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Chas Rich is much more articulate in his post then I would have been in mine:

The attacks between the two local alt weeklies Cleveland Scene and Free Times, has cooled in the last couple months. Maybe because both realized no one cared, or that it didn't make a difference to readers -- other than for amusement. No one was going to stop reading one or the other. Most will read both. There isn't a lot of material in either, if you aren't looking for sex ads, lines, personals and such. Scene, though, seems to be taking a new tact. Taking shots at some allies of Free Times. Cool Cleveland, which in a very short span has gone from being a simple e-mail newsletter about cultural activities in the Cleveland area to a nice website with online columns, trying to galvanize political support in the arts community, and organizing some of the activities to bring the arts community and others together. The creator Thomas Mulready, has done guest columns in the Free Times, and CC has gotten some positive publicity from Free Times. Last week Cool Cleveland sponsored a pretty big party in Cleveland Heights at Cedar & Lee. A couple hundred showed for the party, and it appeared to be a success. I didn't attend.

Scene, needed to diss it in some way, by claiming the attendees were offended by a very visible labor protest across the street that featured a giant inflatable rat... So who was actually offended? Scene is snarkily taking a shot at the entire group with alleged second hand claims that "Some people thought it was over the top," and conflating it to offending their delicate sensibilities. Weak.

Please click through to Chas' site and add your comments there. They sure didn't ask me what I thought about it. We were putting Cool Cleveland together on Monday when Thomas got the call saying there were going to be protesters. We were all jazzed. What is more Cleveland than a good ol' fashion union dispute? The giant rat was icing on the cake. Let's hope future Art/Tech/Dance parties have as much happening.