January 2012
11 posts
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Pepper Pike Mayor's first letter to residents →
Dispatch, The Two Brainards, union negotiations and more. Let me know if you have any trouble opening it.
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Not to be ignored: Poll Finds Voters Wary of... →
Undercurrents - they matter.
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Orange Village in talks to provide police service... →
A performance audit told Woodmere to downsize and now it must. Pushing the hands of consolidation and collaboration…
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cleveland : Airborne mercury reduction is critical... →
I agree.
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No getting snowed in Pepper Pike - at least not... →
Giving kudos for snow removal, mayor to mayor, is high praise indeed.
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Lowell council makes a youthful choice for mayor →
Though he is still older than the Lorain mayor, Chase Ritenauer. However, in Lowell, there is a city manager - there set up is like Cleveland Hts not Pepper Pike where we have strong mayor-weak council.
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Survey of NE Ohio residents provides peek into the... →
A few mentions of Pepper Pike.
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Mother of all local government consolidation... →
Sell the Cuyahoga County admin bldg and eliminate 22 others?
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Pepper Pike trio work, play, succeed ‘the cloud’ →
Always nice to see Pepper Pike kids make good - two went to Orange HS and one to US.
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Tomorrow: Obama at to Shaker High, 10:30am, free... →
I’ll watch from home. If you go, please tweet live? Thanks.
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Governor Halts Drilling-will Josh Mandel call him... →
When a six month wait was ordered regarding gas well drilling late last year in Ohio and senior US Senator from Ohio, Sherrod Brown, supported that, Ohio Treasurer and GOP candidate set to challenge Brown, Josh Mandel, wrote and spoke publicly against the halt, saying Brown supports Washington bureaucrats and was a fringe extremist. Politifact said Josh’s pants were on fire but will he lob...
December 2011
9 posts
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Located in Pepper Pike??? FarmersOnly.com: "City... →
Anyone know anything about this company or Jerry Miller? Who knew what Pepper Pike could nurture!?
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WikiOrgCharts: Database lists top federal earners... →
Public data sliced & diced. Interpretation is a whole other thing.
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East Cleveland Library board says no to merger... →
What can we learn from this? What will the E. Cleveland library learn? Will the residents, can the residents, pay for/afford to pay more, or suffer more cuts?
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Massachusetts Puts User-Friendly Checkbook Online →
Now this is what I call transparency!! It should be SIMPLE for local governments!
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A lesson in why you get it right the first time →
Kids, if you want a lesson in why you take the time to get buy-in and get it right the first time around and avoid other costs you cannot and should not and do not need to risk, look no further than the fiascos resulting from Ohio’s redistricting process.
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Mandel noted as addition to Tribe in Congress... →
Actually, Josh has flip flopped on whether identity politics matter. Early on, he said it didn’t but within the last two years, he has been quoted as indicating that he thinks the religion of a candidate can make a difference for voters. I’ve always said that of course it might - just like gender - but it is FAR from conclusive except for the most rigid one issue voters - which btw can...
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Should East Cleveland library join Cuyahoga County... →
Tonight - voice your opinion on this merger potential - what would you do if you were a decision maker?
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Across the Spectrum Conference in Columbus... →
Please please please - don’t be a day of political rhetoric and platitudes. Be a day of practical examples that can be grafted, crafted and applied - for realz, folks.
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Rock Hall class ignores all but one female nominee... →
Seriously - no Heart? No Joan Jett? No Chaka Khan for goodness sake? Feh
November 2011
6 posts
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New state-of-the-art recreation center opens in... →
And only 21 years after I wrote a site report and evaluation of what was holding back the center’s creation while I was doing graduate school field work in Cleveland City Council!
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"Tap women for unfilled manufacturing jobs" →
Great oped pressing for and describing how to take leadership in this area (in Cleveland cha-ching).
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Bain first Jewish mayor of Pepper Pike →
And the CJN wins for being the first to publish a response from any newly elected public servant from any of the four burbs looking at merging about the merger possibility itself!
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First Words from Pepper Pike Mayor-elect Rick Bain... →
Making sure residents continue to follow our city government work as closely as the newly elected council members and mayor did before being elected remains a major goal of mine. When the watchdogs get elected, vigilance continues to be necessary, less complacency or ego take over again.
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Pepper Pike's Newly Elected Council Members Speak →
As I wrote them last night - may the newcomers enjoy their campaign results as I do mine.
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Cuyahoga County's Next Generation Council Now... →
Be the change you want to see for NE Ohio and apply - if you are between 20-34.
October 2011
12 posts
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Party Politics Reality TV Show Now Casting - from... →
Are you 21-35yrs old & can debate politics? Try out!
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Akron City Council could be all men; shift is... →
It should have been highlight when it was noticed as a possibility back when candidates were being recruited. Or was anyone paying attention?
