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You may find this website of no interest to
read. And out of courtesy to the reader, click me off if you find the comments
in this paragraph boring. Before clicking on to this page, you viewed a picture
of the American flag waving against the striking beauty of natures painting of
clouds against an aqua blue sky. ( if old glory was bypassed, please click on
) If you cannot view this scene without feeling a sense of pride, this sight is
not for you. If you’re anti-government, move on in search for the ideal. If
you are looking for a political head bashing site, no excitement here. Just go
to search, type in the name of a politician and maybe, just maybe you will find
something exciting to read. I did but found the head bashing site boring to
read. No excitement! Guess I'm just an oddball. Hopefully many people will find
this website interesting if there is an agreement that good business practices
in government needs to be monitored by citizens from all walks of life. If you
feel politicians from the President on down, need to be observed, you may find
this website keeping you awake at night...yea I know, ...in my dreams.
Current Entries...
CLICK HERE Current Open Letter - February 13, 2012
Click Here New - Lincoln West High School - A series attached to Open Letters
Click Here New - Concerns at Lincoln West Officials are Requested to Fix!
(the above page gets updated as soon as new information is sent and received - Citizens should review the concerns as reflections on other public schools (not all) )
Click Here The new School District’s Transformation Plan
(is it for real or is it just another plan that will lose interest once the objective is won, meaning the present drive to put a levy on the ballad in November. Parts of the plan is now in the hands of state legislators for approval on certain issues. An Open Letter was sent to members of the Senate and House Education Committees, and the citizens of Ohio who, through their taxes, support the public schools.)
Current Ohio Department of Education Report Cards
Election 2009: A Betrayal of the Publics Trust
The Next Four Years
Open Letters to the Citizens of Cleveland, and the Public at large
Click Here New - Election 2013: A Betrayal of the Public Trust…will be titled again if…
Information voters should know before casting votes in the next election.
CLICK HERE Index of All Open Letter Topics for 2010, 11 & 12
CLICK HERE Community Ward pages including emails sent to all Council members concerning
important issues. (However, answers to issues may depend on emails to leaders from
many citizens. If silence persist, recalls or other elective choices can lead to new
beginnings)
CLICK HERE The Funny Bones Page (This WebSite needs a few laughs and...
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Click Here The Primary Election - September 8, 2009 &
The General Election - November 3, 2009
Click Here Does the Mayor and Council members really deserve another four years in office?
Click Here Part 13 - The Next Four Years – Just might be a repeat of parts 1 through 12
New - Email Alarms for
Sleeping Politician 
(postponed)
New - Vote
For...Don't Ask Questions...Before Or After... (quotes worth questioning before
and after) (postponed)
Click Here Email memos from candidates who participated in the Primary Election (postponed)
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The
School Report Card
Click
Here
(an important message was added to the article above. Please click)
July 1, 2009
Cleveland
Charter Schools
- Ohio Department of Education Report Cards
State
Superintendent’s Schools of Promise (public & charter)
Ohio's Best Among America's
Best High Schools
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Cleveland Politics and Beyond
Special Entry...
Cleveland is in an Urban Slump
(A thirteen part "ELECTION DAY" series ending on November 3, 2009)
Citizen’s Echo the Reasons – Politician's Excuse Them Away
Elections Bring Both Sides Together
Democracy Peaks In the Struggle To Be Heard
Previous
articles in series...Part
One – Biographical Illusion
Part
Two - Should Voters Prosecute the Prosecutor
Part
Three - The Gift That Keeps On Giving
Part
four - A Landscape of Blight – to a Politicians Delight
Part
Five
Part
Six - Tremont - Where common folks are welcome - to live on land worth a
dollar
Part
Seven - The Plain Dealers contribution to urban plight and flight
Part
Eight - When democracy bleeds in government – the political majority feel
no
pain.
Part Nine - Utility complaints – take
them down the road to someone who cares - And Leave
The Politicians Alone!
Part
Ten - Does Cleveland City Council need an Education Committee?
Eight years of silence adds up to – can’t be bothered
Part Eleven - Appointed members to Council, ads up to
Victory! against the public vote
Part 12 - Meet Sabre Pierce Scott – Cleveland’s Future Mayor
Wind and Weather Permitting
Part 13 -
The Next Four Years – Just might be a synopsis of parts 1 through 13
Plus
Click Here Does the Mayor and Council members really deserve another four years in office?
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Cleveland
City Council E-Mail addresses
PLEASE NOTE! From this point on articles are available upon email request.
