Received via E-mail from a friend.......

 

I imagine my fellow bike rider friends Jim Sheehan and Lois Moss might want to distance themselves from me after the MTB salvos thrown about here at REALNEO-- But, at the risk of more criticism....I will put in a plug here for Ohio City Bike's Annual Ghost Ride and chili extravaganza.

I've been waiting to see how the Cleveland Plain Dealer is going to attempt to escape the shame of having endorsed for Cuyahoga County commissioner the highly unqualified and now under fire Bay Village mayor Debbie Sutherland, before she even debated the highly qualified and well respected incumbent, Peter Lawson Jones. Sutherland lost her first debate... and she lost her second debate... and, I understand, she lost four debates against Jones organized by the League of Women Voters for high school children... and she will lose the City Club debate (for Sutherland, losing has meant being obviously unprepared, unqualified, flustered, angry, embarrassed and even booed, in past cases). There was no excuse for the PD endorsing Sutherland, and now they must report 32 Cuyahoga County mayors endorse Peter Lawson Jones for commissioner. The PD editors are surely embarrassed over Sutherland, by now, so they are certainly looking for excuses, including attempting to make the race about race. I expect we'll see lots of this racist behavior in the coming months, years, and decades, in various death spirals, as the last generations of real American racists die away.

How disgusting and vile are the charges from Sen. George Voinovich that Sen. Barack Obama is a “Socialist.” It tells me that Voinovich would be a staunch McCarthyism advocate if this were the 1950s. What's so ironic and laughable is the Voinovich record of being a Socialist mayor to the Rich of Cleveland. His record is replete with massive give-aways to Cleveland corporate interest. It isn’t for nothing that he once bragged to the New York Times that he loved “Fat Cats,” meaning wealthy corporate types.

From Mayor Frank Jackson!

 

Here's the letter:

 

Hello Friends,

Laura Johnston’s Metro Page Sunday piece on “wage earners” bearing the burden of city taxes presented a distorted view of the issue. It left out the most important factor of this payroll tax – it has no progressivity. It is a regressive tax.

The Plain Dealer today has a story on the local mountain bikers' belligerent battle with Cleveland Metroparks. The mountain bike crowd believes that parks exist for recreation - with their emphasis being on speed and obstacles - while actually MetroParks founding legislation was for protection of natural areas.

Bikers like the sensation of speed they get from whizzing past trees - and favor races, competitions, timed runs. Walkers, hikers, horseback riders generally move at a leisurely pace, admiring their surroundings, winding down from the speed of life elsewhere. Nothing wrong with bikers per se, but perhaps they could utilize brownfield areas leaving others to appreciate nature without being run over.

The ugliness of the McCain/Palin campaign and the hate they are
churning up can be seen in this Youtube couple of minutes:

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/238074.php

There is probably no one in the world that I respect more than Ralph Nader. No one I trust more. But I’m telling every Ohio voter, don’t vote for Ralph Nader.

The reason is simple. We cannot afford to have President John McCain.

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Zoo is a funny word and an often sad place. Zoos let us look at the animals we compete against to live in this world. Somedays, it seems that we can all get along, afterall, and it can be a beautiful world for all of God's living things.

Help!

Cleveland State University, City Year, and BBC are seeking volunteers to participate in "Make a Difference Day" on Saturday, October 25, 2008. Students, faculty, and staff of Cleveland State, City Year corps members, and many others will be concentrating on the beautification of East 33rd & 35th Streets between Central and Cedar Avenues. The Central neighborhood, one of Cleveland's greatest comeback communities in recent years, has been selected as the focus area of the event.

FRIDAY: Regional events will highlight innovative and successful NEO food operations ranging from urban farming on old parking lots in Cleveland to newly formed farm co-ops in Geauga County.

Cuyahoga Democratic Women's Caucus
and
Women Speak Out for Peace and Justice
present
"A Double Bill"

Thursday, October 16, 2008
Laborer's Local 310 Union Hall
3250 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115

At 7:00 pm: Cuyahoga Democratic Women's Caucus
presents
Critical Issues Facing Ohio
Why National and International Policies Matter

Have you been treated unfairly as a consumer?
The City of Cleveland invites you to attend a special forum for consumer affairs.

El Departamento de Asuntos al Consumidor de la Ciudad de Cleveland le invita a participar en el: Foro de Conexion para el Consumidor

Thursday/Jueves 23 de Octobre 2008
6:00-9:00 p.m.

St. Ignatius of Antioch
10205 Lorain Ave.
Cleveland OH 44111

Everyone in Cuyahoga County should read Erick Trickey’s piece on Pat O’Malley in the October issue of Cleveland Magazine. It’s a must read to show what the Plain Dealer has avoided doing for years about Prosecutor Bill Mason’s buddy, O’Malley.

My Biggest Mistake!
Join Cleveland Public Library for an evening with Marcia Pledger, author of My Biggest Mistake…and how I fixed it: lessons from the entrepreneurial front lines.

 

Wednesday, October 8, 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Commission Meeting
Cleveland Public Library
Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium
325 Superior Ave.
Cleveland OH 44114

 

TODAY. All meetings are OPEN to the PUBLIC

 

If you think you’ve been on a news diet lately reading the skimpy Plain Dealer, get ready to tighten your reading belt. The newspaper has announced new editorial staff reductions.