There should be a rule, hard and fast: No public buildings named after politicians; certainly not living politicians.
The speaker posed the question 'Can you forgive?'.
He posed a series of scenarios asking whether we'd be able to forgive the person who had wronged us in each incident. It would certainly be a challenge.
Can victims of recent murderous acts on Imperial Ave. in Cleveland, at Fort Hood, Texa, in an office in Orlando, Florida forgive those who have caused them pain and heartache?
There are cases where forgiveness is offered.
Maybe you recall the case of the Amish school in Pennsylvania a few years ago, where a gunman entered a school room and began shooting and killing children. Families of the dead and wounded offered forgiveness to the man who tore their lives apart.
And just last week, family members of two Ohio college students murdered ten years ago, spoke on behalf of the man who killed them, asking that he not be put to death.
Forgiveness is probably the toughest challenge for any of us.
Downtown Cleveland needs some stores.
On one of the tours of the Warehouse District, the guide said there are at least 10,000 people living downtown and that number could soon be 13,000.
So what are retail outlets waiting for? It's time to bring the stores back.
How about a Target store in the May Company Building on the Prospect Ave entrance? Or a Macy's.
Then there's the Higbee Bldg. I'm sure Positively Cleveland would be happy to find new digs if a department store wanted to use that space.
There are two drug stores downtown, both on E. 9th Street. That doesn't make much sense, since a whole lot of people live on the west side of downtown.
I still think outlet stores hold the best promise for downtown. The retail space is there. Fill it with outlet stores and the shoppers will come.
I think.
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