Cuyahoga County Greener Times
Autumn 2010 Cleveland, OHio volume i number i
Current Public Policies:
How do they relate to
Human Health & Economic Vitality?
Studies show that place Unethical behavior of
matters... officials cost us not only in
Mr. Terrance Allan, Health confidence but in dollars ...
Comissioner of the Cuyahoga
County Board of Health, has Cleveland, Ohio. Democratic
reported that governmental policies Party boss and Cuyahoga County
have played a role in producing Commissioner “Jimmy” Dimora
health inequities and disparities. was taken into FBI custody on the
These policies include zoning, morning of September 16 in chains.
school segregation, immigration This followed the resignation and
status and discriminatory belief indictment of County Auditor,
systems. The medical community Frank Russo the week before. The
is only now acknowledging that arrests culminated a two-year FBI The 6 acre Ohio City Farm overlooking the Cleveland skyline
the physical environment effects a investigation of corruption, bribery
person’s “allostatic load”- a person’s and debauchery in the Democratic Voters to Cast Ballots for Why didn’t anyone tell us about
stress response. The body’s stress Party around Cleveland, Ohio. this? We still don’t have a good
response damages the body when
New County Government answer for that question.
overly activated. Change is coming... . . . The ruling was announced in the
Dr. Anthony Iton, former Alameda Columbus Dispatch on January 5,
County Health Commissioner and A series of events surrounding
FIRST TIME IN HISTORY 2010 but it was never announced in
now director of the California the Board of Cuyahoga County GREEN PARTY CANDIDATES the Cleveland or Cuyahoga County
Endowment, has completed research Commissioners, including Green TO BE ON OHIO BALLOT areas where another historic election
that reveals that “place” and socio- Party organizing against the would be taking place in September
ecological factors have more of Ameritrust Building fiasco and the In 2006 the 6th District Federal – the selection of partisan candidates
an impact on human health than referendum petition on the Med Court found that Ohio’s ballot for the completely new Cuyahoga
chronic disease and access to health Mart sales tax, eventually led to access laws were unconstitutional. County government. One can
care. Results of the study show the passage of a citizen’s initiative Judge Edmund A. Sargus, Jr. ruled only speculate about why this was
that social, economic and physical that will radically change county that “a political party that shows a not reported in the Cleveland Plain
environment have a 70% impact on government from a board of three modicum of support is entitled to Dealer, the paper of record for the
a person’s life expectancy whereas commissioners to an executive and ballot access.” Cuyahoga County. Voting in a
disease and access to health care council form. By 2008 the Ohio Legislature had partisan primary is in fact the only
have only a 20 to 30% impact on If the boondoggles and petty crimes failed to provide equitable election way Ohio law recognizes party
those rates. weren’t expensive enough, the laws to fulfill the requirement membership. The lack of media
An illustration of what this means solution certainly will be. County established in the 2006 decision. attention denied Ohio voters the
in practical terms is the average life government reform, while necessary, Therefore Judge Sargus ordered that information they deserved about
expectancy in two Cleveland area could have been accomplished with the Libertarian Party’s candidates party membership in their state.
communities. In Lyndhurst, a person much less unpredictability and be placed on the ballot.
might expect to live an average of more accountability. Estimates By January 2010 the Ohio UNCONSTITUTIONAL
88 years, whereas in Hough that are still out on how much money legislature still had not acted to BALLOT ACCESS LAWS
same person, with the same genetic the corrupt Democratic Party revise the ballot access laws.
makeup, behaviors and access to officials, their complicit Republican Jennifer Brunner was therefore Under the current as-yet-unrevised
the same healthcare can only expect counterparts and the reactionary required to recognize 4 minor Ohio election law, large numbers
to live 64 years. This is a direct Issue 6 proponents will have cost parties, the Green, Libertarians, of signatures on party-formation
environmental impact having to do the citizens of Cuyahoga County. Constitution and Socialist. petitions are required to establish
with ecological quality of place and As a result of this recognition even minor party designation
social equity.
* * * Ohio voters were able to request a – usually estimated as 80,000
Green Party ballot in the May, 2010 signatures or more but defined in
Inside this issue: GREEN PARTY FACTS primaries. The Green party offered Title 35 of the Ohio Revised Code.
candidates for Governor, Dennis Once party status is achieved a party
Statistically, Greens spend $1 for Spisak and Lt. Governor, Anita Rios can still lose status by failing in
Our Candidate for every $17 that Democrats and and candidates for state and county either gubernatorial or presidential
County Executive...........pg. 2 Republicans spend per vote and central committee membership. elections to get at least “a modicum
40% of Green Party candidates win Candidates for other offices of support”.
