True story. My grandmother was a sharecropper. For a span of years, she and my grandfather picked cotton on a parcel of land owned by Mr. Charles in Natchitoches, Louisiana. I remember the day my grandmother showed me a cotton boll and demonstrated how to separate the stems … [Read more...] about Sponges and Rocks
Cleveland Heights
Coffee for the Common Woman | Part 1
I'm on a quest to find the best tasting cuppa coffee at the best price on Cedar Hill. From where I sit this morning I can walk about a minute in each direction and find several cups of coffee. Here we go... a cuppa coffee for the common man, woman, person, friend, mom, dad, … [Read more...] about Coffee for the Common Woman | Part 1
We Need Some New Ideas
A couple of weeks ago, the Cleveland Heights 6:00 pm curfew for teenagers under 18 years of age in the Coventry and Cedar/Lee business districts was expanded to include the Severance Business District. Councilwoman Bonnie Caplan cast the lone dissenting vote. It isn’t easy to … [Read more...] about We Need Some New Ideas
The police are using Twitter – and look who’s got something good to say
On Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend, a 16-year-old boy named Artwon Oliver was shot and killed at the intersection of Lee and Superior roads in Cleveland Heights. According to the reports (here are 2 from the Plain Dealer: first report, Nov. 27; follow up, Nov. 30), he had been … [Read more...] about The police are using Twitter – and look who’s got something good to say
Wanted: Transparency
Transparency was a frequent topic of discussion with voters during my campaign to win a seat on City Council in Cleveland Heights. If you attended this month’s special Municipal Services meeting on the Taylor Road resurfacing project, you got to witness a problem that resulted … [Read more...] about Wanted: Transparency
