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Saturday, May 9, 2009

You Be The Judge

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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

OK,IT'S A FINE SATURDAY NIGHT,RIGHT NOW THE CAVS ARE UP 75 TO 69....WHAT IN GODS GREEN ACRES AM I DOING ON HERE????
YOU ARE TESTING ME,SO I MUST RESPOND TO "YOU BE THE JUDGE".
YES,SATURDAY,GOT A LITTLE BUZZ ON,FEELIN' GOOD......OK....LETS SEE IF I GET THIS......
THE DUDE,BLACKLEY,WAS OR IS,CITY ENGINEER FOR HIGHLAND HEIGHTS,TO THE TUNE OF $224,00.00 IN 2007,AND
$159,000.00 IN 2008,AND LETS NOT PASS OVER THE MONEY THAT HE ALLEDGEDLY RECEIVED FROM BASS ENERGY,CAN YOU SAY "KICKBACKS",WHILE HE SERVED AS CITY ENG. OF H.H.......NOW THIS IS WHERE I GET A LITTLE CONFUSED,COULD BE THE FINE VODKA I'M SIPPIN',OR THE FACT THAT I REALLY HAVE A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING THE MACHINATIONS OF THESE CONIVING SCALLYWAGS.ROMEO IS GIVING THIS DUDE A CONTRACT TO DO WHAT IN OUR FAIR CITY?OH CRAP,OH CRAP,,,WAIT A MINUTE,,,,,,,I JUST WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THE ARTICLES YOU PUT UP,AND ALSO LOOKED AT ANNUAL SALARIES,,,,I DON'T SEE A CITY ENGINEER LISTED IN THE SALARIES,YET,I SEE THE PIC OF THE WATER RETENTION GIZMO,CLOSE TO WHERE I LIVE,AND I SEE THIS BLACKLEY DUDES NAME AS "CITY ENGINEER" ON THE S. EUCLID,CITY ENGINEERING PAGE.
DO I PASS THE TEST? AND IF I DID,WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON????
I MEAN,,,WHAT AM I TO MAKE OF THIS? THIS IS CRAZY.WELL,ASSUMING I'M SOMEWHERE CLOSE IN MY ASSESMENT,IT'S PROBABLY MUCH WORSE THAN I THINK.THIS BLACKY' DUDE IS RUNNING QUITE A SCAM.MULTIPLE CITIES,NO LESS.
IS THERE NO END TO WHAT I WOULD CALL "BLATANT,OPEN,UNDENIABLE CORRUPTION" OF OUR CITY,AND OTHER CITIES,COUNTIES,AND STATE OFFICES.
I ASSUME I AM SOMEWHAT CLOSE IN MY ASSUMPTIONS.DOES IT REALLY MATTER ANYMORE? AS I HAVE SAID,I JUST WANT TO BURY MY HEAD,IGNORE ALL THE NEVERENDING CORRUPTION,SCAMS,LIES,THAT WE ARE HAMMERED WITH EVERYDAY.FACE IT...IT NEVER ENDS.JUST WHEN YOU THINK YOU'VE HEARD IT ALL,,,,YOU HEAR ABOUT ANOTHER CHEATIN',LIE'N,SCUMBAG,IMMORAL,DECEITFULL,DID I SAY CHEATIN'....YOU GET THE POINT.
I'M SORRY,SORRY TO SEO,SORRY TO MY MAN JOE,(KEEP BEIN' A PAIN IN THEIR ARSES, MY MAN),SORRY TO MARY JANE SKALA,,,,BUT I REALLY CAN'T TAKE THE DEPRESSION,THE ANGER,THE FRUSTRATION,(THAT MAKES ME RANT),ANYMORE.IT JUST IS NOT HEALTHY! IT AINT NORMAL PEOPLE!
I'M SERIOUSLY THINKIN' OF GOIN OFF AND BURYING MY HEAD.JUST IGNORE ALL THIS "CRAP",WHICH IS WHAT IS IS.SOME OF YOU MAY SAY,THANK GOD,THIS LUNATIC IS GOING AWAY.AND I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU.YOU GOTTA BE OUT OF YER MIND,TO THINK THAT BY EXPOSING YOURSELF,READING,WATCHING,KEEPING YOURSELF INVOLED,AT ANY LEVEL,WITH WHAT IS GOING ON WITH ALL OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS,IS SOMEHOW GOING TO HELP YOU,OR EDUCATE YOU TO BE A BETTER CITIZEN,MAKE BETTER CHOICES,MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR LIVES....WHAT IN THE HELL ARE WE SMOKIN'? YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I,SEO,JOE,MARY JANE,ANYONE ELSE WHO TAKES THE TIME,PUTS FORTH THE EFFORT TO READ MY CRAP,,,