What Conservation and in local elections. appeared on ballots appropriate to In the past, Green Party candidates
According to September, 2010 their district or county or locality. were required to run as independent
Efficiency mean to our local
On September 7 a special primary candidates because they did not
economy..........................pg. 3 issue of The Nation, “Greens keep was held in Cuyahoga County to have minor party recognition by the
winning local elections with 140-
plus party members serving as determine the candidates that would state. Independent candidates are
The Green Program for mayors, county commissioners and represent each party in the General required to submit inordinately large
Cuyahoga County...........pg. 4 school board members in dozens of Election in November. numbers of signatures. In 2000,
states...” The Green Party had 2 candidates Ralph Nader appeared on the Ohio
University Circle’s In a six way race for the new County in this primary: David Ellison ballot as an independent candidate
for County Executive and Alan despite the Green Party having
dirty secret......................pg. 7 Executive, and with the potential of Crossman for County Council altered the form of the state petition
“vote splitting” in every direction,
the citizens of Cuyahoga County District 3, both running unopposed. to include the language “The party
Urban Agriculture as an could elect their new executive with Both candidates will be on the ballot designation of this candidate
Economic Engine............pg. 8 as little as 17% of the vote. in November. continued on page 7
DAVID ELLISON for accounted for in simple calculations the oldest brick buildings on that BACKGROUND
of cost, but is significant in terms of stretch of Lorain, originally built by
COUNTY EXECUTIVE ecological consequences. David’s German immigrants after the Civil David was born in Oklahoma City
argument on the point of embodied War. It is a significant landmark to George and Barbara Ellison.
David Ellison is a local architect energy and county budgetary issues in the area and demonstrates The family lived in Albuquerque
and businessman who has lived lead the public dialogue toward a David’s commitment to historic until 1969 when they moved to
in Cleveland since 1989. In substantial cost and energy saving preservation, his neighborhood, and Colorado Springs. David’s sisters,
his daily work he listens and result. Though the purchase of the the future. Additionally, he was Carter and Lynne, were competitive
analyzes information from clients, building was misguided in the first involved in a neighborhood effort figure skaters and trained at the
contractors, consultants, gov’t place and end use of the building to stop the building of a human Broadmoor World Arena under
regulatory agencies and boards. is not yet resolved, David’s efforts crematorium at that intersection, Christine Haigler, an Olympian and
He synthesizes that information worked to stop the outflow of tax concerned for mercury emissions contemporary of Peggy Fleming.
into designs that incorporate dollars and brought international that would fall on an adjacent urban The family moved again to
sometimes conflicting and usually attention to a preservation issue farm garden and day-care center Connecticut, where David graduated
complicated relationships – and in Cleveland’s intersection of playground. David has improved from Darien High School. He went
designs with which everyone historic architecture and energy his own modest house and lot only on to college in New York City
involved can agree and buy-into. conservation. a few blocks away. where he was awarded a five-year,
With this input, he then creates the full-tuition, merit-based academic
contractual construction documents the Green Party scholarship at The Cooper Union for
including specifications to describe the Advancement of Science and Art
and guarantee the quality of work David identified strongly with the and where he earned a Bachelor of
performed and he monitors the Green Party’s values of ecology, Architecture professional degree.
budget, payments and completion social justice, democracy and non- His parents’ families both were
of the project. As an architect, he violence when he first heard about early settlers of the Oklahoma and
would bring unique skills to the the German Greens organizing the Indian Territories at the turn of the
office of County Executive. The largest demonstrations for peace last century. His great-grandfathers
voters of Cuyahoga County have that have ever taken place in the were both involved in politics.
asked that our government structure world. The Greens were gathering George Brown Rittenhouse, one of
be redesigned. That work is as yet in resistance to the proposed David’s paternal great grandfathers
unfinished. It therefore makes sense deployment of a new generation was an attorney and Democrat,
to elect someone with the right skills of nuclear missiles across Western influential in state politics, appointed
to continue the redesign of county Europe and then President Reagan’s to the Oklahoma Supreme Court,
government. David can bring people suggestion of a “limited” nuclear war but unable to take the position due
to the table to collaborate in unified David Ellison photo by Steve Wagner with the Soviet Union. When Greens to his young age, his life ended
action toward a common goals and began to coalesce in Cleveland in abruptly after a car accident on a
he does it in his regular work every He facilitated the petition drive to the late 1980’s, David responded rural Oklahoma road. Will Snyder,
day. place the Medical Mart Sales Tax and eventually became a leader a maternal great grandfather, a
on the ballot. He believed that the within Ohio and the national Green Republican from Missouri who
He’s been behind the scenes on people had the right to understand organizations. He represented the moved his family to Muskogee,
several issues of local and statewide the funding scheme of the new Med US Greens at an international Green worked for the Dawes Commission
importance. His influence might Mart and Convention Center and to Party and activist conference in in the federal government. Snyder’s
be most visible at the corner of W. decide if they wanted to pay for it Kiev, Ukraine commemorating the father-in law, Tom McFarland, was
65th and Detroit, at the Gordon with the most regressive tax there is, 10th anniversary of the Chernobyl Sheriff of Cedar County, Missouri.
Square Arts District where he has a sales tax. County Commissioners disaster. Those family members not caught
been the resident architect for the abolished the Convention Facilities up in wars worked as lawyers,
Cleveland Public Theater for twenty Authority that was bound by state He participated in community farmers, blacksmiths, inventors,
years. Recent estimates show that law to put the subject of a tax organizing projects centered around mechanics and educators. The
this neighborhood re-development increase to fund a convention center peace, urban gardens, bicycle history of many of the women in the
project will create up to 750 new before the people. David brought advocacy and against a multi- family has been lost, but they raised
jobs and result in $500 million disparate interests of Libertarians, state low-level radioactive waste large families on low budgets and
dollars of economic development Greens, Democrats and Republicans dump planned for Ohio, among were undoubtedly the backbone and
investment in the area with a together to print Referendum other things. He served as the first strength of the family.
relatively modest capital campaign petitions and get them on the street Convener of the Green Council
of $20 million but involving a soon after the sales tax increase (national committee) of the GPUSA Great-great grandfathers on both
broad cross section of stakeholders, was passed by the Board of County and helped the Association of State sides of his family fought in the
neighbors, government, corporate Commissioners. A Republican Green Parties with efforts to place Civil War. Francis Ashton, on his
and private individuals. Party County Central Committee Ralph Nader on the state ballots in father’s side, was a member of the
meeting chose to abandon the 1996 and 2000. 32nd Ohio Volunteer Regiment.
