Paul and Linda McCartney's Live and Let Die was playing as I left my house today in this time of COVID-19.  I had no human contact today - but thought I would ride the trail that is along the old Wheeling Lake Erie line.  As anyone who know me, KNOWS - I am obsessed by the land bank and real estate schemes that have plagued our region since the 1990s.  Developer Bo Knez is marketing homes along this trail.  I am not letting the COVID-19 virus s

Thank you to Sam Allard:

https://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/a-legacy-cleveland-nonprofit-struggles-for-relevance-and-financial-survival-under-ceo-august-napoli/Content?oid=32490788

This past week - Advance Media - erased years of comments that applied to major players in the corruption here in NEO- Jackson, Budish, Rokakis, Frangos - Eric J Brewer knows how this town manipulates the media

Pat Britt can NOT pull the petitions to reduce city council and their pay from the March 17, 2020 ballot.  It would amount to voter suppression as the deadline to withdraw was in January. 

Thank you Mariah Crenshaw for your continued hard work to promote open government and efficiency.   Thank you Eric J. Brewer for publishing the truth:

NOTE: I am exercising my right to free speech and an opinion - I am not a representative for the library or the library union:

Recently, a retired teacher Paul Springstrubb wrote an editorial on the performance of the Cleveland Foundation.

https://www.cleveland.com/opinion/2019/08/the-cleveland-foundation-could...

Scene Magazine's Sam Allard followed up:

https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2019/08/16/cleveland...

During this mini-heat wave, I am not the only person who books a hotel room to beat the heat.  Apparently, whole families cram into the rooms at the Akron Courtyard Marriott, leading the management to issue a legal waiver notifying noisy groups that they will be thrown out and forfeit their reservation deposits.

3695 E 52 St Mortgage Date 5/25/2018

$600K from Village Capital Corp to borrower Slavic Village Recovery LLC

Incorporator Information

Atlas Real Estate Management Inc. Charter 1923731 is one of many filings at State of Ohio  - how many properties have transferred from Gus Frangos (his uncle?) through Cuyahoga County Land Bank?

Steven Pontikos then "sells" these tax cleansed properties through these shell companies.  The transaction can be recorded at a much lower price than the actual monies exchanged.