Emmy Award-winning Feagler & Friends is a lively, weekly half-hour television discussion of local and national issues impacting lives in Northeast Ohio. Hosted by award-winning journalist and former Plain Dealer columnist, Dick Feagler, Feagler & Friends explores the various issues behind today's news. With a changing ensemble of "friends" ranging from journalists to community and political leaders, Feagler & Friends takes on issues from many different perspectives. Always entertaining and never boring, Feagler & Friends is the program for people "in the know" in Northeast Ohio.

Friday, July 11, 2008

Topics: Education, Economy, Other
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Newsmaker: Joe Calabrese, CEO and General Mgr, Greater Cleveland RTA: Last year, the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority was named the best transit system in North America, partially based on its ability to hold off fare increases. For the past eight years, Joe Calabrese has been behind the wheel of RTA and, lately, he’s been trying navigate some sizable economic chuckholes.

Roundtable: Bill Livingston, The Plain Dealer; Edith Starzyk, The Plain Dealer; Joe Yachanin, Sun Newspapers

Sick Transit: With gasoline prices on the rise, the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority has long offered Northeast Ohio commuters a way to ease the pain at the pump. But now, as bus and rapid cars are starting to fill-up, RTA has announced plans for service cuts and price hikes.

A Shrinking Feeling: Northeast Ohio took another population hit this week as the U.S. Census Bureau reported that Cleveland lost more people last year than any other city in the country. Akron is also on a downward slide, and suburban communities such as Bay Village and Shaker Heights have lost population at an even faster pace than the urban core.

Wait Until Next Year… Again: Baseball fans are still brooding over the loss of a prominent Northeast Ohioan. This week’s trade of pitching ace C.C. Sabathia has sent the faithful back into a familiar feeling of “here we go again”. The Cy Young award winner is the latest in a line of local heroes to depart for greener monetary pastures.

Searching for Ohio’s Promise: After a week of gloomy news, let’s pause to consider a possible point of light. A contingent of Ohio educators recently paid a visit to Kalamazoo, Michigan to take notes on a scholarship program that pledges to back all qualifying public school students who want to go to college. It’s called the “Kalamazoo Promise” and it’s causing comment across the country.

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