David has been involved with other coalition at a critical moment and the The Regiment was captured by
highly visible projects: effort failed to gather the requisite the Confederate Army of Northern
number of signatures, but not for Virginia at Harpers Ferry. After
He was instrumental in the public lack of trying. During the petition being paroled and reorganized,
opposition to the Ameritrust drive, petitioners were harassed by it was put under the command of
Building fiasco in 2007. The police, business owners and the General Grant at Memphis, and
county commissioners proposed Greater Cleveland Partnership who fought at Vicksburg, Port Raymond,
to tear down a 29 story skyscraper hired a plane to be flown over the Jackson and Champion Hills. It later
they had just purchased – the baseball stadium where petitioners joined General Sherman in Georgia
cost of which would exceed $40 were collecting signatures. The and participated in the March to the
million to first create an empty lot, plane carried a banner that read, Sea. On the other side of the family,
and then to construct a so-called “Don’t Sign the Petition!” Jacob Grace was a member of the
“green” building at an estimated Confederate Army of Northern
$243 million. The project didn’t He has made the Ohio City Virginia under General “Stonewall”
make financial sense to ordinary neighborhood his home and has Jackson, captured Harpers Ferry and
people. The claim that the new invested in two corner properties fought at Sharpsburg (Antietam).
building would be “Platinum LEED there. A commercial property of his
Certified” failed to consider that at W. 41st St. and Lorain Avenue has campaign poster from the Prior to the Civil War, David’s
the greenest building is the one that been under gradual renovation since German Green Party of the 80’s - family was involved in the
already exists. “Embodied Energy”, 2007. It involved the demolition THE GREENS - Ecology - settlement of Ohio, homesteading
the amount of energy used to create of 4 derelict wooden structures Social Justice - Basic Democracy farms in Jefferson and Richland
the building in the first place is not and the preservation of one of Nonviolence Counties and making homes in
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Cadiz, Mansfield and Kenton. A to make executive decisions when
great uncle, Mordecai Bartley, necessary.
served in the Ohio State Senate and
the U.S. House of Representatives, The overall economic situation
and as Ohio’s governor from 1844 in the country is bad and the
to 1846. construction industry, of which
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The various families which comprise a 25% unemployment rate. As an
David’s ancestry immigrated to architect, he’s personally interested a specialized architectural practice
the American Colonies during and motivated, perhaps even more focused on classical and traditional design
the 17th and 18th centuries from than his opponents, to create The home pictured above was completed in 2007
England and Germany. Most effective economic development. to designs and details provided by
were religious Protestants ranging He believes this has to be done at David H. Ellison
from Congregationalists to the grassroots level, rebuilding Architect
Mennonites. David’s namesake, the economy from the ground up, The firm assumed leadership when the project
David Rittenhouse, a 14th cousin, creating as many opportunities was incomplete & in a state of crisis & brought
was appointed the first director as possible for small businesses, order, utility and beauty to it.
of the US Mint by George entrepreneurs and individuals so The Owner, Project collaborators
Washington, helped to survey the that the local economy can become Bunny Williams of New York
state boundaries of Delaware, New more self-reliant, resilient and Paul Muller Architects of Cincinnati
Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland, successful – and less susceptible to peter cummin, landscape architect
and assumed the vice presidency global market fluctuations. C.C. Brandt, contractor
and later the presidency of the and countless consultants, suppliers,
American Philosophical Society He decided to stop complaining tradespeople, artisans and laborers
in Philadelphia upon the death and run for County Executive. saw the project
of his friend, Benjamin Franklin. He’s convinced that he can do through to successful completion
The Rittenhouses of Philadelphia the job as well as any of the other
(Germantown) built and operated contenders. The job of Cuyahoga for more information about
the first paper mill in America County Executive has never been The d. H. Ellison Company
located on the Wissahickon. done by anyone before. He believes please visit www.dhellison.com
William Rittenhouse, (Wilhelm he is uniquely qualified to help or call 216-631-0557
Rittinghausen) the family’s create the new government and to
progenitor, was recruited to the lay the foundations for a stronger,
Pennsylvania Colony by William
Penn and was among the first groups
more ecological and more socially
just future. He will search for Energy Conservation power plants such as the coal-fired
Lakeshore Power Plant or the Perry
of German settlers at Germantown. and appoint the most qualified and Efficiency - Nuclear Power Station.
In the first years after 1688, the people to fill the positions of the The jobs we create by funding energy
paper mill was obligated to supply new government and will not make 60% of the solution efficiency and conservation efforts
paper exclusively to the prominent appointments for political reasons. can be paid for by cost savings
Quaker, William Bradford, for His experience as an architect is $54 billion dollars is spent in alone. We need to acknowledge
his religious tracts. William well suited for balancing various Cuyahoga County each year on the true costs of wasting our natural
Rittenhouse was the first Mennonite interests and fulfilling the obligations energy and most of this money leaves resources and refine our economic
minister in America. of the county. He can create a the county. Energy conservation model to be much more cost
foundation upon which to rebuild and efficiency measures could conscious and efficient.
