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  • Northern Ohioans for Budget Legislative Equality urges action in a State of Ohio Budget alert

    (Plain Press, August 2017)   In late July, Northern Ohioans for Budget Legislative Equality (NOBLE) sent out an alert concerning Ohio Governor John Kasich’s veto of items in the two year 2018-2019 State of Ohio Budget passed by the State legislature. In a statement released to members, NOBLE explained the unusual number of times that…

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  • Cleveland Foundation Centennial Lake Link Trail

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  • Cleveland Metropark District’s Centennial Seal at Edgewater Park

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  • Literary Cleveland Free All Day Workshop

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  • Cleveland City Council should reject giveaway of $121 million in future school taxes

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, August 2017)   For at least a decade, the City of Cleveland has had a policy of not giving away the Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s portion of the property tax when giving a commercial tax abatement or providing Tax Increment Financing (TIF) for a development project. Cleveland City Council should stick…

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  • Correction

    (Plain Press, August 2017) In the print edition of the July 2017 Plain Press in an article entitled Father’s Day Historic Walking Tour honors the late Housing Court Judge Raymond Pianka, the first name of Ray Pianka’s daughter is wrong. The correct name is Kirsten Pianka.

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  • Lying by ignoring

    by Roldo Bartimole (Plain Press, August 2017)   Why is it so hard for the Plain Dealer (and TV news and Ideastream) to tell the truth about major league sports and the costs to this community? Why can’t they take hard looks at the dollar/revenues of the three major league sports teams? It reveals how…

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  • ADAMHS Board of Cuyahoga County announces new CEO

    (Plain Press, August 2017)   The Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services (ADAMHS) Board of Cuyahoga County formally announces its unanimous decision to select Valeria A. Harper, MA, CDCA, as the organization’s Chief Executive Officer effective August 1, 2017. Ms. Harper follows William M. Denihan, current CEO who will be retiring on July 31, 2017, to lead…

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  • MetroHealth System selects master architect and engineer for campus transformation

    (Plain Press, August 2017)   MetroHealth System announced it has selected Hammel, Green and Abrahamson, Inc. (HGA) to lead the design planning, architecture and engineering of The MetroHealth System’s campus transformation, which includes the construction of a new hospital tower on its West 25th Street main campus. MetroHealth’s Board of Trustees approved the selection of…

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  • Cleveland Public Library Lorain Branch Manager accepts new position

    (Plain Press, August 2017)   Shayna Muckerheide, manager of the Lorain Branch of the Cleveland Public Library at 8216 Lorain Avenue for the past two and a half years, announced that she has accepted a temporary position as Adult Outreach Coordinator in the Cleveland Public Library’s Outreach & Program Services Department.

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