He was elected as the nation's youngest mayor (of Cleveland) in 1977, and was known mostly for scrapping with established politicians, banks and just about everybody else. After he fired his police chief -- live, on the 6 O'Clock news -- he was so unpopular that he wore a bulletproof vest when he threw out the first pitch at an Indian's game.

NEW YORK - Merrill Lynch & Co., Goldman Sachs Group Inc. , and Bank of America Corp. were among 21 banks and mortgage companies sued by the city of Cleveland for their alleged roles in the city's deepening housing crisis.

the banks created a foreclosure crisis by being purveyors of subprime mortgages, leaving the city to "clean up the resulting mess," sustaining hundreds of millions of dollars in damages.

|image1|Who financed the subprime boom in Cleveland and across the country? Wall Street, according to a lawsuit filed against 21 big banks by the city of Cleveland in Ohio state court last week. How much did these firms cost the city? If Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson has anything to do with it, Wall Street will pay.

City of Cleveland tries a new tactic against predatory lenders: wants the court to treat them like drug peddlers on the street, taking advantage of naive customers.

Citizens Bank Park is a 43,647-seat baseball-only stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that opened on April 3, 2004 and hosted its first regular season baseball game on April 12 of that same year, as the tenants of the facility, the Philadelphia Phillies lost to the Cincinnati Reds, 4-1. The ballpark was built to replace the now-demolished Veterans Stadium (a football/baseball multipurpose facility), and features natural grass and dirt playing field and boasts many Philadelphia style food stands, including several which serve cheesesteaks, hoagies, and other regional specialties. Behind center field is Ashburn Alley, named after Phillies great center fielder and Hall of Famer Richie Ashburn, a walkway featuring restaurants and memorabilia from Phillies history, along with a restaurant/bar and grille called "Harry The K's" named after Hall of Fame broadcaster Harry Kalas. This area opens two-and-a-half hours before the scheduled first pitch, much like Eutaw Street at Oriole Park at Camden Yards via the Left Field Gate, with two exceptions: Opening Day, when all gates open three hours before the scheduled first pitch and on the team's annual Photo Day, when all gates open two-and-a-half hours before the scheduled first pitch to allow fans with cameras onto the warning track to take pictures (or videos) of the team's players.