FEDERÅL DEFINITION OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

According to the Developmental Disabilities Act, section 102(8), "the term 'developmental disability' means a severe chronic disability of an individual 5 years of age or older that:

1) is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or combination of mental and physical impairments;

2)AND THIS IS KEY... "is manifested BEFORE THE AGE OF 22"

3) is likely to continue indefinitely;

 CLEVELAND, OHIO HAS BOTH SEASONAL AND ALL-YEAR-ROUND SUNFLOWERS

Recently, a retired teacher Paul Springstrubb wrote an editorial on the performance of the Cleveland Foundation.

https://www.cleveland.com/opinion/2019/08/the-cleveland-foundation-could...

Scene Magazine's Sam Allard followed up:

https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2019/08/16/cleveland...

During this mini-heat wave, I am not the only person who books a hotel room to beat the heat.  Apparently, whole families cram into the rooms at the Akron Courtyard Marriott, leading the management to issue a legal waiver notifying noisy groups that they will be thrown out and forfeit their reservation deposits.

 (Convo....right Frank)

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From: Office of the Mayor
Daniel Williams, Director of Media Relations Office of the Mayor
(216) 664-4011
Latoya Hunter, Assistant Director of Media Relations, Social Media and Digital Integration
Office of the Mayor
(216) 664-4303

Cleveland has a MANDATORY Rental Registration Program, Cleveland Certified Ordinance Section 365, that requires registration of ALL rental properties and a payment of $35 annually for EACH individual unit. ALL OWNERS MUST REGISTER.  CHN Crime Partners is NOT exempt.

Buckeye Shaker Square Development Corporation

 http://s.cleveland.com/WLWRlcM

To distance themselves from Mark Naymik's racially intended hit pieces on Councilman Ken Johnson, Advance media editors had another reporter, Robert Higgs, do an "impartial" review of council expense reports.  The effort backfired in a major way as Factchecker, aka former East Cleveland Mayor Eric J. Brewer, sliced and diced the article:

 How about Lionel Richie's and Micheal Jackson's 

By now, most people realize that Nashville beat out Cleveland and Pittsburgh for the Amazon HQ2.

Why and how will be analyzed in depth.  Digital inclusion needs to be part of that discussion.  Unfortunately, in typical CLE-CUY fashion-- the focus and distribution of funds needed to change the equation is being directed through the Cleveland Foundation and through a dysfuctional community development service model at the municipal and county level--ALL dependent on FEDERAL MONIES.

The world's richest man, the first billionaire, lived in East Cleveland at what is now Forest Hill Park on over 700 acresof land. Euclid Avenue was "Millionaire's Row" and the 2nd wealthiest street in the nation behind Park Avenue in Manhattan, New York. When I attended shopping center conventions to introduce developers to the city my pitch was that he left us with everything.

Kevin Kelley, Ken Johnson, Anthony Brancatelli, Joe Cimperman, Frank Jackson ....Their behavior as elected officials all LOOKS bad.  It doesn't help to have two journalists arguing with each other about presenting the news.   There is a dust up on FB between Eric Brewer and Sam Allard: