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Recall effort against East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton fails, Norton speaks one-on-one with Cleveland Urban News.Com. The public meeting on a possible merger of East Cleveland with Cleveland is tonight, April 2, at 6:30 pm at the McGregor Nursing Home

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East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News.Com, and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and newspaper blog.  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) , Tel: (216) 659-0473, Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com  EAST CLEVELAND, OHIO - East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton spoke one-on-one with Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's leader in Black  digital news, after a recall effort that sought to boot him from office fail short of necessary  signatures for a ballot initiative. The recall attempt  comes   as the thirty-something mayor  will host a meeting tonight, April 2, on a possible merger with neighboring Cleveland, also a largely Black impoverished city, though, unlike East Cleveland, Cleveland is a major American city.   (Editor's note: Mayor Norton will host the 6:30 pm public meeting of today, April 2, at the McGregor Nursing Home

East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton to push for a merger of his city with Cleveland as a group of residents simultaneously seek his recall....Mayor to hold 6:30 pm public meeting on April 2 at the McGregor Nursing Home, 14900 Private Drive in East Cleveland.... By Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's leader in Black digital news

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East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News.Com, and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and newspaper blog.  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Tel: (216) 659-0473, Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com  EAST CLEVELAND, OHIO - East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton has decided to push for a merger of his largely Black impoverished suburb with neighboring Cleveland, also a majority Black city that struggles financially, but is not, like East Cleveland, purportedly on the verge of possible  bankruptcy .    (Editor's note: Mayor Norton will hold a  6:30 pm public meeting to seek community support for his merger plans on Thursday, April 2 at the McGregor Nursing Home, 14900 Private Drive in East Cleveland) Cleveland has a population of roughly 375,000 residents, and is  about  58 percent Black.  East Cleveland has a  population  of so

Recall effort against Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson by Black Contractors Group and Attorney Nelson over mayor's stance on DOJ report of police killings, including Tamir Rice is losing steam as activists like Art McKoy jump ship saying police are the main problem, organizers of the recall effort are accused of targeting a Black mayor while leaving Whites like County Prosecutor Tim McGinty alone, Cleveland NAACP official calls recall effort a waste of time and money

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Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson By Kathy Wray Coleman , editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News.Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.com, Ohio's leaders in Black digital  news.     Coleman is a 22-year investigative journalist and political and legal reporter who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.   ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio- A  recall effort against Cleveland Mayor Frank  Jackson that is being  pushed by the Black Contractors Group and Cleveland Attorney Michael Nelson Sr. is becoming an uphill battle as community activists  once interested in the almost impossible endeavor are jumping  ship, the few that had contemplated  supporting the initiative. "I'm neutral," Black on Black Crime founder and community activist  Art McKoy told Cleveland Urban News.Com earlier today. McKoy, 71, attended the first of several planned recall meetings held Wedn

Richmond Heights Mayor Miesha Headen is recalled by a 410 vote margin, blames Cuyahoga County Democratic Party, says county Democratic party does not support Black elected officials enough, including the bid by Nina Turner for Ohio Secretary of State, Democratic operative Charles E. Bibb Sr. says the Tea Party is behind the recall

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Richmond Heights Mayor Miesha Headen 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 Email:editor@clevelandurbannews.com, Tel: (216) 659-0473).   Ka thy Wray Coleman is  a community activist and 20 year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper.  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) Cuyahoga County Democratic Party Chairperson Stuart Garson RICHMOND HEIGHTS, Ohio - Democratic Richmond Heights Mayor Miesha Headen, the city's first Black female mayor and the only Black female mayor in Cuyahoga County, was recalled by voters on Tuesday after Cuyahoga County Democratic Party Chairman Stuart Garson would not support her, and after the Cleveland Plain Dealer Newspaper, led by Reporter Sara Dorn, went on a mission to seek her removal from office. The recall election was close