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Cleveland NAACP President George Forbes, whom community activists will picket on Fri., March 2 for his support of Tim McGinty for county prosecutor and what they say is Forbes harassment of Blacks and women to accommodate racist Whites like McGinty that have infringed upon their constitutional and statutory rights From the Metro Desk of The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com and Cleveland Urban News.Com ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio-Grassroots activists will picket Cleveland NAACP President George Forbes at the organization's headquarters at 2131 Stokes Blvd. in Cleveland on Fri., March 2 at 4:30 pm. They say that Forbes will not stand up for Blacks and women on crucial matters and that he is supporting Tim McGinty for Cuyahoga County prosecutor in spite of McGinty's record as a former assistant county prosecutor and prior common pleas judge who had Black men maliciously prosecuted on rape charges relative

The Rev C. J. Matthews, flanked by members of the United Pastors in Mission, prays for calm after the bodies of what would ultimately become 11 Black women were uncovered on Cleveland's east side at the Imperial Ave. home of since convicted serial killer Anthony Sowell. (Cleveland Plain Dealer online photo, www.cleveland.com ) The Rev. C. J. Matthews in happier times U.S. District Attorney Steve Dettlebach National political news and Cleveland area news brought to you from the By Kathy Wray Coleman, Editor ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio-The Rev. Charles "C.J." Matthews, senior pastor at Mt. Sinai Baptist Church in Cleveland, was sentenced to 15 months in prison yesterday for failing to pay $90 thousand in IRS income taxes collected by the mega church between Oct. 2005 and Jan. 2007 on the wages of church employees. And the sentence, which was handed down by Federal District Court Judge Patric

Updated Friday, December 2, 2011 Ohio State Sen. Nina Turner (D-25) U.S. Rep. Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH) Ohio State Rep. Bill Patmon (D-10) Cleveland Ward 8 Councilman Jeff Johnson Cleveland Attorney and Local NAACP President George Forbes National political news and local news from the Cleveland metropolitan area brought to the community from ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) By Kathy Wray Coleman, Editor State Sen. Nina Turner (D-25) , a Cleveland Democrat, sent shock waves through Cleveland's political rank and file this week when she filed petitions to take on U.S. Rep. Marcia L. Fudge (D-11) in next year's Democratic Primary election, a decision that has rocked Cleveland's Old Black Political Guard and has upset Black leaders with the prospective that the vote could be split by the two prominent Black women and a White could slide in. "When minorities run against each other as was the case in Memphis, TN., you can end up wit