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East Cleveland voters to decide recall election of Mayor Gary Norton, city council president Thomas Wheeler on December 6, 2016....Former county commissioner Peter Lawson Jones and former state representative candidate Cassandra McDonald (pictured) spar over the recall issue with Jones against the recall and McDonald and some community activists wanting Norton gone...Polls open at 6:30 am and close at 7:30 pm.....By editor-in-chief Kathy Wray Coleman of www.clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper

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East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com By Editor-in-Chief  Kathy Wray Coleman, a-24-year journalist who trained at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio for 17 years, and who interviewed now President Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview,   CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS .  (Note: A former biology teacher and longtime Cleveland activist, Coleman is the most read reporter in Ohio on Google Plus with some 3.3 million views). CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM-EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio -  East Cleveland voters will decide Tuesday, Dec 6, 2016 whether to recall two-term Black Mayor Gary A. Norton Jr. and the mayor's ally, city council president Thomas Wheeler.

Recall effort against East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton fails, Norton speaks one-on-one with Cleveland Urban News.Com. The public meeting on a possible merger of East Cleveland with Cleveland is tonight, April 2, at 6:30 pm at the McGregor Nursing Home

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East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News.Com, and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and newspaper blog.  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) , Tel: (216) 659-0473, Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com  EAST CLEVELAND, OHIO - East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton spoke one-on-one with Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's leader in Black  digital news, after a recall effort that sought to boot him from office fail short of necessary  signatures for a ballot initiative. The recall attempt  comes   as the thirty-something mayor  will host a meeting tonight, April 2, on a possible merger with neighboring Cleveland, also a largely Black impoverished city, though, unlike East Cleveland, Cleveland is a major American city.   (Editor's note: Mayor Norton will host the 6:30 pm public meeting of today, April 2, at the McGregor Nursing Home

East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton to push for a merger of his city with Cleveland as a group of residents simultaneously seek his recall....Mayor to hold 6:30 pm public meeting on April 2 at the McGregor Nursing Home, 14900 Private Drive in East Cleveland.... By Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's leader in Black digital news

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East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News.Com, and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and newspaper blog.  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Tel: (216) 659-0473, Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com  EAST CLEVELAND, OHIO - East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton has decided to push for a merger of his largely Black impoverished suburb with neighboring Cleveland, also a majority Black city that struggles financially, but is not, like East Cleveland, purportedly on the verge of possible  bankruptcy .    (Editor's note: Mayor Norton will hold a  6:30 pm public meeting to seek community support for his merger plans on Thursday, April 2 at the McGregor Nursing Home, 14900 Private Drive in East Cleveland) Cleveland has a population of roughly 375,000 residents, and is  about  58 percent Black.  East Cleveland has a  population  of so

By Kathy Wray Coleman: East Cleveland voters to decide mayor at the polls today, Tuesday, October 1, candidates are incumbent Mayor Gary Norton, City Council President Dr. Joy Jordan, and Vernon Robinson, East Cleveland enjoy's General Electric's Nela Park, was where Standard Oil Giant John Rockefeller once owned a home

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East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton and East Cleveland City Council President Dr. Joy Jordan By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  Cleveland Urban News.Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and No 2 online Black news venues  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com )  Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com and by phone at 216-659-0473 EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio-East Cleveland voters will decide in a primary election today, Tuesday, Oct. 1,  whether to keep incumbent Mayor Gary Norton, who ousted Eric Brewer four years ago as the then city council president, or to install East Cleveland City Council President Dr. Joy Jordan as the new mayor, also a popular figure in the majority Black impoverished suburb of Cleveland. Also in the race, which is a partisan primary of three Democrats with no Republican opponent for the November 5 general election, is Vernon Robinson. Polls open at 6:30 am, and close at 7:30 pm. "It is going