Good afternoon, Cleveland. Here’s some stuff to read while you listen to Cleveland’s plan to have employees leave work in staggered stages and put dibs on whatever the earliest time is.
— What’s cuter than a super-cute new baby animal at the zoo? A super-cute new Bush Baby baby, of course. Yes, the animal is called the Bush Baby. (WOIO)
— A Plain Dealer investigation showed a disproportionately high number of African-Americans were cited for riding without paying fares on RTA this year. Cue George Forbes’ angry outcry in 3… 2… (Cleveland.com)
— A man was hit in the head by a snow plow. Somehow, he’s fine. (WOIO)
— The boys from the Black Keys bought houses in Nashville. Somewhere, someone will find the time to produce some manufactured outrage about that fact. (The330.com)
This article appears in Dec 8-14, 2010.
They only give out tickets in the black riders areas you can count on one hand how many times you see them in white rider areas. RTA police need more training on how to do the JOB they were hired to to, where are they when someone innocent is being hurt on the bus, like the young lady who had acid thrown in her face. Ride the but make the riders feel safe.
If blacks are the ones that don’t pay the fare, they are to be cited. If Asians or whites are the ones they have to be punished equally too. When are we going to learn to behave like honest civilized citizens regardless of race?
How this article even was allowed to be wrote is a joke and the problem with the division with races in this country. The blacks are ticketed because they are the ones stealing the rides and not paying. It’s not news if blacks are being issues citations if they are the ones that are trying to buck the system. If the number of whites hopping on the buses and not paying is disproportionately low, then of course the number of blacks will be significantly higher than whites! I don’t get it! And George Forbes jumps in like Jesse Jackson trying to cry wolf when the real issue is “thugs” not paying their fares and black leaders attempting to take the attention away from the real issue at hand. Come on Man!!!