“Opportunity Corridor —will the opportunity be realized?” a forum on February 21, 2018

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https://youtu.be/8D-IrhesBGs?t=7m13s

Wednesday February 21, 2018 7-8:30pm
Opportunity Corridor —will the opportunity be realized?
moderated by Steven Litt Plain Dealer, Art, Architecture, Urban Design and City Planning Reporter
The Opportunity Corridor provides a connection between west and east sides; through neighborhoods that would benefit from economic renewal. It has been condemned, extolled, and now is becoming a reality. But what will it do in reality?

Panelists
Chris Alvarado, Executive Director, Slavic Village Development

Freddy L. Collier, Director, City Planning Commission, City of Cleveland

Blaine A. Griffin. Cleveland Ward 6 Councilperson

Chris Ronayne, President, University Circle Inc

Denise VanLeer, Executive Director, Fairfax Renaissance

Cost: Free & Open to the Public
Tinkham Veale University Center, CWRU Campus
11038 Bellflower Road, Cleveland OH 44106

Steven Litt, The Plain Dealer (photo by Lizzie Litt)


Cosponsored by
Case Western Reserve University Siegal Lifelong Learning Program, League of Women Voters-Greater Cleveland, Cleveland.com/Plain Dealer plus Heights, Lakewood, Shaker and Cuyahoga County Library Systems.

Corporate sponsor: First Interstate, Ltd.

News Aggregator “Feature” Archives 2018

Deadlock over Ohio House speakership could delay updating election equipment: Thomas Suddes (6/2/2018) Cleveland.com

The nation’s freshwater coast is a key fulcrum for Rust Belt revival (5/31/2018) Brookings Institute

50 most influential Clevelanders of all time (5/22/2018) Cleveland.com

Video from the “Women in Politics: How to get more women to run for office in Ohio” moderated by Mary Kilpatrick, Cleveland.com (5/16/2018)

The Browns Are Talking About a New Stadium… But here’s what they really want, and why it probably won’t happen (5/16/2018) Cleveland Scene

Forum looks to find answers on how to get more women involved in politics (5/14/2018) Cleveland.com

A wind farm on Lake Erie? If only Ohio pols, and some environmental activists, too, would get out of the way. (5/8/2018) Belt

It’s time for an economic development summit in Cleveland (4/28/2018) Smart Busiuness

Video from the Single Payer/Universal Healthcare forum (4/25/2018)

Could universal healthcare work in the U.S.? Panel discussion is Wednesday (4/20/2018) Plain Dealer

Roldo’s Point of View The legacy of a Cleveland hell-raiser (4/18/2018) Cleveland Scene

Interviews with 6 Ohio Governor Candidates. For May 8, 2018 primary (April, 2018)

Video from Shaker Library Levy forum from Shaker Democratic Club. Held on April 3, 2018

Lies, Damn Lies and the 450 Acres of Prime Real Estate That is Burke Lakefront Airport (4/4/2018) Cleveland Scene

Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s ties to Cleveland still strong 50 years after death (4/4/2018) Plain Dealer

Video from the “Redistricting in Ohio and US” forum (3/20/2018)

Recap story from “Redistricting in Ohio and US” forum (3/20/2018) Cleveland.com

Terminal Tower celebrated as “Cleveland’s Endearing Symbol” in CSU exhibit (3/18/2018) Plain Dealer

Inside Cleveland’s vacant Warner & Swasey factory, an industrial relic seeking new life (3/18/2018) Plain Dealer

Video from Shaker State of the City 2018 delivered by Mayor Earl Leiken (3/15/2018)

Cities Form Municipal Broadband Companies To Attract Companies and People (3/16/2018) Ideastream

Video from “Consumer Scams. How to spot avoid and respond” forum (3/8/2018)

Needed – a ballot issue to end the rule of guns in Ohio: Brent Larkin (3/8/2018) Cleveland.com

Video from “Opportunity Corridor forum moderated by Steven Litt, Plain Dealer (2/21/2018)

Rust and Renewal: A Cleveland Retrospective (2/2018) Cleveland Federal Reserve

Roldo Bartimole Marks 50 Years As Cleveland’s Watchdog Journalist (2/19/2018) Ideastream

The infamous “Snake by the Lake” 9th Congressional District may have been put back in its box this week. Read more here (cartoon by Kirk Walters, Toledo Blade)

Woodmere and its connection to Northeast Ohio black history (2/16/2018) Cleveland.com

The Science Behind Balto’s Famous Journey That Took Place 93 Years Ago (2/15/2018) Inverse Science

Frank C. Cain, Cleveland Heights, and the Suburban Vision by Marian J. Morton (Feb 2018)

Ohio congressional redistricting deal a surprise victory for reform: editorial 2/6/2018 Cleveland.com

(After nearly 40 years) Dennis Kucinich’s City Hall portrait is ready (2/2/2018) Cleveland Magazine

Cleveland’s Ned Jordan ran an advertisement in 1923 that forever changed the automobile industry. It didn’t focus on price, engine size or features. It sold a feeling. (2/1/2018) Ohio Magazine

Cleveland Indians’ Chief Wahoo, from inception to end: A timeline (1/29/2018) Cleveland.com

