Three heros emerged from the TWDC Annual Membership meeting last evening.  Guy T. Black, Larry Cornett and David Gamble.  These three Tremont residents rose to the occasion and helped to lead the membership/voters into deciding against the by-law proposals that would give centralized power to the board.  The passing of this code of regulations would in many ways provide the organization with the guidelines for running a top down structure........to the detriment of the poor, elderly, minorities and long time residents of our community.

TWDC VISITED BY IRS

Tremont West Development Corp. (TWDC) rings out the old and brings in the new facing an Audit by the Internal Revenue Serivce (IRS). TWDC Board President Chris Alvarado was informed of the Department of the Treasury's intent in a letter dated December 21, 2010, which included/attached Form 4564, Information Document Request (IDR).

photo of my mom on her 78th birthday

Those who live in CRAP houses....

PD fileCuyahoga County Council member Julian Rogers says he will resign from the trustees board at the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority.

"Cleveland Municipal Court

 RE: Sweethearts Café Expansion 3610 Superior Ave., Cleveland, OH

STOP the Expansion Today! Presently they are existing as a nightclub with a dance floor, and expanding the parking lot!

Ohio Court Restores Balance to Eminent Domain

Today, I spent the morning at City Hall.  My mission took me to the 5th Floor Records Window where a very pleasant young man ask if he could be of assistance.

It seems as though City Inspector Francis Cirvencic has been a busy man and from what I understand, he plans on spending some more time in Tremont.

As the helper pecked away at his computer, page after page after page of Violation Notices crawled out of the printer.

I have just completed the first round of properties from the City Land Bank sold to developers - all supported by City Council and others.

This list of properties were sold (as per Cuyahoga County Records of the Auditor's Office) to West 11th Street Properties, LLC. with a link to Progressive Urban Development.  Names include David Sharkey, Lee Chilcote, Keith Brown, and David Fragpane.

Whereas, the uniform date for

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. 

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.

On September 7, 2010, the OSS (Old South Side Community Coalition) will be delivering supplies to the Tremont Montessori School.  The founders of the OSS are putting together a donation of pencils, crayons, kleenex, paper, etc., to assist students/parents with back to school needs.

Anyone wishing to help can drop off their donations at the school on Sept. 7, 2010, any time during school hours. 

An Article from the Plain Press Archives

Reader questions Plain Dealer’s quick endorsement of Cimperman

Tremont farmer charges TWDC for selectively excluding him
from neighborhood marketing opportunities
by Jerleen Justus

(Plain Press, August 2010) When the Tremont Farmers Market (TFM) opened for the 2010 season Hooper's Farm was not among the listed vendors. Erich Hooper, the Farm's owner, says he did not fill out this year's application due to difficulties he encountered with the market management during the 2009 market exhibitions.

7/1/10: B&E on the 500 block of Literary: A male resident observed 2 unknown males going through the cars in his garage after his alarm went off at 2:00 am. The males fled southbound on foot on W.6th. The garage door opener, sunglasses and coins are reported missing.

Non-compliant restaurants in Tremont get behind Sammy Catania after his violent, threatening and verbal outburst against a Senior handicapped life long resident of Tremont. 

Are the puzzle pieces now fitting together?  Perhaps and, perhaps there is still a missing piece.  I don't believe that Councilman Cimperman has made any statement declaring his position to the Tremont community at large ?  How will this attack effect the elderly, handicapped, low-income and long-time minorities at the election poles?

 Father Lucian is again being gracious enough to permit the OSS the privilege of meeting in the St. John Cantius meeting room.

As the flyer indicates, we will be addressing the issues/concerns of blocking public right-of-ways in our community.  The lack of handicap parking/signage.

This matter is open for discussion to everyone since it affects the safe passage not only to those with disabilities but to anyone pushing strollers, carts, on crutches or may have difficulty with their gait, especially the elderly.

 For more than a year citizens residing at the Scranton Castle CMHA Complex have complained to CMHA representatives and building management about the on-going infestitation of cockroaches and bed bugs.

One resident stated that her daughter had to receive medical treatment and medication for the bug bites.  Another stated that no one was taking the situation seriously.  That administration and management left each day at 5 O'clock whereas paying tenants had to suffer through the all night bitting ordeals. 

 Photo/map of Tremont Bike Connectivity Plan received from (ODOT) Mark Carpenter this morning.  Anyone wishing to have a copy of this document, please let me know and I will gladly forward a copy.