Sin tax on ballot stirs Cleveland area politics
Local leaders including Commissioners Timothy Hagan Mary Boyle and Virgil Brown push a May 8 ballot measure for a sin tax amid sharp political mockery. Gov Celeste and Mayor White weigh in as critics warn the plan to fund sports venues and downtown development could cost taxpayers hundreds of millions.
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Timothy Hagan
Mary Boyle
Virgil Brown
Cuyahoga County
Cleveland
Michael White
Celeste
Amherst Board to axe high school bus service
Amherst faces a potential 1990 91 deficit and votes to cut the budget including eliminating high school bus ing and delaying further actions until the May 8 levy result. Cuts total about 265 000 with busing save 40 000 and other reductions across staff equipment and supplies.
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Amherst
Howard Dulmage
Dulmage
Kids of Survival Transform South Bronx Art Studio
Oberlin-George Garces, once a streetwise 13 year old promoting NYC nightclubs, joined Kids of Survival under Tim Rollins. The group turned the Art & Knowledge Workshop into a self sustaining art school with a 300000 dollar budget, creating canvases from classic texts and painting modern impressions.
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Oberlin
George Garces
South Bronx
New York City
Garces
Kids of Survival
Tim Rollins
Art & Knowledge Workshop
Ridge Tool rezoning stalled by council committee
Elyria homeowners won a round in the fight over Ridge Tool Co. rezoning on Winckles and Prospect streets as the Community Development Committee tabled the proposal for further study after the Planning Commission had approved it. Ridge Tool seeks about 20 lots to enable future commercial development. five adjacent homes would be surrounded by industrial zoning. Barbara Payne urged careful consideration of impacts on neighborhood values and future planning.
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Elyria
Ridge Tool Co
Winckles
Prospect Streets
Planning Commission
Commission
Barbara Payne
Payne
Jim Taylor
Ridge Tool
Prospect
Taylor
Elyria police get chop shop cars for sale or use
Police receive two forfeited cars from Don’s Auto Body and a seized Buick from Warehouse Ltd. The 1983 Camaro and 1984 Oldsmobile, linked to Don Kendall, were ordered to Elyria Police for sale or use with proceeds split between law enforcement trusts. The actions accompany ongoing cases in Lorain County.
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Elyria
Charles Piazza
Elyria Police Department
Donald Kendall
Raymond E. Davis
Piazza
Edith Schneider
Lorain County Common Pleas Court
Don's Auto Body
Oberlin Road
Carlisle Township
Nal Tools
Edward M. Zaleski
Warehouse Ltd
Lawrence G. Rodak
Police Department
Lorain County Prosecutor’s Law Enforcement Trust
Retiring patrolman mulls teaching after 29 years service
Elyria Highway Patrol retiree Noel Hack, 52, plans six months of travel and family camping before deciding on teaching or investigative work. He served 29 years at Marion Delaware Massillon Elyria posts, rose to sergeant, acted as Elyria post commander after Lt Delli's death, and remains affiliated with First Baptist Church youth outreach in LaGrange with his wife Sylvia and four children.
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Elyria Highway Patrol
Noel Hack
Hack
Elyria
Patrol
Marion
Delaware
Massillon
Charles Delili
Ken Morckel
First Baptist Church of
LaGrange
Sylvia
Swoboda to attend Ridgeville Earth Day celebration
North Ridgeville hosts a Party in the Park on Sunday April 29 for Earth Day’s 20th anniversary. WJEW-TV anchor Robin Swoboda will attend, drawing crowds to the South Central Park activities and possibly ride in the antique fire engine.
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Swoboda
Ridgeville
North Ridgeville
Northeast Ohio
South Central Park
Wjew-Tv
Channel 8
Robin Swoboda
Wagner
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