WHY IS DAVID RUNNING? its government and economy. save up to 60% of this expense.
It makes financial sense to invest FUTURE TRANSPORTATION
After working as a volunteer citizen He believes his economic in conservation and efficiency
activist for his entire adult life development ideas will serve the programs. The jobs related to these - Sustainable Mobility
the opportunity to run as a Green interests of more people in this activities are commonly referred
Party candidate for a significant county than those of his opponents. to as “Green Jobs”. It is much Suburban sprawl reveals its more
political office presented itself. easier to save energy than to create unsustainable aspects as gasoline
alternative renewable sources. prices continue to rise. We now
Having advocated for a Green Party We can grow our way into self-
for so many years, David felt a reliance and declare some financial Green Jobs would include those have thousands of miles of roads
responsibility to run. He thought it independence from global corporate improvements in efficiency in with potholes we can’t afford to fix
would be negligent not to stand up interests by keeping our money in transportation, building climate and so much impermeable pavement
control and lighting, etc. that our combined sewers regularly
for what he believes during such a Cuyahoga County and by cultivating
momentous election. a population that understands A large amount of energy is discharge raw sewage into the lake.
business planning, finances and currently lost via the discharge of The global recession may have ush-
David has been publicly involved in money. Each of the following waste heat. Central steam plants ered in an era where a new car is
challenging the county government combine to form a coherent local, like the one at University Circle something only the wealthy can af-
to be more accountable since well self-reliant, community-based could also be generating electricity ford. As the developing world de-
before the FBI raid on county economy: small business financing, while providing heat and chilled mands more of the world’s energy
water to 9 institutions. resources, the crisis of mobility will
offices in 2008 and before Issue micro-financing, a county bank and worsen.
6 was on the ballot in 2009. It’s currency, a strong Independent The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer
possible that some of his organizing Business Alliance, a jobs program District’s Easterly Waste Water
work contributed to the public that results in cultural exchange and Treatment Plant could be generating What can we do about this?
sentiment that allowed Issue 6 to understanding and tangible capital power for its aerators and pumps Ohio spends less than one percent
pass. He did not support Issue 6 improvements that we all agree we with electricity generated when it of its transportation budget on mass
because he thought the problem need. incinerates the grease skimmed off transportation alternatives. Gaso-
was more systemic than structural. city sewage. Now, 100% of the line and motor vehicle taxes in Ohio
Once it passed, there was little to In addition to the requisite 5-year heat is vented into the atmosphere. are prohibited from being used on
do but to run for the position that plan of the new charter, he will cause It is energy that we haven’t had to anything but highways and bridges.
will lead the redesign of our county a county land use and management buy from the Gulf of Mexico, South A few changes in policy could help.
government. David believes the plan to be written with and codified America or the Middle East, but When we rebuild roads we could
we’re wasting it. build more durable and more “com-
check and balance between the by the municipalities. This plan will
Council and Executive will need identify and allow us to strategically Local generation of power conserves plete streets.” We can eliminate un-
adjustment and pledges to work invest in an ecologically oriented energy that is otherwise lost through necessary roads in areas we choose
toward agreement with the Council future for Cuyahoga County. long transmission lines. It can be to re-allocate to a different form of
in all his appointments and major more efficient to generate and use development.
• • • this power than to use large, central (continued on page 7)
policy decisions. He is prepared
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PROGRA M FOR A GREENER CUYAHOGA
reliant and resilient economy for Unthinkable – Finding Common
ECOLOGICAL TRANSPARENCY Cuyahoga County. We owe this to Ground for Resolving Ohio’s Fiscal
ECONOMICS & CONSENSUS each other. Crisis”,
• The Cuyahoga County Planning
is oriented toward the needs of All the interests of Cuyahoga County Cooperation Commission, other planning
humans and of future generations, need to be brought to the table. agencies in the county, and
toward the preservation of nature, We’ll return to basics: Information, Interaction Among Stakeholders,
and toward a thrifty stewardship of Coordination & Cooperation. Effective Public Participation, The internationally influential
our natural wealth and resources. Service Delivery, Rewards and economic thinker, E. F. Schumacher,
Information Sanctions among others.
The project to re-structure county
government has already been Common Language, Common In order to have real cooperation, We accept as fact that our
Reference, Openness, Accessibility, the base needs to be broadened to
started but its footings are not strong resources are limited, and
Consolidation include all the interests of Cuyahoga
enough to build the Cuyahoga that we can only afford to
County that we all want and need. County, including the municipalities,
invest in projects that have
To strengthen the foundations and We need accurate and consistent the business community, the non-
a proportionate benefit in
create a sustainable, ecological statistical information about how profits, organized labor and most
economy we need: the county departments and all of importantly, the people. Means terms of quality of life and/or
the municipalities, various boards of of effective communication and community regeneration.
