Lunch Is For Wimps News & Politics

GCP Endorses Cleveland Academic Transformation Plan

Billy Ray Valentine, Capricorn — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:08:09 +0000

The Greater Cleveland Partnership, a group of Cleveland business leaders, came out in support for the new plan intended to transform the Cleveland school system. “For too long, Cleveland’s public schools have been failing—most importantly, failing our city’s children by inadequately preparing them to succeed, which in turn hurts all of us.”

Taxes in Cuyahoga County Going Up…… Again

Billy Ray Valentine, Capricorn — Wed, 05 May 2010 13:55:16 +0000

Chances are your tax liability will rise going forward as most tax levies passed including the Cuyahoga County health and human services levy. Check out the local primary results here to see if your taxes are going up. The higher taxes will probably attract new business and people to the area. They should also help with our tax burden problem in this part of the country.

County Interactive Map

Admin — Sat, 01 May 2010 02:20:03 +0000

Here’s a cool interactive map depicting all the counties in Ohio. As you move the cursor over each county, it gives interesting statistics like unemployment rate, population, median household income, and my favorite average private wages vs. average government (federal, state, local) wages.

U Circle Uptown Neighborhood

Admin — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 15:03:45 +0000

Looks like University Circle’s “Uptown” residential/commercial development project is about to kickoff. Look’in good.

Places to Visit in C-Town

Billy Ray Valentine, Capricorn — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:38:16 +0000

Here’s a good website if you’re looking for places to visit/stuff to do in Cleveland and other cities in Ohio.

Competing as a Region

Billy Ray Valentine, Capricorn — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:02:07 +0000

Here’s interesting analysis on the idea of regionalism, and competing economically as a region.

Ohio Budget and More

Billy Ray Valentine, Capricorn — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:39:25 +0000

This is a great interview/debate regarding the Ohio budget and related problems. You need to page down and press play and skip to the 7 minute mark. Notice the guy from the Buckeye Institute has solid numbers behind his analysis. This is a must see video clip.

Update on Ohio Rail System

Billy Ray Valentine, Capricorn — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:05:53 +0000

We can spend $25M of tax payer money on the rail system even if we don’t build it! Awesome. Although that alternative might be better than building something that will cost the tax payer annually for years to come.

Drew Carey and Reason Saves Cleveland

Billy Ray Valentine, Capricorn — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:44:59 +0000

Click here and watch the video. The tale of Cleveland’s decline and a theory on how to turn it around.

Ohio Governor Race

Admin — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:38:39 +0000

These interviews are from The State of Ohio on WVIZ. They’re useful (click on the videos on each page):

Here’s the Kasich interview.

Here’s the Strickland interview.