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Open letter from Plain Pres Editor Debbie Sadlon
Dear Readers, (Plain Press June 2026) I am the Editor of the Plain Press and have been for probably the last 30 years. This might be a good time in the history of the Plain Press, to explain the Plain Press Editorial Policy to the community. According to our By-Laws, the Editorial position…
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Democratic Party Central Committee representative reacts to Plain Press primary election coverage
To the editor: (Plain Press June 2026) I am writing in response to Bruce Checefsky’s article published in the May 2026 Plain Press titled “Pre-Primary Endorsements Unfairly Influence Election Results”. I have lived in the City of Cleveland for the past 24 years minus a brief stint in Denver. During this time, I…
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Resident concerned about Fire Station Number 23: Open Letter to Cleveland City Council
Dear Council Members, (Plain Press June 2026) As a resident of the Cudell/Clifton-Baltic/Edgewater neighborhood, I was highly disappointed to learn that the ‘Municipal Services & Properties Committee’ blocked the ability for Mayor Bibb’s office to enforce ’eminent domain’ to acquire 10022 Madison Avenue (corner of Madison & West Boulevard, located within bordering Wards 11 & 12).…
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Disappointed by City Club sponsored event at the Happy Dog
To the editor: Dear Brothers and Sisters of the Plain Press, (Plain Press May 2026) Peace be with you. I thank brother BRUCE CHECEFSKY and the Plain Press for the article “Happy Dog hosts City Club forum on recent ICE escalations” which I read in the March 2026 edition. I expected a…
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Department of Energy urged to maintain safety standards for radiation protection
To the editor: (Plain Press April 2026) This is what I posted on the Department of Energy’s comment page after a dozen rewrites, on the Categorical (Safety) Exclusions for new reactors: President Trump’s Executive Order 14300 prompting the Categorical Exclusion for Advanced Nuclear Reactors calls for abandoning the Linear No Threshold (LNT) standard for radiation…
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Americans urged to call for modernization and humanization of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act
To the editor: (Plain Press April 2026) Most Americans believe that, after seven years, their financial “permanent record” is purged. Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), this is true for late payments and bankruptcies- but it’s a myth for your career. Payroll data-miners like Equifax’s The Work Number maintain indefinite records of…
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Enough is Enough: People Before Profits!
(Plain Press January 2026) To the editor: Here we go again spending gobs of taxpayer money with high-priced consultants to decide how Cleveland’s lakefront might be developed. And like ravenous hogs at the overflowing trough of public money, private interests are scrambling breathlessly to find ever more creative and clandestine ways to gorge themselves…
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Kudos to Cameron Mays’ satirical ‘Don’t kill Rufus’ piece
To the editor: (Plain Press March 2025) Kudos to Cameron Mays and his ‘Don’t kill Rufus’ piece. (Plain Press, January 2025). It took some convincing from my family to see that Mr. Mays was being satirical. If entire redlined minority neighborhoods can be bulldozed to build lousy highways, then why can’t we eminent domain…
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Concern expressed over destruction of old burying ground
To the editor: (Plain Press February 2025) My primary concern regarding the Old Brooklyn Community Development Corporation’s Pearl Memphis Project is the destruction of the old burying ground which likely still has pioneers interred upon the site. The plans, from what I have seen, are calling for the complete removal of that green space…
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