Mayor Frank Jackson

Dear Mayor Jackson, There is a problem at the City Of Cleveland's Division Of Water. A big one. I am not sure if you read The Plain Dealer or not, but no less than 8 articles documenting customer service issues and unexplained spikes in your customer's water bills {Some as high as 800 have been written in the last 6 months. The TV stations are just warming up. Tom Meyer is on deck, and Joe P. is really getting pumped up for this one, Mayor.. Your customers are really angry, and it is just not getting better, Mayor Jackson. Current issues now include; No ... Read Full Story

Yes . My opinion, only. But, wouldn't it be nice to have some activity downtown? {Activity=revenue} Certainly more interesting than having a company from Italy or France set up shop here... "Why settle for hamburger when Cleveland could end up with steak?" asked Cleveland developer, Jeff Jacobs during an exclusive interview with The Plain Dealer at his suburban Cleveland home. Jacobs is dead on. Maybe the old-school politicians seemingly entrenched here forever will shut up long enough to think about the $$ potential. People always have a choice. They can gamble. Or not gamble. Read why. {Full Disclosure; I lived and worked in Las ... Read Full Story

Natural gas marketers have some very competitive offers during a time when prices are at seven-year lows, according to the folks at The Akron Beacon Journal .Those who watch the industry say prices could tumble even more. Or, of course, they could go the other way-no one has a crystal ball to know what a commodity traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange will do. But for now... Read Full Story

From Forbes.com; Last month, representatives and citizens of eight great American cities--Buffalo, N.Y.; Canton, Ohio; Charleston, W. Va.; Cleveland, Ohio; Dayton, Ohio; Detroit, Mich.; Flint, Mich.; and Youngstown, Ohio --met in Dayton to discuss the " America's fastest-Dying Cities " article, also from the Forbes.com site. Read more about the death of these cities. Or, are they actually alive? Read Full Story

From The Plain Dealer; The last ice cream maker still based in Cleveland, has submitted plans to the City Planning Commission's Euclid Corridor Design Review Committee to build a 35,540-square-foot factory adjacent to its corporate headquarters and warehouse at 6200 Euclid Ave. Read about Pierre's Ice Cream Expansion Plans... Read Full Story