Transparency and Consensus education and planning departments understanding among the various
function. This information needs stakeholders need to be developed. We will create local, diverse,
We will conduct the business of to be public and easily accessible. Public meetings and hearings on sustainable economic re-
the county in the open and with an We need common ground for issues of community importance development projects by helping
inclusive process. understanding and communicating. need to be held at convenient times businesses, non-profits, organized
and places. Input and the concerns labor and municipalities to
Jobs and Economic An independent public access of the stakeholders, including identify anchor institutions and
Re-development County Broadcasting Cooperative residents, needs to be taken neighborhoods where our limited
and programming will be established seriously. governmental resources can be
We will facilitate outside to follow, report on and analyze local applied for the creation of the
investment and making compliance government issues and decisions. When we reach agreement, we need to maximum number of stable, decent
with regulations easier. Backroom decision-making, real or follow through with implementation jobs. When evaluating these focal
We need to respect the fact that our perceived, will be over. and make sure our goals are met. points for economic re-development,
resources are limited and that we We need accountability in our the criteria should include the
can only afford to invest in projects Coordination elected officials, their appointees potential for job creation, spin-
that have a proportionate benefit in and our civil servants. We need to off development, and the use of
terms of quality of life or community Common Vision and Objectives, acknowledge and commend high renewable energies, environmental
regeneration Shared Responsibilities, performance while the consequences technologies, sustainable
We will create local, diverse, Synchronized Actions, Mutual of failure to fulfill responsibilities mobility (pedestrian, bike and rail
sustainable projects focused on Accountability should be swift and just. transportation), recycling and reuse.
keeping our money here An example of this sort of broad-
We will involve businesses, We need first to realize and accept JOBS & ECONOMIC based, community-wide, economic
community groups and nonprofits that, for at least the foreseeable RE-DEVELOPMENT re-development is the Gordon
in coordinated, public/private future, Cuyahoga County is Square Arts District, where I have
partnership projects targeted for going to have a smaller human Our region’s tax structures been involved since 1989.
maximum spin-off development population. There is currently too must be fair and competitive
Jobs and County Services – much redundancy in governmental LARGE PUBLIC WORKS
and enable investment in the
We will maintain existing services services and too much housing
while creating ways to relieve stock. We also need to accept that area. will necessarily be a part of ongoing
people from the need for public we’re going to have large tracts of public jobs programs as they are
vacant land within our cities. What We will make sure that it is possible to now and have always been. It is
assistance
we also need to realize is that our comply with our regulations and that important that these public works are
We will lay the groundwork for a
impoverishment is a much greater the useless red-tape of government ecologically minded, are consistent
more self-reliant community of
threat to our regional economic bureaucracy is not inhibiting our with a countywide land use and
individuals capable of supporting
viability than population loss. economic redevelopment. We management plan, and constitute
themselves
will respond to all inquiries from good investments in our sustainable
outside or within the county with future.
Jobs and Education We need to coalesce as a a liaison who can facilitate our
regional population around government’s assistance and help
We will provide youth and adults WIND POWER
a new vision for a smaller, create a welcoming environment
with the education they need to be
productive. stronger and more ecological for investment and compliance with While efforts are being made to
future. regulations. At the same time, we establish Cleveland as a center for
We will to continue educating and
will make retaining the businesses the construction of large-scale,
developing the existing workforce.
We will ground K-12 classes in We have limited resources and can already here a much higher priority fresh water off shore wind power
business planning, entrepreneurship, only afford to spend our money on than it has been. installations, we believe that the
science and art. activities that return a proportionate best potential for wind power is in
We will market the Cuyahoga benefit in terms of quality of life The approach to economic re- smaller scale, off grid applications
and/or community regeneration. development will incorporate the where thousands of jobs can be
County workforce within and
lessons and guidance of: created related to thousands of
beyond the county.
The new County Council, the • CSU’s Center for Housing small scale wind turbines using
Efficiency and Conservation in mayors and councils of the various Research and Policy at the Levin simpler technology and enabling
Government and Beyond municipalities, businesses, non- College of Urban Affairs, a more susstainable, self-reliant
profits, organized labor and • The Brookings Institution and independent energy economy.
We will find more efficient and residents of Cuyahoga County report, “Restoring Prosperity – Wind power can cause greater
conservative ways to provide share the responsibility for the Transforming Ohio’s Communities instability in the grid due to the
governmental services, conduct success or failure of our new for the Next Economy”, irregular force of the wind at any
business and live in Cuyahoga county government. Together, we • The Center for Community one time. The environmental
County can build a stronger, more self- Solutions’ report, “Thinking the consequences of construction and
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C O U N T Y E C ON O M Y & G O V E R N M E N T
operation, noise, aesthetic impacts, cause. While primarily a program decisions but some infrastructure
for otherwise unemployed youth,
JOBS AND may need to be dismantled rather
and the involvement of corporations COUNTY SERVICES
Bechtel and General Electric the program will include people than be repaired. The creation of
make these large scale wind farms from 16 to 60 years of age. Because sustainable mobility (pedestrian,
It is imperative that social services
unsustainable and uneconomical. it will have a history of working bicycle and rail transportation)
for the elderly, poor and disabled
These corporations’ domination of together in groups, the civilian will inform all planning. Existing
be maintained at least at the present
the region’s wind industry would be Corps and its alumni may be called infrastructure assets will be
level as long as necessary. At the
contrary to local self-determination upon to provide assistance in times built upon and conserved where
same time, it is crucial we find a way
and would provide for their ulitmate of emergency. appropriate. When new work
for people to become independent
control of local politics and decision- is built, ecological and social
of public assistance. Moving people
making. It will lead to our region’s ECONOMIC TRIAGE consequences will be considered,
from public assistance to productive
crippling dependence upon global specifications and construction
private-sector employment will
multi-national interests. We will help develop the following quality will need to be such that
be a central goal of economic
three specific vehicles for the shoddy workmanship or materials
“GREEN” JOBS development and county services.
strengthening of the local economy do not waste our investment and so
that we build for posterity.
