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Great letter... except the evaporation of bipartisanship occured after the 2008 election, not 2010.

There always is. Nothing wrong with society continually evolving to better itself.

Right. Lake, cuyahoga, and lorain are all half or more in the lake

Shs96, I would take that Shaker v. Glenville bet. And I would throw in alchohol as well. There MIGHT be more weed use at Glenville, but I feel confident insaying that Shaker would have it beat on all other categories.

Scarlett does it for me. But until she starts to wither, Halle will always be #1 in my book. That columbian chick is closing fast though...

No pont being made. Just the facts, ma'am. And you might want to check out the qualifier in my post, as I figured you and CDM would cwap yourselves.

Executive appointments being overly vetted by the media..... you don't say. Comically ironic.

So that is why my agent has been pushing me to buy that acre lot a few miles north of Gordon Park.

shs96, how bout we leave that debate for the RTA thread. Very loose connection, if any at all, here. It's not Jewish immigration anymore.

Because it's not land, silly. I didn't exclude the industrial valley in Cleveland either... or the metroparks. I also excluded any water area for Cincy and CBus too, so don't feel jaded. But, seriously...

That is the worst rendering I have ever seen. Did they use water colors? And while I understood the idea of turning the roofs of those garages into parks, I am NOT in favor of bulldozing the entire garages. We need to bulldoze our parking lots, not our garages.

^Don't take it so personally. It won't reach the Obama Presidency Thread level of 200 pages in 2 years.... not without Scrabble's robo op-ed posting tactics.

I did an analysis of Ohio's MSA's and density in another thread. Here, I cut and copied it: Cincy Metro - 4,399 sq. mi. for a pop. density of 498/sq. mi. C-bus Metro - 3,983 sq. mi. for a pop. density of 458/sq. mi. Cleveland Metro - 2,004 sq. mi. for a pop density of 1040/sq. mi. The areas exlude water (some of Cleveland metro's counties are nearly or more than half in the lake) and is based on the following: Cincy's metro includes 15 counties - 3 in Indiana (Dearborn, Franklin, Ohio), 7 in Kentucky (Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Pendleton), and 5 in Ohio (Brown, Clermont, Hamilton, Warren, Butler) C-Bus's metro includes 8 counties (Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Licking, Madison, Morrow, Pickaway, Union)) all in Ohio. Cleveland's metro includes 5 counties (Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina) all in Ohio. Keep in mind that I personally would think that such an analysis should be limited to urbanized areas (which would knock off much of Cincy's non-Ohio land, as well as certain counties in Cleveland's, particularly Geauga and Medina), but if you want just a meat and bones analysis of land density for Ohio's MSA's (as commonly defined), the above is accurate. Don't jump down my throat Cincy and CBus. You all tend to take this discussion a bit too serious ;)

This coming from a former Fox News guy? Really?

We would have to give the other team a 1st round pick for them just to take Delhomme off our hands.

^But it did pass and not many other Cities can claim to have one. However, Cimperman told me that if the vote had waited any longer, it could have been defeated. The pressure from the black community was unbelievable. The black clergy is a big part of the religious right, BTW... especially when it comes to the sexual orientation issues of the day. That's why Beck was able to attract so many speakers from the group to his "Restoring Honor" rally. ^^True on Libertarians. In fact, the philosophy (not necessarily the way it is applied by many who claim to adhere to it) is more 'liberal' than common Democratic party philosophy.

Name one HS where there ISN'T "a lot" of weed. There certainly was at Heights.... however, there was not nearly the coke, acid, shrooms, etc. I saw in abundance my freshman year at US. Heights kids usually only "got five on it" and that won't get you very far with any of the heavier drugs. Socioeconomics and drugs become a bigger problem once the kids graduate IMO, because the one's that can't afford coke, turn to crack if they really want to throw their lives away. And the one's that can afford coke, usually have parents that can afford $50,000 for rehab or nearly that much for a good defense attorney capable of either beating the charges or getting any conviction expunged.

I love that house in Gates Mills.

Personally, I think you should have pulled the switcheroo and gone after the translator, but I can see how the language barrier could be viewed as a plus...

^^When I moved onto my street 6 years ago my neighbors all raved about how there never has been a break in or any crime really. I left my car unlocked, for the most part, for the past 6 years and always felt secure doing so. Hell... I even left my wallet in the dashbox more than a few times. It was broken into 2 weeks ago. And I hope you are not suggesting that Aurora is an "urban neighborhood". If you can show me a truly urban neighborhood, anywhere, that doesn't have crime, I would love to know where that is.

The emergency response unions (police, fire, EMS, etc.) are difficult to fit into a labor relations system because they can't strike. It would be a disaster. Therefore, when the two sides have reached impasse at the bargaining table, despite the assistance of a mediator and/or the recommendations of what we call "fact-finders" (both neutral 3rd parties), they are sent through a process called "conciliation". A "conciliator" (sort of like an arbitrator) is mutually selected by the parties and he/she decides the matters in dispute. The conciliator is typically a retired judge or arbitrator who specialize in such disputes. All issues not yet agreed upon are presented to the conciliator. That could involve wages, health care, duration of agreement, safety issues, etc... basically anything not involving management rights. Each side presents their last, best, final offer and the concilator has to pick which offer to award on each issue in dispute. For instance, the employer could be offering a 0% wage increase and the union could be offering a 3% wage increase... the conciliator must pick one or the other; he/she cannot try to find "middle-ground". When the award is issued, a mandate is sent out by the State Employment Relations Board ordering the parties to comply with the award and execute a final contract. Sometimes the union wins more issues than the employer and sometimes vice-versa. The rationale is that this system prevents public employers from imposing terms and conditions on the strike-prohibited individuals who risk their own lives for the protection of the public. It is the only thing that gives these unions any teeth in negotiations regarding terms and conditions of employment. It is similar to the way nearly every state handles negotiations between public employers and the safety forces. Not a perfect system... but the best system. In the 1980's, several municipalities challenged this section of the Collective Bargaining Law as being in violation of their home rule powers. That led to the landmark "Rocky River IV" decision, which ruled against the cities and upheld the state law as constitutional. Kasich and Co. want to do away with this section of the law. If he does, it would be have a horrible effect on labor relations relative to our safety forces. Cities would be unchecked in their ability to dictate terms and conditions... and that would be hardly limited to wages, but also other subjects which commonly are decided through conciliation like minimal requirements for the number of firefighters per apparatus or the amount of consecutive overtime hours a paramedic can be made to work. Labor attorneys would make a killing because lawyers always do when the law changes and emergency response services would go down the crapper. That's what my chrystal ball tells me, at least.

^But he is not. He and the Republicans in the GA have a bone to pick with our cops and firefighters. Retribution for their political speech during the campaign.

Our closest family friends moved to Granville when I was a kid. They bought a house just two blocks from that little downtown area (right next to the college). We visited quite often over the years. I agree that it is a very cool little town. Sort of akin to Chagrin Falls.

835 to be exact. The reasons for wanting such a job might not be obvious to some, but for a man looking for job security, a modest wage, and not afraid to get his hands dirty, it was apparently very attractive... especially during the time the opening was posted (tip of the recession). The man hired got the job because he had experience in plumbing, electrical, drywall and other maintenance. So the duties appear to go a little bit beyond mopping up some kids puke on the cafeteria floor.

No problem, Carl. Are you interested in pursuing a career in the custodial arts?