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CCPC March Membership Meeting: Browns Domed Stadium – Who Pays? Wednesday, March 15 from 6:30 to 8 pm. As you may know, the Cleveland Browns have been floating the idea of building a new domed stadium which could cost as much as $2 billion. At our March meeting we’re going to do a cost vs. benefit analysis of public sector dollars going into projects like this. Our special guest is West Virginia University professor and renowned stadium finance expert Dr. Brad Humphreys. CCPC will also provide a local activist perspective from our past work on the 2017 Q renovations and referendum effort and the Guardians’ more recent Progressive Field renovation project. We’d like to hear from you ahead of time. Included in the registration link is a section where you can share your thoughts on the issue. Please click here to register for the event. After registering you’ll receive an email with the Zoom link.

Cuyahoga County sees surge in children killed, children charged with murder 2022 saw a 52% increase compared to 2021 in the number of children charged with murder or aggravated murder. Experts agree that the main factor is how easily kids can get handguns.

Cleveland Sues ” Negligent ” Out – of – State Landlords, Property Managers of Embattled Shaker Square Apartments Apparently the promises the landlords made to the tenants a few weeks ago wasn’t good enough. The Cleveland Housing Court will now rule on the 100 housing code violations that the city alleges.

Walled Off and Plagued by Pollution and Toxic Noise, Conversations Begin on Connecting Improving Lakeview Terrace At last week’s meeting local leaders talked about infrastructure improvements. Residents, though, wanted to talk about the noise and pollution.CMHA promised to ” study the issue ” that they have known about for decades

Community Benefit Legislation Introduced at Cleveland City Council With Aim of Getting Return on Investment for Publicly – Funded ProjectsProjects being required to meet minority business enterprise, female business enterprise and Cleveland area small business goals sounds great. But will this be used to sugarcoat funding for a new Browns stadium?

Cleveland’s REI Workers Vote ‘ Overwhelmingly ‘ To Unionize There was of course the expected corporate backlash to even get the vote. But now the collective bargaining process begins. We wish our REI brothers and sisters good luck!

Larry Householder was convicted of corruption. But there’s plenty of unfinished business still left in the House Bill 6 scandal What about former PUCO chair Sam Randazzo who First Energy also admitted they bribed. What about the First Energy officials who approved the payments? And PUCO still has four pending investigations into the scandal

Ohio GOP tax bill that primarily benefits the wealthy could jeopardize public services such as parks, libraries and schools House Bill 1 would create a flat tax which would greatly decrease what the wealthy pay in state taxes and lower the amount that property can be taxed. Don’t all GOP tax bills benefit the wealthy?

‘ Backpack bill’: Universal school vouchers could cost up to $1.1 billion a year, according to state estimates Parents could use the money to pay for tuition, fees and other goods and services such as books and uniforms at any private or charter school as well as for homeschooling. By the way, House Bill 1 ( see above ) will decrease revenue by another $1.2 billion.

Ohio Gets an ” F ” for Failing to Address Lead in School Water According to the CDC no safe blood lead level in children has been identified. Yet Ohio has no regulatory requirements or state laws addressing lead in schools’ drinking water.

What the numbers tell us about COVID – 19 in Ohio after 3 years, 40,000 plus deaths and millions of vaccines Urban areas have had the lowest death rates and the highest vaccination rates. Rural areas have had the lowest vaccination rates and the highest death rates, Hmm.

Time to boycott Walgreens as the chain announces refusal to sell abortion medication in 20 states Abortion is still legal in many of the states Walgreens is no longer selling the medication in. Of course Walgreens has a right to sell products it chooses to sell. And of course you as a consumer have a right to go to any pharmacy you choose to go to.

American religious fundamentalists fight to establish a theocracy as religion declines in the US The bad news for bible thumpers is that they are rowing against the tide. Free thinking has grown steadily as more Americans turn their backs on indoctrination. And the abortion issue certainly isn’t helping the fundamentalists.

As abortion measures loom, GOP raises new barriers to ballot initiatives If Republicans really believe that a majority of Americans support banning abortion then why are they attempting to thwart ballot initiatives that would prove them right? The answer may lie in the article above.

Polling shows the GOP war on ‘ woke ‘ isn’t exactly a winner 56% of Americans view the term ‘ woke ‘ in a positive light. The term being defined as being informed, educated on and aware of social injustices.

Trump Has Become the Thing He Never Wanted To Be Suggests that he has become boring. Lying, bullying and outrage can only go so far. You can fool some people sometimes, but you can’t fool all the people all the time. Which is why there will be numerous Republicans challenging him in the primary.

11 East Cleveland police officers indicted on civil rights violations after video captures shocking brutality The videos, portions of which were released Wednesday by the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office, show officers pummeling, tasing, kicking and stomping citizens who were holding their hands up. Please click the to the article and see for yourself.

Shaker Heights for Fair Ticketing launch signature drive to get police reform on ballot Although Black people make up 36% of the population, they received 71% of the tickets issued in 2022. And nearly 100% of the ” use – of – force ” incidents reported involved Black or Hispanic people. The math seems to indicate that Shaker Heights does have a problem.

Cleveland City Council’s rejection of extra money for Community Police Commission draws blowback The extra money rejected was about 0.3% of the $710 million budget but necessary for the commission to hire staff. Issue 24 supporters including Black Lives Matter Cleveland were not pleased with City Council’s priorities in the overall budget.

Tyre Nichols death spurs Justice Department police reviews They are not just reviewing the policies and practices of the specialized unit that killed Tyre in Memphis. They are also issuing guidelines for these units throughout the country.

How Building Black is the next step in the Buying Black Movement How about a New York City skyscraper designed by a Black architect, built by a Black contractor and developed by a Black real estate company.

Child Labor Investigation Reveals Immigration Policy Changes We Need Now The Biden administration responded quickly to the New York Times expose’ promising an inter – agency task force to focus on the problem of failed child labor protections. Sounds good but how long will it take for recommendations and then action?

Biden reportedly considers detaining migrant families in major reversal When COVID restrictions end in May there is expected to be a surge in border crossings. Biden is considering dealing with it the same way Trump did.

President Joe Biden proposes increased border security funding as he faces immigration challenges In Biden’s mind his immigration challenge is to do the right thing politically as he seeks re – election. But the real right thing would be to increase funding for the immigration court system to deal with the huge backlog of asylum cases

DACA recipients leaving the US, disheartened by legal limbo For ten years DACA has provided more than 600,000 immigrants, who came here as children, temporary lawful status that prohibits their deportation and makes it legal for them to work and get a drivers license. With the program being threatened many are going abroad.

U.S. transfers Border Patrol agents to the northern border as migrant crossings from Canada rise The Mexican border still has far more crossings than the northern border but the number of Canadian crossings continue to increase. Expect the numbers to continue to grow as the weather gets warmer.