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CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - American women everywhere have good reason this week to be confused and angry after a Federal Advisory panel issued new recommendations that said the current regimen of breast exams is not necessary. More>>
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - There is a lot of smoke and mirrors being employed by the Army and the White House in the wake of Major Nidal Malik Hasan’s shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas. Almost within moments of the attack that killed thirteen American servicemen and women, authorities began characterizing the assault as the act of a deranged officer, a Muslim soldier who had been harassed and who snapped under stress. More>>
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - If the federal government's handling of the current Swine Flu epidemic is any indicator, then the prospect of Washington managing universal health care for all of us ought to incite an epidemic of nervousness. More>>
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - Mark it down folks, Tuesday of this week was an historic day in Ohio and Cuyahoga County. It was the day voters threw off the yoke of one party machine politics in greater Cleveland and also turned away from a nineteenth century superstition about legalized gambling. Hooray for us! More>>
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - I'm Dan Gilbert - founder and chairman of Quicken Loans and majority owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers - responding to Bill Applegate's editorial in support of Issue 3. More>>
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - Never has an election been more important to Cleveland and Cuyahoga County than the one being held next week. You must vote and you must vote'Yes 'on two very crucial issues. More>>
Cleveland, OH (WOIO)- The entrenched political power structure in Cuyahoga County is getting nervous. Recent polls and absentee voting levels both indicate that voters are ready to give overwhelming approval next month to Proposition 6. More>>
Cleveland, OH (WOIO) - Boy oh Boy, just when you think the news coming out of the Cuyahoga County Corruption investigation couldn't get any worse...it gets worse. More>>
Cleveland, OH (WOIO) - Doctor Toby Cosgrove the CEO of the Cleveland Clinic opened a juicy can of worms recently by telling the New York Times that he would not hire obese people if he could legally get away with it. The Clinic already has a policy preventing the hiring of smokers and Cosgrove was putting obese people in the same category of serious health risks. More>>
Cleveland, OH (WOIO) - What if they held an election and no one came? That would be an apt description for the primary election held on Tuesday of this week. Hardly anyone showed up to vote in the handful of suburban municipal races and the marquee event, the Cleveland Mayoral Primary attracted a woeful turnout of 35-thousand or so. More>>
Cleveland, OH (WOIO) - It's high time that all of us in Ohio who care about both honest government and our wallets pressure the state legislature to appeal the loophole law that allows elected officials to double dip. More>>
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - With the country still in a deep recession, many Americans have locked up their credit cards and shut down their spending. But in at least one case, that may not be a wise financial move and that case is - cars. More>>
It is deeply disturbing to see the West's war against terrorism compromised by politics as in the case in this country with the Attorney General's recent decision to investigate the interrogation methods of CIA agents who are trying to protect us or compromised by money. More>>
The Downtown Cleveland Alliance is a nonprofit program working to promote a dynamic downtown business district. Among other efforts, the alliance fields a cadre of yellow-shirted ambassadors who clean streets and sidewalks of trash and graffiti. More>>
A much needed plan to reform government in Cuyahoga County will appear on the upcoming November ballot, but as you may know, there is also a competing proposal put forth by the County Commissioners which is designed primarily to confuse voters and de-rail the reform plan. More>>
(WOIO) - Two American journalists falsely imprisoned by the rogue regime in North Korea were freed this week after former President Bill Clinton was dispatched to bow and scrape before Dictator Kim Jong Il. More>>
(WOIO) - President Barack Obama suffered a bout of foot-in-mouth disease last week when he tried to come to the defense of a black Harvard professor arrested at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. More>>
