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Want Free Ice Cream? Start Nabbing 'We Buy Houses' Signs Off the Streets of Cleveland
Ward 13 Councilman Kris Harsh has a proposition for you: Take down as many “We Buy Houses” signs off of Cleveland’s streets as possible in the next two weeks.
Those who take the most? He’ll buy you ice cream.
“Here’s the deal,” Harsh said in a video on Twitter/X from his driveway on Tuesday. “I’m gonna start a bounty for these signs. Whoever can get the most of these signs off the streets by the end of April gets Honey Hut on me.”
“You take one of these signs down,” he reiterated, holding a sign he presumably nabbed himself. “Show it to me. Winner gets Honey Hut.”
Harsh, among other ideological strongholds, has long been a stickler for bad housing policy, especially any exchange of property dealt mostly in cash. And those attractive to the out-of-state investor type taking advantage of Northeast Ohio’s famously affordable market.
“We Buy Houses” is a universal ad slogan you’ve seen plastered on signs dotting utility poles for brokers and buyers in hot pursuit of homes bought on the cheap, hunting for a nice commission. (An actual business, too.) And typically from homeowners itching to sell as quickly as possible.
Kris Harsh
The signs of question, as Harsh showed on his ‘April Challenge’ video on Tuesday.
“Oh, it’s almost like always a scam,” Harsh told Scene in a phone call. “They’re trying to lowball people who are, you know, in a pickle who don’t think they can take their time to get rid of something. So they offer them below market value and then flip it to an investor. That’s pretty much it.”
Though the councilman said his “April Challenge” had no relation to the Residents First overhaul of Cleveland’s housing code that he was a main backer of, it’s clear that Harsh’s bounty matches the overall ire of City Hall’s Department of Building & Housing.
Approved in February, the legal makeover aims to deter bad actor investor, and created a Local Agent in Charge clause that requires any out-of-state owner—in California or Switzerland—to hire a local manager that Building & Housing could take to court, if need be. (It’s yet to be determined if that agent will show up in court or not.)
So far, Harsh said a few likeminded folks at City Hall sent him photos of signs they’d gathered. He still hopes his bounty on the “We Buy Houses” signs reach anyone in the city who’s up for an ice cream sundae. Or two.
“I could switch it up to, like, Old Brooklyn cheese if, like, they don’t like ice cream,” Harsh said. “Or if they’re lactose intolerant, we could go down to Metropolitan or Six Shooter Coffee or something.
“I don’t care,” he added. “As long as they take these signs down.”
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The Ohio State basketball team is still trying to finalize its roster for next season. They still have a gaping hole at backup center. With both Felix Okpara and Zed Key gone, the Buckeyes don’t have any experience at that position. Aaron Bradshaw is the new starter and he didn’t play more than 15 minutes a game last year.
Besides that hole, they are still looking for some guys who can score. Ra’Heim Moss, a guard from Toledo, was someone they were looking to fill that role. He averaged 15.5 points per game a year ago for the Rockets. Plus, he was in the state of Ohio. Things looked good for them to land him.
Unfortunately, the Buckeyes didn’t land him. Moss had the Ohio State basketball program in his final four schools but ultimately decided to head to Oregon. It’s another player that the Buckeyes have struck out on recently in the transfer portal.
Ohio State didn’t need Moss, but he would have helped. Guard is clearly not the biggest gap on this roster that they need to fill. They have plenty of capable guards, including a freshman who is coming in. They need more big guys, either on the wing or a center.
There’s not much time left for the Buckeyes to find that guy. The portal closes tomorrow so there’s a lot of urgency to get someone. They had two guys visiting over the weekend that they are looking to land that would help fill that void. The Buckeyes have to get someone.
Diebler has had a pretty good offseason in his first time as a head coach. There are some guys he wanted to land that he couldn’t, but that’s life as a Big Ten head coach. He’s going to learn how to work the portal better as time goes on.
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – Cleveland police have issued an arrest warrant for a 19-year-old man in connection to a deadly shooting in the city’s Central neighborhood.
Records show David Patrick of Cleveland is wanted for the April 19 shooting death of 42-year-old Piankhi Bruce.
He is facing a murder charge.
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Officers found Bruce in the front yard of a home on Friendly Court after responding to a ShotSpotter alert, according to records.
The North Ridgeville man had been shot multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office, he was shot in the head, neck, chest and left thigh.
Records show Patrick also has an active warrant from a separate criminal case.
He was indicted earlier this year for multiple felonies, including two weapons charges.
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