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Feds Warn Residents Near Wyoming Gas Drilling Sites Not to Drink Their Water

Submitted by dbra on September 2, 2010 - 12:26pm.

 note - the feds intervened after "state agencies declined to investigate.".

Feds Warn Residents Near Wyoming Gas Drilling Sites Not to Drink Their Water

by Abrahm LustgartenProPublica, Yesterday, 5:42 p.m.

The federal government is warning residents in a small Wyoming town with extensive natural gas development not to drink their water, and to use fans and ventilation when showering or washing clothes in order to avoid the risk of an explosion.

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EMERGENCY RESOLUTION OBJECTING TO ROWLEY INN

Submitted by jerleen1 on September 1, 2010 - 6:02pm.


Whereas, the uniform date for

renewal of liquor permits in the

State of Ohio is October 1st; and

Whereas, pursuant to Section

4303.271 of the Revised Code, the

legislative authority of a municipal

corporation may object to the renewal

of a permit based upon legal

grounds as set forth in division (A)

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realNEO Word of the Day: Corrupt [kuh-ruhpt]

Submitted by Norm Roulet on September 1, 2010 - 5:26pm.

Explore the Visual Thesaurus »

cor·rupt  [kuh-ruhpt]

—Synonyms
1.  false, untrustworthy. Corrupt, dishonest, venal  apply to one, esp. in public office, who acts on mercenary motives, without regard to honor, right, or justice. A corrupt  politician is one originally honest who has succumbed to temptation and begun questionable practices. A dishonest  politician is one lacking native integrity. A venal  politician is one so totally debased as to sell patronage.

Music at Main: J. Blues

Submitted by CPL Fine Arts on September 1, 2010 - 5:23pm.
2010/09/18 - 2:00pm
2010/09/18 - 3:00pm
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J. Blues

The Cleveland Public Library's Fine Arts Department is pleased to present:
J. Blues (official website)
Saturday, September 18, 2 p.m.
3rd floor lobby Main Library

Performing the music of John Lee Hooker, Lightnin' Hopkins, Elmore James, Hound Dog Taylor, Robert Johnson and Ry Cooder.

This program is free and open to all ages. For more information call 216-623-2848.

Location

Cleveland Public Library - Main
325 Superior Ave
Cleveland, OH, 44114
United States
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LOOK WHAT A LITTLE INVESTIGATION CAN UNCOVER

Submitted by jerleen1 on August 31, 2010 - 11:30pm.

Cuyahoga County's boards of revision violated state law by ruling on property assessments behind closed doors, according to a legal opinion

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/08/board_of_revision_complaints_h.html

 http://www.cleveland.com/news/

Full Story on page 5. 

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Case Study: Modus Operandi of Illuminati... Fabricate Crisis and Fear... Switch Idols on Braindead Citizens... Leverage Racism

Submitted by Norm Roulet on August 31, 2010 - 12:27pm.

Case Study: Modus Operandi of Illuminati... Fabricate Crisis and Fear... Switch Idols on Braindead Citizens... Leverage Racism.

Witness!

If you ever come to question the intent and modus operandi of the Illuminati, just witness how they fabricated a crisis in the trading of LeBron James... creating instability and fear among millions of loyal Ohioans and Americans... and then witness how they just switched idols on hate-programmed braindead zombie Citizens of Northeast Ohio, fabricating broad public outrage against a talented, young black man to stir racial hatred against an entire class of new leaders, in an important swing election year.

STIFF PENALTIES FOR BARS/NIGHTCLUBS WHO WON'T TURN IT DOWN

Submitted by jerleen1 on August 31, 2010 - 2:56am.

CLEVELAND BARS/RESTAURANTS/NIGHTCLUBS

GET SLAMMED WITH STIFF NOISE ORDINANCE PENALTIES 

BY: JERLEEN JUSTUS 

Cleveland business owners may now find themselves digging a little deeper into their profit margins for disturbing the peace and quiet of neighboring residents. The drafting of new legislation to amend the Penalty Section (683.99) of Cleveland City Ordinance Chapter 683 passed through Cleveland's City Council by unanimous vote on July 14, 2010.

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updated yogi & guy show - questministries live on internet at lncoln park tremont cleveland, ohio - every day also recorded

Submitted by questministries... on August 31, 2010 - 12:30am.

yogi and guy show - truth to power - tremont anti-mob vs. tremont mob -- questministries - live on the internet at lncoln park, tremont, cleveland, ohio  (recorded at same time) video below and link- august 30, 2010- see below the information - location and truth to power-

first time live with ustream.com - wifi pick up -  started anout 5:00 pm till battery died about 2 hours later - i need a better camera to the laptop - and longer battery laptop - but all went well - its funny when one is live on the world wide web - what one will say and come up with - and being recorded for later show -

will post the time about and link everyday that we are live at lincoln park - or any place  with our about 2 hour battery- and donated laptop pentium 4

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Caribe Bakery's property

Submitted by lmiller on August 29, 2010 - 8:20pm.

