ThisWeek Clintonville 5/5/11

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May 5, 2011

Access issue will change CAC meeting time By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers

Clintonville Area Commission members will convene their monthly meetings earlier in the day and end them by 9 p.m. in order not to be ousted from their home of the past two decades. Like the villain in some seemingly endless series of teen slasher flicks, the issue

of access to commission meetings refuses to stay dead. The latest twist had the advisory panel facing possible ouster from the Community Meeting Room at the Whetstone Branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library. To Jennifer Kangas

avert that, District 6 representative Jennifer Kangas, the commission’s secretary, is devising a plan that would have the monthly meetings start earlier and end prior to the branch’s closing time of 9 p.m. Chairman John DeFourny thought he had John DeFourny

administered last rites to the thorny problem at the April 7 meeting. No such luck. It turned out that his solution to staying in line with opening meetings requirements ran counter to the library’s policy for use of meeting rooms in all the branches. Back on Jan. 6, District 1 resident Jason V. Advani sent an email to his represen-

tative on the CAC, Mike McLaughlin, raising the question of whether or not meetings to which the public could not gain access after the library doors were locked at 9 p.m. met legal muster. McLaughlin referred the issue to neighborhood liaison Isom Nivins Jr., who sought an opinion from the City AttorSee ACCESS ISSUE, page A4

CAC candidates respond to questionnaire By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers

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(Above) Owner Jennie Scheinbach recently learned that her business, Pattycake Bakery, 3009 N. High St., was nominated for a SWACO Emerald Award for its green operation. The bakery specializes in vegan and organic cakes, cupcakes and cookies. (Below) Using biodegradable terraphane bags, recycled paper labels and vegan glues, Shannon Barnette packages Marry Me Muffins.

‘Green’ honor would be icing on the cupcake By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers

When Pattycake Vegan Bakery became simply Pattycake Bakery a few years ago, it didn’t cease to be a vegan bakery. The business just no longer had a name that automatically constricted the customer base. “It turned off more people than it attracted,” owner Jennie Scheinbach acknowledged. “We’ve found if we can get it in their mouths, we’ve got them.” The change in name not only didn’t change the vegan nature of the operation at 3009 N. High St., a short walk from Scheinbach’s Clintonville home, it also didn’t at all alter the mindset she had in See ‘GREEN’, page A5

It’s pretty much all over but the voting. While early in-person ballots have already been cast on April 9 and 28 in the three Clintonville Area Commission seats up for election, the majority of those participating will do so on Saturday, May 7. Voting will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the meeting room of the Whetstone branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library. Voters in District 1 will find a choice on their ballot between Jason Advani, 29, and Rob Wood, 38. Both filed enough signa- Jason V. Advani tures by the deadline in order to appear on the ballot as the replacement for Mike McLaughlin, who chose not to seek another Rob Wood term. In Districts 2 and 9, the other two seats up for election, only one name will appear on the ballot, but one person in each of those districts met the deadline to run as an official write-in candidate. In District 2, where incumbent Sarah Snyder also decided not to run again, the candidate appearing on the ballot will be Nancy Kuhel, Nancy Kuhel 54. Andrew McNulty, 50, is the official write-in candidate in Dis-

trict 2. District 9 incumbent D Searcy, 59, did choose to stand for another term, and hers is the only name that will Andrew McNulty be on the ballot. She faces the challenge of write-in candidate Joe Dunning, 33. All of those running in the D Searcy election for three Clintonville Area Commission district seats were invited to respond to the following series of questions: Joe Dunning What were your principal reasons for deciding to run for the Clintonville Area Commission? District 1 Advani wrote, “Over the course of many months, I’ve seen a significant increase in the infighting, petty bickering and the number of personal agendas on the commission, and it is very disturbing to me. As a new person, a third party so to speak, I feel that I can bridge the divisiveness and help refocus the commission. Our commission has so much potential. It just needs a little help in getting back to the grassroots consensus policy development that Clintonville is known for.” Wood wrote, “When a friend of mine on Tibet talked about moving to Worthington because he was uncomfortable with an aspect of our neighborhood, I decided to get See CAC, page A2

Graffiti: Problem in need of a community solution By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers

Zachary M. Klein surveyed the people assembled in Columbus City Council chambers last week for a public hearing on the subject of graffiti. “Just looking around the room, you can tell this is a community

problem, and it’s necessary that we have a community solution to it,” the chairman of the development committee said. Community members, many of them from Clintonville and the Northland area, spoke at the hearing, which was convened by Klein and Councilwoman Michelle M. Mills, chairwoman

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of the safety committee. The residents were clear that graffiti is well beyond a problem. “It’s an act of vandalism and breeds crime,” said Dave Southan, the Clintonville Area Commission’s safety liaison. “Graffiti degrades our neighborhoods, reduces our property values and encourages other crim-

inal activity,” Northland Community Council president Dave Paul said, reading from a letter the full council approved on April 5. “Graffiti has come to Columbus like the plague,” CAC District 3 representative James R. Blazer II said, adding that tags serve as a “welcome mat for future crimes.” “Before it’s too late, let’s take

back the city,” Blazer said. “I’m sad to say, we’re losing this war,” commented Ian MacConnell of the University Area Commission. The biggest problem facing antigraffiti crusaders in the Northland area and across the city, NCC graphics task force coordinator William Logan said, is that they

are powerless to do anything about graffiti on private property without the cooperation of the owner. The NCC’s letter supports Klein’s concept of requiring the owners of occupied structures, businesses or private dwellings to remove graffiti within 30 days of See GRAFFITI:, page A6

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