Linda;
That is a wonderful thought and if we lived in utopia I would certainly agree. Unfortunately, we live in Cleveland Heights where real people are assaulted and killed by unruly youth who have no respect for anyone or anything. They prowl the streets at night in packs attacking at will for a cell phone. Do you honestly think, that the eloquence of your prose will move them to change their attitude?
Everyone talks about a curfew like they are living in a three bedroom ranch style home with a white picket fence and Mrs Clever or Florida Evans are raising these kids.

It is going to take a much more revolutionary approach then imposing a curfew to deal with this problem. It is going to require an entire paradigm shift.

RT,when you have Youth problems you have to face Adult intervention sometime resulting to unfavorable consequences,we're talking about our precious children,all of them deserve to live in a respectable peaceful and dignified enviroment in every neighborhood.Have a great day!

Your words address nothing. Talking about extraneous issues is a waste of space. We all understand what Cleveland Hts has to offer. That is not the issue! Why write anything unless you try to at least address the issue that is as big as an elephant! The issue is how to keep out a certain subsection of teens since we are not their parents who obviously failed miserably and turned out little criminals.

Well I guess You expressed how you feel and it's good this is something else Cleveland Hts. has to offer Patch a place to share and express your opinions ,suggestions and ideas,we're entitled to freedom of speech,to agree to disagree.Have a great day!

Yes I did adress the issue point blank. I did not sound like a advert for the Clev. Hts. chanber of commerce!

Have a great day!

You too have a great day! Hopefully next time you write something, you will actually say something!

She did say something. She is supporting the curfew. I do too.

Thank you Kate for reading my blog and your support to deal with our youth Have a great day!

Ok let’s “unpack” this great philosophical piece that is sure to be noted in peer reviewed journals globally. Paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 are total drivel, something that a kid writes on a 9th grade paper to pad it since there is very little going on in his/her head. It would get an F, especially since there is not a single idea that is fully discussed let alone developed. Last I heard advertisements don’t suffice as “writing”.

Further, with a serious issue that is going “viral” in the wrong fashion within the black culture, it is paramount to have a serious discussion rather than hide it with fluff. This was not the first example of violent flash mob in Cleveland Heights. One can get a heap of fluff on Oprah!

Paragraph 5 states that a curfew is needed but for the wrong reasons. This is laughable at best. If a mature adult cannot state explicitly the rationale for a curfew, how do you expect the kids to understand? The curfew is NOT needed to “…make sure our young people have boundaries and restrictions when applicable, to protect them from any potential harm or danger due to lack of maturity”. The reason for this curfew is to protect the rest of us from the thugs (being generous) that have premeditated criminal intent.

So let us not hide from the truth with pablum meant to obfuscate but address the difficult issues at hand.

Best of luck!

Community forums work best when we stick to the issue and comments are respectful. People feel they can share their opinions openly. Do unto others, right?

Linda - please do not let these 2 bullies keep you from writing about or expressing your enthusiasm for our great city. I'll read your blog and encourage other residents to read it too. Thx.

Kate ,I stay true to my expressions and opinions and I do like living in Cleveland Hts.,and most importantly How I live in Cleveland Hts.,be mindful of young people,the remarks, immature and inappropriate,look closely into what is being expressed and how it is expressed,please ignore this behavior,refrain from words like bullies,believe me this is going in the wrong direction and they need us to get There!

Kate and Linda, I apologize if you felt that my comments were in the realm of "bullying."
I guess you have not seen the news on Facebook, My Space, and Twitter. The purpose of a forum such as this, is to maintain a serious dialogue of the issues being addressed. If you feel that a curfew is the answer, I would love to hear how imposing a curfew will have a lasting effect on the perpetrators of the crimes in Coventry.
Furthermore, could you elaborate on how would you go about imposing this curfew; who you feel would be responsible for enforcing this curfew.;who and how we should pay for enforcing this curfew and finally, how would we assure that said curfew is being followed. Kate, feel free to jump in the discussion. I encourage the whole community of Cleveland Heights to join in.

RT,I don't feel as though your comments are bullying.Read the blog posted today by Adam Horwitz.Mayor Kelly,Cleveland Heights City Council passed the curfew into Law.Now that the curfew is law,it would be enforced by the parents and if neccessary law enforcement.I didn't make this law however I would be held accountable if I break the law.Have a great day!

Maureen thanks for also paying heed to common sense and honesty. I just happen to get onto this site by sheer accident. Initially I was happy to have found this site, but soon came to realize that this site is shockingly pathetic. Why grown people hide from and try to muzzle the truth is unfathomable. People congratulating each other in a totally fake manner, knowingly looking past the truth, running like cowards from any arguments and ultimately running to mothers (aka local editors) for support. Obviously this is the vaunted “diversity” of Cleveland Heights. It is so funny. The old saying that truth tastes bitter is a pill that “certain” people cannot swallow. Other than the boring blotter news, this site is so full of utterly useless material, insipid, vacuous and boring “wanna-be writers”, who cannot even make any argument on their behalf. Perhaps Hemingway started out a coward? I can’t see how this site makes any money or is it just a means for certain people to entertain themselves after the Oprah show went off the air!

Maureen, as far as Cleveland Heights goes, it is well known to have been in decay for a few decades with its oft touted ethnic diversity as anything but! The mere contiguous presence of different ethnicities is but a fig leaf for the ethnic disharmony as manifested by separate sub-enclaves resided by different groups with trivial commonality on an “as-need-be” basis. Having students and faculty from the universities and medical centers who are forced to stay here does little but cover up the flight of the more well to do or those who don’t mind the transit time. This is common where universities exist. The faculty and students at Wash. U in St. Louis also rarely travel outside their enclaves also. I have not been to Cedar/Lee or Coventry area for years. I shop online and at most Beachwood/Legacy Village areas where the ambience is devoid of the untoward elements here. If I did not have keep a place here close to the medical centers, I would be out in a nanosecond. I have recently bought a second home in Hudson even though there is a 35-45 minute transit time. Have a drive through Cleveland and see the future of Cleveland Heights. The universities and medical centers can blunt the downward spiral only for so long.

'A' Cleveland Heights is better off without you.

Just becuz no one asked: Heights police should block off both ends of Desota Ave....begin a door-to-door sweep .... and round up, oh, say, 100 or so Most Wanted thugs in the Heights. The Result ? Heights crime rate drops dramatically.