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Victory parties election night Nov 6 in Ohio, President Obama, Sen. Sherrod Brown party is at Hilton Hotel in Columbus, Obama volunteers for Cleveland area is at the Double Tree Lakeside in Cleveland, parties also at Josephine's, Councilman Jeff Johnson' s ward club office in Cleveland

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By Kathy Wray Coleman, Publisher, Editor-n-Chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio- Watch parties relative to the Nov 6, 2012  election are as follows: (Reach the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party Headquarters at 216-621-9750, 1466 St. Clair Ave, Cleveland, OH 44114). Victory Party for President Obama, Senator Sherrrod Brown other Democratic Party candidates in Ohio: Columbus Hilton in  downtown Columbus, 401 N. High St, Columbus, OH, 43215, Tel: 614-384-8600 Party for Obama for America Campaign volunteers (according to Cuyahoga County Democratic Party officials) Double Tree by Hilton Hotel in downtown Cleveland, 1111 Lakeside Ave, Cleveland, OH., 44114, Tel: 216-241-5100 Grassroots Victory Party for President Obama: Josephine's Lounge, 7902 Central Ave, Cleveland, OH., 44104, Tel: 216-361-3697, Dionne Thomas Carmichael, proprietor Cleveland Ward

Mayor Jackson says City Council, Black state legislators knew of his and Kasich's merit pay, charter schools plan, activists protest against it

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Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson By Kathy Wray Coleman, Editor, The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog. Com and Cleveland Urban News.Com News.Com ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND,Ohio-Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson said through a spokesperson yesterday that Black state legislators representing Cleveland and Cleveland City Council members that have said he crafted his controversial Cleveland schools educational plan unleashed last week that calls for a teacher merit pay system and more charter schools without their knowledge are being disingenuous, at best. "He would never release something like this without speaking to the appropriate people," said Andrea Taylor, Jackson's press secretary. "They were aware of the proposal before it was made public." And Taylor said that nothing in the plan suggest that teacher tenure will be touched or that seniority would be eliminated, a posture that Cleveland Teachers Unio