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
Via the Plain Dealer: Cuyahoga voter approval of Issue 6 could cost four officeholders nearly $700,000 in pay Four elected Cuyahoga County officials who have publicly opposed Issue 6 stand to lose a combined $700,000 in pay if the ballot measure passes. Commissioners ...Read More
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From Green City Blue Lake: Cleveland is competing against the 50 most populous U.S. cities for the SustainLane Local Action Challenge, an awareness campaign before the December 2009 Climate Conference in Copenhagen. To add points to the city’s score, simply upload ...Read More
I've not talked about Issue 5 much, but that's because there isn't a whole lot of information out there to talk about. Issue 5 will create a voter-approved charter commission with voter-approved charter commission members who will have a few ...Read More
Harvey Heads from Smith Magazine, home of the Pekar Project: To toast Harvey’s 70th birthday, the Pekar Project posse blew the horn to assemble this surprise gallery of freshly drawn Harvey Heads. Our magic number was, naturally, 70, but so many ...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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A bunch of folks went to the Cleveland Bridge Project this weekend while I replaced a dryer belt. From all I've read it was a great time and resounding success. Cyanc Design was there Andy Timithy was there Dru McKeown was there Julie Washington ...Read More
I was at the County Reform Forum held at the Levin College of Urban Affairs last night. There was a panel discussion and a Q&A session all moderated by WKYC's Tom Beres. Video from the evening should be posted on ...Read More
Christine Borne's got a five day project: Every day this week, I'm going to paint a picture of the Cleveland I know in exactly 100 words. On Sunday evening I was kneading bread dough when the bells started to chime. It made ...Read More
An excerpt from next week's Independent: State Senator Kevin Coughlin carried on a not-so-secret extra-marital affair with a young Republican named Andrea Wlaszyn at the same time his wife was pregnant with their little girl. He took her to Ohio State ...Read More
Yesterday, the parties settled out of court in James Renner's wrongful termination suit. You'll recall that Renner did a story on how Kevin Coughlin fucks everything in sight except his wife, that Coughlin threatened to sue, Scene and the parent ...Read More
Navigating the various county reforms on the ballot, not on the ballot, might be on the ballot......gave me one hell of a headache this past two weeks. And I was only looking at one of them. Can we give them ...Read More
Derek Anderson can throw one pass. We've all seen it. It's the throw into the seam of the zone, down the field, about 15-20 yards. He can throw it well, probably as well as anyone. But that's it. It's Derek Anderson's ...Read More
I tracked down Rick Nagin last night at the Buhrer Elementary Grand Opening and asked him a bit about his campaign for Ward 14 City Councilman. Read More
