Leila Atassi
@LeilaAtassi
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Metro columnist for https://t.co/pkb180MTxp with work also appearing in The Plain Dealer.
Cleveland, Ohio
Joined May 2012
Judge Adams also offered an impassioned call for journalism. He said the press can't be cheerleaders and have to keep digging. "But for journalists," he said, Johnson would have gotten away with it. He said he was struck by how CLE council members can direct so much fed money.
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If you need some tinder for outrage today, I got you. @clevhomeless @LMMCleveland
cleveland.com
When Independence Mayor Gregory Kurtz called Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish with "concerns" about a hotel that had been housing men facing homelessness during the pandemic, Budish agreed to...
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Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority wins $5-million grant for mobility program bound to change lives: Leila Atassi - https://t.co/sw5bDi5y4J
cleveland.com
The Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority learned this week that it was selected for a 6-year demonstration project that helps federal housing voucher recipients move to neighborhoods with high...
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Compulsory vaccination for everyone is the only way to defeat COVID-19 @cwru
usatoday.com
Make vaccines free, don't allow religious or personal objections, and create disincentives for those who refuse vaccines shown to be safe and effective.
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Gov. Mike DeWine’s lame anti-littering campaign is a distraction from his support for dirty coal plants: Leila Atassi
cleveland.com
We can all agree with Gov. Mike DeWine that littering is bad. But worse is his approval of the provisions of HB 6 that gut the state’s renewable energy standards and subsidize dirty coal plants.
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This far along in the pandemic, and the Cuyahoga County Board of Health STILL doesn't have a plan to deploy vaccines to residents who are homebound.
cleveland.com
In the absence of a coordinated, countywide plan to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to residents who are homebound, two volunteers known as the ‘Vaccine Queens’ have taken on the responsibility.
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George Zeller, economist, advocate for the poor and RTA riders, dies in house fire
cleveland.com
George Zeller, economist, researcher and advocate for the poor and underserved, died over the weekend in a house fire on Cleveland’s West Side.
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DeWine finally extends the vaccine eligibility list to include 766,000 Ohioans with obesity, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cancer or chronic kidney disease, starting Friday. @drbutsch
cleveland.com
Ohioans 40 and older will be eligible for the coronavirus vaccine Friday, and every resident 16 and older will become eligible March 29.
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Four phases into Ohio's vaccination strategy, and obesity is still not a priority -- despite the CDC's declaration that eight in 10 people hospitalized with COVID in 2020 were either overweight or obese.
cleveland.com
People dealing with obesity have faced the gravest risk of severe COVID-19 illness or death. But several rounds into Ohio’s vaccination deployment plan, they’re still waiting on the sidelines.
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Nice of Gov.DeWine to express gratitude to these women, who have helped hundreds navigate his f*cked up vaccine distribution system. 🙄
cleveland.com
Ohio’s “Vaccine Queens,” who volunteer 8-10 hours a day, helping seniors schedule appointments for COVID-19 shots, got a special note of appreciation from Gov. Mike DeWine – whose defective vaccine...
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I'm a pragmatist, but man, do we need bold ideas. @JustinMBibb has a few.
cleveland.com
Justin Bibb brings a much-needed spirit of innovation to his campaign to become Cleveland's next mayor. But critics say the 34-year-old is too young, naive and inexperienced for the job.
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Despicable Anthony Sowell wasn’t worth death penalty’s high cost: Leila Atassi
cleveland.com
Serial killer Anthony Sowell never made it to an execution date. But his publicly funded defense against the death penalty cost taxpayers more than any case in Cuyahoga County history.
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Today, #CLE announced the retirement of @ClePolice Deputy Chief Deon McCaulley, who has served with CPD for 30+ years. He will continue to serve citizens as the next Chief of Police of the @ClevelandClinic Police Department. Cc: @CleCityCouncil
https://t.co/AvSJ3ghvvb
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Geiger's, the locally owned outdoor sporting goods and apparel retailer, announces that its downtown Cleveland location (opened in 2015) will close permanently.
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Cleveland Police kick off Black History Month in absolutely spectacular fashion, booting six young Black officers from their amateur football team for objecting to Tim Loehmann being on the squad.
Timothy Loehmann, the former Cleveland cop who shot and killed Tamir Rice, was welcomed on an amateur Cleveland football team for cops over the objections of Black teammates
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Biden’s directive on housing discrimination bodes well for positive change, Ohio advocates say - https://t.co/sw5bDi5y4J
cleveland.com
It was just a first step – one that involves a lot of studying and not a lot of action – but housing advocates in Ohio said President Joe Biden’s directive this week on housing discrimination bodes...
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In surprise layoffs, Hyland Software axes ~150 employees from its Westlake HQ, with plans to grow cheaper workforce in Poland and India. Employees feel shocked and unmoored. Many have grown skeptical of the company's carefully curated brand.
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Stirring and powerful commentary. ... “So many of the freedoms we all enjoy today are a direct result of Tubman’s heroic efforts. But American money, and our national romance with it, is the root of so many of our national evils.”
apple.news
The Biden Administration announced its plan to return to an Obama-era initiative to put Harriet Tubman’s face on the U.S. $20 bill. Her image would replace Andrew Jackson, the notoriously racist...
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