WE DON'T AMOUNT TO A FART IN THE WIND.(LIKE THAT ONE?)
AS INFORMED WE MAY BE,KNOWLEDGE,WITHOUT THE STRENGTH AND POWER TO AFFECT CHANGE IS USELESS.WHAT IS IT MAYOR JACKSON SAID,"WE KNOW WE HAVE A PROBLEM,WE KNOW THE SOLUTIONS,WE JUST HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING ABOUT IT",OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.
WE SEE,WE UNDERSTAND,WE ARE ALL TO AWARE OF THE BLINDING,MIND NUMBING,CORRUPTION OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS,AND OTHERS,NOT JUST POLITICIANS.THE PEOPLE THAT WE DEAL WITH AT EVERY LEVEL.SALES,HEALTH CARE,MECHANICS,(OH YEAH..),INSURANCE,HOME REPAIRS,YOU NAME IT.
IS IT JUST ME? AM I EXAGGERATING?
IT SEEMS TO ME,THAT WE ARE GETTING SCREWED AT EVERY TURN.
AND WHEN SOMEONE TREATS YOU HONESTLY(ARE YOU SURE)YOU FEEL SO GRATEFULL AND A HUGE RELIEF,AND YOUR BELIEF IN THE "GOODNESS" OF MEN IS RESTORED.TILL YOU GET SCREWED AGAIN,BACK TO REALLITY.
I HAVE GOT TO REMOVE MYSELF FROM THIS ROTTING,INFECTIOUS DISEASE THAT WILL NOT ONLY CAUSE SEVERE DEPRESSION,BUT ROB YOU OF YOUR SOUL.
NO,WE CANNOT CHANGE THAT WHICH IS SO DEEPLY IMBEDDED IN OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM.THE MACHINE,THE CORRUPTION,THE POLLUTION,RUNS SO DEEP,IS SO PERVASIVE,THAT HONEST,TRUTHFULL PEOPLE WILL BE CONSUMED IN THEIR ENTIRETY.WITHOUT SO MUCH AS EVEN THE SLIGHTEST CRUMB,THE SMALLEST MORSEL OF DECENCY LEFT AS EVIDENCE YOU EVER EXISTED....
YEAH,IT REALLY IS THAT BAD MY FRIENDS.ACCEPT IT,WE ARE SCREWD BY GOD.AND I HAVE ALWAYS CONSIDERED MYSELF THE ETERNAL OPTIMIST!YOU KNOW,THE GLASS IS HALF FULL DUDE.
BELIEVE ME,I'M CREEPIN' MYSELF OUT.I'M NOT SAYING WE SHOULD GIVE UP,I'M JUST SAYING HEAD FER THE HILLS PEOPLE!!!!GET OUT WHILE YA' CAN!JOE,MARY JANE,GIVE IT UP! BEFORE YA LOSE YER MIND,BEFORE YA LOSE ALL FAITH IN HUMANITY,,,,RUN,,,BURY YOUR HEAD,,,PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN.I'M GONNA' TRY TO CALL IT QUITS.IT'S BEEN 8 WEEKS SINCE I HAD A SMOKE,LETTIN' LOOSE OF ALL THIS POLITICAL CRAP SHOULD BE A BREEZE.NO MORE RUSH,NO MORE
GLENN BECK,NO O'REILLY,NO MORE OBAMA,NO BAILOUTS,NO MORE 401K BULLCRAP,(WHAT A SCAM,ANOTHER TIME,MAYBE),LIKE I SAID,,,
IT JUST IS NOT HEALTHY TO EXPOSE YOURSELF EVERYDAY TO THIS POLITICAL CRAP.YEAH,CRAP.THAT'S WHAT IT IS.NO MORE SEO.THIS IS CAPS GUY,SIGNING OFF.I JUST WON'T TAKE IT ANYMORE.GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
AND YES,YOU CAN BURY YER' HEAD,YOU CAN REFUSE TO PLAY THE GAME.I'M GONNA IGNORE ALL THESE ROTTEN,##***!!!,GOOD FOR NOTHING A-HOLES,AND GET ON WITH MY LIFE.HAVE ANOTHER SIP OF MY DRINK,,,,I FEEL IMMENSELY BETTER ALREADY,DAMN I FEEL GOOD,,,,,
I'LL SEE YA'ALL DOWN THE ROAD FRIENDS.

