jamiec

It was on the news. That judge who got put on hold while with 911, had a little "take back the streets" stroll Well, they certainly looked intimidating!

Stefani Schaefer. She's on my top three hottest Cleveland TV people list! The other two are Suzanne Stratford on 8 and then there was a girl on PBS doing the Ideas show, but I haven't seen her in a long while, so I fear she may have left town, which is sad.

On my way home from work, I saw Frank Jackson and a whole gaggle of people walking down Edgewater near W. 117. Anyone know what was up?

I really sort of love 55 Public Square for some reason. The "55" on the corner is so dope!

^ Perhaps the dawg pound should be sent to Europe to learn from the other kind of football fans. Or maybe not. The Cleveland PD probably would implode with that kind of rioting.

I hated American Beauty. That movie made me depressed for a week. Live Free or Die Hard.

I like those shelters. That'd be a giant improvement!

She didn't get her Cleveland+ pamphlet!!

The turbine is at the Great Lakes Science Center next door. It was installed last year, right? It's sort of an example of what will hopefully be a larger wind farm out on Lake Erie.

What do you think made the difference today? I mean, I've been paying some attention this season, and I hadn't seen anything that would indicate they could do this, especially after last week. I like that they are having Anderson throw bombs down field. Those are fun to watch :)

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Today's rant has nothing to do with "the man." At work, I asked no less than 8 people to go out to Tremont. All said no - bunch of jerks - and one person said to me "I like to stay on the west side..."

I lived here for a full year!

I think the fact that Jerry is coming here and offering feedback is very impressive. Personally, I think conversations here are the most informed and educational I've ever encountered on the topic of all things Cleveland, Ohio, transit and urban issues. I never even would have known what TOD means if it weren't for UrbanOhio. It's probably pretty safe to say that UrbanOhioans are rail obsessed. I will admit it. I don't like buses. I use them when I've gotta, but I'd take a train ALWAYS if it were available. However, I think it's also pretty safe to say the people who frequent this board are frequent users of their city's public transportation services, no matter what the option. I'm not car free, but I do take the Rapid and buses around downtown and Lakewood frequently. While I'd LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE to see rail extended and a subway and this and that, I think it's most logical now to focus on TOD around the stations. This to me is an issue that RTA can't promote by itself. Lets take the W. 117th station. RTA installs a brand new, nice station and then across the street a bank branch and ALDI sets up shop, totally disregarding the new transit opportunities. Then there is the Home Depot and Target but they're so far from the station, it's ridiculous. That Target has to be a quarter mile from the sidewalk! Whoever developed these projects totally ignored the Rapid line that cuts right by it and developed these properties like they were in Medina. That gets me mad because its wasteful and inefficient. Then people complain because the Rapid doesn't go to anything they want to go to like Beachwood Place. Hello! It's way cheaper to build the stores near the Rapid than it is to move the Rapid.

Anderson stinks too. I know, I know, I don't actually know anything about football, but come on he gets sacked less than Frye but they both don't score. This team is a disaster. They are the new Detroit Lions.

Yeah, dang! I might have to roll up into that town in my turnip truck... Yessir!

Hey, does anyone know where you can get narrow ties around here? I'm not looking for ridiculously skinny an indie band, but something a bit more narrow than the average tie you come across at TJ Maxx/Filene's Basement. Thanks!

You did NOT! That's awesome!

It looks like Planet Krypton.

http://www.cleveland.com/brett/index.ssf?/base/opinion-0/118898277742920.xml&coll=2

They are letting imagery sweep them away in the tides of emotion. All the bitching against Jackson is anecdotal. The sad part is, as MTS said a week or so ago, the mayor's office can control their image to some extent. If Jackson is incapable of talking much or appearing emotional, then they need somebody who can fill this role because this is 2007. You can't be a politician playing the role of Wizard of Oz. They should create a "Safety Czar" who is charismatic enough to go before citizens and the press while at the same time smart and passionate enough to get change going. Someone who has a "big" persona, like the police chiefs in NYC and Miami (the former NYC chief). Just this week Regina Brett wrote, basically, that FBI crime stats were incorrect because they indicated crime - except murder and something else - were down in Cleveland, but it certainly didn't "feel like crime is down," to her. This is a symptom to me of a communication and power vacuum. When people start questioning facts because they don't feel right, that's big trouble.

^ Oh for the love of God. Doesn't anyone besides us see how insane it is a regional that is at the bottom of nearly every list has a city at the top of a sprawl list???

Well, the PD is actually owned by Newhouse, the same company that owns Conde Nast. It appears that of that list, only two are locally owned -- The Vindicator and The Blade.

Yeah, my buddy's brother took it to Chicago and came back calling it the Megabust. I guess the experience was what you'd expect for $10.

What a peach!