Fran puts her hand out AGAIN

Fran Mentch, Severance Neighborhood Associations ringleader opposing development at Oakwood Commons, must know the end is coming for her cause. South Euclid's planning commission is likely to vote in favor of rezoning Oakwood as commercial. The letters to the Sun Messenger from Fran's group keep repeating the same irrelevant points, such as wanting to keep the Oakwood Club as a park. Of course, they neglect to specify who would pay to buy the land from First Interstate, to build this park or to maintain it.  But in the same breath, the claim to worry how South Euclid can afford to build a park on the 21 acres they will be given by First Interestate. The Sun Messenger's comments section is the most active battlefield left.  Here the tone of those against Oakwood is increasingly strident and desperate, especially one "cautiousman" who has taken to posting in all capital letters (this is called "SHOUTING" in netspeak) and making vague threats against Mitchell Schneider. I have my suspicions about "cautiousman's" true identity, but I'll keep that to myself for now.

Meanwhile, on the Citizens for Oakwood's facebook page, Fran Mentch is letting others like her own daughter and Susan Miller do the heavy lifting. But that doesn't prevent Fran from sticking her hand out and begging for cash. She did it just today:

What a cruel April Fools joke to play on the unsuspecting and naive. Mentch has failed to provide an accounting of what has happened to the money that has already been donated. Which makes me wonder, does Fran really care about Oakwood or is she just using this cause for personal gain? After all, the Oakwood Club's stakeholders have been trying to dump that land since 1994. Where were these neighborhood activists during all those years?