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Full Disclosure: I write for Cool Cleveland. I've got issues with the First Punch column. Last week they said:

An even more naked argument came from the pro-15 side, compliments of Thomas Mulready, the self-appointed "Cool Clevelander," who pens an e-newsletter telling artsy types where to get their weekly dose of hip. Mulready, recently hired by Cleveland magazine, apparently considers those pesky orphans and widows a side issue as well. "Until health and human services are funded, everything else takes a back seat," he wrote in his inaugural column. "That means you should go out and vote for it; because if it fails, the arts-and-culture levy gets pushed down a notch."

For one thing, who threw the first punch? Personally, I think it was them. Scene Magazine has degraded into a tabloid that takes cheap shoots at everyone around town. Second, WE don't tell anyone where to get their weekly dose of hip. THEY tell US. People from all over Northeast Ohio send their info to Cool Cleveland to be included. Probably because they're BORED with reading the same ol' crap in Scene Magazine. Finally, dude over at Scene wouldn't know quid pro quo if it bit him in the arse. Just like the Convention Center Debate, the politicos issued a gag order until Issue 15 was passed. I guess if you don't research your stories, you don't have to worry about pulling a Blair. There isn't any worry about that at the Cleveland Scene. They don't do reporting. They just through together something as a vehicle for the personal and phone sex ads they pander. Funny how those sections are larger than the rest of the paper. One more thing. I've NEVER heard Thomas Mulready refer to himself as a "Cool Clevelander". WTF is a "Cool Clevelander"? Thanks for bearing with my outburst. We now return to our regularly scheduled program.