CLEVELAND, Ohio — Activists are demanding that Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O’Malley’s office follow the lead of progressive local prosecutors in other cities around the country and ban his prosecutors from requesting cash bails for low-risk, nonviolent defendants. A dozen organizations sent an open letter to O’Malley on Tuesday asking him to “protect the poor…… Continue reading Activists demand Cuyahoga County prosecutor follow progressive prosecutors elsewhere, bar requests of cash bail for low-risk defendants
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CLASH Lawyers Up, Demands that City Accept Lead Safe Petitions
Posted By Sam Allard on Thu, May 9, 2019 at 9:48 am (Cleveland Scene) In a letter filed yesterday, Cleveland Lead Advocates for Safe Housing (CLASH) demanded that Cleveland Law Director Barbara Langhenry compel city council clerk Patricia Britt to accept the 6,350 signatures that CLASH submitted last month with the hopes of putting a lead-safe ordinance on the November ballot. Those… Continue reading CLASH Lawyers Up, Demands that City Accept Lead Safe Petitions
It’s been 116 years since Cleveland had a transformational plan for the future. It needs one now: Brent Larkin
Brent Larkin just endorsed our ballot issue. “Embrace the movement that supports a ballot issue to toughen Cleveland’s lead paint laws. The baby steps announced by the city will be heralded as a step in the right direction. But a recent study found that more than one in four of those entering kindergarten in Cleveland public… Continue reading It’s been 116 years since Cleveland had a transformational plan for the future. It needs one now: Brent Larkin