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Attorney and Cleveland NAACP President George Forbes From the Metro Desk of the DeterminerWeekly.Com and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com (www.determinerweekly.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com) Officers and executive committee members of the Cleveland branch NAACP have agreed to meet with members of the Imperial Women and leaders of a host of other grassroots factions for a discussion around the Imperial Avenue Murders and other matters impacting greater Cleveland's Black and other communities. Among members of the Imperial Women that will attend are family members of 11 Black women whose remains were uncovered a year ago on Imperial Avenue In Cleveland's impoverished Mt. Pleasant neighborhood. Contacts from the grassroots venues are Kathy Wray Coleman at 216-932-3114, Don Bryant at 440-623-0492, Judy Martin at 216-990-0679, Tina Bronaugh at 216-253-6484, Marva Patterson at 216-334-7013 and Ada Averyhart at 216-645-0804. "We are excited about meet

Ohio Congresswoman Marcia Fudge (D-11) From the Metro Desk of the DeterminerWeekly.Com and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com (www.determinerweekly.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com) Ohio Congresswoman Marcia Fudge (D-11), who represents parts of the City of Cleveland and its eastern suburbs, issued the following press statement as to her vote against the tax compromise that passed the House of Representatives and had previously passed the Senate at the urging of President Barack Obama: WASHINGTON, DC-- Congresswoman Fudge voted against H.R. 4853, which costs over $800 billion, reduces funding for social security, and extends tax cuts for the wealthy. The measure, which the House passed by a vote of 277 to 148 late Thursday night, was passed by the Senate on Wednesday and now goes to President Obama for his signature into law. Congresswoman Fudge released the following statement after passage. The compromise does not reduce the national debt. It piles nearly $1 t

Joaquin Hicks Jeremy Pechanec Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Daniel Gaul Article by Kathy Wray Coleman, Editor of the DeterminerWeekly.Com and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com (www.determinerweekly.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com) Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Daniel Gaul, on probation for six months for unethical charges sanctioned by the Ohio Supreme Court in Oct. of this year, has set a hearing for Monday to decide if Joaquin Hicks, now serving 61 years to life in prison as the alleged ring leader that planned a robbery that led to the murder and attempted murder of two Cleveland Clinic employees in a plaza across from a Cleveland night club, should get a new trial. At trial earlier this year Hick's attorneys said he was not even at Scorcher's nightclub on 12th St. and Chester Ave that night and family members took the stand and testified that he was at an aunt's house on Cleveland's East Side with relatives and sl

Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Kathleen Ann Keough Cleveland NAACP President and Call and Post Newspaper General Counsel George Forbes Cleveland Police Patrolman's Association President Steve Loomis Cleveland Ward 8 Councilman Jeff Johnson Cleveland Ward 2 Councilman Zack Reed By Kathy Wray Coleman, Editor of the DeterminerWeekly.Com and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com (www.determinerweekly.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com) The Call and Post Newspaper, the Black press that serves Cleveland, Cincinnati and Columbus, Oh., has attacked Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Kathleen Ann Keough in an editorial in this week's edition, which hit the stands Wed. At issue is Keough's slap in the face to the newspaper and the client of Cleveland NAACP President and Call and Post General Counsel George Forbes where the controversial judge ordered Jason Ruiz, 27, to apologize to Cleveland police officer Anthony Sauto, who is White. She did so even though prosecutor

Newly Appointed Ohio Supreme Court Justice Yvette McGee Brown By Kathy Wray Coleman, Editor of the DeterminerWeekly.Com and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com (www.determinerweekly.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com) Ohio Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland made history earlier this week in naming Yvette McGee Brown as the first African American woman to the Ohio Supreme Court. Brown, 50, was the governor's Lt. Gov. running mate in this year's failed election to Gov-Elect John Kasich. While some expected the governor to name Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray, who also lost along with the entire Democratic ticket for statewide offices, he selected McGee Brown of Columbus, Oh, a former Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge and founding president for the Center for Child and Family Advocacy at Nationwide Children's Hospital. "I have no doubt that Yvette will provide a wise and compassionate voice for the most vulnerable to our highest court," S

