Comments on: And the lights go out in Cleveland, again and again and again http://www.gloriaferris.net/2006/01/and-the-lights-go-out-in-cleveland-again-and-again-and-again/ one woman’s view from a place by the zoo in the city Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:50:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Daniella http://www.gloriaferris.net/2006/01/and-the-lights-go-out-in-cleveland-again-and-again-and-again/#comment-36 Daniella Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:54:44 +0000 http://www.gloriaferris.net/?p=40#comment-36 When my son came for Christmas from Minneapolis, he said to me: "What's with Cleveland? DThey don't believe in underground wires?" So who is making money if we pay the highest electric rates and we have the most dated equipment? Why is it that even the blackout of 2003 changed nothing? When my son came for Christmas from Minneapolis, he said to me: “What’s with Cleveland? DThey don’t believe in underground wires?”

So who is making money if we pay the highest electric rates and we have the most dated equipment? Why is it that even the blackout of 2003 changed nothing?

]]> By: Tim Ferris http://www.gloriaferris.net/2006/01/and-the-lights-go-out-in-cleveland-again-and-again-and-again/#comment-35 Tim Ferris Mon, 16 Jan 2006 02:47:59 +0000 http://www.gloriaferris.net/?p=40#comment-35 As I've been saying for years, we need to get the wires underground around here if anybody is going to consider us as a town serious about doing business. I read a good while ago that cities in Ireland and the city Paris itself had whole districts with all the wires and cabling underground, and these were the places attracting the new businesses. In New Orleans, recently, the area of the town with underground wiring had utilities even when submerged. Locally, the town of Bedford just put all the wires on its main strip underground, and it's attractive. Wooster did this a few years ago. In Cleveland, we need to start talking about the basics, like this, that give enhanced functionality and also lend to aesthetics. As I’ve been saying for years, we need to get the wires underground around here if anybody is going to consider us as a town serious about doing business. I read a good while ago that cities in Ireland and the city Paris itself had whole districts with all the wires and cabling underground, and these were the places attracting the new businesses. In New Orleans, recently, the area of the town with underground wiring had utilities even when submerged. Locally, the town of Bedford just put all the wires on its main strip underground, and it’s attractive. Wooster did this a few years ago. In Cleveland, we need to start talking about the basics, like this, that give enhanced functionality and also lend to aesthetics.

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