Prosecutorial Misconduct
It’s about time somebody came out with the truth about Stephanie Tubbs Jones and Bill Mason, both asleep at the switch and more concerned about guaranteeing their political future than anything remotely concerned with leadership. [“Silent Enforcer,” May 25, 2011]. If it weren’t for the likes of political deadbeats C. Ellen Connally and Frank Jackson, their political legacy could claim no successors.
Lavozderazon
Remembering a Legend
I met Jane Scott at a Genesis concert at the Richfield Coliseum in the mid-’80s [“RIP Jane Scott,” at the Scene & Heard blog]. As the crowd kept cheering for more encores, she asked my opinion of the show. I replied that the ecstatic crowd had spoken for the show itself. She quickly jotted down the quote and proceeded with her notes on the show with much fervor.
It turned out to be a glowing and accurate review the next day. Of course, I had to tell my buddies that I had met the famed Jane Scott and what an honor it was. Rock fans will miss you, Jane! Hope you get into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame someday. You’re truly an original!
Greg Voloshen
Parma Heights
Strange Bedfellows
Scratch the surface of a family-values conservative and underneath you will find a sinful, out-of-control sexual hedonist [“Ohio Rep Arrested for DUI With Young Woman Who’s Not His Wife in Car,” at the Scene & Heard blog]. The best that can be said was at least she was legal and not a boy.
I don’t know why Republicans fall for this kind of phony baloney from these holier-than-thou people, but they do it time after time after time after time. You would think they’d learn.
The Unrepentant Liberal
Rimshot, Please
The worst part about this arrest is that it isn’t even shocking anymore. It has seemingly become the norm. Look, I love a night out of drinking with a stripper behind my wife’s back just as much as the next guy … but I’m no politician.
Bma
This article appears in Jul 20-26, 2011.
Regarding the “flash mob menace” story in your current issue, I imagine it was written (and meant to be taken) satirically because it is entirely disconnected from reality of any sort. From the headline (beware of playful children) to the blatantly misleading picture, to the tired racial baiting weaved within what few would call an actual news report, it reeks of the exploitative journalism Scene Magazine so often cries foul against.
Unlike the author, I was actually present at the Coventry Street Fair and witnessed the entirety of what went on. The so called “flash mob” was not there to perform a quirky dance, or even participate in the fair in any respectable manner. These large masses of teens (being honest, being real–black teens, primarily from inner-city Cleveland) met up simply to see how much they could get away with before the police cracked down.
And within twenty minutes of their arrival there was general chaos and confusion. Fights, screaming and running in every direction, people getting pushed over, masses of people rushing into stores causing trouble, and an overall atmosphere that went from peaceful to dangerous. As a result, the police handled the situation swiftly, as the onlookers (of all ages and colors) appreciated the protection and containment of what could have been much worse.
If the author of the article feels that this account was disconnected from reality, all one would have to do is simply check the police reports of arrests made that day and perhaps interview some of the people who were there–as could have been done in every other recent “flash mob” incident. This would have forced the author to include facts and truth in the article, as opposed to the poorly concocted two-dimensional work of fiction which was printed.
I remember the same thing happening during Riverfest/Flatsfest years ago. It was the main reason the event was cancelled.