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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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Cleveland residents urged to address school district’s funding crisis
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press April 2025) At the March Board of Education meeting, Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Warren Morgan reached out to school staff and community members to help the CMSD find $160 million in savings in over the next three years. Current projections show school district facing…
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Cleveland City Planning Commission approves demolition of buildings in Old Brooklyn’s Historic District
by Lynette Filips PHOTO COURTESY OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF OLD BROOKLYN 2005 Photo that accompanied the application of the South Brooklyn Commercial District to be on the National Register of Historic Places: On Friday, December 6th, the Cleveland Planning Commission approved the demolition of four buildings on the corner of Pearl Road and Memphis…
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City Council must speed up ward redistricting to meet new deadline
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press December 2024) A November 22nd article in The Plain Dealer by Kaitlin Durbin and Courtney Astolfi titled “Surprise state election has council in a holiday rush”, says that City Council will have to reduce the number of Council Wards to 15 and draw new ward boundaries by January 6th.…
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“Rats R Us” – City of Cleveland ranks as the 10th rattiest city in the United States
by Arthur Hargate (Plain Press November 2024) So why is the recent story on Cleveland’s serious rat problem flying so quietly under the radar? Is it because the local media is so careful about negative stories about Cleveland? Is it because it would annoy the region’s powerful, privileged, and pampered elites, who only…
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Reducing Cleveland’s poverty rate should be a priority for policy makers
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press October 2024) Cleveland continues to have the second highest overall poverty rate and highest child poverty rate among American cities with populations of 300,000 or more. An analysis of data from the United States Census Bureau’s 2023 American Community Survey by the Center for Community Solutions shows these data…
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Cleveland and Cuyahoga County need new policies to help residents address property tax delinquency
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press August 2024) Cleveland homeowners face foreclosure at a higher rate than the national average. A good percentage of those foreclosures are due to residents getting behind on their property tax payments. Cleveland and Cuyahoga County policy makers could do a much better job in assuring residents are able stay…
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Local politicians fund wants of the wealthy over needs of the poor
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press June 2024) Cleveland bears the distinction of having the highest child poverty rate among big cities in the United States. Yet rather than addressing this critical issue, Cleveland politicians continue to prioritize the wants of the wealthy and powerful over the needs of its poorest citizens – Cleveland’s children…
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Tax incentives waste resources and cripple efforts to end child poverty
By Chuck Hoven (Plain Press January 2024) The City of Cleveland’s policies are not only not producing growth in population, but they are also driving people out of the city. One resident opposed to an inappropriate development proposed for Lorain Avenue and some residential areas north of Lorain between W. 45th and W. 44th…
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