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	<title>Read  Roldo . com &#187; Randy Lerner</title>
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		<title>Can You Spare a Dime for Randy Lerner?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roldo Bartimole</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[June 7, 2010&#8230; The City of Cleveland has refinanced Browns Stadium bonds to the tune of $183,856,270.35 in two refinancing deals.
Did Randy Lerner say thanks? I don’t think so.
And because I know no one will report this: The City of Cleveland from its deflated general fund also had to pay $850,000 into the Browns Stadium [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Anyone Expect a Public Official to Notice?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 15:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roldo Bartimole</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 3, 2010&#8230;  Is there a Cleveland City Council member who can show any moxie when it comes to pursuing a bit of economic justice in this town? Nah. Too much to expect.
Public servants don’t seem to want to provide that service. Seeing justice is out of their line of sight.
Maybe it’s too much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Billionaire Lerners Make Forbes Richest in World</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:17:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roldo Bartimole</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 11, 2010&#8230; You may have noticed in The Plain Dealer this morning that the City of Cleveland will refinance $65 million in bonds for Browns Stadium. You also likely noticed that the interest rate will be going up. Taxpayers get ready.
Because of the poor fiscal state of the city, Moody’s rating service lowered the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>County Santa (Tim Hagan) Very Good to MMPI in 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 23:06:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roldo Bartimole</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[December 24, 2009&#8230;  Santa Claus came often and generously to MMPI this year. It’s not a one-night trip in this case. Eight times – from May to December &#8211; he (played by Tim Hagan) dropped $333,333.33 checks into the Chicago firm bank account.
No need to send receipts. It’s a standing fee negotiated by that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Want a Just City Tax&#8230; Try Admission Tax on Sports Events, Fair and Proper</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roldo Bartimole</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[November 24, 2009&#8230;  The most reasonable tax for Cleveland City Council to raise income would be a special admissions tax on all events at Progressive Field, Quicken Arena, and Browns Stadium.
Why?
The reason is mainly because none of the teams pay any property taxes on their sports facilities. Not a penny.
They ride FREE.
Somehow Mayor Frank [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Randy Lerner Gets $10 Million from Cleveland Fans, Non-Fans</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roldo Bartimole</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cleveland Browns fans may be angry with Randy Lerner and the Cleveland Browns football team but that didn’t stop them from contributing $10.9 million to help him this year.
In October, Cuyahoga County taxpayers slipped another $1.2 million to pay for the Browns Stadium.
The Browns are 1-7 this season. And a pretty putrid 1-7 from what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We Pay Lucky Lerner&#8230; The Billionaire Sport</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:02:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roldo Bartimole</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[September 2, 2009&#8230;  In 2009, so far, we taxpayers of Cuyahoga County have given $8.8 million to benefit the Billionaire Lucky Lerner family.
Since August 2005, you have generously paid in those sales tax pennies on alcoholic drinks $56.4 million to aid the Lucky Lerners. How lucky some people are. Wonder how that happens.
Actually, you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Good it Gets for the Lerner Family</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 23:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roldo Bartimole</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 29, 2009&#8230;  Isn’t America  great! If you’re rich, that is. Ask the Randy Lerner family. Happy billionaires.  Our welfare burden.


Here’s a case  where Cleveland people subsidize one of its wealthiest families. The reverse  philanthropy has gone over the $100-million mark so far. And yet, so long a way to  [...]]]></description>
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