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Charter amendments to reduce Cleveland city council and slice members salaries are cancelled but will remain on the ballot with no votes tallied that come in regarding the initiative, the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections has said...Ohio's primary is March 17, 2020, and will include the Democratic primary election for president....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Cleveland Urban News.Com, and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and newspaper blog

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Cleveland City Hall Cleveland Urban News.Com, and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and newspaper blog.  Tel: (216) 659 0473. ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM, CLEVELAND, Ohio -  The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections will not count any votes relative to  two charter amendments on the ballot for the March 17,  2020 primary election that would reduce Cleveland City Council and cut members salaries But the measures will remain on the ballot, election officials said Tuesday, because it is too late to remove them from the  ballot. The announcement comes after the group leading the initiative sought to withdraw the ballot measures beyond the 70-day time period required under state law, and city council, in turn, passed an ordinance on Monday that was signed by Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson that, in effect

Four candidates, 3 Black and 1 White, seek appointment to the Cuyahoga County Council seat vacated by Anthony Hairston, who was elected last year to Cleveland City Council......Cuyahoga County includes Cleveland....The form of governance of a county executive and Cuyahoga County Council took effect in 2011 after voters, amid a pubic corruption scandal that saw two common pleas judges sent to prison and brought lengthy prison terms to former county commissioner Jimmy Dimora and former county auditor Frank Russo, dumped a three-member board of commissioners and all elected county offices but the judges in lieu of a new county governance structure....That structure consists of a county executive that hires and fires the county sheriff, coroner, treasurer, fiscal officer, and clerk of courts, and with approval from county council....The current county executive is Armond Budish, a Beachwood Democrat and former state representative who is up for re-election this year....By edtor-in-chief Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com.

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Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former 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 . CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio-  The  Central Committee of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party will meet Thursday to decide who, among four people, will replace former county councilman Anthony Hairston, who was elected in November to the ward 10 seat on Cleveland City Council and was sworn in this month to his new position. Candidates seeking the district 10 county council seat vacated by H

Vote Eugene Miller for Cleveland City Council in Ward 10 on November 7, 2017....Also supported by community activists, Miller is a former city councilman and former state representative, and a self-made Black man who says he will hold hearings on the epidemic of rape and murders of poor and Black women if he is again elected to city council.... A Democrat, Miller is the most qualified candidate.... He cares about Cleveland and will work to improve the quality of life for Ward 10 residents....His reputation in responding to the rape and murders of women in his ward when he was a councilman is a good one, according to the family of 18-year-old murder victim Sheirellda Terry, a victim of East Cleveland serial killer Michael Madison.....His opponent is a status quo politician unresponsive to his constituents as a current Cuyahoga County councilman, including ignoring the gross theft of of homes via illegal foreclosures and supporting the multi-million dollar deal to renovate the Quicken Loans Arena that houses the Cleveland Cavaliers, a deal prioritized over predominantly Black inner city Cleveland neighborhoods....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of ClevelandUrbanNews.Com and the KathyWrayColemanOnlineNewsBlog.Com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million readers on Google Plus alone. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com

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Eugene Miller (far right) with the late former congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones (second from left), Hillary Clinton (third from left) and former Ohio Governor Ted Strickland (third from right) Eugene Miller with the late former congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones of Cleveland (second from left) and Congresswoman Joyce Beatty, a Columbus Democrat Constituents of Cleveland Ward 10 who support Eugene Miler for city council, including activists Mattie Porter (second from left) and Donna Walker Brown (far right) Eugene Miller and Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson ClevelandUrbanNews.Com and the KathyWrayColemanOnlineNewsBlog.Com , Ohio's most read digital Black newspapers with some 5 million readers on Google Plus alone. And the ClevelandUrbanNews.Com website stats reveal some 26 million hits since 2012. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in C

Video where former Cleveland City Council president George Forbes vigorously curses and threatens investigative Cleveland TV reporter Carl Monday years ago at Cleveland City Hall until the late Hough councilwoman Fannie Lewis intervenes, Forbes of whom is also a former longtime Cleveland NAACP president....Remembering the antics of the once powerful George Forbes, also a Cleveland attorney, though part time since Forbes is now 86-years-old.... Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 4.5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com

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Video where former longtime Cleveland City Council president George Forbes vigorously curses and threatens investigative Cleveland TV reporter Carl Monday years ago (1984) at Cleveland City Hall until the late Hough councilwoman Fannie Lewis intervenes, Forbes of whom is also a former longtime Cleveland NAACP president. Remembering the antics of the once powerful George Forbes, also a Cleveland attorney, though part time since Forbes is now 86-years old.  Clevelandurbannews.com  and  Kathywraycolemanonlinenews blog.com ,  Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 4.5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former 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 URBA

Cuyahoga County Dems make endorsements for Cleveland mayor and city council, and for six of the eight Cleveland Municipal Court races.....Former judge Pauline Tarver, whom Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge is endorsing, and Cleveland NAACP President Michael Nelson Sr. spar in one of two Cleveland judicial races that brought no endorsements..... By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of clevelandurbannews.com, kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, and imperialwomencoalition.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

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Clevelandurbannews.com  and  Kathywraycolemanonlinenews blog.com  ,  Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 4.5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former 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 LEA DER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, CLEVELAND, Ohio- Three- term Black Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, who this year is seeking an unprecedented fourth term among 10 other candidates that want his job, including two write-ins, won the endorsement of the Cuyahoga County Democratic party at an executive committee meeting on Saturday as did some judicial candidates, and all sitting members of city council seeki