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They are right about Mentor. This area is laden with "help wanted" signs. Plenty of poor folks with decent skills--but no car to get to Mentor. This is where the sprawl manufacturing zones fail.

Giant Eagle is moving there. Is that confirmed? Yes. Did I miss something? Is there a link that confirms Giant Eagle is leasing space there?

And Phase II will probably be called a "Tower City Parking Lot." This town's leaders are pathetic.

Giant Eagle is moving there. Is that confirmed?

Did any UO's attend? I had planned on it--but for some reason had 10 am stuck in my head. By the time I got there it had broken up. Just wondering if anything of substance was said, or was it just the usual back slapping politicos?

Part of Heinen's current schtick is the parcel pickup guys who load your car for you. They could certainly do something like this with a curbside pickup so patrons could walk to said lot, then return to get their groceries.

Let us know when you hear about them moving into 117th and Clifton!

How utterly asinine. Agreed. This is where government fails us. I'm sure these are automatically generated, but there has to be someone with a brain putting a stamp on the envelope. The City doesn't use stamps. The mail is metered. I get the point, but I would bet that Flask did not even know the letter was sent until the backlash over it was made public. He is in charge of the entire Department of Public Safety (Police, Fire, EMS, Port Control) and cannot review individual letters which go out in his name in accordance with some automatic trigger. This is one of those situations where the City taking a proactive has unfortunate consequences. Personally, I'm glad to hear that the City has a program in place which puts bars on notice that they are potentially creating a nuisance, even if it does result in the occasional head-scratcher. Aren't we always complaining that the City is not proactive enough, or is that only when the bar fits a certain model?? Considering that this most recent incident was not part of the equation triggering the letter, why were the police called so many other times to this bar? If we had a good news-gathering organization in this town they may try to figure out what the other 911 calls were for. Until then, we can only speculate (unless you have time to request the records). My hunch: they've called 911 for many of the same reasons--thugs hanging and menacing patrons, drug deals on Detroit, etc. It certainly doesn't seem like it would be bar-fight crowd? And if the neighborhood residents are raising these punk kids, it stands to reason that they are anti-gay as well, and may just call 911 on the bar for the sake of doing so.

The Browns consistently rank amongst the top of charts for "loyal" fanbases. Unfortunately we've lost so much population that it's scattered throughout the country. The Brownsbacker bar in Denver shuts down the doors at 9 am on a game day due to overcrowding.

Indians are pushing $10 tickets for these last home stands. They should have been doing that months ago.

How utterly asinine. Agreed. This is where government fails us. I'm sure these are automatically generated, but there has to be someone with a brain putting a stamp on the envelope. Flask should go down to that bar and buy everyone a drink for this misstep!

UNDERSTATEMENT of the year! O'Hare is a disaster after the slightest little raindrop or wind gust!

Unbelievable. Mostly GOP state with a HUGE (understatement) in the success in the automobile. Yet Michigan is doing more with rail than our backwards leadership. I weep for our future in another 20-30 years if this state continues to believe it's 1962 in Ohio.

No. Everyone was excited about the Browns. Now they're bitching about the Browns. It only take 15 minutes of Browns football to go from excitement to complete and utter frustration. I was on plane Sunday so couldn't watch. At FL 370 I suppose god was intervening in my sanity.

I recall some coverage of the their several month long terror campaign in the neighborhood where Central and Slavic Village come together. I had a friend living over at the Hyacinth lofts at the time this was either going down or the case was being processed through the court system, or both.... so I took some interest in it. I remember them as a group of upper teens mostly preying on old women and young kids. There was also some acts of vandalism against neighbors who reported them to the police. I don't recall ever hearing about anything close to a 'protection racket.' Which businesses, specifically by name, were 'forced' to pay for this 'protection'? Or are you just referring to young kids being forced to give up their lunch money to avoid getting beaten up? When I think of a 'protection racket' I think of the model used by the mafia That's what this sounds like it could be. Extortion of the bar. No other reason for something like this to spring out of the blue. Are you kidding? This is nothing but a bunch of punk, ghetto kids with no adults in their lives proving their "manhood" by beating up someone that is not accepted in "their community".

I was right there with you. But what if, just what if Detroit skids enough to put us in the race again, with a weak schedule coming up. I like the sounds of that vs a wildcard berth. We need to maintain hope.

