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Nuclear Fallout in Cleveland

Nuclear Fallout in Cleveland

Dad’s Cancer Spurs Daughter to Action Against Harshaw UNTIL A FEW MONTHS ago, Tracy Reinoso rarely paid attention to the news or participated in politics – having only registered to vote in 2005 at the behest of her Cuban-born husband. “I grew up in a small farming community near Wooster,” the slender, 46-year-old mother of [...]

Who Killed the Flats?

Who Killed the Flats?

    IN THE SUMMER of 1991, local developer Bart Wolstein summoned then Cleveland City Councilman Bill Patmon to his corporate offices in Beachwood for a luncheon meeting to talk about various city projects. During the meeting, Wolstein led Patton to a large scale-model of the Flats East Bank, an exact and elaborate replica of [...]

Et tu, Caesar?

Et tu, Caesar?

  In the fallout over Aunt Jemima-gate, no one bothered to report that George Forbes uses long-time political “spokesperson” Powell Caesar to pen his Call & Post editorials. As a “black-conservative” columnist for the Sun papers, Caesar was known for his anti-affirmative action stances and Phillip Morris-like characterizations of lazy young blacks. Over the years [...]

More Changes at the PeeDee

More Changes at the PeeDee

A memo circulated recently at the Plain Dealer announced that starting January 1, 2010, members of the management staff will be subject to possible layoffs. While champagne bottles are ready to be uncorked amongst the lowly laborers in almost every department, reporters in the sports department are practically giddy in anticipation of the departure of [...]

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