Sam Allard
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Reporter @Axios, emeritus malcontent @ClevelandScene, alum
@MedillSchool & @NEOMFA. News, movies, bball, intrigue. Occasionally, Bosnia. [email protected].
@MedillSchool & @NEOMFA. News, movies, bball, intrigue. Occasionally, Bosnia. [email protected].
FYI: The $600 million in state-backed bonds for Browns stadium in Brook Park (which will cost Ohio taxpayers $1 billion+ after interest) will not be *repaid* by Browns in the way that you or I repay a loan.
April 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
FYI: The $600 million in state-backed bonds for Browns stadium in Brook Park (which will cost Ohio taxpayers $1 billion+ after interest) will not be *repaid* by Browns in the way that you or I repay a loan.
Tanmay Shah, an Indian immigrant attorney and organizer, is running for Cleveland City Council in the new Ward 12.
It's the most explicitly leftist campaign to date in 2025. www.axios.com/local/clevel...
It's the most explicitly leftist campaign to date in 2025. www.axios.com/local/clevel...
Tanmay Shah seeks Cleveland City Council seat in new Ward 12
Shah will take on incumbent Danny Kelly and challenger Andrew DeFratis.
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March 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Tanmay Shah, an Indian immigrant attorney and organizer, is running for Cleveland City Council in the new Ward 12.
It's the most explicitly leftist campaign to date in 2025. www.axios.com/local/clevel...
It's the most explicitly leftist campaign to date in 2025. www.axios.com/local/clevel...
Austin Davis, a policy advisor to Mayor Justin Bibb, has announced his candidacy for Cleveland City Council in the new Ward 7 (the seat to be vacated by Kerry McCormack). www.axios.com/local/clevel...
Austin Davis launches city council campaign on Cleveland's near west side
The mayoral policy advisor looks to claim the open seat to be vacated by Kerry McCormack.
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March 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Austin Davis, a policy advisor to Mayor Justin Bibb, has announced his candidacy for Cleveland City Council in the new Ward 7 (the seat to be vacated by Kerry McCormack). www.axios.com/local/clevel...
25-3: Iron Flame, by Rebecca Yarros
February 17, 2025 at 11:31 PM
25-3: Iron Flame, by Rebecca Yarros
25-2: The Incendiaries, by R.O. Kwon
February 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
25-2: The Incendiaries, by R.O. Kwon
Cleveland Public Library CEO Felton Thomas sent memo to staff instructing them not to intervene in ICE arrests at local branches.
Actions "could be viewed as obstruction of justice or harboring an undocumented immigrant, both of which are serious criminal offenses."
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Actions "could be viewed as obstruction of justice or harboring an undocumented immigrant, both of which are serious criminal offenses."
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Cleveland Public Library director tells staffers not to intervene in ICE arrests
The library is taking proactive action, leadership says.
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January 31, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Cleveland Public Library CEO Felton Thomas sent memo to staff instructing them not to intervene in ICE arrests at local branches.
Actions "could be viewed as obstruction of justice or harboring an undocumented immigrant, both of which are serious criminal offenses."
www.axios.com/local/clevel...
Actions "could be viewed as obstruction of justice or harboring an undocumented immigrant, both of which are serious criminal offenses."
www.axios.com/local/clevel...
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Just got this tip from an airline pilot
January 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Just got this tip from an airline pilot
Pay dirt alert. Insane trove of Redwall titles at the Little Free Library at Franklin and W. 65th.
January 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Pay dirt alert. Insane trove of Redwall titles at the Little Free Library at Franklin and W. 65th.
Cleveland will open its first seasonal shelter of the year Sunday. Next week's forecast and public pressure from NEOCH accelerated plans. www.axios.com/local/clevel...
Cleveland to open temporary homeless shelter as subzero temps loom
The seasonal shelter at a Kinsman Road church is the first of the year.
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January 17, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Cleveland will open its first seasonal shelter of the year Sunday. Next week's forecast and public pressure from NEOCH accelerated plans. www.axios.com/local/clevel...
There is only one Fortune 500 company with "Cleveland" in its name, but that could change if Cleveland-Cliffs' bid for U.S. Steel is successful. www.axios.com/local/clevel...
Cleveland-Cliffs could rename, relocate if it acquires U.S. Steel
CEO said he would move the headquarters to Pittsburgh if U.S. Steel acquisition goes through.
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January 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
There is only one Fortune 500 company with "Cleveland" in its name, but that could change if Cleveland-Cliffs' bid for U.S. Steel is successful. www.axios.com/local/clevel...
Cuyahoga County Exec Chris Ronayne met w/ Jimmy Haslam + Browns leaders Monday and reaffirmed preference that stadium remain on lakefront.
When I asked him if he could envision scenario where county dollars go to Brook Park, he said, "not at this time." www.axios.com/local/clevel...
When I asked him if he could envision scenario where county dollars go to Brook Park, he said, "not at this time." www.axios.com/local/clevel...
Ronayne still opposes Brook Park stadium after Browns meeting
The county executive says won't devote public resources to the project.
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January 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Cuyahoga County Exec Chris Ronayne met w/ Jimmy Haslam + Browns leaders Monday and reaffirmed preference that stadium remain on lakefront.
When I asked him if he could envision scenario where county dollars go to Brook Park, he said, "not at this time." www.axios.com/local/clevel...