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - The three members of the Cuyahoga County Board of Commissioners have made it clear - they intend to hang on to their powerful political positions despite any and all attempts to dislodge them. More>>
(WOIO) - I am Brendan Corrigan and I am responding to Bill Applegate's editorial on the closing of Saint Patrick's Church. More>>
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - The inner workings and the decision-making mechanisms of the Catholic church - like most religious institutions - are often autocratic and frequently cloaked in secrecy. More>>
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - Every time we air one of our editorials we ask you, the audience, to write and let us know what you think. And you do. More>>
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - An economic advisor to President Obama, Laura Tyson, said this week that the United States ought to consider approving a second economic stimulus plan - that the $787 billion dollars approved back in February was too little. More>>
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - We have said it before in this space and we'll say it again - if the citizens of Cuyahoga County refuse to rise up and rid themselves of our corrupt county government, then what misfortune the future brings is what we deserve. More>>
Beleaguered County Commissioner and Democratic Party boss Jimmy Dimora is not only arrogant in the face of a federal corruption probe but he is also downright audacious. More>>
(WOIO) - The brazen arrogance of Cuyahoga County's top elected officials - the ones facing indictment in the current corruption scandal and those who continue to support the ones facing indictment - is absolutely stunning to behold. More>>
(WOIO) - Like all politicians, Governor Ted Strickland will opt for expediency over principle any old day. That's what he has done by now agreeing to support a plan that would put 15,000 slot machines in Ohio's seven race tracks. More>>
(WOIO) - How can anyone who lives in Cuyahoga County argue that county government needs to be reformed? It is inefficient, its payroll is padded with political hacks and it's riddled with corruption. More>>
(WOIO) - President Barack Obama is, by all measures, an astute politician. But he's also a very fortunate one. How else can you explain the virtual free pass he has gotten from the press and the public for his expensive taxpayer-financed date with his wife in New York City last Saturday night? More>>
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - My name is David Gilchrist, I am responding to Bill Applegate's editorial regarding the H1N1 Virus. More>>
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - Now it may be a little premature to say this, but indications are that the great Swine Flu pandemic of 2009 may end up in the dust bin of history as a disaster that never happened joining the likes of Mad Cow Disease, the Avian Flu epidemic and other assorted health scares of recent years. More>>
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - The whole country is in a deep recession and nowhere is the mood any darker than here in Cleveland and Northeastern Ohio. More>>
Cleveland, OH - Raising hell about high taxes is about as American as apple pie and there certainly wasn't anything treasonous about the April 15th "Tea Party" demonstrations that were held in cities across the nation. More>>
Cleveland, OH - Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson made it official last Saturday - to no one's surprise - he announced he is running for a second term. More>>
U.S. Navy sharpshooters proved last Sunday that they could get the job done by picking off a trio of Somali pirates who were holding Captain Richard Phillips hostage in a lifeboat bobbing in the Indian Ocean. More>>
Cleveland, OH - Periodically, it seems, we citizens of this great nation undertake to suspend the practice of common sense. More>>
Well, what do you know those wonderfully silly public health advocates are at it again. You know who I mean - the ones who hold down overpaid government subsidized positions and spend their days telling the rest of us what we shouldn't eat, smoke, say or think. More>>
Warrensville Heights Police Chief Frank Bova was sworn in last Saturday as the interim Cuyahoga County Sheriff and immediately instituted some new rules that are so revolutionary, so progressive, it may shake the politically tainted county government to its very core. More>>
Federal researchers reported last week that more babies were born in 2007 than any year in the nation's history - 4.3 million births. But in that report there is both good news and bad news. More>>
The U.S. House of Representatives put on a display of demagoguery last week unprecedented in recent memory. Feigning indignation over the one hundred sixty-five million dollars in bonuses awarded to executives More>>
