Move over, LeBron; Connie’s back, too

Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Connie Schultz, who spent 30 years with the Plain Dealer, wrote:

“LeBron isn’t the only one who's returning. Last fall, my husband and I left our house in the suburbs and moved to Cleveland.

Sherrod Brown, Connie Schultz

“Greater Cleveland is divided, geographically and ideologically, by the Cuyahoga River. I’ve lived on both sides of it. I raised my children, mostly as a single mother, in diverse neighborhoods on the near east side. After I married Sherrod Brown in 2004, we moved into his then-congressional district—he’s a U.S. senator today—in a virtually all-white neighborhood on the far west side.”

Skeptics – there are ALWAYS those, right? – say Sherrod is positioning himself for a run at being Cleveland’s mayor. That’s a step up from being a U.S. Senator, right?

In her story, Connie talks about Greg Blount, who had worked for more than 30 years as Greg Anthony in Cleveland radio and TV. Now, he’s the Bell Captain at the Westin.

Station downsizing and his salary got him.

Brown, elected to the U.S. Senate in 2007, had been a member of the U.S. House previously. Avon was part of his district.

Schulz is an Ashtabula native and Brown is a Mansfield native.

To read Connie’s entire article, click on http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/07/why-i-came-home-to-cleveland-108945.html#.U8au640g-00