Ohio’s very high-stakes, under-the-radar Senate race, explained (1/26/2018) Vox

“Is Northeast Ohio a Sanctuary Region? Where does our region stand on immigration?” (1/16/2018) video

Cleveland founder shares what his startup community gets right and wrong (1/9/2018) Venture Beat

What the Cuyahoga River Means to Cleveland (January) Cleveland Magazine

Interviews with 6 Ohio Governor Candidates. For May 8, 2018 primary

Interviews with 6 Ohio Governor Candidates. For May 8, 2018 primary
Produced by Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at The University of Akron. The interviewer is Tom Beres

Read about them here

Watch them here:

Forty years ago, Cleveland became the first major U.S. city since the Depression to fall into default. Here’s how it happened: Brent Larkin Cleveland.com Dec 13, 2019

Forty years ago, Cleveland became the first major U.S. city since the Depression to fall into default. Here’s how it happened: Brent Larkin
December 13, 2019 Cleveland.com
Here’s the link

Challenging Gerrymandering, the Purge, and More: A Panel Discussion on Voting Rights  a forum on Oct 4, 2018


The flyer is here
Thursday October 4, 2018 7pm-8:30pm (opens at 6pm)
Challenging Gerrymandering, the Purge, and More:
A Panel Discussion on Voting Rights 
Freda Levenson, Legal Director of the ACLU of Ohio
Jen Miller, Executive Director of the Ohio League of Women Voters
Andre Washington, President of the Ohio A. Philip Randolph Institute
*Moderator, Gary Daniels, Chief Lobbyist for the ACLU
Market Garden Brewery 1947 West 25th St, Cleveland 44113 (lower level)
Light appetizers will be served and there will be a cash bar

“The Nuts and Bolts of Ohio Campaign Finance” Thursday October 26, 2017

Thursday October 26, 2017
“The Nuts and Bolts of Ohio Campaign Finance”
Flyer here

Video here

  
Donald C. Brey                                        Donald J. McTigue

Session #1: Ohio Campaign Spending/Finance Laws
▪ Donald C. Brey, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
▪ Donald J. McTigue, McTigue and Colombo

 
Catherine Turcer                  Cyndra Miller-Cole

Session #2: Alternative Campaign Funding Models Current Used in Other States and Communities
▪ Catherine Turcer, Common Cause Ohio
▪ Cyndra Miller-Cole,  The Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics, The University of Akron

Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Moot Court Room,
1801 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland 44115
9:30am-11:30am Free and Open to the Public.
CLE credit available for $30. Register for CLE here with CMBA

Program cosponsored by Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association and the League of Women Voters-Greater Cleveland

“A look at the political crystal ball for 2018” forum on Thurs Nov 16, 2017

“A look at the political crystal ball for 2018”
a forum moderated by Andrew Tobias, Cleveland.com
Thursday November 16, 2017
Parma Snow Branch, Cuyahoga County Public Library
2121 Snow Road, Parma 44134
7-8:30 p.m. Free & Open to the Public
The flyer is here

The preview is here

The forum summary is here

The video is here

Panelists:

Matthew R. Cox, lobbyist, attorney, political operative, founder and President of Capitol Partners

Michael F. Curtin,
former Columbus Dispatch Columnist, publisher, author of “Ohio
Political Almanac, former member of Ohio House of Rep (D)

Mary Anne Sharkey,
Political consultant, former politics editor, Plain Dealer

Moderator: Andrew Tobias, Reporter, Cleveland.com


Andrew Tobias

Co-sponsored by the Case Western Reserve University Siegal Lifelong Learning Program, League of Women Voters-Greater Cleveland, Cleveland.com, Plain Dealer plus Lakewood and Cuyahoga County Library Systems
Corporate sponsor: First Interstate Properties, Ltd.

“Home Rule for NE Ohio Communities. Should it be stronger or weaker?” October 17, 2017 @ Lakewood Main Library

“Home Rule for NE Ohio Communities.
Should it be stronger or weaker?”
Tuesday October 17, 2017
moderated by Tom Beres/WKYC-TV emeritus
Lakewood Public Library, 15425 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, OH
6:30-8:00 p.m. Free & Open to the Public
Tom Bier, Ph.D, Senior Fellow, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University

Barbara A. Langhenry, Director of Law, City of Cleveland
Gary Singletary, Chief Counsel, City of Cleveland

Thomas Suddes, Columnist, Cleveland.com/Columbus Dispatch/Dayton Daily News
Michael Summers, Mayor, City of Lakewood
 
This forum will cover the pros and cons of an issue that impacts Northeast Ohio communities almost every day. Who has the right to control laws regarding Gun Control, Fracking, Police, Schools, and many other issues. Should it be local communities? Or should the Ohio legislature set the laws for your city. 

In addition, some have argued that strong Home Rule laws in Ohio have contributed to sprawl and other public policy that may be damaging to Northeast Ohio as a whole

Tom Beres
Cosponsored by Lakewood Public Library, Cleveland.com/Plain Dealer, League of Women Voters-Greater Cleveland, CWRU Siegal Lifelong Learning
Corporate sponsor: First Interstate Properties, Ltd.
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