Cleveland, OH - Thanks to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, which continues its relentless and praiseworthy investigation of county government,we learned more last week about the laughable antics of Cuyahoga More>>
Cleveland, OH - Prosecutors in Cuyahoga County say they will seek the death penalty against three of the four men involved in the murder and attempted murder of two other men last month in a downtown park. More>>
The recent shooting downtown in Perk Park on Twelfth street is a tragedy....for the two victims of course...and their families. More>>
A good part of what's wrong with our economy is being caused by fear and panic. And politicians in Washington, particularly the President, are pouring fuel on the fire. In order to steamroll adversaries More>>
Cleveland, OH - Every time we air one of these editorials we ask you, the audience, to write and let us know what you think. And you do. My recent editorial chiding former Mayor Jane Campbell for abandoning More>>
If you are an elected official in Cuyahoga County, you might be happy about the current economic crisis because maybe, just maybe, no one is paying close attention to the embarrassing disaster that has More>>
Cleveland, OH - What is it about ice fishermen that cause them to take leave of their senses and wander off onto a half-frozen lake in defiance of Coast Guard warnings and spring temperatures that guarantee More>>
President Barack Obama is perilously close to blowing the first and arguably the most crucial effort of his young administration. The $900 billion dollar economic stimulus plan is in trouble and will likely More>>
I'm Denise Davis and I am responding to Bill Applegate's editorial regarding Jane Campbell. I was distressed when I heard Mr. Applegate's editorial criticizing Jane Campbell for taking a job outside More>>
A great number of people are quite justifiably cynical about the insanity defense which is so often employed in criminal trials. That cynicism was re-kindled last week when a three judge panel of county More>>
Cleveland, OH - Almost every politician you meet will tell you they care deeply about the home town or home district that they represent. But in fact it's their career they care mostly about and they will More>>
Cleveland, OH - What is it about our tendency to want to blame anti-social or even murderous behavior on movies, books, art or music? The latest whipping boy in this effort to hold cultural things responsible More>>
The radical Jihadist organization called Hamas - which for the moment controls Gaza, the Palestinian enclave in the south of Israel - has what it deserves right now which is the Israeli army beating More>>
As Barack Obama was hours away from being elected president, federal wiretaps picked up Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich sounding as though he was the winner of the big prize. More>>
Cleveland, OH - I'm Marcus Moore and I am responding to Bill Applegate's editorial on residency requirement and a family's right to live where they want. Firefighters and police officers living in neighborhoods More>>
Cleveland, OH - A sizeable number of public officials in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County are quite obviously for sale. And now we know how cheap some of them are to buy. More>>
Cleveland, OH - A Cleveland firefighter, who is also a decorated soldier in the Army Reserves, is the latest city employee made to suffer as the result of Cleveland's residency requirement for city employees. More>>
Cleveland, OH - What is the deal with the professional athletes in this country? More so than at any other time in my memory, pro football, basketball and baseball players seem to be a big collection of More>>
Cleveland, OH - At the end of each week's editorial, we ask our viewers to write and let us know what you think. And from time-to-time we enjoy sharing the opinions you send to us. Recently, I talked More>>
Cleveland, OH - The hard fought presidential election is over and that usually means in the world of politics that it's time to let bygones be bygones. More>>
In the final scene of the 1970's movie "The Candidate", the newly-elected Senator played by Robert Redford turned to his chief aide and asked "What do we do now?" It's easy to imagine the same question More>>
Cleveland, OH - There was no way Northeastern Ohio was ever going to escape the residual effects of the current economic crisis anymore than other regions in the country, but little did we know when this More>>
Cleveland, OH - Negative political advertising, the kind which is now dominating the presidential race, is nothing new - it's as old as the earliest American political campaigns. But only in the last 40 More>>
Cuyahoga County, OH - If those of us who live in Cuyahoga County somehow forget on Election Day what has been going on all summer inside county government then we have only ourselves to blame. More>>
