The Real Deal Press March 2016 • Vol 2 # 12
Transcript of The Real Deal Press March 2016 • Vol 2 # 12
-
8/20/2019 The Real Deal Press March 2016 • Vol 2 # 12
1/16
Euclid High School football play-
ers in one school year been granted
tuition-free higher education.
“It’s time,” Bell said of his de-
cision via email. “I want to finish
my doctoral work at Ohio State
University. I have several poten-
tial opportunities that have been
presented to me in central Ohio,
and my home is in central Ohio.”
His tenure will come to an offi-
cial end at the close of the 2015-
2016 school year.
Bell said the decision to retire
was made over the last month al-
though he had been thinking
about it throughout the year. He
briefly considered a retire/rehire
move in November 2013, but re-scinded the request to the board
after determining it was not in
the district’s best interest.
he Columbus area native
said a successor has been cho-
sen but will not be made public
until after the next board meet-
ing, a special meeting called for
February 29.
In other school board news,
Arbor Elementary School Princi-
pal Kristen Schutte presented sta-
tistical and graph-based informa-
tion on improvements in student
achievement and the success of
a program that emphasizes good
character traits in students.w
Academic achievement was
reflected in elevated test scores at
all grade levels, according to data
presented for reading and math
using the iReady intervention pro-
gram. Other factors contributingto the success were small-group
interactivity sessions, teacher col-
laboration, and strategic tutor-
ing sessions. he good character
emphasis was the resulted of using
the new “Oz” initiative, according
to Schutte. Good character traits
were promoted by way of posters
that hung throughout the Arbor
school building. hey promoted“brains”, “courage”, “determina-
tion” and “heart”. Various students
were recognized for their achieve-
ments in the different categories.
Keith Bell, who three-and-a
half years ago assumed leader-
ship of a school district whose
stakeholders had no measurable
goals, announced he has submit-
ted his resignation to the board
to pursue other endeavors in
central Ohio. he board unan-
imously approved his request attheir February 22 meeting.
Bell, who has nearly four de-
cades of educational background,
took over as superintendent from
Joffrey Jones in August 2012.
Among the most notable of the
many accomplishments achieved
during his tenure are the opening
of four new elementary schools,
passage of a 5.4 mill levy to man-
age district resources, elimination
of cost-based extracurricular ac-
tivities, and a twenty-four percent
reduction in the need for disci-
plinary measures last year. As re-
cently as January, Bell witnessed
and congratulated sixteen stu-dent-athlete scholarship recipi-
ents who had made or were due
to make their higher education
choices. Never had that many
R EAL DEAL PRESS
Keith M. BellEuclid Supt.
MARCH VOL. ISSUE
School Supt. resigningat close of school year
Euclid
By Derek Dixon
RDP CORRESPONDENT
Valentine's Dayfor Book Lovers!
ON PAGE 16
Our Choice for County ProsecutorEDITORIAL
he criminal justice sys-
tem in America has always
been used to reinforce a status
quo that has kept black peo-
ple and poor people where
most of us historically have
always been: outside or on
the bottom. Racial dispari-
ties have been in the DNA
of the United States since be-
fore the Declaration of Inde-
pendence or the Constitu-
tion. oo many white people
don’t understand the depth
of the problem and too many
black people don’t know how
to talk about it or deal with it
effectively. Progress is slow.
Some days, some weeks, some
years, we seem to advance to-
wards racial justice. Other
days, weeks, years, we seem
to sink ever deeper.
When we look back at
midcentury America, around
the time a certain blowhard
probably has in mind when he
says he wants to “make Amer-
ica great again”, we recall a na-
tion that everywhere in every
field discriminated against
people on the basis of their
skin. And while we are all
members of the amen chorus
that says segregation and Jim
Crow were wrong, we tend to
forget how tenaciously almost
half the country
Continued on Page8
McGinty is a blunt force, and his many
efforts at reform have produced both
scars and pushback. The Cleveland
Police Patrolmen’s Association doesn’t
like him. He has made some county
judges uncomfortable.
-
8/20/2019 The Real Deal Press March 2016 • Vol 2 # 12
2/16
PAGE VOLUME TWO NUMBER T WELVETHE REAL DEAL PRESS
Chamber Members Tour
Industrial Surplus Giant
Euclid
By Derek Dixon
RDP CORRESPONDENT
More than a half-million squarefeet of warehousing — where sits ev-erything from a 5-lb. trash receptacleto a 16-ton blow molding machine
—provided the backdrop for lastmonth’s Euclid Chamber of Com-merce “Coffee Connections”.
“Our company’s motto is ‘Webuy and sell everything’, and that re-ally is the case,” explained HGR In-dustrial Surplus’ Chief MarketingOfficer Matt Williams, who directeda tour of the massive building’s inner
core. In business since 1998, HGR(“Hit the Ground Running”) tookoccupancy of the former GeneralMotors Fisher Parts plant after fiveyears of dormancy. From the outset,owner Paul Betori has grown a com-pany that “serves as a conduit be-tween customers looking for afford-
able used manufacturing machineryand industrial equipment, and man-ufacturers hoping to recoup someportion of their initial capital invest-ments,” according to the companywebsite [hgrinc.com].
“You can find just about any-thing that you can imagine, “Wil-liams continued, pointing down
more than a hundred yards of cor-ridor. “We’ve got brooms, vacuumcleaners, mop buckets, floor clean-
ers, and even a barbecue grill witha rotisserie…”“We currently have a lease
pending with a used car operationthat is looking at taking about a100,000 SF of our space, putting inthirty lifts and refurbishing cars,”he said. “hey then intend on sell-ing them through their chain ofused car dealerships. We’re hop-ing to have them join us as a tenanthere in short order.”
he message is clear: An oper-ation with unlimited procurementpotential that handles millions ofdollars in inventory is big enough toinfluence other industrial leaders to-ward long-term partnerships.
HGR has twenty-seven maincategories and 2,800 sub-catego-ries of items. he company sells
to everyone from the largest man-ufacturers of household and com-pany equipment to the random
street pedestrian. heir inven-tory comes from any and everyplace. he turnaround time ofsome items has been as little as tenminutes, but nothing sits for veryalong, according to Williams.
HGR is also big on commu-nity engagement and empower-ment. “HGR sponsors the Eu-clid, Ohio Robotics eam and is astrong supporter of Science ech-nology Engineering and Mathe-
matics (SEM) education,” saidHGR Marketing Communica-tions Specialist Gina abasso. “Wealso offer an annual scholarship toa local high school student.”
Coffee Connections is the Eu-clid Chamber’s ongoing network-ing and business collaborationincubator, held each month at a
different member business loca-tion in the city. One doesn’t haveto be a Euclid resident nor own
their enterprise in the city to be achamber member. “We’re tryingto network but have some fun atthe same time,” remarked newlyelected president Charlie Sims ofSims Buick GMC. he chamberwelcomes any size enterprise thathas some aspect of personal orcommunity uplift in its mission.
he next Coffee Connectionswill be held uesday, March 8 at8:30 am at the Polka Hall of Fame,
605 East 222 St. Said HELP Founda-tion’s Chief Development and Com-munications Officer Doug Knoop,“hese events are a great way to net-work while learning about other Eu-clid businesses and institutions.”
Information about the cham-ber may be found at euclidcham-ber.com.
-
8/20/2019 The Real Deal Press March 2016 • Vol 2 # 12
3/16
PAGE Follow Us @RealDealPress THE REAL DEAL PRESS
JWT&ALLC
JW&A seeks to accomplish more than the comple-
tion of a building project. Its goal for every client is theupgrade of the neighborhood and community where itsconsultation, general contracting and physical construc-tion endeavors take place. Minority owned since its in-ception in 2004, the Cleveland-based firm specializes inacoustical ceiling tile, carpentry, drywall installation andmetal stud application. he company provides a rangeof services from detailed consultations to constructionmanagement to general contracting and finally post-proj-ect communication with clients.
JW&A has experience constructing or recreating arange of different types of buildings. Former or currentprojects include health care facilities, commercial offices,and private dwellings. Where construction managementis needed, the company serves as a consultant, providingadvice for clarity of ideas as well as the design of a proj-ect. Where general contracting is needed, JW&A as-sumes responsibility for the means and methods speci-fied in the contract agreement. hese include budgetaryconditions and use of equipment while managing activi-ties on the worksite.
