Rest in Shame, Forever, Cuyahoga County Democratic Party Chairman

I wanted to enjoy and capture a last glimpse of Fall 2007 so stopped by the second most important battleground in the history of the environmental movement in NEO, after Whiskey Island, being the Shaker Lakes Nature Center, above (see full size here [1]). Were it not for 11 exceptional women from Shaker [2], including REALNEOan Martha Eakin's mother, a seriously crude, corrupt, foolish Cuyahoga County Democratic Party Chairman, former Cuyahoga County Engineer Albert Porter, would have driven freeways through this exact spot in the Shaker Lakes. The scenario is very much like we have in NEO today, with seriously crude, corrupt, foolish political bosses attempting to do seriously crude, corrupt, foolish things to our region, like demolishing the Breuer, over-bridging and retrenching I-90, and likely the "Opportunity Corridor", which is driving far more than 11 exceptional women to take on the latest generation of seriously crude, corrupt, foolish leaders... and, like the Shaker 11, we are winning.

It is important to constantly revisit the shame of Porter, to show today's seriously crude, corrupt, foolish leaders how they will be treated for eternity, in the open, new economy, when they fail. Envisioned by this Porter crook, an opportunity corridor of concrete would have connected 490 to 271, bulldozing some of NEO's most spectacular buildings and nature in the process. Obviously, a crook like Porter did not get into such a powerful position without the support of many corrupt, evil, foolish businessmen (all men, back then) who should be named - certainly including many "developers" and "planners" whose families are still alive and kicking the life out of the region today. Who? The same folks supporting the seriously crude, corrupt, foolish leaders of today, who never learned the lesson of Porter and the Shaker 11.

Time for REALNEO people to write NEO history, for real.