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  • Council Leadership Fund: Who are the big donors?

         (Plain Press September 2025) Those attending the Co-op Circles Cleveland City Council Candidates Forum on municipal economic policy on July 31st at Pilgrim Church were greeted outside by Mike Seals carrying a protest sign. On one side the sign said, “End Kleptocracy Now”, on the other side the sign said, “County Politics is a…

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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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  • History shows that nutrition education should play a greater role in efforts to prevent lead poisoning

    by Chuck Hoven    (Plain Press July 2025) In a June 11th Opinion piece in The Plain Dealer titled “No more delays or excuses. Clean up the toxic lead now – before more kids are poisoned”, The Plain Dealer editorial board reproduced a chart from the City of Cleveland that shows “Nearly one in five…

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  • History says Browns stay put

      by Roldo Bartimole (Plain Press June 2025) Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne is trying to save Cleveland.    He has put his foot down on rejecting a get-out-of-town demand from Browns owners – the Haslam family.    They’re asking for a $600 million input from County residents. Borrowed, the cost will likely double for Cuyahoga County…

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  • City of Cleveland will relocate west side clinic to Clark Fulton neighborhood

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, May 10, 2025; Northern Ohio Blanket Mills building, 3466 St. Rocco Drive: The City of Cleveland Department of Public Health plans to move its west side clinic to this recently rehabilitated building.      (Plain Press June 2025) In response to the growing demand for health care services in the Clark-Fulton…

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  • Fir Avenue residents seek removal of concrete patches and restoration of their brick street

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Sunday, April 13, 2025; Fir Avenue between W. 65th and W. 69th Street, Fir Avenue: Resident Jason Hauser stands by some of the concrete patches used by the City of Cleveland to repair the brick street. Hauser says residents want the concrete patches removed and replaced with bricks. Fir residents would…

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  • American Lung Association gives Cuyahoga County and Cleveland failing grades for air quality

         The American Lung Association released its 2025 State of the Air Report Cards for cities and counties in the United States. The report looked at high ozone days, 24-hour particle pollution and annual average rates of particle pollution. Cuyahoga County and the Cleveland-Akron-Canton metropolitan area received a failing grade in all three categories. The…

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  • Neighborhood and Community Media Association meets with Mayor Justin Bibb

         PHOTO BY MARIE ZICKELFOOSE Thursday, February 13, 2025; Mayor Justin Bibb’s Roundtable with members of the Neighborhood and Community Media Association of Greater Cleveland, at WOVU 95.9 FM Radio Station, 7201 Kinsman Road: Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb joins with members of local community media organizations in a group photo. (Plain Press March 2025) On…

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