Andrew Putz, Author at Cleveland Scene

Giving Them the Business

The Plain Dealer typifies the nation’s lackluster business press.

Alfred Holly is not a good man. But did he shoot a 15-year-old kid?

Sealed reports, sober allegations, serial bungling. Welcome to the most cursed case in Cuyahoga County.

Cleveland loves its beer. As long as it’s not the good stuff.

He built a lot of stuff. He’ll be remembered as a great mayor. He’s still an S.O.B.

Glenville Towne Centre was supposed to help local businesses. Tell that to Dorothy Burton.

Hector Marinaro is the greatest athlete in Cleveland. You may even have heard of him.

Can a man so tied to one company’s failure teach others to succeed?

He killed his father. Now a 13-year-old boy straddles the thin line between self-defense and retribution.

Ohio continues its crusade to keep people like John Hartman off the ballot.

As a Glenville neighborhood tries to rise, violence pulls it back down.

LTV’s bumbling leaves a wake of wounded workers in Alabama.