The potential for the region to and a sense of economic unity. When social services are provided,
All county buildings will be
become a leader in a sustainable A county-wide the “wrap around model” of
documented regarding historical
wind-energy future is great and will collaborative service delivery will
Independent energy use and an overall plan
be supported while unsustainable, be implemented. The establishment
Business alliance for their improvement will be
problematic industries with heavy of a Family Justice Center will
developed. Such a plan will include
ecological footprints will need be a priority. It will be more
based on locally-owned and mechanisms for verifiable quality
ultimately to be phased-out. It’s efficient and effective to provide
controlled businesses that play a vital control and evaluation of the
vitally important that we create better service based on proven
economic, social and cultural role in effectiveness of the work.
“Green Jobs” - primarily those results-based approaches using
our community, The Alliance will
related to reducing energy use, modern technology to improve
produce a directory and promote ECOLOGICAL
improving waste water systems, understanding and comprehensive
commerce with its members and ARCHITECTURAL
etc., but it is just as important care.
the citizens of Cuyahoga County AND CULTURAL
to eliminate “greenwashing” of
to strengthen community-based amenities
otherwise unsustainable endeavors Much of the county government
economic bonds.
and behaviors. actually works and we will seek
The concentration of architectural
to retain the highly skilled and
and cultural assets, or environmental
dedicated public employees of
attractions such as river valleys and
the county. While voters denied
waterfronts serve as focal points
the County Executive the ability
for the future of our civilization.
to use competitive testing to
Population needs to be encouraged
evaluate and remove current
to concentrate around these
county employees, appropriate
focal points while protecting and
Civil Service Examinations and
preserving their ecological character
Ethics training will be administered
and move toward sustainable
to all current and future county
mobility (pedestrian, bicycle and
employees so that we may know
rail transport) among public and
what level of competency or lack
cultural amenities, workplaces and
thereof exists and work to remedy
safe, desirable housing. The work
any deficiencies. All new county
of previous generations in this
employees will be required to take
regard should be understood and
and pass the appropriate Civil
built upon.
Service Examination prior to being
hired.
JOBS & EDUCATION
Civilian Conservation Corps at work in Brookside Park Cleveland Public Library Collection Employment with the county should
be based on merit. When women Pre-kindergarten programs need to
CUYAHOGA COUNTY THE BANK OF and men are doing the same jobs, be expanded and coordinated with
CONSERVATION CORPS CUYAHOGA COUNTY they should be paid equally. There the public schools. K-3rd grade
ought to be gender balance in our programs must not fail to teach
We will consolidate a countywide A state-chartered bank such as the workforce and it should reflect the children of Cuyahoga County
Laborer’s and Artisan’s Corps, a Bank of North Dakota, which will the diversity of our community, if to read, write, add and subtract
job and workforce training program provide conventional and micro- possible. and to care for themselves. We
intended to further develop a sense financing and a limited number also need to provide the children
of hope, self-reliance and unity of other retail banking services The preservation of the peace is and many adults of Cuyahoga
among city-dweller and suburbanite oriented specifically to Cuyahoga a central element to civil society County the kind of basic education
alike. It will be a labor force and County and serving locally based and any scheme for sustainable in business, entrepreneurship,
artisan union or guild, reflecting the enterprises and residents but which economic development. In order for science and the arts that will serve
diversity of the county. It will train will not sell its mortgages, trade in justice to be served, it must be swift them in the ecological economy.
participants in common work and in derivatives, or commit usury, and impartial. Every attempt must We need business planning
self-reliance. It will provide labor be made to eliminate the causes of classes to be a part of curriculum
and services to municipalities and CUYAHOGA DOLLARS crime and recidivism. beginning in elementary school and
non-profits for the modernization continuing in each grade level until
and beautification of Cuyahoga a currency similar to “BerkShares” County roads and graduation. From trading marbles
County. All projects will be small- and designed to keep the money in buildings in kindergarten to financing a small
scale bricks and mortar projects the region – used by the county for business upon graduation from high
that leave a lasting capital legacy. services and accepted by the county As part of a countywide land-use school, Cuyahoga County school
Modeled loosely on the Civilian for the payment of taxes, but also and management plan, county roads children need to be steeped in good
Conservation Corps of the New illustrating the tangible economic and bridges must be maintained business planning and conduct from
Deal of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the connectedness of the community for public safety and emergency the time they begin school and be
Corps will be demographically and exchangeable and taxable at preparedness. The “Fix-it-first” sufficiently prepared to fend for
representative of the county’s a fixed rate of 95 US cents per principle will be the central principle themselves within civil society.
