(Ups) to Federal District Judge Donald C. Nugent. Nugent upheld a magistrate’s earlier ruling and struck down North Olmsted’s sign ordinance, saying it violated the First Amendment by selectively restricting pole signs and information. The unadulterated flow of information moves one step forward.
(Downs) to Primary Health Systems for poor communication with its board of trustees during bankruptcy proceedings. The board chairman and several trustees resigned in January after PHS failed to keep them in the loop. With $157 million in assets and liabilities of $237 million, the for-profit hospital chain certainly isn’t helping raise consumer confidence about the state of health care.
(Ups) to Wal-Mart. The superstore chain scored big when the U.S. Mint announced plans to circulate its new Sacagawea golden dollar coins into consumers’ hands through Wal-Mart’s cash registers. You’d be hard pressed to find a better endorsement than the U.S. government using you to get its message out to the public.
(Downs) to Cleveland’s image. A national survey revealed few business leaders would be interested in moving their businesses to Northeast Ohio and fewer still would consider moving to Cleveland to take a job. And here we thought Cleveland was a renaissance city on the move. Suddenly, those ideas have gone up in flames.
(Ups) to NEOSA. The IT industry association is slated to receive $358,000 from the state of Ohio’s new initiative to push information technology. NEOSA has been working diligently behind the scenes to unite the region’s IT businesses, and this influx of funds should help the organization further its goal. We’re just wondering whether the money will be digitally transferred into NEOSA’s account.