Speaking of old farts....front page of the USA Today Money section today. Retirement Living: Top metro areas for retirees Rodney Brooks, USA TODAY Baby Boomers are rediscovering the city as they prepare to retire. They are shedding the big homes and even the cars in search of communities where they can walk to restaurants, stores and social events. "The Baby Boomers have kind of lived the suburban life," says John Brady, founder of the website TopRetirements.com. "They were chained to their jobs, held down by children. They had to live where the good schools were and where there were recreation opportunities for their children. http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2013/09/09/retire-pension-top-places-cities-baby-boomers/2759217/

C'mon Cleveland! Detroits on a little skid! We're actually 4.5 out of the DIVISIONAL lead, on September 10. This is reason to be excited! The Browns, not so much...

Notably the 32 (Cedar) and the 9 (Mayfield) no longer go downtown, forcing transfers at UC. Even more reason to convert it to street car rail.....

Not surprising on Austin or Columbus. As I tried to point up-thread, anytime you have a government center their is built-in traffic. Corporate money going to visit government people and government people spending taxpayer money on airfares. Win/win!

Looks amazing! I'd love to go!

All very good points MD88. BTW--the UAL lounge at CLE is really no better/worse than EWR, just a lot smaller.

Its called Mexico. The 'oil city' in Texas is Houston, not Austin. Houston already has good service to the UK/Europe. I would say Cleveland is a far better candidate for LHR service than is Austin. Austin just did a much better job of selling itself and organizing its business community to commit to seats, and CLE has been doing an absolutely lousy job selling itself for international service and getting business guarantees. After UA, BA was the likely carrier to target for CLE-LHR service. But BA goes for Austin instead? Ricky Smith & Co may be good at physical changes like the airmall or tearing down a garage, but they are doing a lousy job developing new international routes here. You're right about Houston being the oil city. But in terms of regulators and bureaucrats, they are in Austin. I'm I'm sure plenty of European oil folks have meetings about drilling platforms, licensing, shipbuilding permits, etc. right in Austin. Then there's music--Austin has made itself into a hipster destination with little competition thanks to SXSW. Agree with you on Ricky Smith. I wish they could also keep the toilet's functioning and clean, but that is an entirely different problem!

I truly hope its the new immigration facilities and not more runway SHORTENING projects. Little Austin, TX (with an air market much smaller than CLE's) just got a daily nonstop to London on BA, to begin this Spring (and supposedly without subsidies). They just finished new FIS (immigration) facilities at their airport. We need this a new FIS desperately....like NOW, or we will continue to lose out. Apples to oranges. Austin is also the state capitol of one of our largest states. And I'm sure there's lots of oil business happening too. A FIS would be easy with all the open space at Hopkins. I'd rather they focus on the core business. Now how about that $100 million control tower? Assuming you're talking about biggest in population, Ohio is one of our largest states as well. #ijs But in terms of international trade, Texas DWARFS Ohio. Look folks, I'm not trying to bash Ohio or Cleveland here. I'm just trying to rationalize and speculate why Austin may have a non-stop to LHR. I suspect there's oil in dem hills. Looking at the latest census figures on exports, I suppose I may be on to something. Ohio is ranked 9th on the list of exports, despite being 7th in population. Year to date figure for Ohio is $29 billion vs Texas at $158 billion. I'm sure BP could fill quite a few premium seats in trying to deal with regulators in Texas. http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/state/origin_movement/index.html

So what? Since when does being a state capital matter? By that logic Albany (yes 2 hrs to NYC, but Austin is 2 hrs to Houston) should have direct flights to Europe. If its not facilitating air service, just what is the core business of Hopkins? Exactly. Hopkins core business is facilitating air service between CLE and as many points as possible. While no subsidies have been stated, I've heard that local businesses have ponied up to guranty a certain amount of premium setas similar to AA's RDU-LHR service. Also, While not direct subsidies, AUS could be giving AA some discount on airport fees associated with the service. But you have stated on this very forum many times that 70% of CLE's business is O&D. If the CLE business community doesn't support it, then why waste time and resources on something that is just a marketing gimmick? Right now I feel CLE is threatened by ORD just to the west, and we should continue to build on the O&D business that makes the United "hub" profitable. If a flight to Europe made sense they would be doing it (and I would be a customer, by the way).