Posts

Recall effort against Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson by Black Lives Matter Cuyahoga County is suspended because the Black mayor is "too popular."....Some activists refused to participate saying targeting only Black elected officials like Jackson while leaving questionable White one's alone was an issue.....Those activists say more focus should be given to dealing with corrupt White elected officials such as County Prosecutor Mike O'Malley, who is prosecuting innocent Blacks, and racist White common pleas judges, led by chief judge John Russo, who are handing down excessive sentences to Black men and Black juveniles tried as adults with O'Malley's support....A Black defendant whose mouth was taped shut by Russo during a court hearing got a 33-year excessive prison sentence, allegedly for questioning alleged judicial and prosecutorial malfeasance, and ineffective assistance of counsel....By Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog

Image
Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview, CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio - A group of Cleveland activists, led by Black Lives Matter Cuyahoga County leader Jeff Mixon, has announced that they are suspending an  effort to recall  Democratic Mayor Frank Jackson because the city's third Black mayor is "too popular." Mixon said his group could not garner enou

FBI raids office of Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish following 8 recent county jail deaths, a win for community activists.....The fare-haired-boy of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party, Budish fights back....This is Part 7 of of a multi-part series on Cuyahoga County public corruption.... The second largest of 88 counties in Ohio, Cuyahoga County includes the largely Black city of Cleveland.....By Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog

Image
Cuahoga County Executive Armond Budish (left) Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview, CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief This is Part Seven of a Multi-part Series on Cuyahoga County Public Corruption CLICK HERE TO READ PART SIX OF THE MULTI-PART SERIES ON CUYAHOGA COUNTY PUBLIC CORRUPTION CLICK HERE TO GO TO READ PART FIVE OF THE MULTI-PART SERIES ON CUYAHOGA COUNTY PUBLIC CORRUPTION CLICK HERE TO READ PART FOUR OF THE MULTI-PART SERI

Ohio Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur holds oversight hearing on reducing energy costs to poor, middle class homeowners during weathering conditions, Kaptur, whose 9th congressional district includes Cleveland, of whom is chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development....Poorer households rely on alternative temperature regulating devices such as space heaters, which, according to the National Fire Protection Association, cause about one third of all winter house fires and 80 percent of all winter fire deaths....Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog

Image
Ohio 9th Congressional District Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ohio Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and a Toledo Democrat whose 9th congressional district extends to Cleveland, held a public oversight hearing on Wednesday to explore the successes, challenges, and innovations of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP). Committee members heard from weatherization experts at the local, state, and federal levels. WAP works to ensure the health and safety of low-income and middle class households by increasing the energy efficiency of their homes and reducing energy costs. "Today's oversight hearing could n

Congresswoman Fudge granted restraining order against Black woman over Aisha Fraser altercation, Fraser murdered last year by ex-husband and ex-judge Lance Mason, whom Fudge had supported....The woman said Fraser was her friend and she and the congresswoman appeared before Common Pleas Judge Shirley Strickland Saffold, the woman also accusing Fudge of assault, which the congresswoman denied saying "if I had assaulted her she would be hurt."....Neither the woman nor Fudge have been charged with a crime.....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog

Image
Ohio 11th Congressional District Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge, (left) a Warrensville Heights Democrat, and the late Aisha Fraser, whose ex-husband, former Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Lance Mason, murdered her late last year following a domestic altercation Watch the Cleveland.com video here of parts of the hearing before Cuyhaoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Shirley Strickland Saffold on Feb. 6 on the request by 11th Congressional District Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (at the podium)  for a restraining order against an Avon woman angry over the congresswoman's prior support for disbarred  former Common Pleas Judge Lance Mason, who last year murdered ex-wife Aisha Mason following a domestic dispute. The woman, who said she was Fraser's friend, is angry at the congresswoman over her prior support of Mason, a Black Democrat like Fudge Former Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas judge Lance Mason  Disgraced former Cuyahoga County Court of Com