International Boxing Promoter and Call and Post Newspaper Publisher Don King and his wife Henrietta King Renowned Boxing Promoter Don King From the Metro Desk of the Determiner Weekly. Com and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog(www.determinerweekly.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com) Memorial services for Henrietta King, 87, wife of international boxing promoter and Call and Post Newspaper Publisher Don King, are as follows: Services: Saturday, December 11 10 a.m. - Family Hour and Viewing 11 a.m. – Funeral Service Olivet Institutional Baptist Church 8712 Quincy Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44128 Arrangements by: E. F. Boyd & Son Funeral Home 25900 Emery Road Warrensville Heights, Ohio 44128 (216) 831-7906 Henrietta King died late Thursday after complications from cancer and other ailments, a family spokesperson told reporters. King, 79, was with his wife of more than 50 years at a hospice center in South Florida that she was moved to on Tuesday when she passed. In addit

Serial killing suspect Anthony Sowell By Kathy Wray Coleman, Editor of the DeterminerWeekly.Com and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog (www.determinerweekly.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com) Changed from the stolen domain name of www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblogandmedianetwork.com that godaddy compromised in an attempt to silence free speech Lawsuits filed Wednesday in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas by the families of five of the 11 victims whose remains were uncovered last year at the home of serial killing suspect Anthony Sowell may bring to light the reason Sowell was released from custody in 2008 when an attempted rape complaint by Gladys Wade was deemed "not credible. She said that Sowell tried to rape her but she got away, and that Sowell was let go even though polioce said the walls of his home were lined with blood and it "smelled of death." "Its been an entire year and our legal system is still the same, ignoring citizens com

International Boxing Promoter and Call and Post Newspaper Publisher Don King and his wife Henrietta From the Metro Desk of the Determiner Weekly. Com and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog(www.determinerwwekly.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com) The wife of internationally known boxing promoter Don King, also publisher of the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Oh., has died. Henrietta King, 87, died late Thursday after complications from cancer and other ailments, a family spokesperson told reporters. King, 79, was with his wife of more than 50 years at a hospice center in South Florida that she was moved to on Tuesday when she passed. In addition to King, Henrietta King is survived by their three children Eric 57, Carl 52, and Debbie, 47. "Our condolences to the King family," said Kathy Wray Coleman, editor of the DeterminerWeekly.Com and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com. Coleman, who did freelance writing for the Call and Post for 14 years be

Cleveland Police Patrolman's Association President Steve Loomis Cleveland Ward 8 Councilman Jeff Johnson Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Kathleen Ann Keough Attorney and Cleveland NAACP President George Forbes By Kathy Wray Coleman, Editor of the DeterminerWeekly.Com and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog and Media Network An order by Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Kathleen Ann Keough for an educated Black banker to apologize to a White Cleveland police officer as part of a plea deal or face trial in a criminal case that the Cleveland NAACP said has racial undertones has the leaders of the Civil Rights organization angry and some Black members of Cleveland City Council fighting with the city's police union. And Keough went further saying the claims of racism by the NAACP and Black leaders were bogus and indicative of routine race card tactics in Cleveland. "This city makes everything a racial incident," said Keough on Monday to the parties and their attorneys af

Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Kathleen Ann Keough Cleveland NAACP President and Call and Post Newspaper General Counsel George Forbes By Kathy Wray Coleman, Editor of the Determiner Weekly.Com and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com Bowing to pressure, Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Kathleen Ann Keough has reopened a closed plea deal and ordered a Black banker represented in the criminal proceedings before her by the law offices of Cleveland NAACP President George Forbes to apologize to the arresting police officer or face trial. (go to www.Cleveland.com. to read Plain Dealer Reporter Robert Smith's article on the matter and blog comments). Jason Ruiz, 27, must appear before Keough today to apologize to a White Cleveland police officer that he and his friends said mistreated him after they, unlike their White counterparts, where kicked out of a West Sixth St. bar at closing. Ruiz attorney Helen Forbes, a daughter of Cleveland NAACP President George Forbes, also general c

Pulitizer Nominated Plain Dealer Columnist Regina Brett Cleveland Ward 2 Councilman Zack Reed Cleveland Ward 8 Councilman Jeff Johnson Cleveland Law Director Robert Triozzi Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Kathleen Ann Keough Attorney and Cleveland NAACP President George Forbes From the Metro Desk of the DeterminerWeekly.Com and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com (An Editorial by Editor and Journalist Kathy Wray Coleman) Pulitzer nominated Plain Dealer Columnist Regina Brett, in her column dated Dec. 2 , apologizes to a White male Cleveland Police officer whom she chastised in a previous column following alleged claims by the Cleveland NAACP and a few Cleveland City councilmen that he is allegedly racist following an altercation with a group of educated Black men that were patronizing a bar in Cleveland's Warehouse District (Note: go to www.cleveland.com to read the column, and all deny that the officer, himself, was called racist). Before I attempt a scholarly approach to

