Mr. Carey Goes to Cleveland: Drew & Nick talk to the Cleveland City Council

Reason Saves Cleveland with Drew Carey, a Reason.tv original documentary series that proposes viable solutions to some of Cleveland's biggest problems, premiered in March 2010. The release made the front page (twice) of the Cleveland Plain Dealer and ruffled the feathers of at least one local writer.
The film also caught the attention of the Cleveland City Council, who invited Drew and Reason.tv's Nick Gillespie to Cleveland to discuss the ideas raised in the documentary.
This short video is a collection of highlights from Drew and Nick's 2.5 hour conversation with the Cleveland City Council on May 27.
Approximately 10 minutes. Produced, shot and edited by Paul Feine and Alex Manning.
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[@giantleappictures]

As a Clevelander I can tell you this; the biggest problem facing this city is the criminals and politicians and you can rarely tell the difference between the two.

[@Codad]

I am so glad Nick broke it down to them without any sort of sugar coating. Drew's celebrity and Reasons sound idea's together is a great force for good.

[@Herv3]

This was an inspiring piece. Keep up the great work ReasonTV!

[@Juni1013]

This is what I call change you can believe in! Thanks Reason For The Great Work your doing for this Country!

[@puppetsock]

Drew Carey is schmoozing them. He's trying really hard not to let any doors close. This is good. Well done Drew. You might not have got any oh-my-god-I've-been-wrong-for-decades moments right then. But lots of people will watch this and think.

[@ALiBi212x]

LOVE Drew at 5:35 “Why does it matter how many colors are on it?” Politician ”Because that’s one of the policies we have.” Drew “Get rid of it.” Lol

[@Shervind]

Good work reason. Great to see the political establishment taking notice of your efforts.

[@thenewintellectual]

Thats what I'm talkin' about! Makin' it happen! Thanks for the work you guys at Reason.TV are doing.

[@enotdetcelfer]

OMFG that shit about the sign took the cake... I was rolling so hard HAHA they just don't get it... Thank you so much for doing all this Reason... keep up the great work.

[@marchare22]

Drew Carey is a great example of what a role model/ celebrity should be. is in ur face to fight for what is right but not in a way that makes u dislike him. Carey for President!

[@KagarBeardtooth]

That's awesome!

[@poopstreek]

"Why does it matter how many colors it has?" "Because that is a regulation that we have." Classic.

[@jvittetoe]

great stuff here.

[@friedrichhayek3683]

lower taxes and more privatization or DETROITS FAIT!

[@Zooksboardshop]

nice keep up the good work

[@karlallspach5309]

Lmao! I live in Collinwood and Drew is welcome here in that jacket. Good points made and it's easy to be a critic of Cleveland, but all in all its a great city. Been here for a couple years and it's suffering but on the right track.

[@puppetsock]

Trash and roads should be private. Government is a legal monopoly on the use of force. In other words, they are the cops. And they should not be anything else.

[@shelly8510]

I used to work trying to get signs approved all over the country. Flint, MI was the only place without any regulations. I called the town zoning office and lady told me they don't have any rules. Who cares how big a sign is or the colors? The permits are very expensive and sometimes really strict. Sometimes the bureaucrats tell approve the sign verbally, and then reject it later. And btw, my town doesn't take our garbage, it is done privately, and there is no problem.

[@alexanderleeart]

The politicians see that their city has problems, but they want businessmen to just deal with it and bring wealth to their city anyway. This is evident in the chairman's ridiculous comment about Carey bringing the Wheel of Fortune to Cleveland, which came following the discussion about exactly why businesses do not come to the city. The politicians see relinquishing their power as out of the question, so they are blindly hoping that businesses selflessly come to their city's rescue.

[@ANCAK907]

Drew Carey FTW

[@rbairos1]

Kudos for getting an audience with the Cleveland royalty, but I'm skeptical it will affect real change. My only suggestion: Keep at it. Appeal to the citizens, not their keepers.

[@4thstuning]

The Cleveland council doesn't yet get it. At least they were open to discussion.

[@thefish103]

Will you come to Salt Lake City next?

[@mangoswiss]

Thank God that businesses can't just put up multi-coloured signs or Cleveland would look a real mess right now.

