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Congresswoman Fudge, state Rep Bill Patmon, community activists praise Cleveland Councilwoman Mamie Mitchell, who just retired from council, and Blaine Griffin, her replacement, comments on whether he will run for election this year to keep his council seat...Mitchell, said activist Kathy Wray Coleman of the Imperial Women Coalition, was the most visible and dependable of council members for rallies with activists relative to violence against women and girls, including the Imperial Avenue Murders of 11 Black women by serial killer Anthony Sowell, the East 93rd Street Serial Murders, and the abduction and decade-long rape of Seymour Avenue escape victims Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight....By www.clevelandurbannews.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

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Cleveland Ward 6 Councilwoman Mamie Mitchell (pictured), who retired from city council on May 15, 2017 and recommended her replacement, Blaine Griffin (pictured), the director of the Community Relations Board for the city and a member of Mayor Frank Jackson's cabinet ClevelandUrbanNews.Com  and the    KathyWrayColemanOnlineNewsBlog.Com  Ohio's most read digital Black newspapers. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM- CLEVELAND, Ohio -  Cleveland Ward 6 Councilwoman Mamie Mitchell announced publicly on Monday that she was retiring. Hours later she named Blaine Griffin, the director of the Community Relations Board for the city and a member of the mayor's cabinet, as her replacement on the 17-member, all Democratic Cleveland City Council. Mitchell was initially appointed in 2008 to the unexpired term of then councilwoman Patricia Britt when Britt became clerk of council.  She ran for a full term in 2009 in a crowded
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Cleveland ups cigarette smoking age from 18 to 21: Cleveland City Council passes city law sponsored by Councilman Cimperman that raises age limit from 18 to 21 to purchase cigarettes, and of which is contrary to the state law mandate of 18-years-old....Local business owners call for the mayor to veto the legislation....The new city law, says sources, pertains to vendors but will ultimately be amended to impose criminal penalties against the Black young people impacted where Blacks are disproportionately arrested, charged, criminally prosecuted, and convicted and jailed or imprisoned in the city of Cleveland, in Ohio, and nationwide....Cimperman says that the new city law will save lives....By Cleveland Urban News.Com Editor-in-Chief Kathy Wray Coleman

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By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and the Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473. Email:  editor@clevelandurbannews.com . Coleman is a 23-year political, educational, legal and investigative journalist who trained for 17 years, and under six different editors,  at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.  Our news website and blog get  more than 2.4 million viewers on Google Plus alone. ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) / ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). Cleveland Ward 3 Councilman Joe Cimperman CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, CLEVELAND, Ohio- Led by  Ward 3 Councilman Joe Cimperman, who is White and in 2008 ran unsuccessfully in the Democratic primary for the congressional seat then held by veteran and former congressman Dennis Kucinich, Cleveland City Council, at its regular meeting Monday night, passed an ordinance to raise the age limit from 18 t
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Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson calls for city council to pass strict gun control laws at press conference, Councilmen Jeff Johnson, Zack Reed concerned about number of city homicides this year

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Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, who wants city council to adopt strict gun control laws in the midst of heightened homicides in the largely Black major American city  Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson (left) with his wife Edwina,  campaign manager Blaine Griffin, and a host of supporters  during his victory speech last November. Jackson, 67, won a third four-year term with 66 percent  of the vote over millionaire businessman Ken Lanci. A former Cleveland City Council president, he has led the  major American city since 2006. By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog, Tel: (216) 659-0473  K athy Wray Coleman is  a community activist and 20 year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio-Clevelan
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By Kathy Wray Coleman: Cleveland Browns lose to New England Patriots 27 to 26, loss comes on heels of Cleveland City Council ordinance that funds $30 million for upgrades to Browns stadium

