You have got to listen to the audio of this exchange first.

Look at it this way. County government is so screwed up, existing in the gutter of jerks like DiMORAN, it has no where to go but up. And if you had anything to do with getting him into office, you’re as bad as he is. Now I completely understand the arrogance of taxation without representation to fund the MedMart/Conven.

Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora had two Plain Dealer reporters ejected from a public meeting on Thursday after he refused to answer questions about a county employee.

Reporters Mark Puente and Henry J. Gomez went to the meeting to ask Dimora about Rosemary Vinci, who is on Cuyahoga County Auditor Frank Russo’s payroll. Questions have been raised about Vinci’s qualifications and why she was hired.

The highest taxed County in the state of Ohio and this is what it gets us. Not to mention DiMORAN is making business and financial decisions on behalf of taxpayers regarding the MedMart/Conven, etc. The fact that he has any role in the MedMart/Conven is a joke. Continued validation this region has a serious leadership deficit. I hope the FBI reopens its investigation.

Commissioner ejects reporters from meeting, lambastes newspaper

Cat-Strat | convos TV

Or so they tell me.

Today is David Gilmour’s 64th Birthday. {David Gilmour..you know..from Pink Floyd} Anyway, as I was listening to this on the way to work, this morning, the lyrics made me think of The Medical Mart that we probably will never see in Cleveland. But at least we had a voice concerning how to pay for it.

The lyrics:

” What shall we use
To fill the empty spaces
Where we used to talk?
How shall I fill
The final places?
How should I complete the wall…”

Here is a link to  live version of the song, from 1980:

Happy Birthday, David. From The Rock N Roll Capital of The World!

It seems everyone has an opinion on the Medical Mart project (and with good reason, if only because of that whole taxation without representation thing), and I thought I would throw in my two cents. I hope to bring a unique perspective on this issue since I was part of the team that was working on the Medical Mart during the Campbell Administration. As a quick aside, if Mayor Campbell were still in office this region would already have a completed deal with the Merchandise Mart group. And once you read my notes on this subject, I believe you will understand why.

And there needs to be proper context to the Jackson Administration’s economic development projects – Avenue District, East Flats Project, Euclid Corridor, VA Hospital, University Hospital Expansion, Cleveland Clinic Expansion, Design District, and the Medical Mart – were all developed, planned, financed and prepared under the Campbell Administration. Okay, okay the original idea for a Medical Mart was first proposed by Forest City in the mid-1980s when it sought to turn the former U.S. Post Office at Tower City into a medical merchandise mart. But, Mayor Campbell really propelled the Medical Mart to an exciting possibility…

Please click thru and read on.

Re: The Medical Mart « Tech Czar Notes

I recommend this event from Craig & Sue James:

The potential for a new convention center, causes us to explore the additional uses for an infrastructure investment of this size.

What if we could increase our community’s return on the ~ $0.5billion we may spend on a new Convention Center | Medical Mart?

A Challenge: * Develop incremental uses to fuel return-on-investment and community value How many additional uses can you imagine?

We will explore, discuss, & brainstorm:
* How a “convention center” can become a “more-than-conventions CENTER”
* Dream-up & vet incremental uses that could make the dream so
* Identify cool uses that could benefit both NEO & non-NEO users
* Produce 7×24 CENTER-use strategies
* Build on ideas that could get the CENTER (and its uses) recognized globally

This fast-paced & participative experience will get you thinkn’ a-new… and will help us all connect & collaborate via an energizing “possibilities-based” process..

Cat-Strat