And a special chamber in Hell has been set aside for Cuyahoga County Juvie Judge Alison Floyd, who last week ordered four teen girls to undergo polygraph tests to prove they were really victims of sexual assault. Law 101: don’t continue to victimize the victims.
In the latest episode of “Hey Cleveland City Council, what are you smoking, because I want some!”, Cleveland City Council’s economic development committee has just approved a $1.1 million loan guarantee for Nehst “Studios,” for three films to be shot in the city. Last summer, The Independent revealed Nehst’s odd legacy. The company is [...]
If you’re trying to email Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason, don’t use his public account—he’d rather conduct public business via his private email: WDMason13@aol.com Last month, The Independent learned that Martin Zanotti was copying Mason on confidential documents related to the county government transition using Mason’s private America Online email. We sent in a [...]
Ohio is a quintessential football state with an undistinguished basketball tradition. The Cavaliers are at this point title-free; the Cincinnati Royals were Bill Russell’s whipping boy for years before they fled to Kansas City; Ohio State has one, musty, fifty-year-old NCAA Tournament Championship, and the University of Cincinnati has two, both also musty—and both [...]
Only the Plain Dealer could be handed such a journalist prize as a sitting judge ordering one of their reporters arrested and still come out looking like a chump. All they had to do was cry, injustice! Instead, the paper is left looking sullied again. The closest thing I can compare this [...]
1) What makes the Cleveland comedy scene so special? Bill- The talent. There are seven or eight guys who could be the next big comic any day, plus another 10 or 15 newer comics that are very funny and very original. They aren’t just funny—they know how to put a show together. A lot [...]
I was driving to a levy meeting last Monday when I noticed a cop car behind me. Since I wasn’t speeding I didn’t think much of it, until his lights and sirens came on. Long story short, it turns out my tags were expired and I learned a $119 dollar lesson about why keeping [...]
Well, it was the queer equivalent of Mohammed going to the mountain, the Food Fairy finally making a pilgrimage to E. 4th Street for dinner. For the cuisine clueless, this brief block between Euclid Ave. and Prospect Ave. is home to wall-to-wall eateries and fodder-without-end for foodie blogs. Mary, will the amens & hallelujahs [...]
