Via the Plain Dealer: Cuyahoga voter approval of Issue 6 could cost four officeholders nearly $700,000 in pay Four elected Cuyahoga County officials who have publicly opposed Issue 6 stand to lose a combined $700,000 in pay if the ballot measure passes. Commissioners ...Read More
Please allow me a point of personal privilege to announce that my personal blog, Blogger Interrupted, is closing shop, and I'm moving to the new Plunderbund 2.0. For the hilarity surrounding the flubbed launch, see this. I'll still be doing ...Read More
I voted against both Issues 5 & 6, but Issue 6 passed big. So what's a blogger with a recognizable last name to do? Taking suggestions for council seats to run in next year! I'm also open to campaign slogan ...Read More
If this were a presidential election with high turnout in the Tremont area of Cleveland, where I voted today, there'd be chaos right now in at least two polling places. Because it's an off year municipal election, it's only a ...Read More
I recommend reading Bill Callahan's post and Roldo's repost of Eric Brewer's open letter. Both posts bring up points I've not heard from anybody else; and Brewer's post rings with the kind of truth-telling only someone that doesn't have anything ...Read More
Road to Reform panelists will discuss the genesis of Issues 5 and 6 and describe what happens after November 3rd if either, both or neither pass. They’ll also have a look at the eleven geographical districts passage of Issue 6 ...Read More
Tune in to today's Reporter's Roundtable on Ideastream this morning at 9am, for a discussion about the County Reform issues. Cuyahoga County Charter Commission candidate slates vie for votes at City Club Cuyahoga League of Women Voters: Issue 6 "greatly reduces patronage, ...Read More
Don't miss Erick Trickey's chuckle-worthy 500 word summary of the Issue 6 charter: Have you read the Issue 6 charter? No? We sympathize. Although the ballot proposal, written by some Democratic politicians and Republican businessmen, would give Cuyahoga County a brand-new government, ...Read More
RealNEO - Plain Dealer Reader Rejection Of Issue 6 Politics Could Cost Plain Dealer Employees $ Millions In Pay Forest City chief supports Issue 6 on county reform Dueling Cuyahoga County government reform proposals explained at City Club by Jones and Zanotti Roldo ...Read More
I submitted two groups of questions for the following: The Plain Dealer is joining with WKYC Channel 3 and WVIZ/PBS Ideastream to bring Northeast Ohio voters a special half-hour program to answer questions about county reform Issues 5 and 6. We ...Read More
I've not talked about Issue 5 much, but that's because there isn't a whole lot of information out there to talk about. Issue 5 will create a voter-approved charter commission with voter-approved charter commission members who will have a few ...Read More
From the Clevosphere: Ohio Daily Blog - League of Women Voters Chooses Partisanship Ohio Daily Blog - Cuyahoga Dems: Yes on Issues 1, 3, 4, 5. No on 2, 6 Cuyahoga County Rough Writers - Flush 5 and Vote Yes on 6! Issue 5 ...Read More
The economic development thrust of the Issue 6 charter caught my attention as soon as I heard the folks at the Levin College Forum bring it up. I'm pretty sure this is what made Issue 5's Harriet Applegate refer to ...Read More
More on my run-through of the Issue 6 charter: The elected county executive (emphasis mine) shall be an elector of the County at the time of filing of the declaration of candidacy, shall be nominated and elected in the manner provided ...Read More
Here's the preamble to the Issue 6 charter: We, the people of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, desire a reformed County Government to significantly improve the County's economic competitiveness. With it, the taxpayers of Cuyahoga County can have: (1) focused, effective and accountable ...Read More
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If I'm going to examine the ballot for the upcoming election, I figure I'd better put my ducks in the right row. First things first. Voting. The Board of Elections page for the 3 November Election contains most of the information ...Read More
Gloria has been having trouble finding info about the issues and candidates on November's ballots as well. She's also taking matters into her own hands: I have decided to take part in this democratic process by writing what I see, hear, ...Read More
If you've been finding it difficult to scrounge up what other have been saying (apart from conspiracy theories about Ronn Richards controlling the process) about the County Reform proposals on the ballot this November, here's a pretty good list so ...Read More
Thanks to the Ohio Channel, you can watch both hours of the County Reform Forum, that I covered a couple of weeks ago. Read More
