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I Did Not Have Unkind Words for that Man
Bill Clinton arrived in C-town yesterday (meanwhile other candidates are starting to drop) and started the party by hitting up Tri-C’s eastern campus in Highland Hills. Ok, so maybe that is not the way I would start a party, but at least he didn’t go looking for dinner in The Flats [...]

You Break 500 and Suddenly You Can Up Ticket Prices
The Browns announced today that ticket prices for the 2008 season will increase. What’s impressive is that this is the first time prices have been raised since 2005, what’s not impressive is the organization citing labor costs and other league economics instead of cashing in on a pretty [...]

And the Winner Is…
The Academy Award Nominations dropped and BAM! we’ve got two Clevelanders riding the success train. Hal Holbrook was nominated for his supporting role in “Into the Wild,” while Ruby Dee was nominated for her supporting role in “American Gangster.” Hopefully they know more about Cleveland than Halle Berry. Shops and restaurants in the [...]

So this isn’t news or anything, but we just thought we’d let everybody know that in our “links” section there is now a link to Andy’s latest addition to the blogosphere (which is a stupid word).

And The Hate Keeps Pouring In…
If you’d kindly look to the post below you will notice a bit of news about Dennis Kucinich and his recent exclusion from a televised debate. Well, as if being excluded wasn’t bad enough for Dennis, who only recently agreed to take part in a debate for his current congressional position, now he has [...]

Someone’s Dumb Enough to Buy Property Downtown
In 2005 Cuyahoga County bought the vacant Ameritrust property at the corner of E. 9th and Euclid for $22 million. The purchase was lauded as a debacle and then, in true Cleveland fashion, the city poured $15 million more into the project before abandoning it. Now the Plain Dealer [...]

Indians Finally Succumb to Name Game
In an era of sports where most stadiums are corporately owned, and of course corporately named, Jacobs Field has stood as a bastion against such poor nomenclature, instead opting to remind us of some rich guy with the last name Jacobs. Well now it seems the Indians organization has finally [...]

Jackson Gets All Police-State on Cleveland
The Plain Dealer has a report on Mayor Jackson’s new anti-crime plan, and well it’s a bit on the Charles Bronson side. According to Jackson the new plan is ”going to be very aggressive. They’re going to be shaking up the trees and beating the bushes.” As always the mayor was extremely clear. [...]

Who’s up for a Hanging Chad?
Last night Obama took the Iowa Democratic caucus while Mike Huckabee took the Republican win. Question is, will things run so smoothly when the process hits Ohio? As we have already mentioned, Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner is not very happy with the voting technology in Ohio. Brunner recently [...]