other cities with inferiority complexes other than midwestern ones. It addresses the midwestern inferiority complex, which exists and we shouldn't try to pretend it doesn't.

What's the typo? This article didn't upset me at all, I thought it was just an honest analysis of something we all know is true.

Did I read correctly in that PD article that this is the newest building in the ward in 14 years???

The Midwest: Inferiority Complex And Economic Decline By Pete Saunders ... The Midwest did not develop as organically as the East Coast did, or even as any other U.S. region did, for that matter. Without question, the South developed through its expansion of the slave and plantation economy -- later discredited and overthrown by the Civil War, but critical to its growth nonetheless. The vast distances of the West made its connections to other regions more tenuous, but it led to a "destination" feeling to it; you can't have a "from sea to shining sea" mantra without a shining sea ending. The West became more independent as a result. Meanwhile, the Midwest was tied to the East Coast cities that would always perform the senior partner role. New England settlers founded many of the region's cities and towns. East Coast banks funded land acquisitions and railroads. Financiers invested the money to establish the Midwest's agricultural economy and the manufacturing economy that followed it. Midwesterners have been following the East Coast's lead for 200 years, and we've developed an inferiority complex as a result. ... more: https://www.forbes.com/sites/petesaunders1/2017/09/30/the-midwest-inferiority-complex-and-economic-decline/#72787ce873d5 What do you guys think of the part I quoted? I had never really considered that before. Interesting article on the whole, they interview Richey Piiparinen at CSU.