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Debbie Kline, executive director of Cleveland Jobs With Justice who will lead a protest against Gov John Kasich's visit to the Cleveland,Oh. area Nov. 3 for the gov. to stomp for Issue 2, a state issue on the Nov. ballot that unions and Democrats across the state are asking voters to say no to. Ohio Republican Gov. John Kasich Ohio public sector unions protest Senate Bill 5 at the statehouse in Columbus, Oh earlier this year. The yet-to-take-effect anti-collective bargaining law called Senate Bill 5 was passed earlier this year by the state legislature and is on the Nov. 8 ballot and titled Issue 2 as a yes or no vote for Ohioans to either scrap or keep the controversial state law. From the Metro Desk of The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com (www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com) Led by Cleveland Jobs With Justice, a coalition of labor based and community organizations, Cleveland area unions against Issue 2 will picket Ohio Republican Gov. John Kasich's and Lt. Gov. ...

From the Metro Desk of The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com (www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com) Carr (www.pinkeycarr.com) is endorsed by the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Ohio's largest newspaper, that says: "Carr brings an infectious energy that tilts the decision in her favor. On a court known for innovation, Carr's work ethic and strong personality would be an excellent fit." --Read the endorsement at www.cleveland.com ... "The Imperial Women thank Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Pinkey Carr for bringing Serial Killer Anthony Sowell to justice with class, style and brilliance via closing arguments in the case".........Kathy Wray Coleman, The Imperial Women From the Metro Desk of The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) The Imperial Women urge voters to vote for Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Pinkey Carr for Cleveland Municipal Court Judge on Nov 8, 2011. Carr was the lead prosecutor in the A...

Former Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Timothy McGinty, who has resigned from the bench, effective Oct. 31, and is running next year for the county prosecutor's office vacated by Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason. Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason, who has opted not to seek reelection next year. From the Metro Desk of The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com (www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com) Below is the online introduction piece article by Plain Dealer Columnist Mark Naymik that runs in the newspaper on Oct. 31, 2011 as to the race for Cuyahoga County Prosecutor since Bill Mason is not running for reelectioon. Comments below the story by bloggers at Cleveland.Com, the newspaper's online news venue, are being scanned for McGinty's benefit and Journalist and Community Activist Kathy Wray Coleman hereby would request that the comments below be posted like others. She also urges Cuyahoga County voters and the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party to se...

U.S. Rep. Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH) Ohio Republican Gov. John Kasich Belinda Prinz, Director of Communications for Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge Debbie Kline, Coordinator of Cleveland Jobs With Justice Harriet Applegate, executive secretary of the North Shore AFL-CIO Federation of Labor Ohio State Sen. Shirley Smith (D-21) Ohio State Sen. Nina Turner (D-25) Ohio State Rep. John Barnes Jr. (D-12) Ohio State Rep. Bill Patmon (D-10) Ohio State Rep. Barbara Boyd (D-9) , also president of the Black Women's Political Action Committee Ohio State Rep. Sandra Williams (D-11) , also president of the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson By Kathy Wray Coleman, Editor of the Kathy Wray Coleman Online NewsBlog.Com ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com) U.S. Rep Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH), Cleveland Jobs With Justice Coordinator Debbie Kline, and a host of Democrats and unions from across the state of Ohio are asking voters to vote "No, No, No in November." They say ...

Former Cleveland Ward 8 Councilwoman Sabra Pierce Scott From the Metro Desk of The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com (www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com) Former Cleveland Ward 8 Councilwoman Sabra Pierce Scott, who was Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson's 2009 reelection campaign manager, pleaded guilty yesterday in federal district court to conspiracy to commit bribery and has agreed to testify against others as part of an ongoing corruption probe of City Hall operatives. Pierce Scott, 52, who abruptly resigned in 2009 and is now pursuing a master's degree at Case Western Reserve University, is the first Black elected Cleveland official to be charged. She joins a long list of more than 50 countywide officials and their affiliates that have either pleaded guilty or been convicted of corruption- related crimes in office in connection with a neverending FBI investigation made public three years ago. She appeared before Federal District Court Judge Christopher Boyko in Clevel...

Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson Editorial by Kathy Wray Coleman, Editor of the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com (www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com) (Editor's Note: The Imperial Women, the People's Forum, the Greater Cleveland Immigrant Support Network, Stop Targeting Ohio's Poor and a host of other grassroots organizations support Occupy Cleveland and its mission to continue camping out at Public Square in downtown Cleveland at least until the end of the year to bring attention to the disenfranchisement of poor and middle class people through corporate greed and malfeasance. Leave the young and peaceful protesters alone or city officials shall hear from seasoned community activists) Editorial: Will Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson take on the Occupy Cleveland protesters who say they will camp out at Public Square in Cleveland at least until the end of the year with or without the city's renewal of the permits required to be there and to pitch tents for overnight...

The Imperial Women: Fighting for justice for Black and other women, and on other community issues of public concern Serial Murderer Anthony Sowell The home on Imperial Ave. in Cleveland, Oh. of Convicted Serial Murderer Anthony Sowell where the remains of 11 Black women were found beginning on Oct. 29, 2009. From the Metro Desk of The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com (www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com) The Imperial Women, Survivors/Victims Of Tragedy, Black on Black Crime, Stop Targeting Ohio's Poor, the Cleveland Chapter of the New Black Panther Party, the Oppressed People's Nation, the Greater Cleveland Immigrant Support Network, Peace In The Hood, the Family Connection Center, the Office of Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge, the National Organization For Parental Equality, the October 22nd Coalition To Stop Police Brutality, Cleveland City Council Members, Black members of the Ohio State Legislature, the Joaquin Hicks Real People's Movement, the Northeast Ohio Po...