Commercial retail clients include CVS Pharmacy,Dick’s Sporting Goods, Wal-Mart, Dairy Queen, CMHAFriendly Inn and others. Institutional clients includethe Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland MetropolitanSchool District, CSU, and Hopkins Airport.
Principal owner John W. odd, Jr. is the second gener-ation in a family where the work ethic of his father, JohnW. odd, Sr. is reflected in the company’s commitment toquality and precision. odd Jr. joined the same PlastersUnion Local #80 where the senior odd served as a union
master while Jr. was in high school.“Our motto is ‘building each foundation block by block’.
We view our work as more than mixing matter to createfunctional spaces that better serve its tenants,” odd says.“We have provided superior workmanship and timely de-liverables over the years.” More information on JW&A isfound on the company website www.jwta-construction.com.
Black Communityat Case creates a space
of rest & renewalBy R. T. Andrews
EDITOR
Get:• SKILLS: Construction Education - Safety,
Blue Print Reading, Dale Carnegie training.
• EXPOSURE: Construction Site visits
• STIPEND: $100/week for four weeks.
CAREER ASSISTANCE:Resume Development,
Career Coaching, Interview and Communication Skills
• CAREER OPPORTUNITIES:
Placement assistance. Employers are looking
for our best graduates.
Selected candidates will:• Be between the ages of 22 and 30;
• Have reliable transportation with valid driver’s
license and auto insurance;
• Pass a construction industry drug test;• Pass a Math and Reading (TABE) assessment at 7th grade
minimum level;
• Pass a Human Resource interview screening
• Be coachable, timely, ready to learn and
ready to work!
APPLY HERE NOW: www.ceacisp.org/work-now-construction-initiative
APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 28, 2016
Priority applicants: Minority and women Cleveland residentsages 22-30. Selected candidates will be contacted via
telephone and email.
SOLID OPPORTUNITIES FOR
ADVANCEMENT AND RETENTION
SPACE IS LIMITED! Call Now: 216.622.9999
“Work Now: Construction Initiative!”
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES!!!
JWT&A LLC3615 Superior Avenue Building 31, Suite 1A
Cleveland OH 44114
216.426.1580www.jwta-construction.com
More than fifty Case Western ReserveUniversity students, faculty, staff and alumniconvened as members of the African Diasporafrom 4pm until late in the evening on Feb. 12at the CWRU Mandel Center on BellflowerRd. for a time of communal sharing, collec-
tive reflection, spiritual renewal, and commu-nity planning. he organizers wanted and ap-peared to achieve their goal of creating a “safeintergenerational and intersectional space”that could provide an opportunity to feel whatcommunity should feel like.
he hours-long event, which saw peoplecome and go as their schedules required or per-mitted, contained ample measures of organizeddiscussion, music, and brief presentations fromgroup members, that wove together to create a vibe that was a mélange of comfort, family, trust,
caring, discovery, peace, joy, and solidarity.he convening was no doubt in-formed at least in part by the #WeBelong-Here movement that may have reached itszenith last year when students of color co-alesced in response to micro- and not somicro-aggressions directed against themthat seemed to question their right to be apart of the University community.
he day’s experience seemed carefullycalibrated to provide simultaneously both un-structured space and strategic focus towardssome not quite fully articulated end. Undoubt-
edly, one of the collective takeaways from thegathering was a heightened awareness of justhow incredibly diverse Case’s black commu-nity is, comprising Africans, Caribbeans, Af-rican Americans, etc. who were at school tostudy law, engineering, social studies, med-icine, science, the arts, languages, etc., hav-ing assembled in University Circle from everyContinent, from across the country and acrosstown, as graduates, undergraduates, facultyand so forth, from 18 to 70+.
If all this seems impossibly vague, be
assured by this scribe that the vibe was, ifintangible, nonetheless palpable. Perhaps,as the elders say, you just had to have beenthere. One sensed that a tangible result tothis gathering before semester’s end couldreasonably be anticipated.
-
8/20/2019 The Real Deal Press March 2016 • Vol 2 # 12
4/16
PAGE VOLUME TWO NUMBER T WELVETHE REAL DEAL PRESS
Just like great football teamsin today’s National FootballLeague, the basic ingredients ofall successful small businessesstarts with a winning quarter-back: the owner.
Increasingly sports teamscouts — especially in the NFLand National Basketball Associ-ation — are relying on biomet-rics — the quantitative-basedstudy and analysis of profes-sional athletes — to make draftpicks. Coaches and scouts usebiometrics to closely analyze thecapabilities of each rookie theyare considering.
he unique characteristicsof each player being consideredare closely watched and factoredinto the final decision: the me-chanics of their movements, the
acceleration of their runningstyles, the height and range oftheir jumping abilities, etc. o-day’s successful professionalsports teams have all masteredthe science of biometrics as akey to success.
Business counselors and ad- visors have also devoted a greatdeal of time breaking down thepersonality characteristics of
some of the world’s most suc-cessful entrepreneurs. Businesswriters have detailed some ofthe most common traits of goodbusiness people.
Ask any banker, accountant,or advisor and they will tell youthat the most important aspectof any business is the ability ofthe “jockey” — or owner — topull any and all aspects of the
business together. he ability ofsome entrepreneurs to orches-trate successful business ven-tures is oftentimes based on sev-eral personality traits that are
common among the most prof-itable business owners.
Most of these traits are obvious,others not so much. But observershave noted that many, if not most,entrepreneurs share these commonpersonality characteristics:• Optimism – Most entrepre-
neurs tend to have a very sunny,“glass half full” outlook on life.
Any business owner worth his or
her salt has to be a bit of an op-timist to risk a great deal of timeand financial resources to builda business enterprise.
• enacity – Most entrepreneurshave to be willing to keep push-ing, despite whatever odds arestacked against them. Very of-ten entrepreneurs must face the
prospect of having sponsors,lenders, and perspective part-
ners tell them “No”. hey haveto be willing and able to bounceback from letdowns.
• Vision – Most entrepreneurshave the ability to envision a
new product, service, process,and/or organization (usuallytheir own business enterprise)that does not currently exist.
• Passion – Most business own-ers are driven by an overrid-ing passion to build a suc-cessful business enterprise orto achieve financial indepen-dence. hat strong desire isthe fuel that powers his or her
ability to work long hours andmake personal sacrifices in or-der to succeed.
• Decisiveness – Most businessowners usually have the abilityto quickly make decisions thatwill reduce costs, change pro-cedures, or pursue new growthopportunities. Entrepreneursneed this trait to help the or-
ganization survive and thrive.
• Resilience – Entrepreneursmust be able to adapt to anyand all situations. Businessesand business owners will facevarious boom and bust cycles
that must be weathered to en-sure continued growth.
• Fiscally Prudent – In the be- ginning, most entrepreneursshould build up their cash re-serves while they are build-ing the business. Most busi-ness owners will tell anyonewho listens that – after em-
ployee payroll and all businessexpenses are funded – they are
the last to be paid.hese are just a few of the
traits generally common tobusiness leaders and risk-tak-ers. Other characteristics in-clude a willingness to acceptambiguity, the ability to sell,fearlessness, and balance.
Most of these characteris-tics are not genetic; they can belearned. In order to take on the
challenge of business owner-ship, individuals should striveto find ways to expand thesetraits as part of their personalgrowth and experience.
LOCAL BUSINESS DIRECTORY
Be among the first to advertise
on our website [coming inMarch].
Call 216.672.4301.
Rates start as low as $25/mo.
Solid Traits of Successful Entrepreneurs can be learned The Wor d on S mall Busi ness
By Kirby Freeman
RDP CORRESPONDENT
Local and regional business listings from around northeast Ohio region.
-
8/20/2019 The Real Deal Press March 2016 • Vol 2 # 12
5/16
PAGE Follow Us @RealDealPress THE REAL DEAL PRESS
he ongoing tragedy in FlintMichigan concerning dangerouslevels of lead and contaminants
in the water supply has manycommunities across the UnitedStates wondering if their drink-ing water is safe.
Bedford, which purchases itswater from Cleveland and resellsit to residents, admits that whilethey cannot be certain as to theoverall level of lead present inthe city’s aging water lines, theywant to assure the residents that
its drinking water is safe.“We have an older systemthat dates back to before the1930s so the presence of somelead is to be expected,” explainedBedford City Manager MichaelMallis. “I’m sure we have somelead joints and valves. he sameI suspect you would find in anyAmerican city. But our water hasbeen tested and is safe.”
