(Casinos) The second biggest little city in the world

Over the 13,000 applicatons they receive there are a ton that don't make it past the, "you've got to be kidding me" file.

One of my all time favorite stories:

We are recruiting at a huge University. People come and go throughout the day (though not in the numbers they used to come in) when this guy that appears to have not showered in several years walks in and asks for an application.

We point him to the table and he proceeds to grab an ARMFUL of paperwork (probably for his trash can fire later that evening). I decide to intervene before things get out of hand and ask the guy what he might be interested in doing. He tells me he would like to fix rollercoasters because that is what he did back in the 20's. (He might have been 50 years old...but I doubt it.)

After 20 minutes or so of listening to him he tells me he will be on his way. He pulls out a cigarette, walks over to a roaring fireplace, sticks his head down in the flames and lights up. How he didn't burst into flames from the alcohol on his breath is beyond me.

So...13,000 applications...but not necessarily those individuals you might want to see at the controls of TTD.

But they have experence fixing roller coasters!

Rider said
Finding the right ones...

:)

No, that's when SF steps in and hires him to work on their roller coasters. ;)

First, just about every franchise in the city of Sandusky is there to make money for three months of the year. To run a citywalk type development the park would have to build the infrastructure and find at least some company to rent space if they wanted it to be more than food joints and bars.

Second, the Cleveland school district spends more per head per student than nearly all other districts in the county including cities that are full of loaded residents with outrageous property values. That fact alone shows that throwing money at a school district will not solve the problem. If Cleveland schools are in trouble because there isn't enough money, then there isn't any school district out there with enough money. But then how do you explain those districts that excell with what they have? Schools that have to axe sports and whatnot only have themselves to blame.

I love casinos. Make a couple trips a year to Detroit or Windsor and one to Niagara (Ontario) each of the last couple of years.

I will hold my breath until Sandusky, or anywhere in Ohio, gets a casino.

I'm purple.

Oops, I'm dead.

Dating to the early 1990s when a car dealer tried to get a riverboat casino legalized for Lorain, this effort has never really gotten off the ground. The composition of the state government doesn't help the pro-casino effort, but at the same time, voters statewide have rejected such proposals in the past.

Interestingly, two entities that have opposed such efforts in the past, as I recall, have been religious groups and horse-racing tracks, which only seem to want other legalized forms of gambling if they are slot machines on THEIR PREMISES to help boost THEIR BUSINESS.

A wild card here is how the tribes come into play. Would their status in anyway help them bypass state-level objections?

I don't know, but I don't think the state would stand for any type of casino.

I guess Sandusky will have to settle for a proliferation of indoor waterparks instead.

And I admit, that's nothing compared to the jingle of coins falling from a slot machine (the one's that spit out paper vouchers suck).

Just open CP year-round: I'll be satisfied.

Oh, I forgot: I'm purple and dead.

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Oh, no one listens to Campbell anyways. There's no way in hell she'll get this to pass or get relected.

Heck, I feel they should have made Portside in toledo a casino. Nothing against COSI, but I feel the casino would have made the downtown area better. I still don't understand how COSI stays open, with most of its customer being school field trips.

Why would she not get re-elected? It's not like Cleveland has any other strong candidates, and being primarily Democratic, the party is going to push someone else.

I applaud her for at least trying to take it to the people. I don't know if Ohioans will bite, but it'll be interesting to see what happens.

There is no way she will be re-elected and she knows it.

For example there is a department that has been operating in the city for two years without a labor agreement. Well they just got one no raise for last year (who wants to pay out retro?) no pay for this year (she has to keep her budget looking good) and a 3.5% raise next year because she knows it will fall into someone elses lap.

The most telling sign that she will be out is that she has lost all of the minority church support which is what got her in. Remember she's not a west sider and most of her vote came from the east. Things like having to be forced to move into the city after being elected and removing garbage cans have really given her a bad name. Also she has made appointments in the CPD that have outraged black leaders and community groups. In a city with the demographic make-up that cleveland has, it makes for a grim picture.

Again, show me who is going to beat her. Bush has been a horrible president, and he got re-elected because the Dem's couldn't come up with a good alternative. Cleveland is in the same boat (and something like 75% Democrat).

I'd take Mike White again at this point.

I just wish I could vote. I guess paying 2% to a city I don't live in is good enough. :)

Who was Lady Jane to take the office in the first place? Noone. She came from an office nobody casres about and she will fade to obscurity once another Dem steps up and courts the city workers and community groups. After all she was running against all Democrats in the first place.

This isn't like national politics. You don't need to be as pretty and perfect to take the middle vote. You need to win the vote of community leaders who go out and tell their groups how to vote. And the leaders and movers and shakers in the city don't particullarly like Campbel anymore.

Ain't it the truth Walt, at least Boss White kept convicted fellons off the Cleveland Police Force. That 2% and the other 1.8% i pay to the city i live in is one of the reasons i hope for regional government.

Still waiting to hear who it is that's going to "step up." I don't have a strong opinion about her one way or another, but anecdotal "evidence" about her failure doesn't make much of a case.

The point is that she came from nowhere to win the seat and so did just about every mayor in recent memory. As the race draws near someone will take the reigns because the citizens of Cleveland are not happy with their mayor. You want "evidence" go down and talk to the people who live there. Not one person I have talked to knows who they are going to vote for this fall but they know it won't be for Jane.

Whatever you say. No one I know feels one way or another about her.

I have strong feelings against her. Doesn't matter. Even though her poor leadership affects me, I have no say in who sits in that office.

In general, she seems unsure of herself, scared, unassertive and defensive. She's just not a leader. Specific examples? How about after the blackout, when her office expressed disappointment at the Plain Dealer because the newspaper didn't lead with a story about the mayor's exemplary leadership during the crisis. Or her red light camera idea in the name of "safety." Or the city paid SUV for her husband. More important than what she's messed up is what she hasn't done at all.

But unless someone steps up, nothing will happen.

The first thing i wonder is that does anyone you know who have little feeling about Campbell live in the city? The vast majority of people i work with do live in Cleveland. I have found that these people have paid attention to their local government and have formed some strong opinions about the current mayor, especially minorities (which is pertinent because that was her voter base in the past election).

I have found that if someone doesn't live in the city, they generally don't care to much about Cleveland's success or failure. In return people do not hear to much about what is going on in city hall.

I was born there, lived there for 14 years. Mike White was actually mayor before I moved. I liked him.

What I'm getting at here is that I think Clevelanders are largely indifferent about city (and county) politics.

Having to pay taxes in a city that you can't vote in, well, someone at the state level should do something about that. Brunswick is good enough to give you a credit at least for paying out-of-city taxes. Interestingly enough, 2004 was the first tax year I've ever not had to pay any city other than Brunswick.

I'll take that as a no then. Again to expand on a past comment. Nearly all of the people i know who actually live in the city have a strong opinion about the city government and those running it. Maybe it has to do with the size of the city and the scope of its operation, maybe not; but i was suprised at the level of interest people have in the running of their city. Suprised in a good way.

I can agree that people living in the Cleveland area and not the city generally don't care about local politics. But then again that has never been my point.