Cleveland, OH - The Sixth United States Circuit Court of Appeals did the right thing this week in ordering Ohio's Secretary of State to set up a system that would verify the eligibility of tens of thousands More>>
Cleveland, OH - Hi, I'm Jenelle Putrino. I am responding to Bill Applegate's recent editorial on political courage. As a lower middle class taxpayer, I want specifics as to how the bailout will help More>>
There are enough villains in the current economic crisis to populate a small country - not just predatory lenders and Wall Street gamblers but irresponsible borrowers, too That eagerly got in over their More>>
Cleveland, OH - At the end of each editorial, we ask our viewers to write and let us know what you think. From time-to-time we enjoy sharing the opinions you send us. More>>
As with politics, arguing about religion is not recommended for most of us - it spoils dinner parties and it's dangerous when practiced by amateurs. Even career politicians, men and women skilled in the More>>
The state of Ohio finally acted last week to shut down the De Facto Fencing operation that has existed for years in the scrap metal business. Regulations took effect that require owners of scrap yards More>>
Cleveland, OH - We commemorate once again this week that horrific day - September 11th 2001. The day when Islamic terrorists, piloting hijacked airliners, brought down the Twin Towers in New York crashed More>>
Cleveland, OH - The Cleveland City Council swallowed hard and did the right thing last week by voting to make itself smaller. They approved a plan by Council President Martin Sweeney to put a city charter More>>
I'm Lynne Joy Rogers responding to Bill Applegate's editorial on tax breaks for film production companies. More>>
Cleveland, OH - In all of the excitement over nominating the first African-American for president, another equally revolutionary act by the Democratic Party has gone relatively unnoticed. At its convention More>>
Movie studios in Hollywood have joined the growing list of other free enterprise companies trying to coerce taxpayers into subsidizing their businesses. Word came this week that Paramount Studios wants More>>
Cleveland, OH - The state of Ohio issued its annual evaluation of public schools this week and to almost no one's surprise, The Cleveland School District flunked - again. The report said half of the More>>
Cleveland, OH - The presidents of dozens of colleges and universities across the nation have come together to urge lawmakers to consider whether the legal drinking age ought to be lowered from twenty-one. More>>
Cleveland, OH - The state of Ohio, or rather big labor unions in the state of Ohio, seem determined to make the state anti-business. The latest potential job killer is a bill currently scheduled to appear More>>
Cleveland, OH - Well, the big debate over offshore oil drilling continues to dominate the presidential campaigns of both John McCain and Barack Obama. Each candidate is bobbing and weaving, flipping and More>>
Make no mistake about it - Freedom of Speech - the very First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is the shiny hallmark of this great nation. Created by the founders to ensure a diversity of ideas and expression, More>>
Cuyahoga County, OH - I have only one question concerning the unprecedented raid this week by the FBI and the IRS targeting County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora and Auditor Frank Russo and that question is More>>
Cleveland, OH - According to the U.S. Census, the city of Cleveland has lost 8% of its population - some 40,000 - people since the year 2000. The population now a meek 438,000 souls. And, considering those More>>
Cleveland, OH - My name is Bob Zeltner and I am responding to Bill Applegate's recent editorial on changing opinions about oil drilling. There has been a war between environmentalists and proponents More>>
High gas prices have changed Americans' views on energy and the environment according to a new poll. The poll, by the Pew Research Center, shows that nearly half of those surveyed now support drilling More>>
Cleveland, OH - There is a story rolling around the Internet these days that says talking on your cell phone while driving a car will be made illegal in Ohio as of July 1st. The report is a hoax - Ohio More>>
Cleveland, OH - Hello, my name is Susanna Megles and I am responding to Bill Applegate's editorial on the proposed pit bull ban. I wholeheartedly concur with Mr. Applegate regarding the foolishness More>>
It doesn't make any difference whether the elected body is large or small - politicians love to enact laws - even when they aren't necessary, even when they can't be enforced and even when the law encroaches More>>