population and provide a common Cuyahoga Dollar guiding transportation investment
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THE PROGRAM FOR CUYAHOGA COUNTY
CONTINUED
Science and the Arts must be a THE COUNTY EFFICIENCY & ARCHITECTURAL AND
fundamental part of public education BROADCASTING CONSERVATION IN CULTURAL HERITAGE
to improve the culture and provide COOPERATIVE •
a platform for innovation and
GOVERNMENT &
BEYOND EMBODIED ENERGY
creativity. As an integrated part of the new
In order to excel, students need to government’s plan for transparency, Obsolete housing must be more
be helped to identify their strengths,job training and building cultural We will better utilize existing
mechanisms or create new rapidly removed from the market,
interests and aptitudes. A meaningful unity, an editorially independent, thereby increasing demand and the
vocational or college-track program public access, County Broadcasting cooperative and collaborative
vehicles that lower the cost of value of that remaining. Buildings
needs to be available to all students.Cooperative program will be of high embodied-energy value,
Inter-municipal student exchange organized to advance modern running local governments,
conducting business and living of significant historical or cultural
programs, magnet and charter school broadcast production, journalism value, or which may provide
options need to be available so that and entertainment skills and to in Cuyahoga County. This may
include the creation of new unique opportunities for economic
no child is denied the opportunity promote talent from across the development at a later date, but for
to learn when motivated to do so. county to the world. It is conceived purchasing cooperatives for
anything from asphalt to school which there is no immediate use,
As much as is possible, operational as a group of production studios may be given special protection,
efficiencies and improvements to and specific programming that books, health insurance to natural
gas, all at the lowest possible cost, compensation and be mothballed
the performance of the county’s would provide training in the fields for future use.
various school systems and districts of television and film production, while keeping our money and
need to be found. The cost of entertainment and broadcast capital here in Cuyahoga County -
thereby becoming less susceptible REAL ESTATE VALUES
school district administration needs journalism. Programming would AND TAXATION
to be made transparent to the public. be completely locally based, but to fluctuations in global markets.
Where feasible, and for the sake of always inclusive of the widest range The Fiscal Officer will be directed
Cuyahoga County’s children and of local talent, interviews with Where government services are
redundant within the county, to make the process of determining
our collective future, consolidation non-profit, civic and governmental property tax values and the appeal
of districts needs to occur. More leaders, and local news broadcasts, we will publicly acknowledge
and understand the financial process more fair and transparent.
of our education dollars must be critically focused on issues of The criteria used for valuing
dedicated to K-12 classrooms and importance in the municipal and consequences and work toward
providing those services in a property must be consistent and
moved out of administrative costs. county governments. A regular just. Residential, commercial and
variety show would present Hip more cost-effective way. These
services may include school system industrial property owners should
CONTINUING Hop and polka bands, high school all enjoy and benefit from the
EDUCATION musicals and church choirs side- administration, emergency services,
procurement, infrastructure same fair valuation system. The
by-side, to cultivate the idea of estimation of fair market value will
Adult education, in the form of the single cultural community of maintenance, etc.
be determined at least partly by
workforce development, GED Cuyahoga County. The cooperation actual real estate sales.
classes, and job training needs to be and co-sponsorship of related unions LAND USE AND
available and relevant to students and broadcasting companies would MANAGEMENT PLAN
Sales tax is the most regressive type
and potential employers. be sought and compensated in
order to reach the broadest markets A countywide land-use and of tax. Its elimination will be a long-
REHABILITATION and provide the most meaningful management plan must be term goal in the new ecological
AND RE-ENTRY professional experience. developed through an open and economy.
agreement-seeking process to
When we provide education in APPRENTICESHIP AND guide our reconstruction of a more The present levies, property taxes
the penal system, it needs to be WORKFORCE ecological and future-oriented and sales taxes are all important
geared toward the reformation, CERTIFICATES region. This plan then needs to be revenue streams that support the
rehabilitation and successful codified by the municipalities. We current budget, therefore whatever
transition of the person from Once in the workforce, opportunities need to protect and conserve our is done with any of these taxes
imprisonment to free society. for master trade, craft or artisan limited natural resources. We can must have a corresponding effect
Proactive work needs to be done apprenticeships need to be made only afford to invest in projects on expenditures. Only a balanced
from the moment a person is available. Workers who choose to that have a proportionate benefit budget will be accepted.
incarcerated toward his or her enter long-term career paths need to in terms of quality of life and/or
community regeneration. We need SUMMATION
successful re-entry into free society. have access to earning non-degree
It is simply too expensive not to treat workforce certificates. Workers to avoid unsustainable economic
the time in prison as an opportunity whose jobs have disappeared need commitments and the imposition of Lives are saved or lost by the
to remdediate inadequacies in the access to relevant job training permanent ecological degradation actions of the County Government.
on future generations. Profound consequences are related
educational and economic system. options that allow them to reenter to public policies and the actions
If job skills are taught in prison, it the workforce without long-term of public employees and elected
should not be forbidden for a person debt. THE LAND BANK
officials. It is the responsibility and
re-entering society to get a job in
that field. MARKETING An essential part of the plan, obligation of county government to
CUYAHOGA COUNTY The Cuyahoga County Land administer programs and distribute
Rehabilitation, educational and job Reutilization Corporation, known funding for their administration on
training programs will be made A commitment to marketing the as the Land Bank, is a strategic behalf of the people of Cuyahoga
accessible to juvenile offenders and region’s workforce and unique governmental response to existing County, the State of Ohio and the
prisoners with the intention of their artisanal and professional abilities land use dilemmas, population loss, United States of America.
successful re-entry to free society will be made. Through direct and the mortgage crisis. It is intended
to reclaim properties, protect the tax The ethical conduct of our
and the reduction of recidivism. funding of marketing efforts government officials in the
including promotion of the base and restore real estate markets.
