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OMG - Can this thing take any longer to build. I drive by it almost every morning and I swear the same three people working there are standing in the exact same spot - every morning.

Yay City Planning Commission. Boo City Council. Wish I could've been there.

I 'm gonna agree with Strap on this one - especially because of the person who actually said it.

So who here is going and where are we going to meet. The most obvious place would be the student reception, but we could all do something on our own too. Passing on some information from the home office in chicagoland. I recommend somebody run for regional rep. I was the rep 2 yeas ago and then was elected as national chair the following year. Its a good way to network and have travel paid for as well. (see following message)

I am pushing the relevancy level here a bit with this one. I can't help but wonder how this could be used with the Canal Corridor and Tow Path Trail. From the Stuff to Think About Blog http://www.cjmillisock.com/2007/03/water-bridge.html

March 26, 2007 Recent Congressional Votes - * Senate: Budget Resolution, FY2008 * Senate: Preserving United States Attorney Independence Act of 2007 * House: Gulf Coast Hurricane Housing Recovery Act * House: U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Health, and Iraq Accountability Act Upcoming Congressional Bills - * Senate: U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Health, and Iraq Accountability Act * House: Budget Resolution, FY2008 Recent Senate Votes Budget Resolution, FY2008 - Vote Agreed to (52-47, 1 Not Voting) The Senate approved this $2.9 trillion budget resolution that sets spending priorities for the 2008 fiscal year. Sen. George Voinovich voted NO Sen. Sherrod Brown voted YES Preserving United States Attorney Independence Act of 2007 - Vote Passed (94-2, 4 Not Voting) The Senate passed this bill that would prohibit the attorney general from filling U.S. attorney vacancies for an indefinite time period. Sen. George Voinovich voted YES Sen. Sherrod Brown voted YES Recent House Votes Gulf Coast Hurricane Housing Recovery Act - Vote Passed (302-125, 6 Not Voting) This House bill would require the government to replace public housing that was damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Rep. Dennis Kucinich voted YES U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Health, and Iraq Accountability Act - Vote Passed (218-212, 1 Present, 3 Not Voting) The House passed this $124 million emergency supplemental bill that provides funds for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and sets a timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq. Rep. Dennis Kucinich voted NO Upcoming Votes U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Health, and Iraq Accountability Act - H.R.1591 The Senate is scheduled to take up this emergency supplemental spending bill. Budget Resolution, FY2008 - H.Con.Res.__ The House is scheduled to take up this $2.9 trillion resolution setting budget priorities for the upcoming fiscal year.

The next Urban Ohio meet should have a real Scavenger Hunt. Instead of a tour or in conjunction with the tour.

That is good news. I got this from the PD Reader Advisory Forum.

Overheard at a separate meeting yesterday by a very high ranking county official discussing the upcoming vote: "I don't know what those two are thinking. Everyone knows count employees never leave the building to go out for lunch,let alone coffee." (paraphrased)

I remember reading about this place nad the architect who conceived it. I'm glad they are moving forward in he construction. Great photos.

Yeah, I realized that right after I hit 'post.' what about the big church headquarters around the corner on Prospect? I can't remember the name. The one with the Amistad Chapel on the ground floor. This sound like something they might do.

i love the smell of rhetoric in the morning

That is interesting. Not for me though. I'm not into the church. The whole opiate for the masses thing. Do you/anyone know what religion is being sold here: catholic, protestant, etc?

they've done that here in Cleveland before, in the late 80s/early 90s they would put people on Greyhound with one-way tickets to warm weather cities. Boston, Philly, DC also do the same thing and at one point the Fed. Gov. step in and stated that was illegal. I don't remember all the specifics or how the fed got involved (I think via 60 Minutes) but once they did it came to light that lots of cities were sending their homeless to warm weather climates, its just that Philly, Boston, Milwaukee and a few other places were doing something that was illegal and raised civil liberties issues. I just remember Philly being really really bad in the way they handled their homeless. Ah, the good Ol' White Administration days. Brings a tear to my eye when I think of it. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I spoke with Joe M. from DCA yesterday. The reason there had been no furthering of their cause stemmed from lack of funding. That is, they were waiting on several grant applications that have finally been funded over the past week or so. He says we should all be hearing/seeing more action soon. For those of us that served in one of the committees (there are several forumers on them) we should be getting some calls soon to complete the planning we did last year. I hope the new funding helps them update the website.

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Here is an additional article from yesterday's PD: County likely to raze old skyscraper Vote today on former Ameritrust building Thursday, March 29, 2007 Joan Mazzolini Plain Dealer Reporter Cuyahoga County commissioners are expected to vote today to demolish the old Ameritrust Tower, ending two years of speculation about what would happen to the long-vacant building. Commissioners Jimmy Dimora and Tim Hagan want the tower demolished. Commissioner Peter Lawson Jones, who would like to find a way to save the tower, is expected to vote against the demolition. The demolition is one of several large contracts to be bid today in connection with the county's plan for a new administration building that will bring together as many as 2,000 employees from other county-owned and leased buildings... for more information see http://www.cleveland.com/archives

It is a sad day. Our children will hold this against us. Welcome to the forum Christora. Here is the article you referred to by Litt. ARCHITECTURE Commissioners set to demolish downtown tower Thursday, March 29, 2007 A majority of the Cuya hoga County commission ers is ready to sign a death warrant for an important piece of 20th-century architecture today. Anyone who wants to plead clemency ought to show up and make their views known. In a meeting at the county office building at 1219 Ontario St., starting at 11:30 a.m., two of the three commissioners -- Tim Hagan and Jimmy Dimora -- are expected to vote in favor of razing a 29-story downtown office tower designed by the great Modernist architect Marcel Breuer. In its place, the commissioners want to build a new administrative center designed by the New York architecture firm of Kohn Pedersen Fox, with Robert P. Madison International, of Cleveland, as the local architect of record....

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Maybe they shouldn't have their field lights on during the day, everyday, two weeks before the season even begins. Anyway, good stuff.