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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 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