Cleveland, OH - When Congressman Dennis Kucinich rescued himself from near defeat in the Democratic Primary this spring, he did so by convincing voters that he really cared more about Cleveland than about More>>
Cleveland, OH - Chevonne Ecclestone, the woman beaten with a rock and left for dead in a Parma park died last week, leaving her family grief stricken and angry that her death apparently came at the hands More>>
Cleveland, OH - It's time once again to reach inside the editorial mail bag to hear what you think. Our editorial criticizing a municipal union for objecting to the employment of private ambassadors More>>
Cleveland, OH - Usually when the time comes for politicians to park their principles and display their customary hypocrisy we citizens are better off running for the hills with our hands over our back More>>
Cleveland, OH - We have editorialized in this spot before about how Cleveland has suffered from a culture mired in the past - a culture of political patronage, backward-leaning city leaders and unions More>>
Cleveland, OH - This past week, the United Nations convened its first meeting of the UN task force on the global food crisis. One of the things they will study is the role played by the high cost of oil More>>
Cleveland, OH - Hi, my name is Chris Huhnke and I'm responding to Bill Applegate's editorial on the gas tax suspension. The gas tax suspension does not add up to a whole lot of savings for the average More>>
Columbus, OH - Attorney General Mark Dann is as dead as a doornail politically - only he's too arrogant or too dim to lie down. Dann on Monday rebuffed demands for his resignation by all of the state's More>>
Cleveland, OH - Critics of the city of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County attribute the area's lack of progress in recent years to any number of failings - not the least of which is an outdated and counter- More>>
Cleveland, OH - Politicians are wonderful at blaming those in the other party for anything and everything that goes wrong - preferring good old-fashioned obfuscation over the truth to explain difficult More>>
Cleveland, OH - The country celebrated Earth Day this week - an annual occasion calling attention to environmental causes. But, unhappily, this year we also get to see the unintended consequences of our More>>
Cleveland, OH - Hello, my name is Sharon Balcarcel and I'm responding to Bill Applegate's editorial on the polygamist raid in Texas. You are correct Mr. Applegate when you said you don't want the state More>>
Cleveland, OH - The three presidential candidates, Senators Clinton, McCain and Obama are speaking out on all sorts of issues but what you won't hear them talk about is pork - and I'm not referring to More>>
Cleveland, OH - I may be alone on this, but I think the action taken by authorities in West Texas against a Polygamous Mormon sect is more than a little disquieting. Armed Texas State Troopers raided More>>
Cleveland, OH - A majority of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections voted on the side of sanity this week and decided not to pursue criminal charges against voters who switched parties in the March primary. More>>
Cleveland, OH - The top government leaders in New York state are certainly a frisky bunch - appearing to spend a lot of time in dalliances more sexual than political. The biggest recent headline involved More>>
Cleveland, OH - President Bush spoke at the Pentagon this week on the 5th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq and said that the cost of blood and treasure had been worth it. Meanwhile, a large crowd gathered More>>
Cleveland, OH - There may be no second acts in politics - but Ohio and Cuyahoga County proved Tuesday night that first acts can certainly be extended. The state voted overwhelmingly for senator Hillary More>>
Cleveland, OH - Time to read some mail from viewers responding to our recent editorials. We got a lot of responses to our editorial criticizing credit card companies for their high interest rates. Linda More>>
Cleveland, OH - What is left of the doddering and discredited ideology of worldwide communism suffered another setback last week with news that Fidel Castro, aged and ailing, was relinquishing power in More>>
Cleveland, OH - Now that Dennis Kucinich has at least temporarily abandoned his quixotic run for the White House, I guess it was only a matter of time before Ralph Nader, that other perennial presidential More>>
Cleveland, OH - In my opinion, the issue is not as clear as that. I, too, used to scowl at people who parked in handicapped spots and got out of their cars without so much as a cane or wheelchair and then More>>
Cleveland, OH - The recent action by the federal reserve to cut interest rates is seen as good news for the economy but don't expect to see interest rates for your credit cards decline. Oh, no - the nation's More>>
