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What councilperson would inherit EC? Or would it be divided up amongst the surrounding wards? I'd be more inclined to support this if it didn't include another political subdivision, who's residents might surely continue to reelect a do-nothing councilperson.

Take it one step further--with an LED billboard that doubles as a TV facing the mall. You could set up movie nights, trivia etc on the mall.

I'm guessing if you polled all the business (mostly restaurant) owners in LI, the number one complaint they probably hear from their customers and would-be customers is the lack of parking. If they had a parking ramp there that they could send their valets scurrying back and forth from, I'm sure none of them would complain. (Please don't take this as an endorsement of such a plan--I don't intend it to be so. Purely speculating).

Not sure if this is the best thread, but it seems to fit (however dubious the facts of this PD story): Global cities are prosperous cities; researchers say Cleveland must welcome the world Robert L. Smith, The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio--Cleveland's population crisis burst into the public consciousness with the 2010 census, which revealed the city had lost an astonishing 17 percent of its residents in a decade and dropped to its lowest ebb in 100 years. The census reported another set of facts not so widely discussed. Most major American cities -- even cities associated with growth and new prosperity -- bid adieu to far more people than left Cleveland. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2013/11/global_cities_are_prosperous_c.html#incart_more_business

While unscientific, a sample of my high school and college friends who work for Progressive are all decidedly against moving downtown. They all grew up on the east side, went to school at places like Kent and Akron, then came back to the same area to start families. They all love their commute from Mentor, Willoughby, Richmond Heights, etc to the Progressive campuses. Maybe a large influx of younger employees will change the corporate culture there, but the 30 and 40 somethings I know there are staying put in the I271 digs!

Amen! Cleveland will never be a tourist destination of any magnitude. We need jobs and livable neighborhoods.

It's the Justice Center. How about having a judge sentence convicted graffitti taggers to produce actual art on the building? :)

This sounds like a ATU union rule--that the driver gets his/her break before loading up. I call BS--why can't a driver take a break and have people wait inside the warm bus? BTW--the RTA thread is here: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,4504.8960.html

The only thing that will change this culture is getting more people to live in the city. Right now there are plenty of Greater Clevelanders who love a night out in Little Italy, but they care more about convenient parking then density--because they live in Pepper Pike, Lyndhurst, etc....

Bingeaux. I suspect what they are really trying to discourage is what I used to do in Maple. If I'm going to be expected to clean and crush and prep aluminum cans and keep them separated, well then I'm going to get the money (as much as a dollar a pound depending on the markets) myself. Not hand them over for free to an entity that charges to collect trash and harassed one of the biggest aluminum recycling plants in America out of business. I wish Ohio would do the $.05 deposit like other states. Cuts down on the litter and encourages recycling.

Well the taxpayer of Cuyahoga County doesn't normally finance hotels either. Time to think outside the box Mr Cooper.

You hit it on the head. The Tea Party political discussion is not about advancing the country, it's about selfishness. They would certainly spend money on roads in their own neighborhood--after all they EARNED that. But for those poor folks in the big city, they don't deserve nice roads. They expect ME to pay for it (never mind that cities are the centers of employment in any state). If you spend time in upstate/western New York you hear a lot of this--everyone thinks NYC is a drain. But the reality is that Western and Upstate New York communities take more from the treasury than they give. Just try getting one of them to admit to that reality though. Its utterly impossible!

Ha! I always suspected the call letter switch was to make it easier for their listeners to remember. 3WE was way to confusing! ;)

He was noncommittal about the stadiums, but came out and said "it's a pain in the ass to go downtown" and similar sentiments. This from a guy who one would think would enjoy close proximity to Horseshoe. Also from a guy who's too fat and lazy to drag his a$$ to work somedays. I'm pretty sure he has a T1 line in his house and phones in the broadcast often. As an aside, I'd love to see an collective IQ test from Triv and his listeners.

Because of their blind hatred of regulation. Every federally funded project (regardless of purpose) requires adherence to the National Environmental Policy Act which can be extremely cumbersome but is the result of past abuses by highway departments to build roads through the poorest/minority neighborhoods, through parks and historic sites, etc. without consideration of alternatives and little or no public involvement. Yes, it has dramatically slowed down the delivery of projects and increased their cost, but stakeholders -- especially in cities -- now have access to much more due process including in major investments that may impact their neighborhoods. I could also see rural states enacting draconian tolls for non residents passing through, so they aren't "taxing and spending" their own people, just the dern foreigners! You wanna cross Iowa on I80 in your Prius? That will be $79!

Or lack off all the above.... :whip: :drunk: :-P

One stat missing here--what are the number of applications by county? I'll admit I'm not up on the process. Could it be that more businesses in Franklin request these? Or is Franklin overwhelmingly being approved for these credits, at the expense of Hamilton and Cuyahoga? This is where having a real daily newspaper could help.

Way to go Cudell. (yawn).

This thread is quickly becoming derailed but I would participate in one called "Triv is the dumbest person on radio."

Option B makes more sense. There's also missing restaurant/meeting spaces, loading docks, dressing rooms, height and capacity of the roof, etc...

everything sounds awesome until someone needs to pay for it. Right and since the aerial tram guys of Cleveland monitor this thread, I'd like to hear their proposals and budgets for ongoing maintenance and operation. Tell us how this won't be built, then shut down in 10 years due to lack of operating funds.

Another fine example of American tax dollars at work! Too bad we can't spend anything at home to bring out rail systems to the 21st century.

I thought AEG took it over?

I always thought they leaned female. Usually big girls. The early Gothapotami.....

They are also moving closer to their target demo, and probably where they all live too. Same reason they built the little arena and performing arts center up there...to be closer to the money.