Comments on: Cleveland’s failed leadership

By: Joel Libava

Joel Libava — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:29:10 +0000

I am stopping by the “Magic Wand Store.” The wand that I will purchase will have the power with one well placed Abra Freeking Cadabra,to run the Old Guard out of town, and bring some new leadership in.

I think we have to start with a clean slate, though it is probably a fantasy.

Joel Libava
{Writing from my new home office. And enjoying the 3rd highest county real estate taxes that I pay in University Heights. I love America. Really.}

By: lmcshane

lmcshane — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 01:52:03 +0000

I am alarmed by the push to refund CDCs, especially, after our county treasurer has essentially usurped their housing and development services under the guise of a land bank, now they will be all the more useless and a drain on our resources. AND, their SALARIES don’t even contribute to the property tax base in Cleveland, because these folks don’t LIVE HERE! Oh, the irony. And, why the hell does Frank Jackson go along with the Opportunity Corridor?? There are some pressing repairs that need to be addressed.

By: Anthony Houston

Anthony Houston — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:52:14 +0000

Its interesting to read this “urban agenda paper” from the Mayor again-(or portions or it). I first read it when Mayor Jackson submitted the paper to Senator Clinton and then, Senator, now, President-Elect Obama. About a year ago, both campaigns in response to your paper, sent him written replies on their specific urban policy initatives.

As I read portions of the “agenda paper this afternoon, I couldn’t tell if his urban agenda paper were items that he thought were accomplished; things he was working on, items that were on his agenda this election year, or plans for new initiatives moving ahead. Or, maybe a combo of all four.

Remember, Mayor Jackson’s campaign motto in 2006, “I want to be judged by the success of my policies, and their impact on the “least of these”? So, are the least of these, or for that matter, all of us, better off?

By: lmcshane

lmcshane — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:39:55 +0000

Worth a read:
http://portal.cleveland-oh.gov/clnd_images/PDF/UrbanAgenda.pdf

By: John Ettorre

John Ettorre — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:35:00 +0000

No, they’re hardly utopia, which is much of the point. They have most of the same blends of high and low points that pure urban living had some years ago, though with fewer of the most intractable problems (or at least on a more manageable scale) such as high crime, slow emergency response time, crumbling public schools and infrastructure, closed churches, etc.

When Cleveland Hts. had a drive-by gang-related shooting 20 years ago, just down the street from our then-starter home, it was a wake-up call. To my knowledge, there hasn’t been one since. But that didn’t happen without a tremendous mobilization of thought, effort and resources.

By: lmcshane

lmcshane — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:08:28 +0000

George…the bubble metaphor…I am crying…I couldn’t have said it better

By: George Nemeth

George Nemeth — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:40:43 +0000

John, enjoy the bubble while you can. The first ring suburbs may be utopia now, but your sons won’t recognize the neighborhood they grew up in 10 years from now if something doesn’t change.

By: lmcshane

lmcshane — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:01:02 +0000

This is too much:
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/01/realty_company_tied_to_medical.html
And the folks who comment have some good points, but look at the monikers they attach to themselves…although, I do have to laugh.

By: lmcshane

lmcshane — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:41:40 +0000

Look, if good ole Sheriff McFaul can cut people, how about eliminating the CDCs? They’re sucking the life out of the City of Cleveland.

By: lmcshane

lmcshane — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:35:11 +0000

More of the same…let’s just continue to allow the circus that is Cleveland City Council spend our money to satisfy “urban” developers, let’s pretend we have a mayor, while we transfer any real decision-making to the county, now shifting it’s power base to…Bay Village?