Roldo's blog

SEE-SAW ECONOMICS - UP HERE, DOWN OVER THERE

Submitted by Roldo on Tue, 07/14/2009 - 14:26.

The drums are beating loudly and often about East 4th Street. Even the New York Times had an extensive piece about the lively street that’s become an open air bazaar of restaurants.

 

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OHIO IS SINKING - WHERE ARE YOU GOV. STRICKLAND?

Submitted by Roldo on Thu, 07/09/2009 - 15:40.

No wonder President Barack Obama’s and Gov. Ted Strickland’s popularity in Ohio is sinking like a lead weigh in water. New job figures for the start of July stink. Again.

 

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SEN. VOINOVICH - A CHICK-A-DEE DEBT HAWK

Submitted by Roldo on Wed, 07/08/2009 - 18:41.

Republican Sen.  George Voinovich sent out his e-mail newsletter this week and highlighted in red and green at the top were the figures for the U. S. Debt.

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WASHINGTON POST WANTED PROFIT FROM PRESS ACCESS BUT THERE ARE OTHER WAYS

Submitted by Roldo on Mon, 07/06/2009 - 15:16.

I’ve always had a queasy feeling when local politicians sit down for what are private meetings with editors of the Plain Dealer.

 

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O'BRIEN PLAYS WHILE BETSY'S AWAY - ON FURLOUGH

Submitted by Roldo on Thu, 07/02/2009 - 17:24.

Anyone take offense of this morning’s Plain Dealer editorial cartoon. I did.

 

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GOV. STRICKLAND - A DEEP DISAPPOINTMENT AND MAYBE A ONE-TERMER

Submitted by Roldo on Thu, 07/02/2009 - 15:09.

Governor Disappointment should get off his ass and start working for the people who put him in the State House.

 

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3 SALES TAXES HIT CUYAHOGA TAXPAYERS FOR $162.9-MILLION SO FAR

Submitted by Roldo on Thu, 07/02/2009 - 10:46.

The tax burden in Cuyahoga County keeps mounting, recession or depression notwithstanding.

 

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HERE'S $100,000 BUT IT'S NOT APPROVAL - HUH?

Submitted by Roldo on Wed, 07/01/2009 - 19:06.

I have a hard time understanding how the Greater Cleveland Partnership (GCP) can give $100,000 to get something on the ballot but can’t it support what it wants on the ballot.

 

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CAN WE GET OUT OF THE CONVENTION BUSINESS?

Submitted by Roldo on Wed, 07/01/2009 - 08:27.

The latest figures show that the Cuyahoga County Commissioners quarter percent increase of the sales tax has produced $61,853,863 for the Medical Mart and Convention Center. Oh boy.

 

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DOES EVEN JIMMY DIMORA DESERVE HIS RIGHTS?

Submitted by Roldo on Tue, 06/30/2009 - 13:02.

Does Jimmy Dimora deserve the privilege of being considered innocent until proven guilty? I don’t think the Plain Dealer believes so.

 

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CLEVELAND PAYS WAY MORE IN STADIUM TAXES THAN LERNERS DO IN RENT

Submitted by Roldo on Sun, 06/28/2009 - 11:13.

The City of Cleveland annually now pays $202,700 more in property taxes on Browns stadium as the Browns pay the city to rent the stadium all year.

 

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WAIT JUST A MINUTE - PD - WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

Submitted by Roldo on Sat, 06/27/2009 - 09:01.

The Plain Dealer, hot and heavy on corruption, today buries the fact that a man the paper says could replace Jimmy Dimora story has been indicted on bribery charges and theft-in-office, has relatives in political jobs, and has business relations he won’t talk about.

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HOW HYPOCRITICAL CAN SAM MILLER GET BEFORE WE LAUGH HIM OUT OF TOWN

Submitted by Roldo on Sat, 06/27/2009 - 07:39.

Hypocrisy - thy name is Sam Miller.

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OHIO, CUYAHOGA JOB LOSSES "ALARMING"

Submitted by Roldo on Thu, 06/25/2009 - 10:31.

Bad economic news keeps hitting Ohio and Cuyahoga County. The newest data  from researcher George Zeller concludes “the rate of layoffs in Ohio continues to increase very sharply and at an alarming rate.”

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K & D OUT AS COUNTY DEVELOPER

Submitted by Roldo on Wed, 06/24/2009 - 12:54.

The Plain Dealer got the headline and photo it wanted today with County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora’s “temporary” abdication of his chairmanship of the County Democrats. It will be a long “temporary.”

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WOULD YOU HELP FUND A SNAKE PIT FOR JEFF JACOBS

Submitted by Roldo on Tue, 06/23/2009 - 15:08.

I’m against any public money going into an aquarium for Jeff Jacobs who now must be a big-time multi-millionaire. Let him buy his own.

 

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HAS ANYTHING REALLY CHANGED SINCE 1988?

Submitted by Roldo on Tue, 06/16/2009 - 16:19.

I’ve been rummaging around in old stuff trying to put some old writings in some order. I came across a column from June 1988 that I’ll repeat below.

 

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ASS BACKWARD THINKING KEEPS CLEVELAND BACK

Submitted by Roldo on Sun, 06/14/2009 - 15:22.


Can you sense the panic?

 

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IS IT A DEPRESSION YET?

Submitted by Roldo on Thu, 06/11/2009 - 15:45.

Have we hit bottom yet? Worse job news suggests not. George Zeller today reported new unemployment claims as “alarmingly high and still accelerating in Ohio.”

 

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COUNTY REFORM NEEDS A REFORM

Submitted by Roldo on Thu, 06/11/2009 - 09:28.

Somebody is going to have to reform the reform movement on County government. Otherwise reform appears dead on arrival once again.

 

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FOREST CITY WALLOPED BY N.Y. TIMES CRITIC

Submitted by Roldo on Tue, 06/09/2009 - 13:56.

Cleveland’s Forest City developers get walloped by N. Y. Times architecture critic Nicolai Ouroussoff for the design of a new basketball arena in Brooklyn N. Y. “A colossal, spiritless box,” he writes.

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CAN VOINOVICH VOTE TO DEPRIVE US OF HEALTH CARE HE ENJOYS

Submitted by Roldo on Mon, 06/08/2009 - 19:19.

Tell Sen. George Voinovich that we all want the same kind of health care he’s had for more than half his lifetime. Paid by us.

 

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FOREST CITY HAS ITS PROBLEMS IN BROOKLYN

Submitted by Roldo on Mon, 06/08/2009 - 12:48.

Forest City Enterprises is taking a beating in Brooklyn. Brooklyn, N. Y. that is.

 

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PUENTE MAKING THE MOST OF DUMB POLITICIANS

Submitted by Roldo on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 14:05.

Mark Puente is certainly having a wonderful time tilling the rich corrupt soil at Cuyahoga County and Cleveland public offices. May his garden grow and grow.

 

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DICK JACOBS - HE LOVED MONEY BUT ALSO LIFE

Submitted by Roldo on Fri, 06/05/2009 - 13:34.

Death is the great equalizer. Even multi-millionaires have to participate.

 

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