The Primary Election - March 4, 2008 -
Privacy Of The Vote - Denied
Cleveland City Council ( a proposal for
ward .. web sites )
Web Site
Proposal Update Information - A Log
Ask Your Councilman
Cleveland City Council (a proposal -
what! no Education Committee??!! )
A
proposal that keeps chipping away at political apathy
Home
Security Systems - A safety net for police - A danger net for the elderly
Campbell goes to Harvard
Center for Families and
Children Services
( a private charity that receives public funds )
Tim
Hagan, Cuyahoga County Commissioner The Anti-Democracy Politician
( The
Democrat that gave the Republicans an image boost
The
Rotten Tomato Awards
FACT FINDING PAGES of Cleveland City
Council members (updates discontinued)
Cleveland Metropolitan School District
Specials...
School
Report Cards - As reported by The Ohio Department of Education
CEO Eugene Sanders
Getting out the message - The
Levy is coming
Sander's
Six Month Review
Barbara Byrd-Bennett (CEO - served 1998 -
2006) IT WAS THE WORST OF TIMES
Unofficial Government Web site for Ward 14
Specials...
The Recall of Joe Santiago
Joe Santiago's Six Month Review
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Cleveland Politics & Beyond
Click Here January 1, 2008 - Introducing - Anthony Brancatelli, Phyllis E. Cleveland, Brian Cummins Kevin Kelley, Joe Santiago and Nina Turner - New Members of the City Hall Click Club
Click Here December 15, 2007 - Cleveland’s Eye Sores – Neighborhood Blight - A Citizen’s Lament – A Politician’s Apathy
Click Here A Log of Transactions from Ward 15 Citizens to Councilman Brian Cummins over Neighborhood Blight (Vacant Houses and Buildings).
Click
Here
November
15, 2007 - Mayor
Frank Jackson
Click
Here November
1, 2007 - Tim Hagan, Cuyahoga County Commissioner The
Anti-Democracy Politician - The Democrat that gave the Republicans an image
boost
Click Here Mayor Frank Jackson's first year in office
Click Here State of the City Address - as presented by national reports of merit for 2007
Click here State of the City Address - as presented by national reports of merit for 2008
Click Here The Rotten Tomato Awards
Click
Here Center for Families and
Children
" Recap and Conclusion - August 20, 2007
FACT FINDING PAGES of Cleveland City Council
members
Open Letters and Articles
Cleveland City Council ( a proposal for
ward .. web sites )
Cleveland City Council ( what! no education
committee??!! )
Home Security Systems in Cleveland. How good are they...if
So Councilman Michael O'Malley wants to
be judge of Cleveland Municipal
Court
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Open Letters
1 - Campbell goes to Harvard - February 1, 2006
2 - The Campbell rumor that centered attention on the
Center for Family and Children - March 31, 2006
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Tracking Mayor Jane Campbell (
combined to date )
( a series of writings for citizen consideration to question - discuss - agree - disagree - some tips before the vote is cast )
Take time to smell the roses - January
24, 2005
The United Way is not the right way! - February 14
Frank Jackson - the Wanna-be mayor -
March 7
A shocking issue - A mute Council - March 28
A shocking issue - A test of compassion - April 18
Jane Campbell - The Hot and Cold of Freeze - May 12
Silence Is the Only Rule Politicians Seldom Brake - May 23
The " Uninformed Blather " of James
Draper - According to the Uninformed
PD Editors - June 27
Politicians - Candidates - Who Are the Protectors of -
White Collar Crime? - September 5
James Draper - Candidate for Mayor - But why!? - September 12
Part two - Home Security Systems in Cleveland. How good are they...if
Sept.19. For
part one, please click
Abatement - Cleveland's Give-A-Way's to Gates
Mill's Big Guys - September 27
Campbell - Jackson - No Contest Here - Either Way, It's A Big Guy Win!
Part 1 Democracy on the Edge - The Human Stain - October 4
Part 2 Campbell - On the Job Training - A
Risky Business - October 11
Part 3 A Report On Crime - Cleveland Tops Cities In Ohio - October 19
Part 4 Mike's Budget Success - Jane's Budget Un-Success - October 29
Part 5 The Odds and Ends of Games Politicians Play on the Public
- Nov. 4
Part 6 Take time to smell the roses - part two - November 8, 2005
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Click here Election 2001 - The Suppression of Democracy in Cleveland
( Unfinished - written before the series, " Tracking Mayor Jane Campbell " )
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