The late Stephanie Tubbs Jones, then Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Ohio Governor Ted Strickland during Clinton's unsuccessful campaign for the Democratic nomination for President in 2008 From the Metro Desk of The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com (www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com) The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com remembers the late Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Ohio's first Black Congresswoman who died in August of 2008 shortly before Barack Obama accepted the Democratic nomination for President of the United States of America. Below is the last major interview with Tubbs Jones by Journalist Kathy Wray Coleman that was featured in the Cleveland Call and Post Newspaper, Ohio's Black Press. "I remember calling the Congresswoman right after then Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton lost the Democratic nomination for President of the United States of America," said Coleman. "And at that time tensions were still u

Ohio Congresswoman Marcia Fudge (D-11) WASHINGTON, DC –Today, Rep. Marcia L. Fudge (DOH-11) delivered statements on the House floor in support of HR 4783, which the House passed. The proposed legislation, dubbed "the Pigford Bill," would help implement a $1.15 billion settlement with black farmers who were victims of discrimination by US Department of Agriculture officials, in a case known as Pigford II. It also addresses a $3.4 billion settlement of another case, Cobell vs. Salazar, with American Indians who alleged mismanagement of trust accounts against the U S Department of Interior. Since it previously passed the Senate, and cleared the House today, the bill now heads to President Obama for his signature to make it law, which is likely since his administration had pushed for the legislation Eleven years ago tens of thousands of black farmers settled a landmark court case, which addressed years and years of discrimination by the Department of Agriculture. "Finally,

From the Metro Desk of theDeterminerWeekly.Com and theKathyWrayColemanOnlineNewsBlog.Com Attention to all readers: The new URL to put in the address bar to find the blog online is theKathyWrayColemanOnlineNewsBlog.Com, a change from the stolen domain name of the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog and Media Network.Com. Thank you for your patience. Event- The One Year Anniversary Rally And Candlelight Vigil As To The Imperial Avenue Murders:The below 11 videos were produced and posted by Patricia Rowell and Ernest Smith of the Oppressed People's Nation. The videos, which are not inclusive of the entire event, represent rally and vigil participants of grassroots activists, political officials, other community members, and family members of the 11 Black women whose remains were found a year ago on Oct. 29, 2009 at the home of suspected serial killer Anthony Sowell, who is awaiting trial on numerous charges including kidnapping, rape and aggravated murder.(Use the search box on this b

National Bill of Rights Defense Committee Field Organizer George Friday Attention to all readers: The new URL to put in the address bar to find the blog online is theKathyWrayColemanOnlineNewsBlog.Com, a change from the stolen domain name of the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog and Media Network.Com. Thank you for your patience. From the Metro Desk of theDeterminerWeekly.Com and theKathyWrayColemanOnlineNewsBlog.Com TO ALL MEDIA, GRASSROOTS FACTIONS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND OTHERS: CONTACTS ARE KATHY WRAY COLEMAN AT 216-932-3114, DON BRYANT AT 440-623-0492, TINA BRONAUGH AT 216-253-6484, MARVA PATTERSON AT 216-334-7013 AND GEORGE FRIDAY AT 862-668-8172--Press Conference at 4 pm and meeting from -4:30 to 6 pm Saturday, December 4, 2010 at the meeting room at the McDonald's Restaurant at E. 152nd and St. Clair Ave in Cleveland in the Collinwood area (15110 St. Clair Ave) with National Field Organizer George Friday of the BILL of RIGHTS Defense Committee---Read below, please (Note: G

Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Kathleen Ann Keough Attention to all readers: The new URL to put in the address bar to find the blog online is theKathyWrayColemanOnlineNewsBlog.Com, a change from the stolen domain name of the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog and Media Network.Com. Thank you for your patience. From the Metro Desk of theDeterminerWeekly.Com and theKathyWrayColemanOnlineNewsBlog.Com The home of Cleveland area journalist Kathy Wray Coleman was burglarized three times while she was in her hometown of Louisville , Ky. visiting family and friends and staying put after a Cleveland Black leader called her father to say that she was in harms way, the community activist said. Coleman, a 16 year journalist whose articles appeared in the Cleveland Call and Post Newspaper and elsewhere from 1993 to 2010, and who not edits the KathyWrayColemanOnlineNewsBlog.Com and theDeterminerWeekly.Com, said burglars, that left a note, sought to intimidate her and were looking for a criminal tr