Plain Press

  • Right to Counsel continues to help people facing eviction

    by Tonya Sams      (Plain Press August 2025) For many years, Cleveland tenants who were facing eviction were not guaranteed an attorney. That changed when the City of Cleveland passed a Right to Counsel (RTC) ordinance, which became effective July 1, 2020. Cleveland became the first city in the Midwest and only fourth in the…

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  • Detroit-Superior Bridge opens trolley level for public tours (photos)

    PHOTO BY MARYANN COYNE ROSENBERG Saturday, June 21, 2025; trolley level under the Detroit-Superior (Veterans Memorial) Bridge: The Cuyahoga County Engineer’s Office opened the underbelly of the bridge for touring by the public as part of the Cleveland History Days celebration. PHOTO BY MARYANN COYNE ROSENBERG Saturday, June 21, 2025; trolley level under the Detroit-Superior…

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  • August 2025 full issue – PDF

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  • TRUTH IS: WE CAN NO LONGER AFFORD PRO SPORTS

    Truth is: We can no longer afford pro sports by Roldo Bartimole    If the Browns domed stadium in Brook Park tiff tells anything it says loudly that Cleveland and Cuyahoga County taxpayers can no longer afford the rapacious desires of billionaire sports owners.    We simply cannot pay their tab any longer.    It…

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  • GATEWAY PROMISED 28,000 JOBS;

    THREE YEARS LATER – 35,000 JOBS LOST GATEWAY PROMISED 28,000 JOBS; THREE YEARS LATER – 35,000 JOBS LOST by Roldo Bartimole   In 1990 when Cleveland politicians and top business & legal leaders were preparing to sell the first sales “sin” tax for our sports team owners, they promised 28,000 “good paying jobs for the…

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  • Ward 7 Candidates Community Media Panel Discussion

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  • Do we repeat the mistakes?

    Do we repeat the mistakes? by Roldo Bartimole   How generous are both local politicians and the Cleveland news media going to be on luxury spending for the new domed stadium?   Lessons can be learned from the outrageous spending for Dick Jacobs, then of the Cleveland Indians, and the Gund family, owners of the…

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  • Media should reveal what public funds are subsidizing at Brook Park dome

    Media should reveal what public funds are subsidizing at Brook Park dome by Roldo Bartimole (Plain Press, July 2025) Now that the Republican state legislators and Gov. Mike DeWine have shoved $600 million FREE dollars into the hands of the Haslam group to build the property tax free domed stadium it’s time the public be told…

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  • July 2025 Plain Press – full issue PDF

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  • Madison Ave. Community Garden @ Story holds ribbon cutting

    PHOTO COURTESY OF SCHWELIK STUDIOS Saturday, May 17, 2025; Ribbon cutting for Madison Avenue Community Garden @ Story, 9909 Madison Avenue in the Cudell neighborhood: Diab Dar-Issa, garden leader and member of Coalition for a Better Cleveland, cuts the ribbon to mark the opening of the community garden.    Madison Avenue Community Garden @ Story,…

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