Bedford purchases all itswater supply from Cleveland,which handles the cleaning andtreatment of all water prior toits entering Bedford’s system.Cleveland’s water treatmentplants treat and remove as manycontaminants as possible, buteven federal allows some “safe”levels of lead.
Bedford currently has about50 miles of underground wa-
ter mains servicing nearly 5000homes and businesses.
“Bedford is a Master Metercommunity and we don’t treator add chemicals to our water
but we do sample and test peri-odically and that information isprovided to the Ohio Environ-mental Protection Agency,” saidMallis. “We provide a regular re-port to our community regardingour water quality and we are wellwithin safe federal guidelines.”
According to Mallis, the cityis responsible to provide drink-ing water to customers but hasno control over the plumbing andwaterlines inside resident’s homes.
“We have a lot of older homesin this community so it is possiblethat some of the older propertieshave plumbing that might not bemodern and lead free.”
Lead in a city’s drinking
supply can have serious conse-quences, especially for expect-ant mothers and young chil-dren. In the United States drink-ing water supplies are protectedby he Safe Drinking Water Actof 1974.
Under the Act, the Environ-mental Protection Agency setsand enforces water quality stan-dards. he EPA maintains that a
presence of lead or "action level"less than 15 ppb (parts per bil-lion) in the water supply is safe.
In tests conducted in 2014, allthirty Bedford homes tested werefound to be within the federallimit with only 4 parts per billionfound in the samples. he sametests also found acceptable levelsof cooper in the samples.
Mallis says the required test-ing was done in 2015 and thecity will issue a 2016 ConsumerConfidence Report soon.
As a precaution, Mallissays the city took advantage ofCuyahoga County-funded re-pairs to the Columbus Avenuebridge to inspect and initiatean upgrade to the water mainlines buried under the bridgestructure.
“here are some very oldmain lines under there, saidMallis. “We had some concernsthat there might be some leadpresent so since the County al-ready underwent the expense todig we saved money by startingan upgrade now.”
Mallis said that Bedfordsaved taxpayers fifty thousanddollars piggybacking on the
County’s dig and later deter-mined that the old main lineswere cast iron and free of lead.
Bedford admits some lead in pipesbut insists water supply is safe
Letter to the Editor Bedford
By Richard Donald Jones
RDP CORRESPONDENT
Ohio has consistently been a critical state for selecting the President
of the United States since 1960. Millions of dollars are spent organizing
and advertising political campaigns here each year. In that same veinand with that same fervor, Ohio needs to lead on an energy plan for
our future that puts our businesses and manufacturing industry on the
frontlines of growth in a rapidly changing global economy.
Unfortunately, our state is running in place when it comes to
developing – let alone keeping up with – the emerging clean energy
sector of our economy. In 2014, the state legislature froze clean energy
standards that had been proven to spur investment and innovation in the
energy sector, creating some 3,000 jobs while saving consumers billions
and making Ohio a healthier place to live, work and raise a family.
Studies show 89,000 Ohioans work fo r roughly 7,200 businesse s in the
clean energy industry. But with Ohio's freeze, we continue to jeopardize that innovation and growth for the cutting-edge businesse s of tomorrow.
Not only does this make it more difficult for start-ups and manufacturers
to lead, but it puts us all behind by impeding clean energy progress that
promotes the health and welfare of our most vulnerable populations: the
elderly, children, those with heart and lung disease.
Though Ohio may not be keeping pace with the rest of the nation
and the world when it comes to embracing an all-of-the-above energy
strategy, the relative lack of national debate on a cleaner, more productive
and more profitable clean energy industry also highlights a disconnect
with planning for our future.
The United States is viewed as a world leader in many arenas and wemust continue to push for progre ssive policies to ensure a brighter future
for everyone. If we don't act quickly, we will miss out on being a leader in
the clean energy industry, jeopardizing the creation of new jobs and an
advanced and stable economy. With the presidential primaries quickly
approaching, now is the time for Ohio to speak up on the importance
of a clean energy plan. In the coming weeks, it is crucial that we hear
real solutions to grow our advanced energy economy from politicians on
both sides of the aisle before we fall even further behind.
State Rep. Stephanie Howse
Ohio House District 11
Rep. Howse is a member of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee
of the Ohio House of Representatives.
-
8/20/2019 The Real Deal Press March 2016 • Vol 2 # 12
6/16
-
8/20/2019 The Real Deal Press March 2016 • Vol 2 # 12
7/16
PAGE Follow Us @RealDealPress THE REAL DEAL PRESS
March 4
Bridging Worlds Together: Advancing Our Understanding of Social
Justice through Cultural AwarenessCase Western Reserve University’s S ocial Justice Institute [SJI]
and Plymouth Church’s Empowering Youth, Exploring Justice [EYEJ]
are inviting community members to participate in a wide-ranging
panel discussion focusing on conversations about culture and ad-
vocacy in an intersectional framework, implicit bias and privilege,
and the language of advocacy, activism and solidarity.
The pro gram will tak e pl ace Frid ay, Ma rch 4, 6 :45- 9:45 pm, at
Plymouth Church of Shaker Heights, 2860 Coventry Rd.
The pan el i nclu des Eugen ia C ash (ADA MHS and CMS D), R ever end
Jawanza Colvin (Olivet Institutional Baptist Church), Phyllis Seven
Harris (LGBT Community Center), Judge Kristin Sweeney, attorney
Reggie Williams and our founder & director Dr. Rhonda Y. Williams;
Rev. Dr. Shawnthea Monroe (Plymouth Church UCC) will serve as
the even ing’s mod erat or.
The even ing will als o in clud e a sti rrin g pe rf orma nce by H ue Pe ople ,
questions from the audience, and a light reception.
Tick ets are $10, with all pro ceed s wi ll b enef it t he S ocia l Ju sti ce
Institute and EYEJ. Tickets will also be available at the door.
March 20Community Forum Discussion
The Clev eland C onsent D ecree, C ommunit y Saf ety, and Suburba n
Neighborhoods will be the focus of a communit y forum with attorney
James Hardiman, chair of Citizens for Safe a nd Fair Communities and
Dr. Yvonne Conner, a member of both the Cleveland Community Police
Commission and the Greater Cleveland Congregation’s Criminal Justice
Team. The di scussio n will t ake plac e Sunday, Mar ch 20 fr om
9:30-10:45 am at First Unitarian Church of Cleveland
21600 Shaker Blvd.,Shaker Heights.
Call 216-751-2320 for more information.
Social Justice Survey Participants sought
The Cle veland C ommunit y Police Commis sion (C CPC) is r equired
to pro vide the Monitor Team and th e Clevela nd Divi sion of Police
feedback from the public regarding its current mission statement. The
CCPC has created an online feedback tool to help gather this valuable
information. CCPC wants to insure that it receives input that is repre-
sentative of Greater Cleveland’s diverse p opulations.
To comple te the sur vey, which ca n be don e using a smart phone, visit
www.clecpc.org and click on the community input tab and t hen the
Cleveland Division of Police Mission Statement link.
• • •
Cleveland Consent Decree Community Forums • facilitated by the
Cleveland Consent Decree Community Monitoring Team at CPL
Branches around town:
Thursday, April 14 4-6PM,
Rockport Branch,
4421 West 141 • 623.7053
Thursday, June 9 4-6PM,
MLK Jr. Branch,
1962 Stokes Blvd. • 623.7018
Thursday, August 11 4-6PM
Harvard-Lee Branch,
16918 Harvard Ave. • 623.6990
Thursday, Oct. 13 4-6PM
Fulton Branch,
3545 Fulton Rd. • 623.6969
Experts will be on hand to educate & inform citizens about the DOJ Re-
port, the Consent Decree and the ongoing process to reform policing
in the City of Cleveland.
Social Justice Watch City ReportsBedford Heights
Mayor Fletcher Berger will deliver the
State of the City address at 12:30pm
Thursday, March 3, at the Mediterra-
nean Party Center, 25021 Rockside Rd.,
Bedford Hts. Doors open at 11:30am.
The Southeast R egion Chamber of C om-
merce is providing a buffet lunch for
$10. Contact director@southeastcham-
ber.org or 440.232.0115 if interested.
There is no charge to attend t he event;
reservations are only required if you
are purchasing lunch.
