68% of what? And other questions.
I can’t believe I have to file a whole-ass lawsuit just to get the City to answer a really simple question. But here we are.
politics
BLM Demands
It’s time to stop blaming Republicans for things that are entirely in the control of “liberal” and “progressive” Democratic politicians.
Speaking of buttholes
Here’s the thing about being a really poor North American city. You have two options really. https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cleveland/mayor-frank-jackson-says-cleveland-is-perceived-as-butthole-of-the-world/95-0a1ac81d-d59f-4405-9bfb-ce0be0cbb1da The first one, we’ve tried for at least 41 years now. (I’m starting with late 1978 because Default Night was such a landmark.) It doesn’t fucking work. We should stop doing it. The second one, even though it […]
Leadership in a pandemic
How would leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic be different if we had a President who was actually interested in doing the job? Since it’s not a reality show? A thoughtful President would pull their best people together for about three days and get an eight-page report (or something like that) on the most urgent problems […]
Why Democrats keep losing
It’s not like we didn’t know this already, but it’s galling that currently sitting US Senators of the Democratic Party *like* the filibuster rule because it stops progressive legislation.
Recycling: is anybody doing this?
It’s bizarre that China stops taking plastic and cities are just going “oh well” and that’s the end of it.
Half Ass is better than No Ass
I am extra pissed off today. The thing I really resent is that the rest of the world is moving forward, while in Cleveland we are reduced to begging Council members to beg the Mayor to do even the tiniest things in regard to essential objectives like sustainability, environmental health, and traffic safety. Take this […]
My platform as Mayor of Cleveland
Let’s half-ass everything! It’s better than no ass!
My November 2019 ballot
In a couple of weeks I will continue to uphold my streak of never missing an election in 36 years. Here’s what’s on the ballot in Cleveland Ward 3. Municipal judge: Joseph Russo vs. Marilyn B. Cassidy Russo litters public rights of way with yard signs (boo!) and is also unrecommended by the local Black […]
Criticizing media criticism
I was listening to some old episodes of the “On The Media” podcast today. Here’s one that got my attention: “Impossible!” The first segment is funny. Jonathan Greenberg is incredulously telling the story of how Trump got onto the Forbes list of richest people (in the 1980s) by talking fast and bullshitting him, and in […]