When I asked him if he could envision scenario where county dollars go to Brook Park, he said, "not at this time." www.axios.com/local/clevel...
January 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Cleveland City Council has voted to pass the new ward map introduced last month (reducing council from 17 seats to 15, in accordance w/ charter).
Councilwoman Rebecca Maurer and Councilman Brian Kazy vote No.
Councilwoman Rebecca Maurer and Councilman Brian Kazy vote No.
January 7, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Cleveland City Council has voted to pass the new ward map introduced last month (reducing council from 17 seats to 15, in accordance w/ charter).
Councilwoman Rebecca Maurer and Councilman Brian Kazy vote No.
Councilwoman Rebecca Maurer and Councilman Brian Kazy vote No.
Mike Roberts, one of the most important Cleveland journalists of the 20th century, has died at 85.
He was The Plain Dealer's Vietnam correspondent & city editor; went on to edit Cle Mag for 17 yrs, turning it into one of the country's best regional titles. clevelandmagazine.com/in-the-cle/t...
He was The Plain Dealer's Vietnam correspondent & city editor; went on to edit Cle Mag for 17 yrs, turning it into one of the country's best regional titles. clevelandmagazine.com/in-the-cle/t...
Remembering Michael D. Roberts: Pioneering Cleveland Magazine Editor and Journalist Dead at 85
Michael D. Roberts, former The Plain Dealer reporter and founding editor of Cleveland Magazine, left a legacy as a trailblazing editor and mentor to a generation of journalists. By Dillon Stewart
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January 6, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Mike Roberts, one of the most important Cleveland journalists of the 20th century, has died at 85.
He was The Plain Dealer's Vietnam correspondent & city editor; went on to edit Cle Mag for 17 yrs, turning it into one of the country's best regional titles. clevelandmagazine.com/in-the-cle/t...
He was The Plain Dealer's Vietnam correspondent & city editor; went on to edit Cle Mag for 17 yrs, turning it into one of the country's best regional titles. clevelandmagazine.com/in-the-cle/t...
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Sad to read the Boardwalk is now closed. The Boardwalk. 16011 Waterloo Rd. Collinwood. Cleveland.
January 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Sad to read the Boardwalk is now closed. The Boardwalk. 16011 Waterloo Rd. Collinwood. Cleveland.
24-20: The Message, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
January 1, 2025 at 10:12 PM
24-20: The Message, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Situation is similar in Cleveland. Obvious explanation that nevertheless is lost on the media personalities / podcast hosts talking about rule changes, uniform aesthetics and attributes of European vs. American stars.
well on a local level the Bulls inexplicably dumped their longtime cable channel, left YouTubeTV and Comcast, signed an exclusive with Dish (?) and when fans complained they tweeted out a link where people can buy an antenna. It cost $900 to take a family of four to a game. Is this really a mystery?
With NBA ratings yet again the object of intense scrutiny, it is a good time to take a look at the league's numbers so far this season -- not just how the league compares to last year or a decade ago, but to the rest of sports TV:
December 18, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Situation is similar in Cleveland. Obvious explanation that nevertheless is lost on the media personalities / podcast hosts talking about rule changes, uniform aesthetics and attributes of European vs. American stars.
Everyone should be cackling at notion that the Haslams — currently seeking $1.2 billion in public subsidies to move from an existing publicly funded facility to an even gaudier one — "won't respond to extortion." neo-trans.blog/2024/12/15/a...
December 16, 2024 at 7:25 PM
Everyone should be cackling at notion that the Haslams — currently seeking $1.2 billion in public subsidies to move from an existing publicly funded facility to an even gaudier one — "won't respond to extortion." neo-trans.blog/2024/12/15/a...
24-19: Small Things Like These, by Claire Keegan
December 14, 2024 at 6:33 PM
24-19: Small Things Like These, by Claire Keegan
24-18: The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine, by Rashid Khalidi.
December 14, 2024 at 6:07 PM
24-18: The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine, by Rashid Khalidi.
Cleveland City Council's huffing and puffing but ultimately voting in favor of a $20 million handout for stadium repairs reminded me of a similar vote in 2020, when they OK'd a 60-year TIF for the Flats East Bank project.
Gateway returns to the public trough for stadium repairs
City and county OK $40 million to cover sin tax shortfall.
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December 5, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Cleveland City Council's huffing and puffing but ultimately voting in favor of a $20 million handout for stadium repairs reminded me of a similar vote in 2020, when they OK'd a 60-year TIF for the Flats East Bank project.
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December 4, 2024 at 4:21 PM
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A Taco Bell in Middleburg Heights is one of five locations nationwide where drive-thru customers can pose for photos and earn a spot in the chain's upcoming Super Bowl commercial.
How to land a spot in Taco Bell's Super Bowl ad
Select drive-thrus are hosting pop-up photo booths.
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December 3, 2024 at 4:32 PM
A Taco Bell in Middleburg Heights is one of five locations nationwide where drive-thru customers can pose for photos and earn a spot in the chain's upcoming Super Bowl commercial.
The city is working to move Fire Station No. 23 to the former CVS site at Madison and West Boulevard, which would put an end to a controversial gas station proposal.
A fire station could be the solution at controversial CVS site
The site at Madison and West Boulevard has been vacant for nearly three years.
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December 3, 2024 at 2:18 PM
The city is working to move Fire Station No. 23 to the former CVS site at Madison and West Boulevard, which would put an end to a controversial gas station proposal.