Frank W. Lewis 🟧

Associate editor @SignalCleveland, PHL expat (Go Birds 🦅), dog guy, Celtiphile, podcast fan, whatever Gotham needs me to be.

[Frank W. Lewis 🟧 @FrankWLewis]

Timing is interesting. Cleveland’s contract with Flock is about to expire. https://t.co/fXbuCw0D6z

[Frank W. Lewis 🟧 @FrankWLewis]

A @signalcleveland reader sent me this text that links to a poll asking #cleveland residents about license plate readers. If you also got this, please let me know at [email protected].

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My colleagues and I have also written a lot about Cleveland police use of drones, and we plan to keep learning everything we can — and calling attention to what we can’t — about the technology that CDP increasingly relies on. https://t.co/bp4Ex2kfjo

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Like lots of cities, #Cleveland encourages residents and business owners to share video from their security cameras with police. It took the city weeks to respond to @signalcleveland ’s basic questions about the program, and it declined to answer some. https://t.co/eY1T5elSjD

[Frank W. Lewis 🟧 @FrankWLewis]

Here’s a companion piece, putting the city’s answers and non-answers into a larger context. People should know about the tools their local law enforcement agencies are using and how. https://t.co/jVOLc3d1JT

[Signal Cleveland @signalcleveland]

@CLEVotes is looking for nonprofits ready to roll up their collective sleeves and do some democracy building work in Greater Cleveland. Applications are open for the Equitable Civic Engagement Fund 👉🏾 https://t.co/bq1jvTLPHt

[Frank W. Lewis 🟧 @FrankWLewis]

Cleveland homeowners and business owners, if you’ve signed up for the program to share video from private security cameras with Cleveland police, I’d like to talk to you for a story for @signalcleveland. You can email me at [email protected].

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[Frank W. Lewis 🟧 @FrankWLewis]

@phan_phils36241 @JamesSeltzer And some guy dressed as Santa gets pelted all day long and we get to hear about it for another 50 years? No thanks

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@MikeGrinnell_ @spittinchiclets “Took some. Gave more.” Words to live by. Good on you @BizNasty2point0

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@RadioFreeTom @NormOrnstein Sorry but this is just not true. They couldn’t be more clear, they do not give a flying fuck about consistency. They’re always right, their opponents are always wrong. Hypocrisy is for other people. The goalposts are on wheels. They’re angry *because they like to be.* it’s a rush

[Frank W. Lewis 🟧 @FrankWLewis]

Did you try to vote in Cuyahoga County, only to be told you weren’t registered? If so I’d like to hear from you for a possible story for @signalcleveland . You can reach me at [email protected].

[Frank W. Lewis 🟧 @FrankWLewis]

@HistoryMuppet My son who rarely slept at night as a toddler loved Bear. One night in the wee hours we were watching a Bear video and in my sleep-deprived state I became convinced that Bear was played by Andy Kaufman.

[Frank W. Lewis 🟧 @FrankWLewis]

@RonFilipkowski But what makes you think they care about step 4?

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@lhfang This is the whiniest mad libs I’ve ever read

[Frank W. Lewis 🟧 @FrankWLewis]

National political reporters the moment Biden spoke.

[Liam Martin @LiamFromBoston]

This is truly wild. The Washington Post and New York Times both have the Biden gaffe as their top stories (the NYT has *two* stories about it on their home page) and not a single mention of Johnson saying they’ll repeal the ACA or a Trump official saying they’ll pull vaccines.

[Frank W. Lewis 🟧 @FrankWLewis]

I suspect that over-reliance on jargon and assumptions about how much people remember from middle-school civics class make most political reporting feel inaccessible to a lot of people. Here’s a small attempt to help. What should we add? https://t.co/e1Q3Euqq7U

[Frank W. Lewis 🟧 @FrankWLewis]

I really appreciate @YelloPain taking the time to talk to me about this remarkable and still timely song.

[Signal Cleveland @signalcleveland]

In 2020, a song by a rapper from Dayton, @YelloPain, went viral for its detailed but clear breakdown of how government works and passionate appeal to vote in every election. Signal Cleveland discusses the origins of the viral hit with #YelloPain: https://t.co/7ZJuPRH5Oe #Election

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@DavidThomasOH And here’s why it’s “right there in the ballot language” https://t.co/dvCS3gbOUn

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@JoelleDancy @emptywheel E-A-G-L-Elon can fuck all the way off

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Some background: https://t.co/fCvnw3nCln

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Come out to The Happy Dog at 7p on Oct. 2 to hear some very smart people (and me) talk about missing and forgotten voters in a panel discussion organized by @TheCityClub of Cleveland and @signalcleveland. https://t.co/eQvtgm3Ufq

[Frank W. Lewis 🟧 @FrankWLewis]

The panelists are Khalilah Worley Billy from @GreaterCleCong, Lique Gates from @CLEVotes and Lily Furgeson from @innovationohio.