CLeveland, OH - How many times, while wandering a parking lot in search of a space, have you witnessed someone with a blue and white placard on the rear view mirror pull into a handicapped spot and then More>>
Cleveland, OH - A little over a year from now, February 18th 2009, your television world will change forever......and it's time for everybody who watches TV to get prepared. I am talking about the More>>
Cleveland, OH - I'm Paul Mason responding to Bill Applegate's editorial regarding the recent episodes of school violence. The absence of one student's parents in court - tantamount to contempt of court More>>
Cleveland, OH - Mayor Frank Jackson's crackdown on street crime is barely underway, but he might want to consider diverting some of the police into Cleveland's classrooms. Violence seems to have become More>>
Cleveland, OH - At the end of these editorials that we air each week, I ask for you to write and let me know what you think. And you do. We receive lots of emails commenting on our editorials and we will More>>
Cleveland, OH - The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio has thrown the latest monkey wrench into Cuyahoga County's star-crossed voting system. The ACLU has filed a suit to block the county's switch More>>
Cleveland, OH - After two years in office and a soaring homicide rate, Mayor Frank Jackson has decided it's finally time to get tough on gun crime. The mayor drew headlines with his announcement last More>>
Cleveland, OH - Well, you probably already know this - but they're baaack! I'm talking about telemarketers, the guys behind those annoying phone calls that always seem to happen right at the dinner hour. More>>
Cleveland, OH - If the voters of Cleveland's 10th Congressional District don't conspire to give the heave ho to Dennis Kucinich this election year then obviously they are suffering from some kind of mass More>>
Cleveland, OH - Well, it looks like the Cuyahoga County Board of Commissioners is suddenly worried that it may have been danced down the primrose path by developers of that mythological medical mart. The More>>
Cleveland, OH - For Cleveland sports fans, Santa Claus has come early. First, the Cavaliers march all the way to the NBA Finals, then the Indians power their way into the post season and nearly win a pennant. More>>
Cleveland, OH - It seems like no matter who we vote for - in whatever political election - the decision ends up costing taxpayers money. And now, thanks to those enterprising politicians whose incompetence we have come to expect, the very act itself of casting a vote is going to cost us even more money. More>>
Cleveland, OH - It seems like every time Wal-Mart opens a store in some neighborhood, there is a big hue and cry from Union's first - because the giant company is non-union but also from local businesses More>>
Cleveland, OH - Hello, my name is Reverend Paul Martin-Patterson. I live in Cleveland and I am responding to Bill Applegate's editorial about banning Halloween. I am a pagan minister and I personally More>>
Cleveland, OH - What makes political correctness so infuriatingly funny is that there appears to be no restrictions on the lengths its proponents can go to test the limits of absurdity. The latest case More>>
Cleveland, OH - How long are the citizens of Cuyahoga County going to put up with the mis-management and maybe outright incompetence of their county commissioners? Just a couple of years ago, commissioners More>>
Cleveland, OH - Well, for some critics, the transformation of the Cleveland Public Schools is complete now those critics, who have long maintained that today's urban schools function more like minimum More>>
Cleveland, OH - My name is Mary Ann Morgan. I am a resident of Parma and I am responding to Bill Applegate's recent editorial regarding skyrocketing cab fares at the airport. There is a new taxi cab More>>
Cleveland, OH - There is a new taxicab program going into effect at Cleveland Hopkins Airport but instead of providing better service which is what airport executives promise - the scheme looks to us like More>>
Cleveland, OH - The shooting spree at SuccessTech Academy in downtown Cleveland this week has sparked the predictable response among those worried about school safety. More>>
Cleveland, OH - If you live in Cuyahoga County, you may have noticed this week that ordinary purchases at the store suddenly cost more. That's because the new county sales tax increase went into effect. More>>
Cleveland, OH - Mayor Frank Jackson's plan to transfer 45 police officers from duty at the airport to patrols on the street and to replace those airport cops with privately hired officers is meeting the More>>
Cleveland, OH - There was report issued last week by the American Society of Microbiology and the soap and detergent association which is highly critical of the hygiene habits of men. The report says More>>