[@gamp0001]

Polensek's comment at 0:05 sums up everything that is wrong with every single person sitting on the right side of that table. Animosity toward privatization. Every statement that followed was some derivation of what Polensek crystallized in 2 seconds--We're happy to loot the spoils of any business that might come here, but we won't get the hell out of the way and allow the city itself to rise.

[@brighton4410]

@AlexanderLee1 True...so True.....

[@JBSauce]

@El3ctricPenguin Good question from Drew. Is the Cleveland city council color-ist?

[@startek119]

Holy shit a politician changed his mind

[@djben1977]

The City Council members seemed, to me, in a different zone. Here in Cleveland, we need a new slate of Council Members. New ideas. YOUNGER and INNOVATIVE ideas. Are these guys more afraid of losing their Council seat, than willing to try and look outside the box and take a chance? I've lived here my whole life and I am so dismayed with the stagnation in the City and the City Government.

[@Nexus974]

Nice jacket Drew...

[@GOPsithlord]

5:30 This entire segment on regulations for a sign (in this case the regulations that could govern the sign for a car wash) are quite frankly absurd and just another reason the city of Cleveland is suffocating small businesses.

[@sarjim4381]

Except for the one black council member who seemed to understand why two moths for a sign is ridiculous, the rest of them don't seem to get it all, especially Mr. Snappy Dresser. Clevel and remains a doomed wasteland.

[@truvelocity]

Get rid of regulations as an experiment to see what can be change, first. Why not?

[@sniper6081]

You guys are starting to get recognized by the political class. That's what I call progress.

[@NSResponder]

@Wcoltd The thing he should have told them is "maybe you can't compete with the wages in China, but you sure as hell can compete with the wages in Houston." -jcr

[@scawarren]

Hey Cleveland, looks like you're going to need to vote in a different (more libertarian leaning) city council before you get your city back.

[@andristic]

i dig drew's new physique. he looks a bit healthier :)

[@mangoswiss]

They don't have "a lot to do". They have a lot NOT to do.

[@The_Uncoolio_Foolio]

@ 3:16 "I was reading in the New York Times..." That's already a fail right there.

[@Cleopas82]

Through the whole thing I wanted Drew and Nick to play a good cop (Drew) bad cop (Nick) role. City council likes that they have the power, and the fact is all of the things positive about Cleveland that the councilmen said, are supported by them. Not by the marketed culture that desires them there. City Council in Cleveland still does not get it. GET OUT OF THE WAY!!!

[@NHindividualist]

They listened, more or less, but their "solution" to too much government is going to be government solutions. Feh.

[@Trenaway]

Can you go to the feds and do the same thing?

[@alexanderleeart]

That chairman or whatever he is, sitting at the far end of the table, looks and acts like a thug. It really is amazing that these are the types who rule over everyone and impose strict limits on production. It's like the people who would be unsuccessful in business are the people who are successful in politics.

[@bradwatson7324]

Ever get the feeling that what you are saying is falling on deaf ears?

[@jvittetoe]

5:10 this guy actually believes in what hes doing. 4x8 foot, 10 colors? ARE YOU SERIOUS?! 8:27 im getting sick...

[@tsummerlee]

Evasion, power struggles, denial, a false sense of purpose, and plain ignorance reign my city council, too. Nice try, guys, but these folks have no real interest in freedom. If they did, they'd resign.

[@Buffalo122333]

Wow, total fail on the councils part.

[@grraadd]

Oh boy...... 0:08 another one and there'll be a white grand piano ;-P Reason guys, do you really want to repulse your viewers in first few seconds of the video???

[@rumco]

What a bunch of muppets these councilors. I bet they never ran a business. Suggestions such as spending some money on some stupid "business infrastructure" just to let the business know that the city is business friendly, preposterous.

[@soundshopstudios]

Cleveland doesn't rock.

[@order9066]

The guy in the red tie is the statist problem. Whining, buck-passing and hubris. That City Council loves micro-managing and hyper-regulating Clevelend into what it has become today. Hell, raise money and build two more stadiums!

[@MCJohnnyFresh]

I don't hate the message, although it appears to me Drew Carey doesn't know how to argue the laissez faire / free market position with any great competence and perhaps a new celebrity reason tv spokesperson can be attempted? Please? Emma Caulfield maybe? I think we can all agree that god damn Drew Carey is a talentless hack, he's never been funny or likable. Also... "Capitalism with government help is the worst of all economic phenomenon." - Ayn Rand