South Euclid
The Heights Regional C hamber of
Commerce is sponsoring SoEuBAM!,
the South Euclid Busines s Appreciation
Mixer at University Suburban Health
Center, on Thursday, March 3 from
5:30 - 7:30 pm.
The event is for busines ses and
business owners in South Euclid, and is
free for them to attend.
Call 216-397-7322 to RSVP and for more
info.
Warrensville Heights
Zoning Appeals Board approves Life
Banc variances
The Warrensville Board of Zo ning
Appeals met February 23 to hear an
appeal from a representative of Geis
Construction, Greg Seifert, on behalf
of LifeBanc. Geis is responsible for
the construct ion being done on the
LifeBanc offices at 4775 Richmond Rd.
Warrensville Heights.
Seifert presented three variances to the
Appeals board for their consideration, two related to p arking ordinance s and
the third one related to t he setback line
for an addition to LifeBanc’s offices.
The Appeals boar d questioned the
request to reduce parking lot spaces
from the current 100 to 80. Seifert
said LifeBanc is installing an Organ
Procurement Operation that will reduce
the need for parking to a maximum of
80 employees will need parking.
All three of the variances were
approved and will be sent over to
Warrensville City Council for approval.
Reported by Timothy Cox
-
8/20/2019 The Real Deal Press March 2016 • Vol 2 # 12
8/16
PAGE VOLUME TWO NUMBER T WELVETHE REAL DEAL PRESS
Member of IFPA Independent
Free Papers of America
R EAL DEAL PRESS
Te Independent Source
for Your Community News
We welcome letters to theeditor. Please include your name,address, and your best phonenumber. We may edit for clarityand space.
Send letters, press releases,notices, calendar items,and corrections toTe RealDeal Press via email at [email protected] or fax:216.672.4304.
Published monthly at CuyahogaCounty OH with a currentcirculation of 15,000 copies.Freely distributed at morethan 300 Greater Clevelandlocations. Te views and opinionsexpressed in this publication do
not necessarily reflect the viewsand opinions of the publisherand staff. © 2016. Te Real DealPress Inc. All rights reserved.Any reproduction is forbiddenwithout written permission.
Te mission of Te Real DealPress is to attract, articulateand amplify civic intelligenceand community engagementfor a he althier, strongercommunity.
Publisher & Editor:R. . Andrews
Advertising Sales:216.282.5111
Contributors:Lara Adrienne, imothy Cox;Derek K. Dixon; JamysonFrierson; Kirby V. Freeman;Lisa Hammond; Neal Howard;Richard Donald Jones; Afi-Odelia E. Scruggs.
Photography:Randy O. Norfus
Layout & Design:Steve Aresmon Tomas/Attvcks Media LLC
Te Real Deal Press
216.672.4301 v216.672.4304 f [email protected] @RealDealPress
Multiple copies can be sent to anydistribution point free of charge. Please call for information.
The black
community doesnot need to bepandered to.
resisted commonsense efforts
to create a more just and equal
society.It took a civil rights revolu-
tion to bring about fundamen-
tal change in American society.
he battles were fought com-
munity by community, in thou-
sands of workplaces, and tens
of thousands of communities,
churches, schools, scout troops,
bowling leagues, professional
locker rooms and front offices,
city halls, and unfathomable
numbers of the types of com-
munal associations that Alexis
de ocqueville so admired
about this country.
But when those battles were
largely won, and we paused to
take our collective breath and
celebrate a new dawn, we dis-
covered that we now had a
whole ‘nother series of battlesto fight, that even the victories
that were hard fought and hard
won were not permanent.
he struggle continues.
Emmitt ill in 1955, amir
Rice in 2014.
We asked in this space last
month whether one incredi-
bly, inexplicably botched case
was enough to decide one wayor another whether im Mc-
Ginty should get another term
as county prosecutor. Since we
do not believe and have no ev-
idence that he operated with
malice aforethought, our an-
swer is that we must look first at
the totality of his record in office
and second, compare his record
with that of his opponent, Mi-chael O’Malley, and then con-
clude which candidate is likely
to be an ally in the struggle to
bring fairness and justice to
Cuyahoga County for the first
time. Ever.
Yes, we said ever, eventhough we of course remem-
ber that our dear friend Stepha-
nie ubbs Jones was once HE
county prosecutor. But it was
a criminal justice system then
and it’s still a system now. No
one person of any race, gender
or religion can wave a magic
wand and eradicate centuries of
a malfunctioning system. SJ
initiated a number of changes
in the operation of that office,
but prosecuting a police of-
fice for the use of deadly force
against a civilian wasn’t one of
them. he tone of the office did
mellow a bit after the departure
of her arrogant, over-indicting
predecessor, and a few more
persons of color did join the of-
fice, along with more women.But over-indicting did not end,
and the pipeline to prison did
not narrow appreciably.
And of course, what-
ever gains were made during
her tenure, which at that time
seemed blissful compared to
her predecessor’s near half-cen-
tury reign, were subject to re-
versal under her hyper-polit-ical successor once she left for
Congress in 1998.
SYSEM CHANGE
Changing the justice sys-
tem in our county necessitates
changing most of its parts. Who
gets recruited to be a police offi-
cer, who gets hired, how they are
trained, and how they perform
all needs radical adjustment.he judiciary need changing.
And on the back end, the prison
system needs a major overhaul.
he prosecutor is central to
making effective change in lo-
cal policing and court systems.
While there was no conviction,McGinty is the first Cuyahoga
prosecutor in memory to indict
a police officer in a deadly force
case. hat was Cleveland po-
lice officer Brelo in the 137-bul-
let case. He has worked to undo
the rampant politicization of
the Mason administration that
preceded him. He has kept —
no, surpassed — his campaign
promises with respect to the hir-
ing and promotion of a staff that
has finally begun to look like the
makeup of the county that funds
his office. Further, he has made
great strides in ending the prac-
tice of over-indicting arrestees
so as to bludgeon them into un-
fair plea deals. And he has leaned
on county judges to streamline
arraignment and trial processesso that justice is not routinely
delayed.
McGinty is a blunt force,
and his many efforts at reform
have produced both scars and
pushback. he Cleveland Po-
lice Patrolmen’s Association
doesn’t like him. He has made
some county judges uncom-
fortable with his zeal for reform.And his office personnel poli-
cies are not only busting up the
old boys network; they have dis-
rupted the easy path many of
them took to a secure seat on
the county judiciary.
For many Cuyahoga vot-
ers, these positive accomplish-
ments in McGinty’s first term
may not override his gross mis-handling of the amir Rice
case. But a vote for McGinty is
NO a ratification of every de-
cision he has made.
Elections in our system are
limiting. Up or down. his
one or that one. However nu-
anced our analysis must be, our
choices are stark. On March 15it’s either McGinty or O’Malley,
about whom we have said little
in this piece.
O’Malley has said little in this
campaign other than he’s not Mc-
Ginty. It’s one thing to say the
amir case was botched; it’s quite
another to say as a candidate for
the job that a murder indictment
should have been sought.
he black community does
not need to be pandered to. It
would respect a candidate who
said, “You know, it was a tough
case, even in hindsight. I don’t
know what I would have done
but I won’t hesitate to indict a
cop if I think it’s warranted.”
I haven’t heard O’Malley
speak with that kind of convic-
tion. Nor does his long tenure
as a top gun with the Mason re-
gime that was too cozy with the
cops and the courts and espe-
cially too cozy with the corrupt
Dimora-Russo duo, suggest to
me that he would in any way
be an improvement upon the
earnest guy we have now who
is willing to stand up and take
the heat.
McGinty is the better can-
didate in this race.
— R. . Andrews, Editor
Prosecutor Continued From Page 1
-
8/20/2019 The Real Deal Press March 2016 • Vol 2 # 12
9/16
PAGE Follow Us @RealDealPress THE REAL DEAL PRESS
We think the nation’s prob-lems with race, as well as theprogress, can be partly explainedby looking at the humble insti-tution of jury trial. First, we fo-cus on a little-remarked feature ofthe Civil Rights Act of 1964. hen
we turn to a jury trial during Re-construction in Washington, D.C.that shattered stereotypes.
