Phone booths are gone.    Newspaper boxes are empty.   And the United States Post Office is headed for the bottom.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Area law enforcement agencies have spent the past year zeroing in on surges of gun violence in Cleveland, and significantly reduced the number of shootings in many of the neighborhoods. Cleveland Police Commander Gary Gingell, who coordinated the local, state and federal effort, reported at a Tuesday news conference that the operations resulted in the recovery of nearly 60 illegal guns and hundreds of arrests.

Good morning everyone:  I was requested by many to send out a email to address the status of my contracting position and to list options. Over the past two weeks the emails I received from individuals and Safety Committees at CDC's dictated that I need to let everyone know my contract expired on 6/30/12 to report and track streetlights.

"On one hand, we have to investigate all suspicion of fraud and offences committed before 2009, on the other hand, we bring the lawsuits against the suspects to court ourselves," Hauksson explains. This is a 'totally new' method which allows the investigators to "follow the case" and the judicial system to "know the cases like the back of their hand". This is indispensable in order "to compete with the well-prepared defence attorneys".

Summer is fading fast-don't miss this exhibit !

I will post more photos soon--I am compiling images from my neighborhood for a Brooklyn Centre bicentennial celebration 1812-2012.  The little girl above may not appreciate the significance of Independence Day until she is older--her family emigrated from Burundi.  It has been very typical for new Americans to arrive via the Brooklyn Centre neighborhood.

At a dinner conversation the other day, I was told by a person who works with area businesses that the City of Cleveland can condemn a property --regardless of the building condition-- if the water bill is in arrears--true?

I would not be surprised:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/05/nyregion/arena-developer-rethinking-condemnation-of-houses.html

Gus Chan, The Plain Dealer - Denise P. Edwards and her lawyer, Edward Kramer, won a victory this week when the U.S. Supreme Court allowed her lawsuit against a title insurer to proceed.WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S.

Thank you today for a beautiful ceremony and a great family event. For all history buffs--Woodland Cemetery is a must visit destination. The Woodland Cemetery Foundation and today's volunteers put together a very special and touching family event.

While the City of Cleveland (Greater Cleveland Partnership) continues to promote burning trash for energy--

We all allow millions of gallons of wastewater to be flushed downstream at a cost to taxpayers?? There has to be a better way!

The woman's activist son had been helping others fight to keep their homes, possibly the bank was retaliating, the auction was scheduled even though she'd been told an executive would work with her, but the community rallied behind her; and lo and behold, they changed their mind. Even worked out new payment arrangement so she pays less.

www.americablog.com/2012/06/breaking-victory-for-minneapolis-mom.html

All indications suggest that basic services in Greece have begun to break down, with reports from several Greek prisons and military installations indicating that prisoners are malnourished and starving. Food shortages caused by austerity related spending cuts and truck stoppages are also reportedly reducing daily rations for soldiers stationed in the area of Corinth, Greece.

We may very well be seeing the cracks in a society on the verge of complete meltdown.

Victims of Plymouth Park: Contact Attorney James McEldrew, III, at  ( 215) 545-8800     or 123 S. Broad Street, Suite 1920, Philadephia, PA  19109    email

jim [at] mceldrewlaw [dot] com">jim [at] mceldrewlaw [dot] com

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www.mceldrewlaw.com

First, the confession from presidential candidate Mitt Romney that he once strapped the family dog to the roof of his car. Now, for the never-before-seen dash-cam video...

http://screen.yahoo.com/the-mitt-romney-dog-video-29485282.html

The image on the right is a wider-less cropped view - more US soldiers are in view - kids escaped the napalm - but the adults - no exit.   Hey, maybe our empathy isn't zero - our American troops let the kids out of Hell.

admire has his older van maron and gray backed

 Last year when the Ohio Department of Education released their scorecard information on all state schools, the Cleveland Municipal School District scored 1 (that's right ONE) out of 26. FYI the 10th Grade reading score was the only passing entry BARELY squeaking by with a 76.4%, 1.6% above the bare minimum. A very few schools improved their status and new signs were rushed to the printer and hung proudly above the entry door. For all the other schools, that did WORSE, which was most of them, the previous year's sign was left to flutter and fade in the brutal Cleveland elements.