ECHOES OF THE PAST AT PEE DEE
I didn’t get an answer to the April 15 letter below. Not unusual. The following e-mail was written to Chris Quinn, vice president of content for the Northeast Ohio Media Group. We can expect more...
View ArticleSHOULD WE EXPECT VIOLENCE?
The reason for this concern, of course, evolves from the violent reaction in Baltimore to the death of Freddie Gray while in custody of Baltimore police. How Cleveland has avoided more national...
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TAX TARGETS POOR, WORKING CLASS
The drive to extend the arts and culture tax could take $150 million from Cuyahoga taxpayers. It will most likely hurt the poorest residents. It is solely a cigarette tax and raises significant...
View ArticlePICKPOCKET YOU CAN EASILY AVOID
Cleveland Arts want to be like Cleveland Sports. And who can blame them. Free money. No strings attached. Easy to get. No spending monitors. And the biggies get Big Bucks. Dollars that is. By the...
View ArticleOLD CLEVELAND WEALTH CAN FUND THE ARTS
Some years ago I wrote, “By 1965 the wealth produced by Cleveland’s period of greatness had become institutionalized, not only its 500-acre University Circle, housing its museums, concert halls,...
View ArticleKRUMHOLZ ZEROED IN ON INEQUALITY 40 YEARS AGO
Cleveland’s Norman Krumholz was ahead of President Barack Obama. He was ahead of Sen. Elizabeth Warren. He was earlier, too, than economist Paul Krugman. Inequality was in his and his city planning...
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Roldo Says….. WHO IS HALLUCINATING?
Have I been taking hallucinatory drugs by mistake? It must be. I read in Crain’ Cleveland Business that Cleveland City Council president Kevin Kelley said that the city not only is “strong, safe and...
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Beneath Rust Belt Revival – Still Rot
If you don’t believe that the city that has for years been the butt of TV late night jokes is making a big comeback you haven’t been reading national news outlets about Cleveland’s resurgence. Yes,...
View ArticleINFANT MORTALITY TASK FORCE OR SOME ACTION
I don’t know why this should be. But I’m always a bit shocked at how mild-mannered and meek our politicians are. They’re like squeaky, little mice when it comes to real problems. No vocal cords. I...
View ArticleIS THE PLAIN DEALER STILL A NEWSPAPER?
The Cleveland Plain Dealer – if you still remember it – is down to 79 editorial workers. And it’s going down from there. I’m told there are about the same number working the digital Cleveland.com side....
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FROM GLENVILLE TO TEXAS – POLICE FAILURE
Another police car video of the arrest of a black woman that led eventually to her death, supposedly a suicide days later in a Texas jail, once again dramatizes the lack of professionalism in police...
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WHO DOESN’T PAY THEIR PROPERTY TAXES?
You may recently have paid your local property taxes. Some privileged people, however, didn’t. In fact, the three wealthiest guys around here didn’t. Jimmy “Cheats” Haslam doesn’t have to pay a...
View ArticleLITT, PD, ELITES PUSH WRONG TAX
What happens when a reporter becomes the tool of what he’s reporting? He finds ways to lie by omission. Steve Litt, Plain Dealer is an example of this phony journalism. If you’ll stay with me I’ll...
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WHO WILL BE NEXT MAYOR OF CLEVELAND?
It’s never too early it seems for political navel gazing. So who do you think will run for mayor of Cleveland in 2017? And does it matter since mayors don’t run the town. Mayor Frank Jackson, in his...
View ArticleFANS – WANT $15M SCOREBOARDS OR WINS?
A sales tax goes out of business. Don’t clap. Another one – of the same shade – goes into effect. August 1. July 2015 ended the 10-year sin tax we suckers voted for a decade ago. And the total take for...
View ArticleBROWNS, HASLAM GIVEN CITY PARKING DEAL
Hey, Jimmy Haslam, can we wipe your butt for you? Do you need anything else we can give you? That’s the attitude of Mayor Frank “Neighborhood” Jackson and Council President Kevin “Go Along” Kelley. And...
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