One of us went to segregatedschools, in the Maryland sub-urbs outside the nation’s capi-tal. President Kennedy was as-sassinated in his freshman yearof college. Kennedy’s killingwas traumatic and tragic, yetmay have spurred passage of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964.When itle VII — the part
of the 1964 Civil Rights Actdealing with job bias — was en-acted, supporters went out oftheir way to make sure that ju-ries would not decide civil rightscases. People remembered howall-white juries would not con- vict white men who killed Afri-can Americans, no matter howdamning the evidence. So civilrights supporters wanted fairemployment cases to be decidedby judges, not juries.
In our system, a civil casemust be decided by a jury only ifdamages are involved — that is,if the worker can get damages ifhe or she wins. (he defendant ina criminal case, in contrast, canalmost always ask for a jury.) Sothe writers of the Civil Rights Act
said those who won fair employ-ment lawsuits — which are civil(not criminal) cases — couldnot get damages. his seemeda small price to pay to keep the
cases away from juries. And itwas not a really big deal, be-cause the Act allowed winnersto get the back pay they wouldhave earned but for discrimina-tion. his was true even thoughback pay was ordinarily the typeof thing that a jury could awardas damages.
None of this was logical.
It was just what was needed tokeep job bias cases from beingdecided by a jury.
hat was 1964. But a gen-eration later — 1991 — every-thing changed. he Civil RightsAct of 1991 was a congressionalattempt to strengthen job biaslegislation, including overturn-ing a slew of unfavorable Su-preme Court decisions. But un-
like in 1964, there was no con-cern about juries. Indeed, Con-gress openly declared that blackworkers who proved job dis-crimination were entitled todamages, even though thatmeant that juries would be in- volved. It was all matter-of-fact,especially compared to the rushto avoid juries in 1964.
In the 25 years between theCivil Rights Act of 1964 and the’91 amendments, two momen-tous changes occurred. First, ju-ries began to treat civil rightscases fairly, and this was aidedby the second change: elim-ination of the all-white jury.hroughout the nation, northand south, African Americansregularly served on juries.
Juries define America. Ev-ery day, across the country, ju-
ries decide disputes. In 1964— with good reason — Afri-can Americans did not trust ju-ries to decide their cases. But ageneration later, they did. his
signaled a fundamental andpositive shift in the nation’s at-titude toward race.
he Case of Minnie Gaines
In 1869, a jury decided thefate of Minnie Gaines, an Af-rican American woman ac-cused of murdering her whitelover (she was pregnant with
their child, and they’d gotteninto a fight over whether herlover would support the unbornchild). Just two years earlier, Af-rican American men had beengiven the right to vote in localelections in the city of Washing-ton; in 1869, they’d received theright to serve on juries.
Gaines’ trial was the firsttime a murder case had been
heard by a mixed-race jury inWashington, and was thereforeof intense public interest. Spec-tators crowded into the court-room each day to watch notonly the salacious trial proceed-ings, but also the spectacle of the jury — six black men, six white— participating as civic equals.
he twelve men defied cus-tom by forging social bondsoutside the context of the jurybox, too. While sequestered,they stayed together in a “third-class” hotel, ate meals together,took an afternoon drive to-gether to the countryside, hada group picture taken in a pho-tographer’s studio. And theyheld at least one private prayersession together.
In the end, the jury decidedGaines was not guilty by reason
of temporary insanity. She wasgiven the mildest possible sen-tence of nine months in a hos-pital for the criminally insane,where she gave birth to her baby.
Historian Kate Masur tells
this story in her book, An Ex-ample for All the Land: Eman-cipation and the Struggle OverEquality in Washington, D.C.She argues that the actions of thetwelve jurors stoked fear amongwhite conservatives in Washing-ton, and around the country, thatpolitical equality — the vote, juryservice — would lead to fraterni-zation and friendship, and ul-timately to social equality. heGaines jurors showed not onlythat blacks and whites could em-brace the work of democracy to-gether; they could enjoy eachother’s company while doing it.
Unrealized Promise
he enormous promise ofReconstruction was never real-ized. Instead, we had a centuryof Jim Crow, followed by fitful
progress. It is undeniable thatrace relations in this countryhave improved since passageof the Civil Rights Act of 1964.he changing attitude toward
juries shows that, and white
presidential candidates haveclose black friends. David Pan-ton, a black Jamaican, served asbest man when ed Cruz mar-ried Heidi Nelson.
Yet if juries show how farwe have come, they also showhow far we have to go. A quarterof African American men willserve time in prison, and thesemen will not be available tobuild democracy through juryservice. We had a chance duringReconstruction to forge socialequality, and it slipped away. Itshould not evaporate again. Af-rican Americans may not be im-pressed if the best we can sayabout racial progress is that aright-wing Republican like edCruz has a black friend.
Doug Huron is a lawyer whoserved in the White House un-
der President Carter. AmandaHuron, his daughter, teachesa course in D.C. history at theUniversity of the District of Co-lumbia, an HBCU.
A White Perspective on Race
OP-ED
By Doug Huron and Amanda Huron [T]he actions of the twelve
jurors stoked fear among white
conservatives in Washington,
and around the country, that
political equality — the vote, juryservice — would lead to fraternization
and friendship, and ultimately
to social equality.
-
8/20/2019 The Real Deal Press March 2016 • Vol 2 # 12
10/16
PAGE VOLUME TWO NUMBER T WELVE
I have been a political junkie for
almost three decades, pretty much
since I was a teenager. I think the rhe-
torical and ideological flatulence ema-
nating from leading Republican pres-
idential candidates has descended tohistoric levels of inanity.
I have never ascribed to conserva-
tive ideology, which seems all too of-
ten to sympathize with and support
an unjust status quo across numerous
societal levels (economic, race, sex,
religion, foreign policy, etc.). But I
understand that a balanced and just
society must be able to embrace di-
verse, even divergent, ideologies andparadigms and put them into just
and balanced praxis.
But such praxis and spirit have
been nakedly absent from the Re-
publican core for the last seven years.
he election of President Barack
Hussein Obama seems to have in-
spired conservatives to direct record
modern day levels of vitriolic and
hatred towards Obama and what herepresents (both in reality and their
fantasized inventions).
here is no doubt that the con-
servatives and Republicans of whom
I speak are vehemently opposed
to President Obama’s liberal poli-
cies (with significant leftist /progres-
sive tendencies). While President
Obama has some legitimate critics on
his left flank, he has arguably imple-mented the most progressive policies
— Obamacare, negotiation/deal mak-
ing with Iran, opening relations with
Cuba, addressing climate change,
reaching out to the Muslim world,
addressing racial oppression and in-
equality in numerous contexts at a
level that no other president is re-
motely close to, etc. — since the New
Deal. While he certainly has not ad-
dressed or made progress on all essen-
tial reforms on the liberal/progressiveagenda the policy successes he has
had have been enough to disturb con-
servative ideologues to their core.
Let us be clear however, the con-
servative hatred of President Obama
is not limited to his agenda and pol-
icies alone. His being the first Afri-
can American president — with an
African father and a non-western
name — has exponentially exacer-bated their fears and anger leading
to a profound detachment from real-
ity. he escalating fantasyland where
many Republicans have lived over
the past 7 years has become so wide-
spread that it has infected national
dialogue and become accepted as a
legitimate perspective instead of the
racism-driven status quo-defending
lunacy it actually is.Consider: the birther movement,
begun during the 2008 presiden-
tial campaign, has had unfathomable
shelf life considering its blatantly in-
sipid premise. Since raising concern
about President Obama being black
was not feasible many conservatives
asserted that he is Muslim, which,
in their xenophobic worldview, is a
problem. hey have routinely heapedunfounded accusations that President
Obama hates America and is trying to
Contunied on Page 11
When the Ludicrous
Becomes MainstreamBy Neal Howard
THE REAL DEAL PRESSPAGE
-
8/20/2019 The Real Deal Press March 2016 • Vol 2 # 12
11/16
PAGE Follow Us @RealDealPress THE REAL DEAL PRESS
www.supernova90.com
destroy it. A more sanitized
version of this lie is the asser-
tions made by many on the
right that President Obama
“does not share our values” or
“is not like you and me”. hey
have vowed to “take back”
America. he tea party move-
ment has pushed right wing
presence and ideology to such
crazed extremes that Donald
rump and ed Cruz now lead
in national and primary Re-
publican polling. he rump/
Cruz phenomenon is clear ev-
idence that the chickens have
come home to roost. Com-
monsense conservatives are
now aghast that the fear, racist,
anger driven vitriol they nur-
tured now threatens the very
fabric of their party.
he current collective hope
of so-called “establishment Re-
publicans” many believe is now
with Florida Sen. Marco Rubio.
