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  • Call for self-image change, fails to address need for societal reform

    To the editor: (Plain Press, June 2016) In regard to the letter in your May issue, “Can we trace addiction to our image of ourselves?”, in which the writer refers to Transactional Analysis, although he nowhere mentions this name in his letter, this is what he is discussing. Developed by John Bradshaw, Transactional Analysis (TA)…

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  • The City’s Treatment to Market Vendors is a Disgrace!

    To the editor: (Plain Press, June 2016) Thank you for your article concerning the injustice of the City of Cleveland to the Merchants of the West Side Market. The only time the City shows support for the Market is when they want to “Show Off” one of its Jewels for a Convention, etc. Taking the parking…

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  • Ohio City and Lakeview Terrace Residents take ODOT, City of Cleveland, and Trucking Industry to Task

    To the Editor: (Plain Press, October 2015) At the Lakefront West Shoreway Public Meeting — held at St. Malachi Parrish on Tuesday, September 8 – residents of Lakeview Terrace and Ohio City took a critical step beyond speaking truth to power.  Turning out in large numbers, the two communities laid the groundwork for working together…

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  • Commitment to Health Improvement Partnership includes our selves

    To the Editor: (Plain Press, September 2015) In the July issue of the Plain Press, the following article appeared “Community Health Improvement Plan seeks health and wellness for all people in Cuyahoga County”. In it, the writers quoted Cuyahoga County’s Health Commissioner, Terry Allen, when he said, “Everyone deserves the right to be healthy.” As…

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  • Reader calls for a campaign to save West Side Market parking

    To the editor: (Plain Press, August 2015) This letter is in response to the article, “West Side Market threatened as customers from other businesses take over its traditional parking area”, written by Chuck Hoven. Per the article: “In August of last year, the city of Cleveland failed to renew the West Side Market Tenant Association…

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  • Racism vs. Insanity. To the Editor:

    (Plain Press, July 2015) The recent shooting in South Carolina, nine innocent people murdered as they worshipped our Creator, was more than mere racism. Racism exists in benign and malignant forms.  Benign racism is something that most people — of all races – experience occasionally.  A product of insecurity, it is easier to control and…

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  • In defense of Mary Frances Wawrytko and Cat Crossing. To the editor:

    APL URGED TO OFFER ASSISTANCE RATHER THAN ACCUSATIONS (Plain Press, July 2015) Late January 2015, the Cleveland Animal Protective League’s [possibly power driven] Chief Humane Investigator initiated a raid on the Cat Crossing, a public, non-profit 501(C) organization; a sanctuary/shelter for feral, stray, abandon, ill and recovering cats. The raid resulted in slanderous accusations against…

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  • Poor schools blamed for decline in property value. To the editor:

    (Plain Press, July 2015) Almost Every other day someone gets killed in Cleveland – the Comeback City and no one is doing anything. Everyone in the photos in your paper is smiling. We have 19 Council Persons in City Hall making $80,000 a year salary. Other things: I’ve lived in Cleveland since 1991. I lived…

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  • Money promised to Cleveland school children from Cleveland parking fees needs to be restored

    SCHOOLS’ PORTION SHORTED BY $1 MILLION PER YEAR SINCE 2010 To the Editor: (Plain Press, May 2015) City council just passed a major increase to the parking fees in this city. Coupled with major increases in rates at private lots, the increase in funds generated by the parking tax must be sizeable. One of the…

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  • Beware of non-competitive political districts

    To the Editor: (Plain Press, May 2015) Who is responsible, ultimately, for a justice system more concerned with the livelihood of police officers than the lives of minorities? In regions where Blacks and Hispanics outnumber Caucasians; the answer, ironically, is minority voters. They contribute repeatedly to injustice in justice systems by paying more attention to…

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