Anonymous said...

The rambling diatribe above aside, would someone like to summarize what the takeaway is from all of these disparate articles?

Anonymous said...

From what I heard, the city engineer wants to relocate his office to South Euclid and needs some variances from the BZA to make this work. I don't think this is out of the ordinary and I also don't think there is any ethical or conflict of interest violation here. There are no city funds involved in this process and the engineer himself is not voting on anything. So, on the surface, this looks like a good move where the engineer wants to move a business into SE. Am I wrong? I don't know about any of those other issues, but there are two sides to every coin.

Anonymous said...

The city engineer cannot appear before any board or commission of the city. Read the charter. The guy who ends up going in front of the BZA is another employee of the same engineering firm. Don't know if the charter prohibits just the city engineer, or does it encompass the entire firm? The ordinance passed by SE council technically enters into an agreement with the company, not the individual. Good question. Also, the owners of the property in SE seeking the variance are at the same address as the engineering firm.

Anonymous said...

We can only hope the FBI and Attorney General are on the ball and have SE under the microscope, Like they are doing with Welo friend (can I have another sandwich to stuff down my mouth) J Dimora(sp?)

There are at the very least 4 persons that need to go.

1. Mayor for hiring the Law Director and Engineer.
2. The Law director who has past ethical questions, where he had been sued by two separate entities (who received judgements for failure to pay bills. The Law Director had to fork over the money in both instances. Had the Law director's history for failing to pay bills happened before he passed the bar(assuming he passed the bar), he wouldn't have been able to even get his license to practice ( because of ethics violations).
3. A.B. Engineer. If it looks improper it probably is. Believe the people investigating him. They have nothing to gain!
4. Councilman Miller should be forced to resign since he violated ethics (which he warned others of doing quoting the ordinance on council Decorum) He blatantly attacks citizens for disagreements with council. Not to mention his incoherent letter read into council minutes and partially published in the Sun News. See the letter in earlier SEO .

This is just the beginning. No doubt more disturbing details will emerge with investigation and others may also be forced to resign.

And let's not forget Icove, who protests the most defending this City council. You know what they say about people that are that defensive. and protest too much Psych 101 -"perhaps they have something to hide." Remember since he has been sitting on Council the City has lost approx. 8,000 residents. (WHY?)

On a positive note!! The City has an outstanding Police and Fire department. They do their jobs and treat the Citizen's properly.

As for the Sun News. The good news is that they let the leaders of the City hang themselves by their own doings. The bad news. Too few people bother to read the Sun Press.
That's ok because when the timing is right local, and national news organizations will get the facts. (i.e. CNN's AC360 Keeping them honest.)

For now KEEP THE SUNSHINE on this administration. They are afraid of the Sunshine and will do what they can to skirt the law.

Now I want to throw up too.

Anonymous said...

This whole issue doesn't bother me so much as the lack of contract with Coral Company to redevelop Cedar Center.

Keep your eye on the ball, SEO - if the city fails to find a developer to take over the redevelopment and liabilities that the city now owns, there will be hell to pay for the city administration. That's the place you want to keep looking - Cedar Center.

Anonymous said...

YOU ARE RIGHT-ALL EYES ON CEDAR CENTER. It will be the biggest failure of this administration without some kind of intervention.

To be honest I think PR(Coral) suck as developers. They didn't deliver on Shaker Square Makeover, and How about that New and empty parking garage behind the Cedar Lee. That was going to connect new residential retail mix. Well despite all the great looking signs of what was to be he withdrew from it, leaving a vacant parking garage and vacant lot. And UH Cedar Center. Not much different then before except there is a new CVS building and The Whole Foods. Not what I believed was promised. Now there are fewer vendors. And basically he refaced an older building.
For SE we deserve top notch stuff, and I am not convinced this project can be handled by someone local. (sad, but true)We need visionaries who can see 30 years down the line. That's why it has to be done right, without any downsizing and cutting corners And it takes developers with money. Today's economy will not,be tomorrows -so Coral is also a problem.

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