But Rubio has in fact expressed
thoughts and ideas as dumb-
founding, unbalanced, and rac-
ist as rump and Cruz. His re-
cent declaration about Presi-
dent Obama’s visit to a mosque
last month is representative of
the collective lunacy that has
gripped Republicans.
“He gave a speech at a
mosque, basically implying
that America is discriminating
against Muslims. Of course
there’s discrimination in
America, of every kind. But
the bigger issue is radical
Islam. his constant pitting
people against each other, I
can’t stand that. It's hurting
our country badly.”
his Rubio statement epito-
mizes the GOP establishment?
Hmmmmm. If giving a speech
at a mosque in and of itself im-
plies that America discriminates
against Muslims, why didn’t Rubio
say America discriminates against
Jews when President Obama gave
a speech at a synagogue last May?
Showing support for communi-
ties that have and continue to face
discrimination in America (cer-
tainly not by all Americans) is an
act of inclusion.
Speaking at the Baltimore
mosque, President Obama said:
“We’re one American family.
And when any part of our fam-
ily starts to feel separate or sec-
ond-class or targeted, it tears at the
very fabric of our nation” and “Like
people of all religions, Muslims
living their faith in a modern, plu-
ralistic world are called upon to
uphold human rights, to make
sure that everyone has opportu-
nity. hat includes the aspirations
of women and youth and all peo-
ple. If we expect our own dignity to
be respected, so must we respect the
dignity of others.”
Rubio’s criticism of Obama’s
visit to the mosque seems to be
that “Nothing wedges people
apart more than advocating for
pluralism.” his is nonsense, of
course, but nonsense and fab-
ricated reality have become the
norm for a significant portion
of our country’s dialogue, a re-
sult driven in part by a fear of
change in a status quo that has
unfairly privileged white up-
per-class elites’ perception of
America’s global invincibility. If
we are not careful this unhinged
norm could seep its way into the
norms of how our country op-
erates. We have been there be-
fore (Jim Crow, Japanese intern-
ment, “ no Irish need apply” are
but a few examples). Let’s not go
back there again.
Neal Howard is a licensed social
worker in Boston MA. his is his
first column for he Real Deal Press.
Ludicrous Continued From Page 10
Ted Cruz exas Senator
Donald TrumpBillionaire Businessman
Marco RubioFlorida Senator
PAGE THE REAL DEAL PRESS
-
8/20/2019 The Real Deal Press March 2016 • Vol 2 # 12
12/16
PAGE VOLUME TWO NUMBER T WELVETHE REAL DEAL PRESS THE REAL DEAL PRESSPAGE
March 5 The Black Wo men’s Poli tical A ction Commit tee
presents a celebrity fashion show and luncheon,Steppin-N-StylZ in recognition of Women’s History
Month on Saturday, March 5 from Noon-3pm at
Embassy Suites, 3775 Park East Drive, Beachwood
44122. Tickets are $45. F or more information, call
Deborah Black 216-403-0056, or Debra Preston
540-435-8239, email women’[email protected],
or visit www.bwpac.org.
March 11 This year ’s Cuyahoga County Social Work
Conference takes p lace at Case Wes tern Res erveUniversity’s Tinkham Veale University Center, 11038
Bellflower Rd., on Friday, March 11 from 8am-5pm.
Registration costs, which include parking, refreshments
and lunch, range from $20-$50 depending on your
professional status [working, retired, student, etc.]
For event details, email [email protected]. For
registration information, contact the National Asso-
ciation of Social Work, Ohio Chapter at 614.461.4484
March 12 The Clev eland Fo undatio n, The C ity C lub of Cleve-
land, Cleveland Young Professional Senate, Crain’s
Cleveland Business, ideastream, and Neighborhood
Connections have partnered up to present the
Greater Cleveland Caucus Series.
On Saturday, March 12 from 9am-12:30pm at
Cleveland Public Auditorium, the Greater Cleveland
Caucus: A Town Hall Meeting on Community
Solutions will kick off a year-long series of events
by convening a broad group of Greater Cleveland-
ers to discuss key issues impacting our region,
brainstorm community priorities, and connect with
organizations working to address these community
challenges.
The kick-o ff event wi ll featu re local l eaders
delivering 5-minute talks on C leveland’s momentum
in eight Caucus areas. Following the talks, each
Caucus topic area will participate in facilitated
conversations to identify key community priorities
in that Caucus.
Caucus speakers and their areas include Eric
Gordon – CEO, Cleveland Metropolitan School
District [Education + Youth Development]; Jenita
McGowan – Chief of Sustainability, City of Cleve-
land [Environment]; Dr. Sonja Harris-Haywood,
Director – NEOMED-CSU Partnership for Urban
Health [Health]; Erika Anthony – Senior Director
of Advocacy, Policy & Research, Cleveland Neigh-borhood Progress [Housing + Neighborhoods]; Joe
Cimperman – Incoming Executive Director, Global
Cleveland [Inclusion: Population + Demographics];
Eric Diamond – Executive Vice President of Lend-
ing, Economic Community Development Institute
[Jobs + Economy]; Ron Soeder – President, Boys &
Girls Clubs of Cleveland [Safety]; and Grace Galluc-
ci – Director, Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinat-
ing Agency [Transportation + Infrastructure]
Thi s no npa rt isa n, non pol iti cal even t i s f reeand open to the public. Citizens are invited to
participate and follow upcoming events in this
year-long series by visiting www.ClevelandFoun-
dation.org/Caucus.
March 12A program entitled Untold Cleveland: The History
of Glenville will be presented from 2-4pm Literary
Cleveland at the Glenville Branch Library, 11900 St .
Clair Ave. FREE.
March 15 • PRIMARY ELECTION DAY
March 31 The Top Ladies of Distinction will hold a 13 chapter
regional conference in Cleveland beginning March
31. The public is invited to participate in several
events, including a Community Awards Public
Banquet on Friday, April 1, 7:30 PM. Tickets are $65.
Other public events include an April 1 Prayer
Breakfast/Memorial Service featuring Rev. Courtney
Clayton Jenkins of Sout h Euclid UCC as speaker [$45]and the Top Teens of America (TTA) Blue and Silver
Ball on Saturday evening, April 2 [$55].
Several local individuals and organizations will be
recognized at the Friday banquet for sustained
positive community impact: Northeast Ohio
Neighborhood Health Centers (NEON); Fairfax Place
Nursing Center; Habitat for Humanity - Cuyahoga
County; American Heart A ssociation – Cleveland;
St. Martin de Porres High School and Ms. Anto-
nique Ivey. Marsha Mockabee, President and CEOof Urban League of Greater Cleveland, will receive
a special Humanitarian Award. Scholarships will
also be presented to several Top Teens.
Community Calendar
-
8/20/2019 The Real Deal Press March 2016 • Vol 2 # 12
13/16
PAGE Follow Us @RealDealPress THE REAL DEAL PRESS
wo months into her ten-ure as Euclid’s fourteenthmayor, and casting a waryeye on budgetary challenges,Kirsten Holzheimer Gailnonetheless painted a pic-
ture of expected sustainablegrowth in public safety ef-forts, housing and neighbor-hood development, big andsmall business opportunity,and youth engagement.
“While I’m pleased to re-port that we did add to ourcash balance in 2015, 2016 willbe a difficult year,” Gail saidduring her Feb. 24 State of the
City address before a lunch-time mix of chamber of com-merce members and guests atizzano’s Party Center.
Last year’s income taxrevenue was the primaryreason for a net $1 milliongain in the general fund,she said. However projectedincreases in city workers’pay, health care, and work-ers compensation justified
seeking additional revenuesources and focus groups.Gail said she wants to createan ad hoc long-term financecommittee to review thecity’s financial position, ex-plore options, and offer rec-ommendations for our long-term financial outlook, andinvited audience membersto serve on the committee.
he mayor emphasizedthat continuing recent col-laboration initiatives betweenresidents, city council and de-partmental employees would
eventually meet Euclid’sneeds. “In the police depart-ment there are new commu-nity policing initiatives, (suchas) the continuation of thepopular Citizens Police Acad-emy, and the hiring of six newpolice officers to strengthenour safety forces.” Also in2015, an officers’ commu-nity response team was in-
troduced to focus on specificsafety concerns. Crime re-duction and prevention re-main high priorities, she said.
