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The proposed design looks 100 times better than what is there now. And the Breck Building is not immediately adjacent to the land. It is at the top of the hill and the development is at the bottom. It already looks like a wasteland down there. This would be a major improvement. And if the city doesn't use tax dollars to pay for it, then how will it pay for it???? Tax dollars are supposed to go towards improvements like this. There is no additional tax money coming from the residents. This makes more sense the an ampitheater, one of the suggestions from this group. Who would use that?

I moved to the Ville 3 years ago and thank the good Lord everyday on my drive home from work I live there. The proposed location is central in the city which would make sense. Plus, don't they already have service vehicles there? I agree with the above commenters...there is way more to the story and there is some personal motivation. Why should the city spend more $$ than it has to. The Mayor has a long range plan, evidenced by the ability to adjust to the loss of VA revenue with very little pain.

"...this board is blind and deaf to constructive criticism from the community."

Yet all they (and us) get from you is constant nagging and harping. Where is the constructive criticism. It is people like you and those who defeated issue 2 that are holidng this community back from any significant progress. If you are so informed and wise on the matters, why don't you get off your keyboard and run for the school board? Or is your special talent just complaining and making the rest of us parents frustrated at your obstruction?

I'll be amazed if Kokosing finishes this project by the end of the month. It has been over 2 years. And that section of I-77 is an intermmitent construction zone at best. The extra lane was finished ages ago. The barrels go up and come down with no consistency.

So, if you disagree with the President on a policy matter you are a racist. When you disagreed with any other president on any matter and you were of different ethnicity that wasn't racisim? Of course it wasn't then and should be labeled racism now.

And for everyone calling the Repbulicans racist, please provide the facts. Exactly what has the party done to be labeled, in its entirty, racists? And please don't say because "this" person or "that" person did something. To label a whole party, or race, based on the actions of a few is stereotyping and not valid.

Garfield Hts is centrally located in the county. However, the article states this center is not open to the public. You take the waste to your local service department and they bring it here.

Wonder if Rocky River is demanding a share in tax revenue from Cleveland, like Frankie would if the situation was reversed.

I am a family of 5 earning less than 100K per year on two incomes. We have 3 children in the district and despite it all are still living check to check. We moved here 3 yrs ago because of the district. With the busing cancelled and the the daily round trip to school, along with the increased fees, our school expenses have already exceeded what the increase in property tax would have been with the new levy.

The school system is not on the hook "lifetime" pension. They pay a percentage of salary to the state retirement system which in turn manages the pensions. The cost to the district at retirement would be the payout of sick and vacation time. They already paid their pension obligation to the state and a per pay basis.

Everyone in the community benefits from a good school system. I support this levy and encourage others to do the same.

Keep voting no folks. Then the BBHCSD will soon become the equivalent of South Parma, or South Garifled. Take a look how those districts are doing and the home values in those neighborhoods. I moved here because of the schools and I'm sick of the small minded, vindictive individuals that are purposely intending to ruin it.

It may be less "shocking" but it doesn't hurt any less.

I believe there are only 5 or 6 level 1 trauma centers in the entire state of Ohio. A hospital cannot stay open if it cannot afford to pay it's health care providers and support staff (nurses, techs, etc). If an organization is losing money, they will typically cut positions. East Cleveland used to be a destination for Cleveland's wealthy, such as Rockefeller. Perhaps it can rebuild and at least attract a middle class again.

Medicare and Social Security need to be FIXED. Or they will die from deglect within the next 10-20 years. Any time someone looks at making changes to make it sustainable for the long term, there are cries of outrage that it will be taken away. Look, either we have adjusted programs that continue to be available or we have no programs because they went broke due to Congress' lake of foresight and proactive planning.

We had to endure 2 entire years of orange barrels on I-77. They were finally removed last fall/winter. Now, they're back!!?? I'd venture to say it took less time to build the highway in the first place. Just get it done already!

Ford didn't take a bail out and they have had a tremendous turn-around, on their own!

Councilman Pernell Jones Jr, last I checked the suburbs were still part of the county. It is the county hospital after all.

And there was Chambers bakery in Slavic Village (before it was called that). I used to stop there after church on Sunday with my dad (yes, they were open Sundays) and if I was lucky I got one of their big chocloate chip cookies. Local bakeries were and still are the best!

Condolences to the families. Too many kids dying lately.

I need to question how fast that truck was going and why it took him so long to determine that their car was not moving that he had "tried to swerve to miss it." Changing lanes within a more reasonable distance would have saved the day.

I suggest that Mr Ormsby stop browsing the books at the big box stores at Crocker Park long enough to look around him. In times like these, libraries are most needed. In addition to books, they provide services to the poeople, such as internet access to look for a job because they cannot afford service at home, workshops to improve their resumes and job search skills, or simple access to a wealth of knowledge and entertainment that could be out of their budget if they had to rely on Barnes & Noble or Borders.

Doubt that. SB 5 will require public employees to pay a percentage towards health insurance, comparable to the percentage the tax payers, who pay their salaries, pay. SB 5 will no longer protect bad employees (cops, fireman, or garbage collectors) by removing the cloak of seniority behind which they hide. Pay rates are still subject to collective bargaining. And police are still allowed to bargain other job related things, like bullet proof vests. This was spelled out in a PD article a week or two ago. It is in the city's (whether CLE or suburb) best interest to train their staff and I doubt that will change. I'm glad the cops were able to protect themselves and save the victim. Nothing in SB 5 will change this in the future. And saying so is just propaganda.