Posts Tagged Scene
Alternative Scene Deals Honestly with Drew Carey PR Stunt
Posted by Roldo Bartimole in Media, People on March 18, 2010
March 18, 2010… You have to hand it to The Plain Dealer for incisive, penetrating attention to finding solutions to the city’s grave problems. I mean by giving special attention to someone who has the answers to those dire problems. Drew Carey.
Of course, I’m kidding.
Sometimes newspapers like to be “taken” by certain interests. That’s the only reason I can see for the PD paying any – any – attention to the self-promotion of a comic.
Thankfully, the alternative Cleveland Scene sees through the self-promotional nature of Carey.
C’mon, this a public relations trip that the PD has tagged along with for reasons that have nothing – nothing – to do with solving the city’s problems.
Shame on the Pee Dee.
The Scene, with an appropriate cartoon of Carey on its cover says, “Hey, Drew. Screw you.” Just the right tone. The piece by Editor Frank Lewis deals with the comedian’s pr and political nonsense in deservedly derisive attention.
This week’s Scene can be picked up in various locales and here on line:
http://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/Home
There’s other good stuff in the Scene this week also.
Are We Safe With Zanotti Taking a Reform Lead?
Posted by Roldo Bartimole in Media, Politicians on February 11, 2010
February 11, 2010… You may have missed, as I did, an important profile of Martin Zanotti one of the leaders in the Cuyahoga County reform saga. Damian Guevara of Scene gave us a revealing picture of the guy who has taken a lead in the transition stage for the new county government.
It’s not a pretty picture he paints.
The Plain Dealer has been hammering away on the issue of transparency as revealed by the fact that there have been private meetings by those set up to facilitate the changeover. Presently, the County is governed by three County Commissioners. The new reform voted in last November has a County Executive and a legislative 11-member County Council.
Once again we have public business being conducted privately. The issue became front-page news after a WCPN-radio show talk revealed that transition meetings had been closed to the public and to reporters.
After bad publicity on the radio and in the Plain Dealer along with a threat by the ACLU of a suit, the transition folk backed off. It will now meet publicly.
Here the link to the Zanotti story. It should be required reading for those following the reform move…
http://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/the-zanotti-way/Content?oid=1817039