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  5. Going up to cleveland on sunday where's a good place to eat/visit

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    So ambiguously gay he said it twice.

    Shame on me for not reading the first page, I didn't realize he was heading to NRidgeville.

    Any "good" places are going to be a haul. Aces was mentioned, and it's on the way southern edge of town. Fine, if you like 'better then bar' bar food. It's pricey for what you get.

    I eat at Fiesta Jalapenos in NRidgeville a lot. I love Mexican food though. Otherwise you'll have to go a few towns over (eastward towards Cleveland) for good food. Crocker Park in Westlake isn't too terrible of a haul, but there's nothing really 'Cleveland-native' about it... it's just mostly higher-end chains and bars (a la Cheesecake Factory).

    There's a couple nice bars in Avon (Two Bucks - everything is $2) on Detroit Rd. And a really fancy restaurant called "The Strip" ($50 meals). Bubba Q's in Avon if you like BBQ (I've been there twice, not really MY kind of food, but it's definitely filling).

    There's a dive bar in Avon Lake called Tailgators that I go to sometimes, and Time Warp in Westlake (much nicer). I think Inya's questions are pertinent to know what you're really looking for (atmosphere, food type, and price-wise).

  10. Stolen 2004 Yamaha R1

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    that doesnt surprise me one bit

    i know some people from there and i know some of that shady stuff that goes on there....you will never catch me there

    ^^--- See, Tyler knowing MORE shady people.

    They don't happen to overlap with the welfare/food stamps scammers you know do they? We could score a double whammy if we nab these folks.

  12. Who do you want as the next Governor of Ohio?

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    ACLU blasts Kasich prison sale plan

    ELYRIA — Ohio’s first experience with private prisons in the 1990s in Youngstown was terrible, and history is repeating itself with Gov. John Kasich’s plan to sell off several prisons and juvenile facilities, according to a representative of the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio.

    “Almost every state had a golden example of why privatization was a bad idea,” said communications director Mike Brickner, who referred to a private federal prison that eventually closed because it was not turning a profit.

    “Within 14 months of it opening, we had 16 stabbings, two murders and six escapes - it got so bad the city of Youngstown had to sue the private prison company to do what it was supposed to do and secure the facility,” Brickner said.

    “Eventually it closed down because it no longer made a profit,” he said. “Here we are 10, 15 years later and the same bad ideas are being discussed.”

    About 40 people, mostly ACLU members and members of the Ohio Civil Service Employees Association, or OCSEA, union, attended a panel discussion on the topic Wednesday night at Lorain County Community College.

    The state budget, which is expected to pass next week, calls for the sale of five prisons or youth facilities including Grafton Correctional Institution which is now state-owned and operated, and North Coast Correctional Treatment Center, which is state-owned and privately operated.

    The move is expected to bring in $200 million in one-time money and save some $9.4 million a year because the private operator must show at least 5 percent of cost savings.

    Also speaking on the panel was Zach Schiller, research director for Policy Matters Ohio, which funded a study that questioned the state’s funding analysis of whether North Coast and Lake Erie Correctional Institution actually saved the state the 5 percent they were supposed to.

    “If there were savings, they were nothing like the savings that were required or estimated,” Schiller said.

    Not only were cost estimates faulty, the state refuses to release information from the private prisons on such issues as staffing, saying it is a trade secret, Schiller said.

    Also speaking on the panel was Tim Roberts of OCSEA who said the private prisons would engage in “cherrypicking or creaming” to get the easiest prisoners who don’t have medical problems. Cost comparisons can’t be done “if it’s not a fair playing field,” Roberts said.

    Christine Link, the ACLU’s executive director, who moderated the discussion, said jobs at the private prison would pay $5 to $10 less an hour.

    A family of four would be “probably eligible for food stamps and Medicaid,” Link said.

    Contact Cindy Leise at 329-7245 or cleise@chroniclet.com.

  21. Man robs bank for $1 to get medical care in jail

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    You and Ben both mention Obamacare... but what exactly don't you like about it? I don't get why you think it'll pit neighbor vs. neighbor? Sure, you're fit, your neighbor's fat, but if you both pay health insurance and he visits the doctor 7x more than you do, his premiums and co-pays will reflect that. As I pointed out, in the end, we all pay for it anyway -- so the cheaper you can make it the better. You think it's about hand holding, sure, some of it is because we can't just murder gaggles of people that make dumb decisions, or are old, or whatever, so in lieu of that, we need to take those idiots who are still Americans (for the most part, we don't need to get into the illegal debate because it's really a very small percentage) and figure out how to make those idiots cheaper on the rest of us.

    It was a HUGE compromise on Obamacare, when the single-payer system was scrapped for this private sector deal. It's been shown that social healthcare is cheaper. Medicare/Medicaid costs grew at around 400%, while the private sector grew around 700% -- both unacceptable, but it still demonstrates the "socialized" care that is Medicare/medicaid is cheaper than the private solutions.

    Medicare Saves Money

    http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/13/opinion/13krugman.html

  24. Carfax....

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    Posted · Edited by JRMMiii

    I wouldn't want the liability of knowing, in detail, what the history of (or what was wrong with) the car I was trying to sell you. That would mean I'm legally obligated to disclose it.

    Probably why dealers would migrate to that system + it's cheaper. Win-win for the seller/dealer.

    #freebumptogetInyasomeonewithCarfax

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