Sanford 'Corky' Kurland, co-founder of Corky and... →
May he be of blessed memory. Such an institution.
Mandel remains a mystery to Ohioans | The Columbus... →
MONEY QUOTE: “…Mandel is asking voters to elect him to the Senate because he doesn’t have any idea what is going on in Washington.”
Res ipsa
NPR Looks at Whether S.C.'s Voting Law is Unfair... →
Democracy - wherefore art thou?
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Occupy Wall Street Isn't Anti-Semitic, But It's... →
On the heels of a Pepper Pike resident suggesting to me that Jews in our city is what’s “the matter” with our city.
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Shameless in Ohio - The Plum Line →
Like Ohio Dem Party chair told a group in 2006, if you don’t like the ads put out, don’t give those responsible for them any money. The yes on Issue 2 folks - Build a Better Ohio, including Ohio governor John Kasich’s chief of staff, who is on leave to lead the effort, should not get a dime of your dollars or your vote for that matter if you think what they are doing and how they...
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Personal Democracy Forum wins a World e-Democracy... →
Huge kudos to Micah Sifry, Andrew Rasiej and PdF for this award. I’m a huge fan of PdF and only regret that I haven’t been able to get back to their NYC conference since 2008. Keeping fingers crossed for this year. Thank you for all that you do, Micah and Andrew and your crew.
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Topeka, Kansas City Council Considers... →
If this story about electeds who tool an oath to take care of their city and are now decriminalizing domestic violence in the name of saving money is true, they should be immediately removed from office for failing to uphold their oath. They can’t think of a single other way to save money than to let people who beat up spouses or partners be allowed to beat up spouses and partners?...
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Sarah Palin-affiliated law firm made early-state... →
When I planned to run for City Council, I printed out the Election calendar in March - even though my filing deadline was August 20. That a person who might run for President of the USA wouldn’t even be gathering the relevant election calendars until less than four weeks before the first drop dead deadline is pretty arrogant - and reckless.
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20 of the All-Time Greatest Public Servants →
I am so tired of hearing some candidates for public office talk about the public sector as sloppy seconds for people who can’t make it in the business world and/or as a charitable endeavor, as if their consideration of entering public office is primarily because they see it as fulfilling a need to do charitable works or a beneficent donation of their unparalleled skill and talent.
Check...
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Study says: 2/3rds of Adults use at least three... →
That is so me.
September 2011
48 posts
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The Boston Globe on Sherrod Brown v Josh Mandel →
Uh oh, looks like another case for Politifact-the Globe article opens with a phrase about Mandel fundraising all over the country.
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Transcript of Connie Schultz on CNN's Reliable... →
I am sick in bed so didn’t watch this live but found the transcript - well done.
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Palin: 'Still time' for 'unconventional' race |... →
And don’t forget about the real women in television shows this year running for office! Amy Poehler for one an last year, someone else announced - do you watch enough tv to know who?
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Congrats to the New York Times' editorial page... →
A lot of folks who follow me online have no clue about what I did before I was online - or a freelance writer (for a few years before being online). I worked at Bellefaire JCB for eight years, using my joint degree in law and social work. So notice today on the NYT editorial page that DYS’s Reclaim Ohio was a model is welcomed by me - what I want to know now, though is whether it continues...
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Tucker Carlson’s THE DAILY CALLER’s DISGUSTING... →
Greta is right to be checking that there is bipartisan demand to be rid of this kind of junk masquerading as news or journalism. Doesn’t matter who’s the target. I’ve been down this road for all sorts of political figures. I hope Greta gets other female conservatives with a platform to call this out.
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Students Named Semifinalists in National Merit... →
I’m a little proud. :)
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Remap bill is a puzzle voters shouldn't have to... →
Already posted to Twitter and Facebook but for good measure
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Women get the pink slips, while men get the jobs |... →
Have been a lot of concerns raised about this an its effect on single parent families since so many of those are headed by women. I know of four people who lost their jobs in the last two weeks. Three women, one man. I don’t think that is enough to go on re: supporting the premise of the article but there you have it.
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Obama has a people problem, not a Jewish problem -... →
Could not agree. Unbelievable. Less than 3% of entire USA population- seriously folks. An important 3% but still - FOCUS.
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Please Call OH State Rep. Matt Huffman to Demand... →
614-466-9624 That’s his number in Columbus.
Such lists are not available. You can only guess at your district when you look at HB 319 if you know how your street address appears in the census data. This is unacceptable. Regardless of how “fair” Rep. Huffman believes the proposed map may be, it’s my state, my vote and my representation. And all of Ohio’s voters - not...
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"It still follows along the edge of Lake Erie, but... →
Couldn’t say it any better, Maggie. Thank you.
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"Pediatricians Fact-Check Bachmann's Bashing of... →
Thank heavens for small miracles of the AAP issuing a statement. How crazy will the claims continue to get?