We as concerned residents of Cuyahoga County are seeking to make available to all of our sheltered and unsheltered homeless population access to hotel rooms where they would have the ability to shelter in place and practice proper sanitary techniques as set forth by the CDC for the remainder of the shelter in place guidelines… Continue reading Make Calls & Help the Homeless in Cuyahoga County
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Activists demand Cuyahoga County prosecutor follow progressive prosecutors elsewhere, bar requests of cash bail for low-risk defendants
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
Cuyahoga County Progressive Caucus Opposes Ohio Supreme Court Taskforce’s Recommendation for “Risk Assessment Tools” in Bail Proceedings, Supports Other Recommendations
CONTACT: Keith Wilson, 202-557-0452, keith.wilson@gmail.com Cleveland – Last week the Ohio Supreme Court’s task force on bail reform released a report and recommendations to improve the pretrial system. The task force was comprised of 30 members from diverse justice-related backgrounds and the nine recommendations now lay before the seven justices of the Court for their… Continue reading Cuyahoga County Progressive Caucus Opposes Ohio Supreme Court Taskforce’s Recommendation for “Risk Assessment Tools” in Bail Proceedings, Supports Other Recommendations
Enough is Enough
Submitted by Laura Rodriguez-Carbone Last night, I began writing about the heartbreaking shooting in El Paso only to awake this morning to another shooting, this time in my home state. I want to go on record as condemning, to the fullest extent possible, the premeditated cold blooded murders of 20 El Paso residents and 9… Continue reading Enough is Enough
HB 6 vote scheduled for Tuesday! Contact your State Representative ASAP!
Ohio Senate Approves Nuclear Subsidy Bill That Tosses Efficiency Standards was the sad news from last Wednesday evening. Ohio nuclear bailout bill held up because of lawmakers absenceswas the good news from last Wednesday evening as four expected yes votes in the House that were needed to get the bill passed did not show up. It was initially… Continue reading HB 6 vote scheduled for Tuesday! Contact your State Representative ASAP!
Denounce Trump’s White Nationalism
Denounce Trump’s White Nationalism (From our friends at Indivisible) Let’s review just a few highlights from a week of Trump’s racist, xenophobic agenda: ✔️ Reports from the concentration camps at the border continue to be horrific with immigrants in overcrowded conditions pleading with Vice President Pence during his visit for showers and toothbrushes. ✔️ Immigration and Customs… Continue reading Denounce Trump’s White Nationalism
Lakewood City Council unanimously passed Resolution 9082-19
This resolution supports two congressional bills: The Green New Deal (HR109) & The Carbon Fee and Dividend (HR763) as well as the BlueGreen Alliance To learn more, visit CouncilPerson, Tristan Rader’s website. Thank you for all the hard work to everyone involved in getting this resolution passed.
CCPC 2019 Endorsements
The Cuyahoga County Progressive is proud to announce its endorsements for 2019 local elections in Cuyahoga County. CCPC is a bottom-up grassroots organization. All of CCPC’s endorsements are determined by a vote of our membership in the communities of candidates seeking our endorsement. The CCPC membership who vote on each endorsement have full access to… Continue reading CCPC 2019 Endorsements
NEO Organizing for Bernie 2020
On Saturday, January 12, a group of over 20 people met at the CCPC office to participate in a nationwide Live Stream with Organizing for Bernie. Some of the attendees were new to Organizing for Bernie, others had been involved in Bernie 2016. The group will continue to meet and plan ahead of Bernie’s announcement.… Continue reading NEO Organizing for Bernie 2020
What Are You Doing This Weekend?
The current average of generic ballot polls show democrats with a 7.7% lead, with the usual margin of error at 3%. Because of the gerrymandered Congressional Districts, it is generally believed that democrats need to be ahead in the generic poll by at least 6% to have a shot at taking the House. Because of… Continue reading What Are You Doing This Weekend?