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The owner of Caribe Bakery sure has a lot of nerve calling the inspectors on any one. 

In case you missed the story, read here

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Restoring HONOR - Glenn Beck's Washington, DC Rally

Submitted by lmiller on August 29, 2010 - 6:26pm.

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Helping to Restore Traditional American Values.

I joined the approximately 500, 000 other people that showed up for this event. 

The rally was meant to honor American troops overseas and grounded in the nonpartisan themes of “faith, hope, and charity.”

The rally raised about $5.5 million for Special Operations Warrior Foundation, which gives scholarships to the children of Special Ops soldiers killed in combat and financial assistance to wounded troops.

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"the Obama administration and the solicitor general appear to have made their own lives a lot more difficult"

Submitted by Norm Roulet on August 28, 2010 - 6:00am.

Northeast Ohio clearly has some ot the worst air pollution in America, exposing residents to 100,000,000s of pounds of severe toxic point source and fugitive emissions from the Arcelor/Mittal combination steel-mill, coal powerplants, landfills and recycling facilities, refineries and 100s of other hazardous pollution point sources located throughout this 2 million+ person community - I'd like to know where in America more people are harmed more significantly by particulate pollution, on a daily basis, than in the neighborhoods surrounding Mittal and the industrial Flats... by no means our only toxic war-zone in the region.

And, our region has had defective air quality monitoring and so lax pollution control for the better part of the 21st Century.

Environmentalism here is "greenwashed" with "a pretense of concern about climate but policies dictated by fossil fuel special interests", as renowned climatologist Dr. James Hansen, Director, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, describes the global state of inaction in response to global warming worldwide.

Hansen prescribes action: "To the young people I say: stand up for your rights – demand that the government be honest and address the consequences of their policies. To the old people I say: let us gird up our loins and fight on the side of young people for protection of the world they will inherit."

But, he cautions: "It becomes clear that needed actions will happen only if the public, somehow, becomes forcefully involved. One way that citizens can help is by blocking coal plants, tar sands, and mining the last drops of fossil fuels from public and pristine lands and the deep ocean."

We have many horrific polluters here - where to get citizens forcefully involved to stop excessive pollution... where to block a coal plant? How?

Cleveland Plain Dealer Reports, On-Line ONLY - Tremont West Development Corp. development director charged with assault

Submitted by Norm Roulet on August 27, 2010 - 8:26pm.

I'll preface any praise of "Tremont West Development Corp. development director charged with assault" - coverage in the Plain Dealer of the assault of Guy Templeton Black, by Sammy Catania - by posting reporter Mark Gillespie's comment on his own blog about his own work - Mark Gillispie, The Plain Dealer - August 27, 2010 at 1:13PM - "xxoo: Thanks for commenting. I understand your concern, but this is not a news article that will appear in the print edition of The Plain Dealer. It is an item that has been posted solely to my Inside Cleveland Hall blog. Reporters who have blogs use them to post items that might not hold much interest to our broader readership but might have relevance to some Cleveland.com readers. That's the beauty of the digital age. Thanks again for reading and commenting".

Mark is responding to a TROLL on Cleveland.com that set up an account to post "xxoo August 27, 2010 at 1:01PM - So much ado about nothing. Is this really worthy of a news article - or is this just a gossip column?"

That is what is pathetic about poor use of technology in the digital age... it allows corporations and special interests to use TROLL accounts places like Cleveland.com to post anonymous diversions of public knowledge from fact to fiction, and to temper public response to news that is in fact deserving of outrage.

Adopt Hill Billy - Cats are free to good homes Saturday at the Cleveland APL; 560 cats and kittens are HOMELESS there!

Submitted by Norm Roulet on August 27, 2010 - 7:24pm.
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Hill Billy needs a new home - FREE TODAY AT APL

A kitten would get eaten-alive, at my house... but a tough alley cat, from the streets... like Hill Billy, featured here... would stand a chance on Roxbury. I'm thinking about it, as we have mice, my wife loves cats (I can tolerate a cool one), and there are 100s of homeless cats at the APL (AKA Dog Pound) that need good homes. Even i can offer a better life for a cool cat than the pound - for a dog-smart, fast cat, that is.

Location

Cleveland Animal Protective League
1729 Willey Avenue in the historic Tremont area
Cleveland, OH, 44113
United States

What if environmental policy was based on minimum standards of environmental justice - Thou Shall Not Cause Thy Neighbor Cancer!

