 | 21. | | Buck Shot
As deer fill up backyards and roadsides, Northeast Ohio once again wrestles with a dilemma: to shoot or not to shoot.
Issue: September 2011
Category: Talking Points
Author: Marsha McGregor
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| 22. | | You Got Trouble
Casinos are instruments of the devil, trouble with a capital T — according to all I've heard and read.
Issue: August 2011
Category: Talking Points
Author: Stuart Warner
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| 23. | | The Fading City
Cleveland is shrinking fast. The city faces a bitter future because its political leaders failed to grasp a piece of it.
Issue: July 2011
Category: Talking Points
Author: Michael D. Roberts
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| 24. | | Lesson Plan
Teachers hate Ohio's Senate Bill 5. But it gives them a chance to help define what good teaching is and reward it.
Issue: June 2011
Category: Talking Points
Author: Dan Moulthrop
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| 25. | | Lame Plan
Designing a downtown that works isn't as easy as it looks on CityVille. As Cleveland embarks on its $1 billion building boom, are we about to repeat our century of mistakes?
Issue: May 2011
Category: Talking Points
Author: Michael D. Roberts
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| 26. | | I Can’t Quit LeBron
It might be normal for Clevelanders to hate him, but I'd rather cheer for somebody.
Issue: April 2011
Category: Talking Points
Author: Stuart Warner
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| 27. | | Where Goodwill Grows
The Vineyards of Château Hough defies expectations, turning a long-vacant lot into a focal point for cooperation.
Issue: March 2011
Category: Talking Points
Author: Mansfield B. Frazier
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| 28. | | Icing the Cooler Bandits
Two Akron men are still behind bars for robbing a string of restaurants in 1991, prompting one filmmaker to ask, 'How long is long enough?'
Issue: February 2011
Category: Talking Points
Author: Stuart Warner
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| 29. | | History of Hubris
As Ed FitzGerald becomes county executive this month, Cleveland's past few decades offer a cautionary tale: Arrogance destroyed some of our most promising leaders.
Issue: January 2011
Category: Talking Points
Author: Michael D. Roberts
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| 30. | | The Great Divide
George Voinovich may be retiring at the end of the year, but his time as mayor will live on as the defining moment of our political landscape.
Issue: December 2010
Category: Talking Points
Author: Erick Trickey
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| 31. | | After the Burglary
While Cleveland recoils from the Dimora-Russo charges, a deeper scandal emerges: skulking county employees blotting out home values with correction fluid.
Issue: November 2010 Issue
Category: Talking Points
Author: Michael D. Roberts
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| 32. | | Saving Grace
Two friends, linked through alcohol, face the consequences of their actions and seek redemption.
Issue: October 2010 Issue
Category: Talking Points
Author: Stuart Warner
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| 33. | | Pain Dealer
Cleveland's daily deserves credit for shaking off a legacy of lethargy, stirring the town to outrage and helping to change a government run amok.
Issue: September 2010 Issue
Category: Talking Points
Author: Michael D. Roberts
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| 34. | | Headed for the Border?
Nope. My crime was walking while looking Hispanic.
Issue: August 2010 Issue
Category: Talking Points
Author: Stuart Warner
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| 35. | | Defense Mechanisms
Dozens of people may be headed to federal prison in the biggest corruption case in Cleveland's history. Their defense is that everyone else was doing it, so why was it a crime?
Issue: July 2010 Issue
Category: Talking Points
Author: Michael D. Roberts
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| 36. | | On the Line
Frank Russo and Jimmy Dimora have been stuck in legal limbo for almost 24 months. If the feds have the goods on these two, what’s taking so long?
Issue: June 2010 Issue
Category: Talking Points
Author: Joe Dirck
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| 37. | | 13 Deadly Seconds
Forty years ago, four students were killed at Kent State. Yet the tragedy began long before, when America embarked upon a perilous and paranoid journey.
Issue: May 2010 Issue
Category: Talking Points
Author: Michael D. Roberts
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