Gee whiz, do we see a pattern here? Banks failing. Trains derailing, creating environmental crisis and threatening people’s health. Record oil company profits and rampant corporate price gouging fueling inflation. More gouging and market manipulation creating an affordable housing crisis. Man-made climate crisis driving severe weather that wreaks havoc on…

March 10, 2023 Dear Mr. Marinucci, I am Arthur Hargate and my wife and I live in one of the Edgehill Townhomes. I am writing to provide public comment on the proposed development at 2183–2185 Cornell Rd., which was presented for the first time to the public at the Little…

The cruel reality is that the residents of East Palestine, OH are now captured lab rats in a massive uncontrolled science experiment involving long term exposure to a toxic nightmare of industrial chemicals and their Frankenstein amalgam of decomposition by-products. The residents’ horror will be the slow, agonizing and hideously…

Cleveland City Council will introduce legislation this year to ensure developers provide community benefits for residents. City Council is asking for public input via this survey: https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSfiLsRoNBLrmB.../viewform Please take a minute to fill out the survey. Your voice needs to be heard. My comments follow. What concerns do you have…

My name is Arthur Hargate, I live in Little Italy in Ward 6 of Cleveland and I am writing to provide public comment on the NorthCoast Connector and Master Plan. Please note I do not stand to benefit economically from this possible development. That’s important, because we have learned through…

To: Ms. Joyce Pan Huang, Director, City Planning Commission, City of Cleveland, Ohio My name is Arthur Hargate, I live in Little Italy and I am writing to express my concerns about the proposed apartment (a more accurate description is “rooming house”) development on Hessler Road, i.e., the “addition” to…

I just don’t understand why anyone is reticent to use the “F” word when describing a Trump toady like J.D. Vance, who is running for the U.S. Senate in Ohio. He’s a freaking FASCIST, folks, and there’s no more accurate descriptor that I can possibly think of. …

Photo by J.E. Hargate Early in my career in the chemical distribution biz in the late seventies, I recall well that the industry types I hung out with positively LOVED the inflationary times. Because any idiot could raise prices faster than costs were going up and make a killing on…

Dear Mr. Daprile, I am writing to thank you for your excellent article headlined “Easy Prey” in today’s Plain Dealer and cleveland.com. …