Cleveland Mayoral Candidate Ken Lanci kicks off campaign with support from some community activists, Lanci and Community Activist Art McKoy will distribute food, other goods to Imperial Ave. residents in Cleveland, who live on the street were serial killer Anthony Sowell murdered 11 Black women at his home, at 5 pm on Tuesday, June 25
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| Cleveland Mayoral Candidate Ken Lanci |
CLEVELAND, Ohio-Democratic Cleveland Mayoral Candidate Ken Lanci kicked off his campaign for mayor in hopes of unseating popular two term Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson before a crowd of some 150 supporters at the Embassy Suites in Independence on Tuesday evening. (Editor's Note: Lanci will distribute food and other goods to residents on Imperial Ave in Cleveland with Community Activist Art McKoy and others at 5 pm on Tuesday, June 25. Imperial Ave. is infamous internationally and across the country where 11 Black women were found murdered on the street on the city's largely Black east side in the home of since convicted serial killer Anthony Sowell, who sits on death row waiting for the Ohio Supreme Court to here his appeal. For more information on this event contact Art McKoy of Black on Black Crime Inc. at 216-253-4070).
In addition to political strategist Larry Rush, others at the campaign kickoff include Carl Stokes Brigade President James Barrett, who is a former city of Cleveland safety director, and local area community activists Art McKoy, Ada Averyhart, Amy Hurd, Willie Stokes, Denise Taylor, Brett Jackson, Al Porter, and Donna Walker Brown, among a group of other community activists.
Lanci took on Jackson in his campaign speech Tuesday saying that unemployment in the city has gone from 27 percent when Jackson took office in 2006 to 34 percent now, and that the public schools that the mayor controls under state law met three of the State Board of Education Standards in 2006 and none currently under Jackson. He said that the city's crime rate has more than doubled in recent years and that the quality of life for residents under the Jackson administration has dwindled.
And the millionaire businessman, who grew up in a housing project on the city's majority Black east side, promised more jobs, saying that his background as a successful businessman qualifies him to do so.
"As a business man, I will bring more jobs to the city," said Lanci, who added that if he wins "community activists will have an office at City Hall."
Hattie Porter, a seasoned Cleveland community activist said that she supports Lanci because the city needs fresh leadership and public officials who are dedicated to doing what that promise to do on the campaign trail..
"I support Ken Lanci because I like his message and I believe that he is sincere," said Porter.
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