Under the cover of night, local politicians, newsmen, and quasi-celebrities made their way into a recording room at Cleveland State, May 3, to record “Please Stay, Lebron,” a musical plea to the North Coast B-ball messiah. The song and the video, soon to be viral, was the brainchild of Mike Polk, best known for [...]
We should never do special issues—that was one of Ray’s warnings when we launched The Independent last August. Ray is our marketing director. We worked together at the Free Times, where he was their marketing guy, too. Special issues, like “Best Of’s” and “Back to Campus” editions, are ridiculous undertakings for small publications. It [...]
A hastily-assembled press conference took place on the steps of the Justice Center at 2 p.m. today, in which Bill Mason confirmed frequent rumors by announcing his resignation as top lawman of Cuyahoga County. “Clearly, I am not qualified for this important position,” said Mason moments ago. “I don’t want my poor decisions [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
It’s Never Been Cooler to Be a Lima Loser You either love it or hate it. And if you hate it, you probably don’t get it. Glee. On the surface, it’s a show about a group of sappy-sweet highschoolers obsessed with 80’s ballads, competing in a show choir from a podunk Ohio town. [...]
29 Years After Her Murder, Tina Harmon’s Killer is Finally Revealed. For about a year, I have been the spokesman for the family of a young girl who was savagely murdered in 1981. Girl’s name is Tina Harmon, a twelve-year-old tomboy of a girl from Creston who smoked cigarettes and one day went to the [...]
