2 statewide ballot issues in Ohio are decided. Both Issue 1 and Issue 2 are headed for passage by the Buckeye State electorate. The big issue on the ballot of course was Issue 3 which would bring casinos to Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinatti, and Toledo. That issue is too close to call at this time but is ahead by 6% with 73% of the vote in.

With Issue 1 passing, the constitutional amendment will allow the state to borrow about $200 million that would be repaid over 15 years in order to pay one-time bonuses to veterans who served in the Middle East in our wars in Iraq and Afganastan.

Issue 2 will Issue set up a Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board. The board would have far-reaching powers to set standards for livestock and poultry care, food safety, supply and availability, disease prevention, farm management, and animal well-being.

Cleveland Police Chief Michael McGrath held a press conference November 3, 2009 to talk about the gruesome crime scene at the house of Anthony Sowell. The search of the house has yielded 10 bodies. Sowell was convicted of rape in 1989 and released in 2004. When police asked him about the crimes he admitted he had lost track of the people he had murdered.

There are no surprises in the race for Cleveland Mayor. Incumbent Mayor Frank Jackson defeated challenger Bill Patmon by a wide margin. Jackson is ahead of the fellow Democrat with 35% of the vote in 25,000 votes which translates to 78%-22%.

Patmon was a longshot from the beginning and it didn't help that Jackson had earned the the endorsements by most every powerful figure in the area. This will be Mayor Jackson's second term as Cleveland Mayor.

Another body has been found at the home of Anthony Sowell who was apprehended earlier this week in connection with multiple murders at his Cleveland residence. Sowell is a convicted rapist and late last week was caught in his neighborhood after an extensive manhunt.

Six dead bodies had been found at his house, and the latest looks to be his seventh known victim. The Cleveland Police Department has called a news conference for this evening as workers tear through his Imperial Avenue home looking for more possible victims in these gruesome crimes.

OK Go is perhaps best known for their wildly popular videos, and especially their treadmills. The band's YouTube videos have millions of hits between them, and have been parodied on The Simpsons. And yes, they also make music, amongst other things. If ever the word "quirky" applied to a band, OK Go is it, and they'll be bringing their show to Cleveland on Friday at the equally cool concert club, The Grog Shop.

OK Go's frontman, Damian Kulash once said:

We're trying to be a DIY band in a post-major label world" or "Our whole bag is having good ideas and making cool s~~t."

Amongst the cool sh** they've made recently is a play, an essay in the best-selling collection Things I've Learned From Women Who Dumped Me, a record acccompanied only by trombones, and opinion pieces in the Huffington Post and New York Times. They've also testified before Congress and played music in the Senate chambers. They bought a house for soul legend Al Johnson so he could move home to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, and have a project whereby the walk the street handing out burritos to the homeless. And yep, they've even interviewed a member of N'Sync in the bathroom.

Truth & Salvage will be performing at The Beachland Ballroom in Cleveland tonight (November 3rd) Tickets are only $8.00. Visit http://beachlandballroom.com for more info and to purchase tickets.

Some info about the band:

The band boasts four songwriters / lead singers and consists of Bill "Smitty" Smith on drums and vocals, Joe Edel on bass, Adam Grace on the organ, Walker Young on piano and vocals, Tim Jones on rhythym guitar and vocals, and Scott Kinnebrew on lead guitar an vocals.

Smitty and Joe are from Ohio, Walker from Atlanta and Scott from New Orleans. Walker, Joe, Scott, and Smitty first started playing together in the hot jazz and ragtime outfit "Scrappy Hamilton" in the spring of 1999. The initial line up of the group made Asheville their home and toured the East Coast extensively for five years, releasing three albums independently. Artists they played with include The Squirrel Nut Zippers, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, The Moldy Peaches, and The Rebirth Brass Band.

I have removed a recent posting on a Dan Gilbert blog. I mistook a blog by another Dan Gilbert. I apologize for the error.

Still vote NO on Issue 3.

The Cleveland Museum of Art closes every Friday night at 9pm, or so you think. On Friday, November 13, 2009, CMA will be play host to a special after hours event celebrating the Cleveland Institute of Art exhibition "CIA Students: Cleveland, 2009". The even will of course feature art, as well as refreshments, a cash bar, and live performances by Marina Rosenfeld's Sheer Frost Orchestra and Eats Tapes.

The student exhibition features 10 pieces created just for the occasion, and are inspired by Paul Gaugin and other anti-establishment artists at Monsieur Volpini's Café des Arts in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower in 1889

Admission for After Hours is just $10, which includes refreshments and admission into Gaugin: Paris, 1889. For more information or to order tickets, call 1-888-CMA-0033 or visit online at www.cma.org/afterhours.

Join PAWS on Saturday November 14, 2009 for their 2nd Annual Reverse Raffle and Silent Auction. The event will be at St. Michael's Woodside Party Center. ( 5025 East Mill Road, Broadview Hts.) Tickets are $75.00/person or $130.00/couple.

The night will include a fabulous dinner, a DJ, silent auction prizes, and a chance to win the $1,500 grand prize! Dinner will be hot and cold hors d'oeuvres, rolls, salad, buffet dinner and three main entree selections, side dishes and dessert. Complimentary beer and soda all evening with complimentary wine until 7 pm.

Purchase your tickets at http://pawsohio.org.

Anthony Sowell, 50, is suspected of killing up to six women and hiding their bodies in and around the home where he lived. He was found on Saturday evening. Here is how it transpired: