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Very cool. Thanks. MLK is highlighted on capital improvements...are they actually going to resurface it? Hooray!

So the plan means the bike paths absolutely cannot be added later? I'd really like those new interchanges, especially at 25th/28th.

I think it's a very good comparison. I think both should be penalized harshly, however, as both are in essence stealing. I also think they're correct ion expressing concerns about these opinions being racially motivated. It's probably socioeconomically motivated as well, but I guarantee you for many people, it's racially motivated. You just don't see the anger from people about a set of nonviolent crimes committed by a majority white people (such as unpaid parking tickets) as you do when it's a majority minority. It really exemplifies to me what racism has become today. When white people do something wrong, the public seems to be more lenient or apathetic. When a minority does something wrong, society wants to stone them to death. It's like it's the PC way of being racist, because then they can just say "they're the ones that did something wrong" and hide behind that. The difference is that intent is more easily provable, and the loss of revenue more certain, and the impact greater. Downgrading fare jumping to the level of a parking ticket is kind of stupid. I don't think it should be an automatic criminal penalty, but it should be greater, and it should be enforced. It's just not as easy to enforce. What we've adopted is similar to the honor system used in a number of cities, like Berlin, where you can just walk onto public transit and there are no turnstiles etc., but a significant fine if you get caught when a transit officer checks tickets. Sorry, I don't care who's jumping the fares. I don't see why we can't issue subsidized monthly cards to people who can show they need them, so that they're paying *something* and still have access to transit, enforce the policy evenly, and call it a day. If you're providing a public service to a mostly poor population that is mostly one race, and most of the offenders are of that group, that proves nothing either way. The ACLU and NAACP's position here is ridiculous, and they only have traction because it's politically difficult for the city leadership to tell them off. The answer is to make it politically difficult for them not to enforce the law, which won't happen as long as most of those complaining don't actually live in Cleveland and don't use the RTA anyway.

Yeah, that's...better than I expected. Well done. The article is right, the Marons have done a lot, and done it right.

Hts is correct, and there's no shame or defeatism in acknowledging that. Just because it looks good on paper or might serve a social interest, even a compelling one, doesn't mean merger the right thing for all the suburbs to do.

Re: Bratenahl, are you thinking of the right place? First, it's not landlocked. It has lakefront. A lot of it. That's its claim to existence, along with the affluence of most of the residents and proximity to downtown/I-90. Second, there are smaller, poorer and less populous municipalities that have survived as independents and are likely to resist annexation. Linndale is the extreme example - it resists annexation because of its death grip on a thousand feet of I-71. Bratenahl has far more available to it than that. Bratenahl shares some services with Cleveland by mutual agreement, if I recall, but they have a functioning city government. It funds its own police force. They are not weak, and not an annexation target for the near term, unless they have debt problems I don't know about (quite possible). Theoretically, any village/city is a target, but some are better than others, I'd think. IMHO, East Cleveland is the only realistic near-term target, because right now Cleveland is still coming around and getting its own act together - even if the suburbs would be served well in the long term by joining, the case hasn't been made to them yet. A few years from now, who knows?

What the heck is going on? http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/09/a_16-year-old_youth_shot_in_th.html Three arrested after 16-year-old shot in the head on Cleveland's West Side CLEVELAND, Ohio - Police arrested three men Monday afternoon after a 16-year-old youth was shot in the head on Cleveland's West Side. The teen, whose name has not been released, was taken to MetroHealth Medical Center by EMS. His condition is unknown at this time.

I'm not a huge fan of her, but 99.9% of her haters couldn't write half as well. Anyway, probably the right call.

There's a lot more to this project than what the PD has printed. That's all I can say at this moment. :) Mwa ha ha.

The hot pot restaurant, if it's even decent, is going to do brisk business. If you haven't had it, you should give it a try. Good news, especially for CSU. Any idea why the article isn't accessible through the normal webpage? Did they mess something up?