Cleveland, OH - Ordinarily, I'd be the last person you'd ever hear advocating restrictions on personal liberties. In this new prohibitionist age, we seem to be under constant attack from people who want More>>
Cleveland, OH - The most effective way to combat street crime is to hire more cops and put them on patrol. Cleveland's police union and others say the city needs an additional 300 police to make its streets More>>
Cleveland, OH - My name is Julie Marlin. I am responding to Bill Applegate's recent editorial on an environment going green. Within capitalism, we voice our values with our spending choices. I do More>>
Cleveland, OH - The big social issue of the day is, of course, the environment. Never has it been so trendy to be green. And, never has it been so costly to try. Well-meaning people who care about the More>>
Cleveland, OH - Beginning in may of this year and after mounting community frustration over the steady rise in street crime, Action News began an ongoing campaign called "Take Back Our Streets." The campaign More>>
Well here they come again, the Public health crusaders, the nanny police. Fresh from their victory in banning trans fats they are now taking aim at the breast and the bottle. The health and hospitals More>>
Cleveland, OH - Mayor Frank Jackson finally emerged from his cocoon this week to address the lawlessness that has gripped the city this summer. Only what he had to offer is way too little and certainly More>>
Cleveland, OH - With street crime on the minds of everyone in Cleveland, it might seem inappropriate to take the police to task for a recent incident - but take them to task we will because it's justified. More>>
Cleveland, OH - My name is Ronald Rolling. I am a resident of the greater Cleveland Metropolitan area. I am responding to Bill Applegate's recent editorial regarding jaywalking in downtown Cleveland. More>>
Cleveland, OH - Channel 19's Bill Applegate recently voiced his opposition to the proposed 6-foot law which would mandate a 6 foot space between strippers and their patrons. I agree with Mr. Applegate More>>
Cleveland, OH - I'm Rob McRae responding to Bill Applegate's recent editorial. Cleveland Clinic CEO, Toby Cosgrove, has announced that on September 1st the clinic will no longer employ anyone who uses More>>
Cleveland, OH - Hello, my name is Mary Price. I am responding to the editorial about the new teen driving laws. I understand why the state of Ohio decided to enforce this law, and I also appreciate More>>
Cleveland, OH - Matt O'Connell offers his response to Bill Applegate's Editorial. More>>
Cleveland, OH - The city of Cleveland now has a whole bunch of red light traffic cams designed to fleece unsuspecting motorists. But the cameras the city ought to be installing are the ones now going up More>>
Cleveland, OH - A week or so ago, a Cleveland city councilwoman struck a pedestrian with her car on Superior Avenue near Public Square. The councilwoman said the pedestrian, who wasn't badly hurt, wasn't More>>
Cleveland, OH - This is the week that NFL football players report to training camp to prepare for the new season - those who aren't under indictment, under suspension or in jail. The NFL is grappling More>>
Cleveland, OH - A nifty piece of political payback took place last week and there was so little news coverage about it, you might have missed it. Governor Ted Strickland, still on his political honeymoon More>>
Cleveland, OH - Downtown Cleveland is about to lose another icon of its once glorious past - the legendary Cleveland Athletic Club may not live to see its 100th birthday next year. A victim not only of More>>
Cleveland, OH - The Cleveland Clinic has recently joined a small group of other businesses and institutions by adopting a policy that it thinks is socially responsible but which is, in fact, arrogant, More>>
Cleveland, OH - Last week marked the 4th of July Independence Day celebration - the annual holiday commemorated with cookouts, fireworks and increasingly, with gunfire. In Cleveland, it was one of More>>
Cleveland, OH - The city of Cleveland has been labeled the poorest city in America and it's about to get poorer. In another attempt to hijack the wallets of Cuyahoga County taxpayers, the county commission More>>
Canton, OH - The horrific murder of Jessie Davis of Canton and the subsequent arrest of her police officer boyfriend leaves observers of the tragedy with plenty of questions. Some of them inexplicable More>>
Cleveland, OH - Just when you get convinced that all government agencies, federal, state and local are just plain dumb, dumb goes on vacation and dumber takes its place. In Columbus, thousands of state More>>
Cleveland, OH - As a taxpayer, you learn pretty quickly that politicians love to spend your money and frequently they even get indignant when someone objects to it. That's what's going on now with Cuyahoga More>>
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