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PRESS RELEASE: Grassroots women to debate Cleveland Councilman Jeff Johnson over Cleveland schools 15 mill property tax levy on November ballot on Thursday, August 30, 6 to 8 pm, 6816 Superior Ave in Cleveland at Lil Africa, state Rep. Patmon to moderate, learn the truth about the levy, Attorney Edele Passalacqua, Activist Willie Stokes to be honored by grassroots at debate

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From the Metro Desk of Cleveland Urban News.Com and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com  ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) PRESS RELEASE..THE REAL DEAL DEBATE ON THE CLEVELAND SCHOOLS 15 MILL PROPERTY TAX LEVY FEATURING CLEVELAND COUNCILMAN JEFF JOHNSON AGAINST GRASSROOTS WOMEN TO BE HELD ON AUGUST 30, 2012, 6-8 PM, 6816 SUPERIOR AVE, LIL AFRICA CENTER IN CLEVELAND, OHIO. STATE REP. BILL PATMON (D-10) WILL SERVE AS MODERATOR OF THE DEBATE. SEE BELOW THE PANEL OF COMMUNITY ACTIVIST LEADERS THAT WILL POSE QUESTIONS TO THE DEBATERS, THOUGH A 15 MINUTE SEGMENT WILL BE RESERVED FOR AUDIENCE QUESTIONS BEFORE THE VOTE BY ACTIVISTS AT THE DEBATE ON WHETHER TO ENDORSE THE LEVY.   WHEN: Thursday, August 30, 2012 from 6 pm to 8 pm   WHERE : Little Africa Recreation and Versatility Center, 6816 Superior Ave. in Cleveland, Ohio CONTACTS:    Imperial Women Leader Kathy Wray Coleman at 216-659-0473 and Cleveland African American Museum Ex

Cleveland Urban News.Com comprehensively interviews Ohio Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge, nine-time Grammy Award Winner John Legend one-on-one, read below when the interview articles will be published

From the Metro Desk of Cleveland Urban News.Com and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com  ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio- Cleveland Urban News.Com announces upcoming articles on its one-on-one comprehensive interviews yesterday with 11th Congressional District Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge, a Democrat and the only Black congressperson in Ohio and the neighboring states of Kentucky and Tennessee, and renowned nine-time Grammy award winner John Legend, a soulful crooner, pop, and R and B singer who fraternizes musically with the likes of Kayne West and Jay-Z "Cleveland Urban New. Com and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com are pleased to have interviewed one-on-one two people that we believe are pioneers as agents for change for the betterment of the Black community in interviewing our congresswoman, and the talented John Legend," said Publisher and Associate Editor Kathy Wray Coleman, who did the

An interview with Cuyahoga County Democratic Party Vice Chair Blaine Griffin, community relations director for Mayor Jackson, Griffin talks, Obama, voter issues, politics, Dimora's 28 year prison sentence, Griffin is on temporary leave from his city job to head the Cleveland schools 15 mill property tax levy campaign

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Blaine Griffin B y Johnette Jernigan and Kathy Wray Coleman Cleveland Urban New.Com ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio- Cleveland Urban News.Com has snagged the exclusive below interview with Blaine Griffin, the highest ranking Black as the elected vice chairperson of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party, and a ranking member of Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson's administrative cabinet as the director of the city's community relations board. ( Editor's note : The mayor announced last week that Griffin is on leave until after the November 6 election from his city job to lead the campaign for the 15 mill property tax levy for Cleveland schools that is on the November ballot. Under state law the city mayor controls the schools and appoints the Cleveland Board of Education).  A married father of three Cleveland schools students who lives in the city's Larchmere neighborhood sandwiched by street between

Cleveland New Black Panther Party, Urban Education Justice League to hold anti-Cleveland schools property tax levy forum today at CSU, schools levy debate featuring Councilman Johnson, Donna Walker Brown and Kim Brown is Thurs, August 30, 6 pm, Lil Africa, 6816 Superior Ave. in Cleveland

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From the Metro Desk of Cleveland Urban News.Com and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com  ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio-The education committee of the Cleveland Chapter of the New Black Panther Party in cooperation with the Urban Education Justice League will host an educational forum in opposition to the Cleveland schools property tax levy from 6 pm to 8 pm on Monday, August 20, at Cleveland State University's Main Classroom Building, room 134, 2121 Euclid Ave. in Cleveland. For more information contact Al Porter at 216-704-5036. Donna Walker Brown, a community activist who says she will run for Cleveland mayor in 2013, told Cleveland Urban News.Com that she will speak at the event and  that she is against the schools levy because it is "the same ole levy with the same ole crooks to misappropriate the levy money." (Editor's Note: Walker Brown and Kimberly Brown will debate Cleveland Ward 8