Fire safety was also up-graded last year with enoughoutside revenue to employsix new firefighters, purchasenew safety equipment, addnew ambulances and trucks,and support a new partner-
ship with the Chagrin South-east Hazardous Materials Re-sponse eam.
“Business growth and de- velopment is one of my ad-ministration’s top priorities,”said Gail. MD&A, the HelpFoundation’s (support for de-
velopmentally challenged cit-izens) new training facility,Lincoln Electric, the St. ClairAvenue industrial corridor,
HGR Industrial Surplus, theFogg Co., Guardian ech-nologies, and Euclid Hospi-tal have all emerged with re-investment efforts.
Small businesses also ex-panded with the openingof new private eateries andbrand name outlets. he cityalso welcomed a new sport-ing goods store, grocery store,
and a brewery, among othernew businesses.
“During the last twomonths, I’ve had the oppor-tunity to meet with more
than fifteen local businessand commercial brokers forproperties in our city, andanother ten to twelve com-munity agencies. We will beworking to update our mar-keting materials to help bro-kers sell our city, make surethey are well aware of our re-cent successes, plans in place,and vision for the future.”
Special attention wasgiven to residential servicesand housing access oppor-tunities. he city has se-cured funding and equipmentfor the demolition of struc-tural eyesores while engag-ing prospective new home-owners with innovative hous-ing payment options. “hehousing department has re-
viewed many of its currentprocedures and has identi-fied areas for improvement.”Online registration and im-proved use of housing inspec-tors’ field time were presentedas examples.
Gail also reported severalnew investment and redevel-opment plans currently un-derway that will connect res-idents to already existing ser-
vices. Organizational de- velopment is underway atcity hall to improve how cityworkers perform commu-nity outreach tasks. Diver-sity training took place in re-sponse to Euclid’s changingcultural landscape. Underthe new service director Dan-iel Knecht, Gail said she an-ticipates continued improve-
ment in sanitation, water ac-cess, leaf and snow cleaning,and street repair.
Gail thanked depart-ment heads connected with
youth engagement, credit-ing them with spearhead-ing improvements to pools,ice rinks, grass fields, anda childhood obesity resis-tance initiative. “(Recre-ation Director) Mac Ste-phens is committed to in-suring the successful de-
velopment of our youth,not only as athletes, but
for three years in a row,Mac has provided academicstudy tables, meals and mo-tivational speaking sessionsat the police mini station forall program participants.”Gail also noted youth ini-tiatives at the public li-brary and the YMCA. Shethanked volunteers, manyof whom sponsor teams and
events out-of-pocket, fortheir time with a variety ofcity-sponsored sports andoutdoor activities.
Finally, Gail spoke on themany programs at the SeniorCenter, where manager BobPayne has spearheaded en-hancements in gaming, nutri-tion, health classes and guestspeaker appearances.
“We are working with
(council members) to estab-lish a community relationscommission that will bringcitizens together to improverelationships between allpeople. We are also planninga series of listening tours toprovide the opportunity toresidents to share their ideasand concerns.
“I do believe that Euclid
is a great community, andthat we can again be a firstchoice suburb—a place thatwe all can be proud to livework and visit.”
FREE AX REURNS
done by trained Ohio Benefit
Bank volunteers.Call 216-663-8601
for more information and to
set up your appointment.
COMMUNITY FORUM DISCUSSION:
Sunday, March 20th • 9:30-10:45 am
Dr. Yvonne ConnerMember Greater ClevelandCongregation’s Criminal Justice Team
James HardimanEsq.., Chair Citizens For Safe And Fair Communities
First Unitarian Church Shaker Blvd., Shaker Heights, 44122
www.firstunitariancleveland.org
What can congregations do, specifically,
to help insure resident safety in their
own communities? Is there cooperationbetween Cleveland and suburban police
departments on basic c elements of the
US Department of Justice consent decree?
Join our us for free coffee,
conversation and community.
THE CLEVELAND CONSENT DECREE, COMMUNITY
SAFETY, AND SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOODS
Mayor envisions “first choice suburb” statusEuclid
By Derek Dixon
RDP CORRESPONDENT
Euclid Mayor
Kirsten Holzheimer Gail
-
8/20/2019 The Real Deal Press March 2016 • Vol 2 # 12
14/16
PAGE VOLUME TWO NUMBER T WELVETHE REAL DEAL PRESS
ClassifiedAUOS WANED
OP CASH FOR CARS, Any Car/ruck, Running
or Not. Call for INSAN offer:1-800-454-6951
A-1 DONAE YOUR CAR FOR
BREAS CANCER!
Help United Breast Foundation education, pre-
vention, & supp ort programs. FAS FREE
PICKUP - 24 HR RESPONSE - AX DEDUC-
ION 855-403-0213
FINANCIAL
Are you in trouble with the IRS? Owe 10k or
more in taxes? Call US ax Shield 800-507-0674HEALH & FINESS
VIAGRA 100mg, CIALIS 20mg. 40 tabs +10
FREE, $99 includes FREE SHIPPING.
1-888-836-0780 or Metro-Meds.net
VIAGRA 100MG and CIALIS 20mg! 50 Pills
$99.00 FREE Shipping! 100% guaranteed.
CALL NOW! 1-866-312-6061
MISCELLANEOUS
AVIAION Grads work with JetBlue, Boe-
ing, Delta and others- start here with hands on
training for FAA certification. Financial aid
if qualified. Call Aviation Institute of Mainte-
nance 866-453-6204
DISH V Starting at $19.99/month (for 12 mos.)
SAVE! Regular Price $34.99 Ask About FREE
SAME DAY Installation!
CALL Now! 877-477-9659
!!OLD GUI ARS WANED!!
Gibson, Martin, Fender, Gretsch. 1930-1980. opDollar paid!! Call oll Free 1-866-433-8277
Dish Network - Get MORE for LESS!
Starting $19.99/month (for 12 months.) PLUS
Bundle & SAVE (Fast Internet for
$15 more/month.)
CALL Now! 1-800-615-4064
CASH FOR CARS,
Any Make or Model! Free owing. Sell it ODAY.
Instant offer: 1-800-864-5784
MAKE A CONNECION
Real People, Flirty Chat. Meet singles right now!
Call LiveLinks. ry it FREE.
Call NOW: 1-888-909-9905 18+.
HIGH RISK DRIVER?
Stop paying too much for SR-22 or similar High-
Risk Car Insurance! Call our FREE hotline today
for CHEAPER coverage! CALL 877-930-5162
WANED O BUY
Wants to purchase minerals and other oil and gas
interests. Send details to P.O. Box 13557 Denver,
Co. 80201
CASH PAID- up to $25/Box for unexpired, sealed
DIABEIC ES SRIPS.
1-DAYPAYMEN.1-800-371-1136
LEADERS WANEDCalifornia based company is looking to expand in
the area. Has exclusive, functional health bever-
age with 7 U.S. and International patents. Work
from home and gain tax advantages; free on-go-
ing training. Earn weekly and monthly income.
Stake your claim in the billion dollar health and
wellness industry. Call for details, toll free 844-
439-3602, 844-439-3602
DEB FREE HOLIDAY
he holidays are upon us. Don’t go into debt.Join a company with an emerging product in the
health and wellness industry. Earn from home;
free on-going training. Serious inquiries only. Call
216-812-0210.
ADVERISE to 10 Million Homes across theUSA! Place your ad in over 140 community newspa-pers, with circulation totaling over 10 million homes.Contact Independent Free Papers of America IFPA [email protected] or visit our website cad-netads.com for more information.
Reader Advisory: he National rade Associationwe belong to has purchased the above classifieds. De-termining the value of their service or product is ad- vised by this publication. In order to avoid misunder-standings, some advertisers do not offer employmentbut rather supply the readers with manuals, directoriesand other materials designed to help their clients es-tablish mail order selling and other businesses at home.Under NO circumstance should you send any moneyin advance or give the client your checking, license ID,or credit card numbers. Also beware of ads that claim
to guarantee loans regardless of credit and note that ifa credit repair company does business only over thephone it is illegal to request any money before deliver-ing its service. All funds are based in US dollars. ollfree numbers may or may not reach Canada.
