Oh so now we shouldn't have a Farmer's Market in Tremont either? Should there be anything in Tremont at all? How about we just totally and completely level the neighborhood (except of course for the houses of the poor, elderly and disabled)? Would that make everyone on this website happy?

No, I have no issues with the market but the traffic congestion poses a hazardous situation, especially during rush hour traffic being that West 14th Street is heavily traveled and there are two bus stops(one at each corner of the park.

As you can see in the photo, the sandwich truck is sitting in the middle of the road with no lights or signal on.  The park is full of children and heaven forbid that somebody bring attention to the danger before some one or someone's child gets smashed to smitherines as the result of somebody pulling out into on-coming traffic on the wrong side of the dam street.

When your life is not impacted by the devastation of being confined to a wheelchair or walker, etc., you cannot begin to imagine how these kinds of things destroy the quality of life for that person.

Learn to care about the little things that significantly impact a great percentage of people and their families in our region. Learn about the demographics of your community outside the box of your comfort zone. Learn to appreciate the NEEDS of those citizens too. Every little adjustment of fine tuning our communications will improve the quality of life for all people in general.

If you are blind or in a wheelchair-that Farmer's Market is not good for your quality of life if you cannot get to it and buy the stuff you want, now is it?

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"If you are blind or in a wheelchair-that Farmer's Market is not good for your quality of life if you cannot get to it and buy the stuff you want, now is it?"

If you're blind, you're obviously not driving to the Farmer's Market, so the traffic congestion becomes a moot point. The same with being disabled. Those cars and trucks in the photo are not impeding the ability to traverse the sidewalks in a wheelchair.

And by the way, I am greatly concerned about things that impact people's lives in the city of Cleveland and I know plenty about the demographics of my community outside the box of my comfort zone (whatever that is...why don't you tell me since you seem to know a great deal about me?) having a severely handicapped younger brother.

 Isn't the incessant and insistent focus on such ridiculous minutaie as parking violations and valets and sidewalk impediments just a smokescreen for good, old-fashioned class warfare? I mean, I'm sure there are some here in Tremont who actually care about these issues, but aren't most just hiding behind them as a way to spew jealousy and hatred for those who have what they don't? I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm the last person who would EVER defend these corporate douche assholes who speed around in their Mercedes and sit at Fahrenheit and act like pricks, but really, in my opinion, there needs to be a real, honest confrontation of the social injustice that pervades not only Tremont but the entire country, and it needs to be fought with people talking about the real issues, not just parking violations and liquor licenses and valets.

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as well as selective enforcement of codes is a part of what is being fought.

The point is that Sammy Catania has a history of treating residents like a piece of shit, has screamed profanities at them, may have fired off a gun, and now has assaulted another person. If you are not catching the red flags here, then have your own vision checked. 

The board of TWDC needs to fire Sammy and show some balls with the director.

Per Guy T Black's response last night to my question: Sammy came to the park in rage. What happened in the moments prior to this?. Guy said that Sammy fired off 6-7 rounds a few weeks ago, that people called the police, and that "nothing happened". Guy was questioning this, and per Guy, Sammy got word of it, and came down to the park.

That account for the discussion on the tape.

The solution is to pin the date and time down, get the 911 tapes (public record) and find out which officers responded and what happened.  

When we have gunfire, I call 911. The police response is quick. 

the officer at 2nd District kept questioning Guy about the assault incident at the park since no police report was made on the date of the incident.

that any citizen would ask: why was a police report not made? Commander Sulzer certainly would think this is a fair question.  

Dear members of the Tremont Neighborhood:

"I have seen enough mud thrown lately, by people in the neighborhood who do not contribute, own property and or even live here to stay quiet any longer.  Sammy Catania has been a great asset for this neighborhood and has put his heart and soul into helping this neighborhood both for the residents and the businesses. If the portion of people that do nothing and contribute nothing to this neighborhood would actually get a job, volunteer, pay taxes, or help in any other way, Tremont could be a much greater place.  However, you choose to make accusations and disparage good people.  Thank You Rocco for spelling it out for people.  Unfortunatly,  I don't have the time to write a long letter about this.  Yes,  I am getting ready for one of the greatest festivals this city has to offer.  I am CONTRIBUTING to the better good of TREMONT.  Good will triumph.   Thank You everyone for your support over the years and all your hard work to HELP make Tremont a great neighborhood."
Paul Jones
Treehouse

My dear Pauley

First of all, you do not have to live here to be a stakeholder in the community.  There are members of the TWDC Board that do not live here as well as the TWDC By-Laws clarifies such.   Not to mention, there are many business owners in the community that do not live here. 

Heart and Soul:  I hear that a lot.  I also hear about how much money, and all the hard work that has gone into certain businesses.  What about the blood, sweat, tears, years of har dwork and every dollar they could rake and scrape together that some of these people have put into their old houses? 

Get a job, volunteer - pay taxes:  Most of these old timers have already paid their dues.  A lot of them volunteer, and for the most part I'd say they're kind of tired.  They maybe feel like after all those years of hard work, that they should be able to enjoy their later years in peace without the drunks, the noise the parking headaches.    Have you ever seen a swarm of locusts?  With the influx of so many people until all hours in the morning, keeping everybody awake, slamming car doors, hollering drunks, that's what it reminds me of.

Paying Taxes:  Well, that's a good one.  What do you think rent pays? we buy groceries, we buy gas, we buy insurance, we buy clothes, we buy cleaning products, maintenance on vehicles, pay utility bills, etc.  How many of these big time developers would go under real fast if all the renters left? 

This big event you speak of - it a money maker and nothing more.  If all these people just came as spectators, you wouldn't want them here.  Just like the poor people who live here.  They are of no value to the business sector - so they're pushed and squeezed aside like second class citizens.