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Friday, June 26, 2009

Topics: Arts, Environment, Politics, Other
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Newsmaker—Rob Frost, Cuyahoga County Republican Party: Frost called for the resignation of Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora. Dimora’s temporary withdrawal as chairman of the county Democratic Party doesn’t go far enough, Frost said, adding Dimora should resign his elected office on the Board of Commissioners for the public good. Frost was mirrored, in a sense, by Ohio Democratic Party chairman Chris Redfern who said Dimora should resign his party chairmanship rather than take a temporary leave.

Roundtable: Joan Mazzolini,reporter, The Plain Dealer; Jay Miller, government reporter, Crain’s Cleveland Business, Mark Naymik, politics reporter, The Plain Dealer.

Dimora: The panel continues discussion of Commissioner Jimmy Dimora’s decision to resign his chairmanship of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party.

Akron Recall: Just 21 per cent of Akron’s registered voters cast ballots in the city’s Mayoral recall election. But overwhelmingly, they decided Mayor Don Plusquellic should continue in the office to which he’s been re-elected five times. Voters repudiated complaints about Plusquellic’s money management and sometimes-brusque manner. The recall campaign was mounted by former city council member Warner Mendenhall whose wife, Kelly, now plans to run for council.

Burning River Anniversary: A spark from a passing rail car ignited a Cuyahoga River oil slick in the Flats 40 years ago this week. The river fire was not a major news story in Cleveland that day. After all, it had happened many times before. But the fire jump-started a fledgling environmental movement and led to passage a short time later of the Clean Water Act. Today, the river is no longer an industrial sewer, but it remains on the government’s list of polluted waterways.

Art Museum Downer: It’s the weekend of the long-awaited opening of the Cleveland Art Museum’s new east wing (opening Saturday, June 27). But the enthusiasm for some museum-goers might be tainted by news of a Case Western Reserve University grad student taken at knifepoint from the steps of the art museum and then raped last Sunday. Police later arrested the suspected rapist.
The attack brought to mind other recent high-profile and frightening incidents such as last winter’s fatal shooting in a downtown park. Only time will tell if such incidents weigh on the minds of potential visitors deciding what to do with their leisure time.

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