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Feagler and Friends - Tony Brancatelli, Cleveland City Council, Ward 12
Feagler and Friends
 
 
 
Newsmaker: Tony Brancatelli, Cleveland City Council, Ward 12. Cleveland's Ward 12 is a poster child for the city's problems and potentials. Dozens of abandoned homes are covered in plywood, but some of those homes have been torn down and replaced by new housing. If you look closely, you'll find evidence of Ward 12's Eastern European roots, chiseled in stone. But some of the old ethnic residents and businesses have fled the neighborhood in the wake of some recent high profile crimes.

Roundtable: Stan Bullard, Crain's Cleveland Business; Harry Boomer, 19 Action News; Joe Guillen, The Plain Dealer.

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood? The death of another child has focused attention -- once again -- on safety issues in Cleveland. But, it has also become part of a community conversation about the quality -- or the inequality -- of life in the city. That was the subject of a series this past week in the Plain Dealer. But, this wasn't the traditional coverage of muggings and robberies. Instead, a team of reporters fanned out across town and focused on the realities of day-to-day life in different neighborhoods.

Mortgage Mess: Abandoned, plywood-covered houses can be found all over the city. "For Sale" signs are sprouting up in lawns all over Northeast Ohio. New homeowners with bad credit ratings are defaulting on loans in communities ranging from Slavic Village to Shaker Heights. Over 10,000 local homes are currently owned by banks or other financial institutions. The present foreclosure crisis has been compared to the numbers last seen during the Great Depression.

Here Comes Congress: The staggering foreclosure problem in Ohio and the rest of the country is one of many issues that Congress is expected to tackle this fall. Our legislators returned to Washington from their summer break, this week, and they face a daunting agenda, including: the renewal of "No Child Left Behind"... repairing the nation's aging bridges and roads... and the future of our involvement in Iraq.

September 10, 2007