Federal Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reinstates malicious prosecution, First Amendment lawsuit filed by Journalist and Community Activist Kathy Wray Coleman against Judge Kathleen Ann Keough, City of Cleveland, Cleveland law director, chief prosecutor, other city officials, Sixth Circuit said Judge Donald Nugent abused his discretion in dismissing lawsuit, Coleman, who now publishes Cleveland Urban News.Com, said she was harassed for mortgage fraud investigation, judicial case fixing investigation, her previous Call and Post Newspaper articles, Boxing promoter Don King has owned the Call and Post since 1998

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From the Metro Desk of Cleveland Urban News.Com and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com  ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio- The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has reinstated a previously dismissed malicious prosecution and First Amendment lawsuit filed in federal court in 2010 by Community Activist and Cleveland Urban News.Com Publisher and Associate Editor Kathy Wray Coleman against Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals Judge Kathleen Ann Keough, the City of Cleveland, and several city officials and other alleged culprits. The defendants also include former Cleveland Law Director Robert Triozzi, Cleveland Chief Prosecutor Victor Perez, and assistant city prosecutors Joan Bascone and Lorraine Coyne, all of whom are White, though Coleman is Black. Judge Donald Nugent, the presiding judge over the case from the Federal District Court of the Northern District of Ohio in Cleveland, had dismissed the suit, ruling 

California's Black Attorney General Kamala Harris visits Cleveland, thanks Obama campaign volunteers, does one-on-one interview with Cleveland Urban News.Com, says Romney's tax plan hurts middle class, Black community, meets with Black elected officials at the offices of Call and Post Newspaper

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California Attorney General Kamala Harris By Kathy Wray Coleman, Associate Publisher, Editor, Cleveland Urban News.Com and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com ( www.kathywraycoleman onlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio-California Attorney General Kamala Harris, the first Black to win a statewide election there, flew to Cleveland from San Francisco last week to thank Obama campaign volunteers, and to warn Blacks that Mitt Romney's proposed tax plan is what she dubs elitist and hostile to middle class Americans and the Black community, particularly in comparison to the tax platform the president offers. "The president has created jobs outside of the corporate tax policy and wants tax reform, and Mitt Romney wants to raise taxes on the middle class, cut taxes for the richest Americans, and eliminate cuts to college tuition." said Harris, who added that she is African American and proud of it, a comment that came

Rev. Al Sharpton visits Cleveland, talks Obama, Civil Rights, voter suppression tactics by Republicans against Blacks, other voting communities

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The Rev. Al Sharpton From the Metro Desk of Cleveland Urban News.Com and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio-The Rev. Al Sharpton was in Cleveland, Oh. today to push voter registration at a prominent Black church, to stomp for President Obama, and to talk on voter suppression and other Civil Rights matters during a key presidential election year. U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio,  Cleveland  Mayor Frank Jackson, state Sen Nina Turner (D-25), state Rep. Sandra Williams (D-11), and Cuyahoga County Councilman Julian Rogers (D-10) were am ong the host of dignitaries that attended. The luncheon event, held at Greater Abyssina Baptist Church in Cleveland, was sponsored by the Cuyahoga County Chapter of the National Action Network, which is led by Marcia McCoy as its president and the Rev. E. Theophilus Caviness, the executive director organization and senior past

Romney chooses Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan for running mate over Ohio's Portman, anti-union Wisconsin governor beat recall with Ryan's help

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Paul Ryan, a Wisconsin congressman and the presumptive nominee for the Republican Party for vice president of the United States of America By Kathy Wray Coleman, Associate Publisher, Editor, Cleveland Urban News.Com and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com www.clevelandur bannews.com 0 WASHINGTON, D.C.-Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney publicly announced his selection today of Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan as his vice-presidential running mate, quashing any speculation that a minority or woman would get the nod or, more notably, U.S. Senator Rob Portman of Ohio. A native of Janesville, WI, Ryan, 42, and good looking, earned a bachelor's degree from Miami University in Ohio. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1998 and is a fiscal conservative who chairs the House Budget Committee. He is married with three children. Portman was on the short list but was not well known in Ohio or nationally, and was criticized by the O

Councilman Johnson, Donna Walker Brown, Kim Brown to debate Cleveland schools 15 mill tax levy with state Rep Patmon as moderator, schools CEO invited

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From the Metro Desk of Cleveland Urban News.Com and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio-Cleveland Urban News.Com and Cleveland area grassroots groups such as the Imperial Women Coalition, the Imperial Women, the Cleveland African-American Museum, Black on Black Crime, the Carl Stokes Brigade, the Cleveland Chapter of the New Black Panther Party, the Oppressed People's Nation, the Joaquin Hicks Real People's Movement, the Lucasville Uprising Freedom Network, the People's Forum, the Family Connection Center, Organize Ohio, Revolution Books, Occupy Cleveland, the Committee to Bring Home Jamela and Jamyla, the Northeast Ohio Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign, the Underground Railroad, Stop Targeting Ohio's Poor, Ohio Family Rights and Cleveland Jobs With Justice will host an inner city grassroots debate on the Cleveland Public Schools 15 mill proper