Tremont's little sign that was severed by hacksawers and dropped into an orphan hole is now standing proud and tall back in it's proper place.

We owe many thanks to everyone who put forth so much effort enforcing the law in dealing with the hacksawer and his whack job.

Question is, will the scandalous whacker and his saws-all strike again?

As you may know from other posts, a long time neighbor had his home demolished by the city, under questionable circumstances - possibly developer greed and foul play. They are now trying to acquire what is left of his property through tax foreclosure.

This is the base section of a chimney - I caught it going east on I90 in Pennsylvania.  This section weights 46,000lbs and is about 22 feet in diameter.  

Wind turbine towers are fabricated at about  13 feet in diameter so they can be shipped on the interstate and clear the bridges which are about 13'6". 

But this chimney section demonstrates that there is another way to build wind turbine towers with much larger diameters (albeit shorter sections). 

The image above shows a tire plug installed right at the edge of the radial tread - just on the edge of the sidewall of a radial tire.

This is not a good place to plug a tire.

from the PD (which also offers the list of routes to be cut) -- how about it cleveland? let's bring out the crowds for the eight public hearings and bring some ideas to the table...

Thousands of RTA riders will have to find another way to get to their destination if the agency eliminates 12 percent of its bus routes.

All or most of 32 routes likely will disappear next April, Michael York, deputy general manager of operations, told RTA's board on Tuesday.

Cuyahoga County has paid MMPI another $1,240,799 in addition to the monthly fees of $333,333.33, according to figures from the County Auditor’s department. (Update below).

Mike Roberts peels back the cover on Port Authority mire.

Sunk

November 18-24, 2009 by Michael D. Roberts

Obama Admin Slashed 60,000 Jobs from Recent Stimulus Report

 brillant as usal larry - i'm happy i demanded you speak more at the nov. 11th said meeting of bylaws amendments of twdc at zion church-

when a board member attempted to cut you off as you were explaining your points and i stood in front of everyone and ' said don't cut larry off 5 more minutes won't cause the end  world of the end"-

although the end of the world seems like its coming soon because of the folks that won't let us speak as long as they speak - the money power control people-

and you finished with a question-

This isn't today's image, but it is a good image none the less. 

Ed's passing was just a year ago, the Port Authority is in flames, so it might be a good time to capitalize on those in the County who have a decent, honest vision. 

Ed was certainly one.

And, I believe, Paul Alsenas is another.

He looks good on May 16, 09 with Peter Griesinger and other civically concerned and committed citizens in this rainy image, anyway.

Trust?  So, the sign says...on Cleveland's Cold Storage Building on Abbey Rd.

Amy Goodman @ TruthDig - “In the next 60 seconds, 10 children will die of hunger,” says a United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) online video. It continues, “For the first time in humanity, over 1 billion people are chronically hungry.”

I find the way MMPI bills Cuyahoga County for its monthly “fee” an example of bad management taken to extreme. The billings tell the County nothing of what MMPI does for its healthy fee.

Record 49 Million Americans Going Hungry, USDA

1 in 7 Americans struggles to get enough to eat

I talked with MMPI’s Mark Falanga after a three hour Council briefing to ask a simple question. Did MMPI expect to build a private medical mart on public land at no cost?

RAG -TV5 story - getting results from the City

http://www.newsnet5.com/video/21633647/index.html

RAG Recent Events

http://clarkavenueresidents.weebly.com/news.html

 We are approaching the first anniversary of the demolition of Frank Giglio's house on W. 14th. I read through the posts here on realneo, and continue to have more questions than answers. A common theme is that of outrage of the situation and the desire to help somehow. How can we help Frank? To the best of my knowledge, I have never met Frank, but many of you have. Would Frank welcome help? What is the best help at this moment? Is it to raise some money now to prevent foreclosure on the property so that some options can be tossed around later?

Resident Advocacy Group - Tremont
http://clarkavenueresidents.weebly.com/index.html

For a couple of years,  Tremont West Development Corp.,  Executive Director Chris Garland has refused the request of intersted parties to allow anyone to view only the names of the membership list, boasting a 900 plus active enrollment. At the Nov. 11, 2009 special meeting, they did not make quorum and rumor has it that they are now planning on purging this membership list prior to the Annual meeting in January to reduce the required percentage number for making quorum in hopes of sidestepping, yet, another embarassment.