Comments on: One for Polensek, one against

By: will

will — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:44:48 +0000

Lmcshane,

I figure that the west side councilmen will be at tonight’s meeting in Brooklyn. I’ll see tonight.

By: Carole Cohen

Carole Cohen — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:12:00 +0000

Now that the ‘committee’ is supposedly recommending the Med Mart and Convention Ctr be located at Tower City (big surprise), I most definitely think we should scratch the idea and use the tax monies for public transportation.

By: George Nemeth

George Nemeth — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:11:13 +0000

What was the commonality he saw with the woman who opposed the car wash? What about Arsenio Winston?

Maybe those 3 were turned away at the door.

By: lmcshane

lmcshane — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:04:19 +0000

Where are Cimperman, Santiago and Cummins at these meetings? Or our other east side representatives. They still have a chance to redeem themselves by speaking out against these proposed changes.

By: lmcshane

lmcshane — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:00:30 +0000

Polensek found redemption by learning to see without blinders. Some of his early detractors now love him, because he SEES commonality, not differences.

By: lmcshane

lmcshane — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:51:29 +0000

This SHOULD put Chris Ronayne’s recent plea to prioritize for the Opportunity Corridor in the trash can, but, of course, it won’t. Any state transportation monies should be spent in shoring up public transportation, not constructing superhighways for the uber-rich.

By: Carole Cohen

Carole Cohen — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:39:57 +0000

If they could pump that tax money into public transportation instead of the medical mart and let the funding for the med mart come from private enterprise or not happen, I would not be disappointed. Yes we need more jobs in NE Ohio but we need a viable public transportation system in order to make our economy thrive. That foundation is not there.

Also, has RTA and Cleveland and Cuyahoga County done everything they can to increase the amount of State funding which supposedly has dropped 63%? Are there companies (like the big ones, Eaton, etc) who would be willing to provide funding for a tax break? Someone can tell me if this is reasonable, but it came to me while I was pondering.

By: Derek Arnold

Derek Arnold — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:06:28 +0000

Chris is right.

We live in a state of, by and for the freeway. Those who hold the purse strings and ODOT seem to forget about folks that don’t drive, whether it’s an optional choice (such as for commuters) or for people who use transit as their primary conveyance.

By: George Nemeth

George Nemeth — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:10:16 +0000

Thanks, Chris. I doubt he reads BFD, or he’d better understand the situation. Nice grocery metaphor.

By: Chris Alvarado

Chris Alvarado — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:03:39 +0000

I wish that Polensek had George Zeller providing him information on why RTA is proposing cuts: namely because state funding has not kept up with public transportation needs. Some of that anger would be better directed towards the state or the feds, rather than RTA. It's like getting angry at the checkout person for the cost of groceries.