Speeding Camera update: 8/29 - 9/6

Monday - Tuesday: Maywood Rd
Wednesday - Thursday: Liberty Rd
Friday - Tuesday: Princeton Blvd

The cameras stay on Princeton is because of the Labor Day weekend.

FLASH: SE-L schools DOWNGRADED

The State board of education has downgraded South Euclid-Lyndhurst schools from Effective to Continuous Improvement in their annual report.

Full details here:

http://blog.cleveland.com/sunmessenger/2011/08/south_euclid-lyndhurst_school_16.html

FLASH: Speeding Cameras to be on ballot

Click link for story:

http://blog.cleveland.com/sunmessenger/2011/08/south_euclid_voters_will_decid.html

The Sun Messenger errs and plays into the hands of the opponents of these devices when they call it a traffic camera. It is a speeding camera - it does not monitor other issues such as compliance with traffic lights, stop signs, etc.

NOTE: This blog does not take a position on whether the speeding camera should be retained or removed from service. We support the right of the citizens of South Euclid to vote on this issue. We also believe this debate should be free of influence from both the camera manufacturer Redflex and professional activists on the other side.

This blog does agree with anti-camera proponents on an important point: side streets are being used as a cut through because Mayfield is zoned at 25mph. There is no justification for this and we believe that the entire stretch of Mayfield should be zoned at 35mph, just as it is in Lyndhurst and Mayfield Heights.

Speeding Camera update: 8/22 - 8/29

August 22-23: Lilac Rd
August 24-25: Oakmount Rd
August 26-29: Ammon Rd

Speeding Camera update: August 15-22

August 15-16: Covington Rd
August 17-18: Verona Rd
August 19-22: Wrenford Rd

Again, the western part of the city is being covered. Is that because of speeders originating in the Heights?

Fran: It's all about the deer

Fran Mentch is at it again. Her latest letter to the Sun Messenger says the development of Oakwood should be stopped because of the potential for deer collisions!

http://www.cleveland.com/sun/all/index.ssf/2011/08/deer_as_a_traffic_hazard_will.html

This has got to be one of the dumbest letters ever printed in the Sun. How stupid is it? It's even stupid by Fran's measure for stupidity. Based on Fran's reasoning, all of us who live in neighborhoods with deer nearby should tear down our houses and leave.

If anything, developing Oakwood will reduce the incidence of deer activity along Warrensville. The deer will migrate to another wooded area, like the Metroparks.

FLASH: Candidate Liptow Busted

Perennial city council candidate and angry-man Jerome "Joe" Liptow, known for his rants at city council meetings, South Euclid Oversight, and the Sun Messenger, was caught driving under suspension while returning from Monday's City Council meeting. Read the Sun's full report here:

http://blog.cleveland.com/sunmessenger/2011/08/possible_candidate_for_south_e.html

Not noted in the news report is that Liptow's home on Anderson Road is at most a ten minute walk from City Hall. Why did Liptow, who touts himself as an environmentalist and defender of nature against Mitch Schneider, have to drive to and from the meeting? Knowing him, he probably drove that big gas-guzzling ugly red Ford Expedition too.

According to the report Liptow is under a 12 point suspension. No wonder he's so vocal in his opposition to traffic cameras.

D'oh!

South Euclid city council has rejected Citizens for Oakwood's petitions for a zoning referendum, claiming they were improperly filed. You'd think with all the legal help Fran claims to have, someone could have told her or her South Euclid minions how to file a petition.

http://www.cleveland.com/cleveland-heights/index.ssf/2011/08/south_euclid_city_council_reje.html

Speeding Camera update: August 8-15

August 8-9: Okalona Rd
August 10-11: Argonne Rd
August 12-15: Princeton Blvd

Speeding Camera update: August 1 - 8

August 1-4: Grosvenor Rd
August 4-8: Princeton Blvd