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By Kathy Wray Coleman: Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson wins third term, opponent Ken Lanci quits politics, says media was biased

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Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson (left) with his wife Edwina,  campaign manager Blaine Griffin, and a host of supporters  during his victory speech Tuesday night. Jackson, 67, won a third four-year term with 66 percent  of the vote over millionaire businessman Ken Lanci. A two term mayor and former Cleveland City Council president, he has led the predominantly Black major American city since 2006. (The Cleveland Urban News.Com article on Cleveland City Council races  Tuesday  night is coming. Stay tuned and please read the below article on Tuesday's mayoral election in Cleveland) By Johnette Jernigan and Kathy Wray Coleman, The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and No 2 online Black newspapers  ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ). Reach us by phone at 216-659-0473 and by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com CLEVELAND, Ohio-Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson will keep his $137,000 a-year job as mayor of the larg

Cleveland City Club debate between Mayor Jackson and Mayoral Candidate Ken Lanci on September 18, watch the video here

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300 Clevelanders rally for Trayvon Martin as part of Rev Al Sharpton and NAN's 100 Cities Vigil and Rally for "Justice for Trayvon," groups join Sharpton in calling for Florida boycott, federal Civil Rights charges against Zimmerman, Rev. Dr. Otis Moss Jr. is keynote speaker at rally, rally is organized by Greater Cleveland NAN President Marcia McCoy

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  Protesters in Cleveland, Ohio rally for justice for slain Black teen Trayvon Martin Community activists from across the country rally for justice for Trayvon Martin By CD Newton,      General  Assignment  Reporter  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by phone at 216-659-0473 and by email at  editor@clevelandurbannews.com . Reach CD Newton at newton@clevelandurbannews.com CLEVELAND, Ohio-“No Justice, No Peace!” That familiar chant rose in crescendo in the courtyard of the Carl B. Stokes U.S. District Courthouse in Cleveland, Oh. on Saturday at noon as Civil Rights leaders, Black clergy , c ommunity activists and a host of others gathered as part of a 100 cities rally and vigil for "Justice for Trayvon Martin," a nationwide event sponsored by the Rev Al Sharpton (pictured), his National Action Network (NAN), and Sharpton's local chapter group.  The chants   loomed large as a back drop for some 300 spirited

Ken Lanci files petitions with county board of elections to run for mayor of Cleveland, will hold appreciation dinner this evening for supporters at Embassy Suites in Independence

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Cleveland Mayoral Candidate Ken Lanci From The Metro Desk Of 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 )  Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com and by phone at 216-659-0473 CLEVELAND, Ohio- Democratic Cleveland Mayoral Candidate Ken Lanci will host an appreciation dinner at 5 pm this evening at Embassy Suites in Independence on Rockside Woods Blvd. for those community activists and others that support his candidacy and that helped him collect petition signatures to get on the ballot. For more information contact the Lanci for Cleveland Mayor Campaign   east side coordinator at 216-501-7368. "We filed petitions last week, the campaign is gaining momentum, and the event this evening is to show appreciation for campaign supporters, including people that helped collect petition signatures" said Vernon Bryant, Lanci's east si

Imperial Women, activists press conference and rally are Thursday, May 30, 2013 at 5:30 pm on Cleveland serial murderer on loose, and community forum with Mayor Candidate Ken Lanci is at 6pm, both at Lil Africa, 6816 Superior Ave , Contact number is 216-659-0473

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Contact: Imperial Women Tel: 216-659-0473 Website: ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com Who:  Cleveland Urban News.Com and Community activist groups including Imperial Women, Black on Black Crime Inc., The Oppressed People's Nation, Stop Targeting Ohio's Poor, Ohio Family Rights, The Fairfax Business Association,The National Association for Parental Equality, The Women's Federation, People for The Imperial Act, and The Carl Stokes Brigade Cleveland Mayoral Candidate          Ken Lanci What/When/Where/Why: Press conference and rally at 5:30 pm on Thursday, May 30, 2013 at Lil Africa in Cleveland, 6816 Superior Ave., with a community forum and panel at 6 pm with Cleveland Mayoral Candidate Ken Lanci.  The rally and press conference will be led by Imperial Women to call for resources by city and county officials and Cleveland police and accountability around the abduction, rape and murders of Black, White and Latino women. A

Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson draws formidable reelection challenger this year in Ken Lanci following his slowness in disciplining group of White Cleveland police officers that gunned down unarmed Blacks Malissa Williams and Timothy Russell in November with 137 bullets, Jackson, who is Black and also controls Cleveland schools by state law, is supported by The Old Black Political Guard, city council, Black clergy, business community and some community activists, and Lanci, a millionaire White businessman, has money to wage a mayoral election fight, Lanci to announce on Monday that he will run against Jackson (Editor's Note: A Cleveland police captain, lieutenant, and 10 police supervisors to be disciplined ranging from a 10 day suspension to possible termination for deadly November car chase the mayor and police chief said, the 13 police officers that gunned down Tim and Malissa with a combined 137 bullets are still on job with no criminal charges against them)

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Cleveland Mayoral Hopeful and Millionaire Businessman Ken Lanci, who will announce on Monday that he will run for mayor this year Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson From the Metro Desk of Cleveland Urban News.Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and No 2 online Black news venues  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com )  Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com and by phone at 216-659-0473 CLEVELAND,Ohio- In the midst of community fallout about his slowness in disciplining police responsible for gunning down unarmed Blacks Malissa Williams and Timothy Russell with 137 bullets following a high speed car chase from downtown Cleveland on Nov. 29 that ended in neighboring East Cleveland, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson has drawn a formidable challenger for this year's mayoral race in Democratic millionaire businessman Ken Lanci. And race is inevitably at play too where the two term biracial Jackson, also a Democrat and f