DAVE'SLANDSCAPING
• ree Removal• Stump Removal
• Landscaping
216.253.4130
INSURED
"HA'S A
BIGGUN'!BEER
CALL DAVE!"
-
8/20/2019 The Real Deal Press March 2016 • Vol 2 # 12
15/16
PAGE Follow Us @RealDealPress THE REAL DEAL PRESS
Cleveland Foundation Seeking Scholarship
Applications for 2016-17 Academic Year
Application deadline is March 15
The Cleveland Foundation is an impo rtant local
source of scholarship funds for college-bound stu-
dents. Last year Foundation scholarships supported
421 students with more than $2.7 million in aid
through more than 75 different scholarship funds .
Students interested in accessing Foundation
support for the upcoming academic year have
until March 15 to apply.
Most awards require residence in Cuyahoga, Lake
or Geauga counties, but in some instances, donors
identified another geographic area of their choice.
On average, the scholarships range from $1,000 to
$3,000, and many are renewable for up to four years.
Over the past three decades, donors of the Cleveland
Foundation have provided more than $50 million in
scholarships, and the awards are always in the form
of grants that do not have to be repaid.
Candidates should proceed as follows:
• First, explore the list of available scholarships via:
http://bit.ly/CLEScholar
• Start the process at our Scholarship Gateway, and
complete the common scholarship application to be
considered for multiple awards. The deadline for the
common scholarship application is March 15, 2016:
http://bit.ly/ScholarGateway
• Applicants will need to submit letters of recommen-
dation and school transcripts, and these steps alone
can take two to three weeks.
• File the Free Application for Federal Student Aid
(FAFSA). Applicants will need to upload the Student
Aid Report (SAR) showing their Expected Family
Contribution (EFC) to our gateway. The SAR and EFC
are available after the student/family completes the
FAFSA. By completing the FAFSA, the student may also
qualify for state and federal grants and student loans.
Check out https://fafsa.ed.gov/ for details.
Cleveland Museum of Art Centennial Celebration
The Cleveland Museum of Art is marki ng its centen-
nial year with a series of special loans from select
collections around the world. Bang by Kerry James
Marshall, acquired early in Marshall’s career by the
Cleveland-based Progressive Corporation, is one
of the artist’s most iconic works. The monumental
painting, which depicts three African American
children saluting the American flag in a suburban
backyard on the Fourth of July, is on view now
through March 27 in Gallery 229.
Marshall became known in the 1990s for his
artworks that invoke the grand traditions of
history painting of 18th-century Europe. However,
Marshall’s work pointedly defies the genre’s
hallmark traits. Throughout his already forty-year
career, Marshall has often depicted African Amer-
ican subjects—long absent from the traditional
narratives of art history—in everyday settings
that exude an o ther worl dly a ura.
Also among other exhibits on view is “Pyramids and
Sphinxes”, which includes the Cleveland debut of
what the museum calls “a stunning watercolor of
the por tal of the Temple o f Edfu b y John Fr ederick
Lewis, a great master of Victorian English watercol-
or.” Visitors can learn how pyramids and sphinxes
became the Western world’s vision of 19th century
Egypt. (Now through Tuesday, May 24)
Community Bulletin Board
R EAL
DEAL PRESS
Black Design Workers take 400 at Take 5By R. T. Andrews
EDITOR
PechaKucha Night was developed in o-
kyo in 2003 as a social event for young designers
to meet, network and display their work in pub-
lic. It has now spread to nearly 900 cities aroundthe world, and last month it featured several local
African American designers, spanning a range of
disciplines.
Hosted at ake 5 Rhythm and Jazz nightspot,the event drew a demographically mixed crowd of
more than fifty people. In emergent fashion, the
lineup featured a radically different group of pre-senters from those originally announced. Arlene
Watson, the creative director at Möbius Grey LLC
who doubles as the director of institutional ad-
vancement at the Museum of Contemporary Art,served as event emcee.
Presenters for the evening were Jamal Col-
lins, an East Cleveland native and University of Ak-
ron grad who works as a visual communications
instructor for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Cleveland;
Jason Minter of Burten Bell Carr, a real estate special-ist whose design work went viral a few years ago; Ja-
cinda Walker, a graphic artist, entrepreneur, and de-sign activist now in grad school at Ohio State; Jordan
Charles, self-described as an “architectural graphicnovelist” who uses comics as a means to tell a nar-
rative; and yJuan Swanson, an undergraduate ar-
chitectural student at Kent State, and protégé of ACE
mentoring program of the Construction EmployersAssociation.
Perhaps the best-known presenter was inde-
pendent filmmaker Robert Banks, who teaches digi-tal photography at NewBridge Arts and echnology
Center. Banks, a graduate of the first class to finish
Cleveland School of the Arts HS, has just completed
his first feature film, “Paper Shadows”, which he de-scribed as “transgressive”.
he presenters followed the PechaKucha format
where each had 20 slides displayed for 20 seconds
apiece, giving them just a brisk six or seven min-utes to convey their ideas. PechaKucha is a Japanese
phrase for chitchat but the takeaways from the eve-
ning were quite substantive.
-
8/20/2019 The Real Deal Press March 2016 • Vol 2 # 12
16/16
PAGE VOLUME TWO NUMBER T WELVETHE REAL DEAL PRESS
Valentine’s Day for
Book Lovers an Affair to RememberCouples, families, singles,
friends and readers of all sortsbraved near frigid temperaturesto meet and hear Clevelandauthors Everett Prewitt, Lau-
ren Cecile [aka Judge LaurenMoore Siggers], Judge MichaelJohn Ryan, and Alan Osi readfrom new or recently publishedworks at the Martin LutherKing Jr. branch of the ClevelandPublic Library, on February 14.
he occasion was dubbedValentine’s Day for Book Lov-ers, the first event in what is en- visioned as a series of movable
gatherings sponsored by heReal Deal Press.
he Martin Luther KingJr. branch of co-sponsorCleveland Public Library pro- vided a perfect setting, withits gallery display of artworkby an array of local AfricanAmerican artists. he showis a staple of the Library’s an-
nual Black History Monthobservance.
Each author read from hisor her work and respondedto questions from the facili-tators, Margaret Bernstein ofWKYC-V3, and her side-kick, voracious reader Madi-son Reid, 9, of Summit County.
Ryan’s book, he LeastLikely: From the Housing Proj-ects to the Courthouse is a bi-ographical account of his up-bringing amidst a myriad ofobstacles, and his triumphant
path to a productive life.Judge Siggers’ Eyes Like
Mine is a fascinating historicalromance novel set in the firsthalf of the 20th century. She
writes with Lauren Cecile asher nom de plume.Everett Prewitt’s A Long
Way Back is his second novel,and is rooted in his personalexperience as an Army officerin Vietnam. Prewitt, a real es-tate appraiser by trade, spokeearnestly about his path to be-coming a writer later in life.His first novel, Snake Walkers,
was set in Cleveland’s Glenvilleneighborhood, and achievedsubstantial literary acclaim.
Alan Osi’s debut novel, he Moondust Sonatas, is a rivetingliterary thriller. Ironically, it isthe first publication of Smokeand Shadow Books, a cre-ation of he Cleveland Writer’sPress, [clevelandwriterspress.
com], an organization he pro-filed for he Real Deal Press inDecember 2014.
Both before and after thepanel discussion, an appre-ciative crowd mingled withthe authors, and enjoyedwine, Italian water, and a va-riety of edibles.
he next movable gather-ing is tentatively scheduled forMay, and most likely will carrya political theme. witter fol-lowers of @realdealpress willbe the first to know the details.
4
5 6
3
1
1. Everett Prewitt, author, A Long Way Back.
2. Judge Lauren Moore Si ggers. 3. L-R: Real
Deal Press publisher R. T. Andrews, Madison
Reid, Margaret Bernstein, with authors
Judge Michael John Ryan, A lan Osi, Judge
Lauren Moore Siggers, and Everett Prewitt.
4.. Madison Reid, 9, of Summit County,
co-facilitated the event with Margaret
Bernstein of WKYC-TV3. 5. Cuyahoga County
Juvenile Cour t Judge Michael John Ryan. 6 .
Dairian Heard, Gennorris Williams-Heard,
and Margaret Bernstein. 7. Alan Osi, author,
The Moondust Sonatas, Movement No. 1: A
Hunter’s Moon. Photos by Randy O. Norfus
7
2