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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 newspapers  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) and  ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ).  Reach us by phone at 216-659-0473 and by email at   editor@clevelandurbannews.com FOXBOROUGH, Massachusetts-The Cleveland Browns lost by one point to the New England Patriots on Sunday, falling 27 to 26 in a heartbreaking loss at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. Browns Quarterback Jason Campbell, who is Black, passed for 391 yards and three touchdowns, not enough though to bring home a needed win. The Patriots trailed 6 to 0 at halftime. And with 1:25 left in the third quarter, the Browns led 19-3. But that's when Quarterback Tom Brady stepped up his game, ultimately completing 32 of 52 passes, and two touchdowns. With 61 seconds remaining, the Patriots got two touchdowns, and the Browns could not recover. In spite of the t
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By Kathy Wray Coleman: Cleveland City Council approves $30 million for improvements to FirstEnergy Stadium for Cleveland Browns, Councilpersons Brady, Cummins, Conwell, Johnson and Polensek vote against it, Councilman Reed skips meeting, opposing councilpersons say money should have been allocated to improve inner city neighborhoods, to hire more police and firefighters, Mayor Jackson says allocated money will not interfere with city services, Johnson disagrees

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East side Cleveland Councilmen Michael Polensek, Kevin Conwell, and Jeff Johnson, all three of whom opposed the $30 million deal for upgrades to FirstEnergy Stadium for the Cleveland Browns along with west side councilpersons Brian Cummins and Dona Brady. West side Cleveland Councilpersons Brian Cummins and Dona Brady, both of whom opposed the $30 million stadium deal for Cleveland Browns along with east side Councilmen Jeff Johnson, Kevin Conwell and Michael Polensek Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, who convinced city council to pass an ordinance by a 13 to 5 vote at its meeting Monday night to fund $30 million over a period of 15 years for upgrades to the First Energy Stadium for the Cleveland Browns. Councilman Zack Reed was the only councilperson that did not vote on the measure and he was absent from Monday night's meeting. 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
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Mayor Frank Jackson, Mayoral Candidate Ken Lanci, Cleveland City Council candidates will attend forum today, Sept. 26 beginning at 6 pm at the Club at Key Center, 127 Public Square, Jackson and Lanci will square off there at 7:30 pm, Lanci tells Cleveland Urban News.Com that he looks forward to it

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CLEVELAND, Ohio-Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson and Mayoral Candidate Ken Lanci, and Cleveland City Council candidates, will attend a forum today, Sept. 26 beginning at 6 pm at the Club at Key Center, 127 Public Square in Cleveland. Jackson and Lanci will square off there for a community discussion at 7:30 pm, organizers said. The event is sponsored by the Young Professionals. Contact the Key Center for more information at 216-271-1272. Lanci told Cleveland Urban News.Com that he is elated to have a community discussion with Jackson and that the more forums the pair can participate in before the November  general election, the better. Their first official debate was on Sept. 18 at the City Club in Cleveland. "Anytime we can debate on community issues, I look forward to it," said Lanci. "The community needs a series of debates and discussions before the November 5 election."
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Blacks, Hispanics lose with new redistricting map for Cleveland City Council that cuts 19 wards to 17, Councilmen Johnson and Conwell will face off, racial unrest, city council infighting rampant, State Sen Smith, state Rep. Patmon, Mary Rose Oakar blast Council President Martin Sweeney, Smith wants criminal investigation by Ohio Attorney General, county prosecutor, Mayor Jackson supports Sweeney and says process was legal, Clerk of Council Pat Britt comments, Hispanics say new map violates Voting Rights Act, Latino activists up in arms, Councilman Westbrook's retirement helped, Sweeney says he tried to be fair and that the redistricting process and the new map were fair, lawsuit from Hispanic leaders looms

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Cleveland Ward 8 Councilman Jeff Johnson By Kathy Wray Coleman, Editor of Cleveland Urban News.Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND,Ohio- The redistricting map that Cleveland City Council approved last week that drops council wards from 19 to 17 seats next year based on declining population pits popular Ward 8 Councilman Jeff Johnson and Ward 9 Councilman Kevin Conwell, both of whom are Black, against each other in city council races this year with their two wards combined into a newly established Ward 9. And not one White councilperson is largely impacted by the remapping, though the majority Black major metropolitan city of Cleveland is roughly 58 percent Black, and only 37 percent White.   CLICK THIS LINK HERE TO SEE THE MAP FOR THE NEW CLEVELAND CITY COUNCIL WARDS                           Council President Martin Sweeney (pictured) , a west side councilman, independent
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