It's a good video, and even the Cleveland.com comments are more favorable than I'd expect. As a high unemployment area, Cleveland qualifies for a lower threshold - 500,000 in a qualifying project, and you get the visa. So, he'd need 200 people to pick Cleveland over other EB-5 areas (there are a lot of them: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EB-5_visa), and the total annual gain from EB-5 (as of 2010) is $480 million. He'll likely attract a decent % of the total cost through visas, and then a larger institutional investor will step in to a situation where financing is easier than it would have been. That's more or less the situation with Flats East Bank/Cleveland International Fund. I think Ng's strategy is pretty good - many rich Chinese (not just Hong Kongese) tend to either leave China or at least make sure their money leaves China. I think this is the sort of program that we need more of, and apparently the government is listening. There's now an 'entrepreneur' visa as well, for talented workers who want to start a business here - not sure if there will be similar incentives for high-unemployment areas like there are for EB-5.

It would be nice if it was a huge bookstore, but even so, this is going to more than double the quality of the food and retail options in that area. Can't wait.

Save the hyperbole. Of course I'm glad to see more development. And Math is right - that street needs new stuff, so it's especially good. I'm merely surprised, given the almost non-availability of good rental apartments around here, that so much is happening that doesn't involve that. That should not be taken as a criticism of any particular development. If ten more things get added to Ohio City (and they will), that's great. If none of them are apartments, that's a strange omission. People are the best anchor for a neighborhood.

Matt Dolan is active in the firm, he's popped in to CWRU law a couple times over the past year (he's an alum).

I run past that place sometimes. It could use some landscaping around it. Again, all this new stuff is great, but what OC needs is apartments.

Agree. Take it all, and the sooner, the better.

Case has increased its undergraduate ranking from 41 to 38 in this year's US News rankings... http://thedaily.case.edu/news/?p=2319

Three cheers for Gary Norton.

I've been there a year at this point, and the change in 12 months has been remarkable. - Market Garden - Joy Machines - Johnnyville Slugger - Campbell's Popcorn - Made in the 216 - Palookaville Chili - Orale - Whatever ends up in the space discussed above Just judging from how full the WSM parking lot is, even on off days, everyone (particularly Market Garden Brewery) is doing well. What it really needs are more apartments, not right on W. 25th.

Great game by Haden, until the entire defense was caught sleeping. Not a good day after for them, I'm sure. McGee is pretty bad. Injuries already hurting us at punter and on the offensive line. We need a flippin' right tackle... Offense wasn't awful outside of the first quarter.

Kucinich and Sutton lose their districts. Kucinich is likely done; Sutton will have a fighting chance. Democrats are shoved into urban Columbus, Republicans dominate the suburbs. Same old, same old. I hate gerrymandering. http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2011/09/new_remap_will_give_democrats.html Democrats will lose two congressional seats in northeast Ohio under a remapping plan that will be introduced in Ohio's legislature later this week, but will gain a new seat in Columbus that's being designed to shift Republicans who now represent the city into safer suburban seats. Republican and Democratic sources say that in northeast Ohio, the plan will shift Copley Democrat Betty Sutton into a largely Republican district that's being constructed to favor the re-election of freshman GOP Rep. Jim Renacci of Wadsworth. The western Cuyahoga County power base of Cleveland Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich will go into a distict that snakes along Lake Erie from Toledo and is designed to favor the re-election of longtime Toledo Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur.

If we had a solid right tackle and a top-flight DE, I'd say this could easily be a playoff team. It all depends on Colt playing with the efficiency he displayed throughout the preseason. If he does, and stays healthy - no reason he can't have a positive effect on his young receivers. Edit: I agree with the Walterfootball projection. Very good analysis. 8-8 is about right.

Wow, is that Shell plant going to get its own thread? It seems like Ohio would be the prohibitive favorite.

Detroit is too stacked and almost 100% healthy. There's no beating them. I'm glad the management made an effort down the stretch, but short of a miracle, it's over. Also, Grady Sizemore getting hit in the hand by a pitch in his first game back? Come on!

Indians on pace for 1.84 Million in attendance, 32% higher than last year, says Crain's. They are currently ranked 25/30 but I'd guess they'll finish 24th since Toronto is out of the race at this point. Not great, but enough, along with the stronger performance than expected, that the owners may grudgingly make a decent offseason acquisition. (http://espn.go.com/mlb/attendance) Not bad, given the bad (even for here) weather in the early season and the very low expectations.