Local
Shaker Square residents protest lack of heat and water leaks at apartment owned by New York LLC The out of town deadbeat landlord purchased the buildings in January, 2022. Since then they have done very little to maintain the building, with some residents going without heat this winter.
‘You ain’t no big man’: Videos Show Disparities in Cleveland Police Response to Kids in Crisis Some officers treated the children with respect and empathy, while others spoke to them in demeaning and dismissive ways. The real question is why aren’t professionals who are trained in childhood crisis intervention answering these calls?
Cleveland’s 2023 budget proposal by the numbers Is for those of you who like to deep dive into numbers. Highlights include $711 million in expenditures being balanced by cutting hundreds of vacant positions.
Bedrocks ambitious Tower City, riverfront plans A massive expansion of Tower City all the way to the Cuyahoga River sounds really cool! But how many taxpayer dollars are going into this massive gentrification project?
Cavs have turned Cleveland into one big block party Describes how wonderful it is that attendance is up and people are coming downtown to watch our winning team. The article also describes how the $144 million Q renovations have nothing do with this, and were a complete waste of taxpayer dollars.
State
Blown deadline for constitutional amendment reform presents inflection point for abortion rights ballot measure Bottom line is a 50% threshold of voter approval to get a constitutional amendment passed is much easier than a 60% threshold. The article describes how the 60% threshold may not be dead in the Ohio General Assembly.
AFL – CIO president lawyers up to keep out of former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder corruption trial One has to wonder why Tim Burga is being called to testify and why he has lawyers trying to keep him from testifying.
Gov. Mike DeWine proposes sweeping spending plan to help Ohio children in State of the State address And much of the proposed budget sounds well and good. The real question is what will the Ohio House and Senate do to it before it gets back to DeWine in June.
Education officials worry Ohio voucher expansion will come at expense of full public school funding It will. Privatization of the public sector is always the Republican path. ” School choice ” is the excuse used for public education privatization.
A bipartisan bill would move Ohio’s presidential primary from March to May The benefit here for those of you who like to knock on doors for your favorite candidate is warmer weather before the primary.
National
Ten surprisingly good things that happened in 2022 Despite what you might think, progressive gains have been made – and should inspire us to keep going.
AOC, Ilhan Omar Call Out Republican Racism in Fiery Floor Speeches It’s not a huge secret why the Fascist Republicans kicked Ilhan off the Foreign Affairs Committee.
Biden granted more oil and gas drilling permits than Trump in his first 2 years in office This despite the fact that he has said that he wants to end federal oil gas drilling permits.
Dems reshuffle presidential primaries to reflect diversity over tradition And in an amazing coincidence, South Carolina ( which Joe Biden won handily in 2020 ) just happens to now be first.
Dems Pay the Cost of Ignoring Rural Voters The five more districts the Democrats needed to win to retain control of the House were there to be won in rural America.
Black Lives Matter
Cleveland’s Civil Rights Trail might be first in northern U.S. Since this section also usually only has bad news, we thought we’d lead this week with a good story. Please read the article if you don’t know about the trail.
Politicizing Black Lives in Florida When it comes to learning history in schools Florida’s state government is afraid that knowledge will lead to power
Republican House Oversight Committee disbands Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Out of sight, out of mind. And of course it makes sense for a Party that wants to eliminate Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.
The High Cost of a Conversation From the Cuyahoga County Jail Why does a call from the jail cost eight times as much as a call from any Ohio state prison
It Came From the Basement Describes how white supremacist Nick Fuentes groomed a new generation of racist hate.
Immigration
Alejandro Mayorkas Faces GOP Investigations, Liberal Anger Over Southern Border The Homeland Security Director, like Biden, has aimed for middle ground policies which have angered both the left and the right.
Lengthy timeline for DACA fight puts lives on hold for years Congress appears unlikely to take action. But immigration advocates have suggestions about policy initiatives the Biden administration could study for DACA recipients.
Biden admin’s move ending national pandemic emergency could finally mean end to Title 42 policy Title 42 was put in place by the Trump administration as an excuse to use the pandemic ( which they otherwise didn’t think was real ) to quickly expel asylum seekers. Hopefully it ends on May 11 when the national pandemic emergency ends.
Large majorities support immigration policies stuck in limbo for a decade 80% support a pathway to citizenship. It’s only the far right lunatics who do not support it.
A California Democrat is the first LGBTQ immigrant in Congress. Now he’s ready to work. Rep. Robert Garcia has forged a path to become a progressive voice for health care, immigration reform, women’s rights and LGBTQ people.
CCPC February Membership Meeting – Updates on Issues
CCPC February Membership Meeting – Updates on Issues Wednesday, February 15 from 6:30 to 8 pm. At our February meeting we thought it might be best to give some updates on some projects we have been working on or will soon be working on. So far they are 1) Constitutional amendment to protect abortion rights in Ohio 2) Constitutional amendment to establish a $15 minimum wage in Ohio 3) State minimum wage vs Cleveland’s Fair Employment law 4) County – wide Care Response Pilot Program. As we get closer to the meeting more may be added. Please click here to register for the event After registering you’ll receive an email with the Zoom link.
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