Diaried at Kos. This week, Cleveland's city planning commission denied permission for Nike to replace the giant 10 story Lebron James banner across the street from Quicken Loans arena with this new one... ...for obvious reasons. Commission member Norman Krumholz called James' image ...Read More
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Some publication just named Cleveland's Little Italy the #3 Little Italy in the world, behind New York and San Diego (?). Cleveland's Little Italy made our list for its contributions to Italian culture. In addition to all the restaurants, the area ...Read More
Please allow me a point of personal privilege to announce that my personal blog, Blogger Interrupted, is closing shop, and I'm moving to the new Plunderbund 2.0. For the hilarity surrounding the flubbed launch, see this. I'll still be doing ...Read More
I voted against both Issues 5 & 6, but Issue 6 passed big. So what's a blogger with a recognizable last name to do? Taking suggestions for council seats to run in next year! I'm also open to campaign slogan ...Read More
If this were a presidential election with high turnout in the Tremont area of Cleveland, where I voted today, there'd be chaos right now in at least two polling places. Because it's an off year municipal election, it's only a ...Read More
I did not know how much my latest piece in the Independent would bother Dan Gilbert, or his Cavs spokesperson Tad Carper. Last week, I found out in great detail just how much it does bother them. The Cleveland Cavaliers share ...Read More
We visited a new business with a view of the steelyard, The Art Pad. [youtube]4UviTeKVL1w[/youtube] Read More
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The Tremont Art Walk was bumpin' last night, despite the rainy weather. Asterisk Gallery put on a show by the Ohio University graduate art program, which was killer. Because I'm a Rothko devotee, the artist who caught my eye most ...Read More
Only a matter of time. The PD endorsed Republican-backed Issue 6 (the 11 council seat thingy), and the very next day started going after the backers of Issue 5 (the kick-the-can-down-the-road thingy). The PD's Mark Naymik today goes after Issue ...Read More
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I've had a lot of people downstate ask me what the HELL is going on with the various Cuyahoga County reform proposals. Well, good luck figuring it out. Adam did a good review last week, and today the PD's Joe ...Read More
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WHO: Governor Ted Strickland, Tremont Electric CEO Aaron LeMieux WHAT: Discussion of Education Reform for a Stronger Economy with a Focus on Tremont Electric’s State Impact WHEN: Monday, September 21st 11:15 AM WHERE: Tremont Electric, 2379 Professor Ave., Cleveland, OH 44113 Read More
I first wrote a blog post on BSB in March of 2008 titled "Someone is going to get hurt". It was in response to the veiled race baiting of the heated presidential primary. The unrelenting hatred that is now being ...Read More