Submitted by Norm Roulet on August 27, 2010 - 7:30am.


Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter Headquarters, on the fringe of the University of Texas campus in Austin, Texas

A few days after attending the EPA public hearing regarding the renewal of the license for Medical Center Company to continue burning coal in University Circle - which was OPPOSED by representatives of the Sierra Club, Environmental Health Watch, Earth Day Coalition, Women Speak Out For Peace and Justice, and all citizens who testified - I met with Neil Carman, Ph.D., the Clean Air Director of the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club, in Austin, Texas, to discuss real NEO air pollution issues, the MCCO licensing situation, and next steps for improving the environment in Northeast Ohio.

Cleveland Schools: A New Beginning?

Submitted by ralphnadir on August 26, 2010 - 7:52pm.

I have been critical of Dr. Sanders in the past; but I think there might be more to this "Transformation" than I originally believed. Unfortunately, Sanders did himself no good by appearing aloof and unwilling to collaborate. After seeing him today at East Tech, I think he may have finally figured it out. While I have some reservations about the plan still, I have seen some features which may yield some fruit; actually, having been more thought out than the previous Small Schools "academies," which were mostly ineffective.

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“needed actions will happen only if the public, somehow, becomes forcefully involved.” - Dr. James Hansen, NASA

Submitted by Norm Roulet on August 26, 2010 - 5:45pm.

Dr. James Hansen, Director, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, considered by many to be foremost climatologist in the world

As Northeast Ohio leadership MUST forcefully involve citizens as activists against the harm caused in our community and worldwide by pollution here, and address the resulting economic and public health damage here, it is important to reflect on what is an environmental activist, and how people may become actively engaged in community redevelopment through environmentalism.

Covert Operations: elected politicians as merely “actors playing out a script.”

Submitted by Norm Roulet on August 25, 2010 - 7:26am.

Facts prove it is unsafe to live near the Arcelor/Mittal Cleveland Works steel mill, and citizens of Northeast Ohio have reasons to be concerned about 100s of other major toxic pollution point sources in the greater Cleveland area, yet our regional pollution monitoring has been broken since 2003, and is broken today, and citizens and the media do not care at all. How is it possible the people living in one of them most polluted places in America do not care about public health - about their own health? How did citizens here become such nihilists?

Northeast Ohioans must rise up from metal and soot ashes still being spewed upon us by excessively polluting toxic industrial forces that have corrupted local politics and destroyed the region and the lives of those living here... yet leaders and citizens here do not care.

"Cleveland, it seems, is populated not by outspoken visionaries, but by many who suffer in silence, fearing ostracism..."

Submitted by Norm Roulet on August 25, 2010 - 4:09am.

Scene writer Michael Roberts provides the world a great service with his August 25, 2010, summary overview of the corruption and evil that has defined the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority, Cleveland city hall, the Cuyahoga county commissioners, and "failed leaders in almost every quarter of the community", including at the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Cleveland Foundation, throughout the 21st Century - anyone interested in real NEO must READ "Port in a Storm - How years of bungling and self-interest robbed Cleveland of its future".

If you have ever doubted the most extreme claims of the failure, incompetency and corruption of our Mayor, County commissioners, and their appointees and co-conspirators in crimes, as expressed throughout the decade by Citizen Hauser and so many other honest real Northeast Ohio visionaries, on realNEO and elsewhere in the free-speech world...  read Roberts' excellent article on the Port in a Storm and realize the following observations are direct reflections on all leaders and citizens of the region, and we are pathetic:

"The real tale of the waterfront is one of conflict, greed, wasted public money, and sheer incompetence on the part of the port board, city hall, and the county commissioners."

It is such a sensitive situation that many sources with ties to it have requested anonymity for this story. Cleveland, it seems, is populated not by outspoken visionaries, but by many who suffer in silence, fearing ostracism or political and civic retribution.

In a way, it is a sad tale of a city adrift with failed leaders in almost every quarter of the community, people who have squandered the dream of a world-class waterfront and a better place to live.

Without Jackson's thoughtless indulgence, the fiasco would not have flowered. The Greater Cleveland Partnership stubbornly supported the plan and in doing so demonstrated its lack of business acumen; the venerable Cleveland Foundation funded a portion of the effort, displaying its lack of common sense.

OUT OF DARKNESS Meet Henry Senyak, the streetlight king of Cleveland - (our hero)

Submitted by questministries... on August 25, 2010 - 3:29am.

There's a small-caliber bullet hole in one of his tail lights — a gift from a citizen back in April who saw Senyak making the rounds through a dark alley.

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