To implement the new county land fulfillment of these responsiblities
The community of the formerly Independent Business Alliance, the is foremost in importance.
incarcerated will be enlisted to help Cuyahoga County Department of use plan, tracts may be assembled
design pro-active programs for Economic Development will help and made ready for ecological
redevelopment, based upon Another solemn responsibility at this
successful housing and employment create demand for the extraordinary time is to strengthen the economy
upon re-entry. Co-housing, skills and talents that currently sustainable principles, no matter
whether they are developed into in Cuyahoga County while not
cooperative employment and other exist and those new ones we will compromising the ability of future
alternatives to the systems that are cultivate. industrial, commercial, residential,
recreational or agricultural uses. generations to live here.
not working will be encouraged.
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3-C CORRIDOR GREEN PARTY
(continued from page 1)
It is inappropriate from public
health and environmental justice
The long awaited passenger rail standpoints to allow the coal-fired
shall be Green” and despite boilers to continue operating any
connection linking Cuyahoga
widespread national recognition longer than is absolutely necessary
County with the state capital at
that Nader was running as a Green. to make the transition. If they are
Columbus is an essential element
Notwithstanding this official denial allowed to continue to operate under
to accountable and functional gov-
of party identification, Democrats the currently expired license, only
ernment in a society not dependent
handily accused the Green Party low-sulfur coal should be allowed
upon the private automobile. The
(considered too inconsequential to to be used. The health effects of
U.S. Department of Commerce has
deserve ballot status) of throwing emissions from these coal-fired
well-documented studies showing
the election to George W. Bush. boilers on the local population
that for every $1 invested in rail
Statistically, candidates with party are significant enough to warrant
infrastructure development $3 is
affiliations - even minor party extraordinary action to remedy the
generated in total economic out-
affiliations - tend to get more votes situation.
put. Given the desperate situation
than independents. This has worked smokestacks at University Circle People who live in metropolitan
with the state budget, we need to set
to the advantage of the two major areas near coal-fired plants are
priorities that create the kind of ef-
parties who control the legislature acutely affected by their emissions.
ficient economy that will make us
globally competitive.
and who write the election laws. AIR POLLUTION In these areas death rates are much
Rail travel costs an estimated 8-12
The disproportionately large IS AN ECONOMIC higher than in areas with few or no
signature requirement for coal-fired plants. It is unreasonable
cents per mile, slightly better than
a bus at 13.5 cents, and much bet-
independent candidates has not BURDEN to allow a coal-fired facility to
ter than a private car at 55 cents, or
been changed in Ohio law, nor has AND A HAZARD TO operate in such close proximity to
the number of signatures required two of the regions most important
an airplane at $1.30. Those higher
costs are each pathways for money
for a “new” party’s recognition HUMAN HEALTH medical treatment institutions and in
for ballot status. These numbers an area with such nearby residential
to leave Ohio and our local econo- Cleveland, Ohio, The Medical
are still stipulated as a percentage occupancies.
mies. Center Company operates the
of the electorate participating in Coal-fired boilers emit nitrogen
The 3-C “Quick Start” Plan is the third largest single air polluter in
the gubernatorial or presidential oxide which plays a major role in the
foundation of passenger rail service Cuyahoga County immediately
elections, whichever is most recent. formation of ground-level ozone (or
between Ohio’s cities. The northern adjacent to University Hospital,
end of the 3-C Corridor service will smog) in summer and contributes
Case Western Reserve University to fine particulate matter (or soot).
stop at the W.150th St. and Puri- and residential neighborhoods in
tas Ave. Rapid Station and link to Both smog and soot are linked to a
Little Italy and East Cleveland. host of serious health effects. They
the Red Line which connects to the The MCCO steam plant provides
Airport, Downtown Cleveland and also emit mercury which causes
steam and chilled water to 9 serious nervous system problems
University Circle. It will continue institutions around University Circle
on to the Lakefront Rail Station and in humans and wildlife. Especially
including the hospital, CWRU and vulnerable are developing fetuses,
link with other Amtrak Services. several museums. Its coal-fired
The public subsidy necessary to babies and children. Sulfur dioxide,
boilers date from the 1930’s and another emission, contributes to the
make this important transportation strength in unity
have not yet been brought into formation of microscopic particles
option a reality pales in compari- compliance with the Clean Air
son to the subsidies given to the OHIO REVISED CODE Act of 1970. The company has
that can be inhaled deep into the
lungs and aggravate respiratory
automobile, gasoline and road
3517.01 committed to coming up with a plan conditions such as asthma and
construction industries. Construc- for the eventual replacement of its
tion is set to begin in 2011 and will Political party definitions: chronic bronchitis, increasing
coal–fired boilers with ones fired cough and mucous secretions. (see
create approximately 8,000 jobs in “A political party within the
by natural gas by the end of 2011. The Health Risks of Burning Coal
Ohio. meaning of Title XXXV of the
In the meantime it has applied for a for Energy, updated December
Revised Code is any group of voters
Mobility... that, at the most recent regular state
new permit to continue operating its
coal-fired boilers.
27, 2006, published by the
Environmental Defense Fund)
(continued from page 3) election, polled for its candidate for
A public hearing was held on As a public health initiative, local,
Complete streets are what planners governor in the state or nominees
August 10, 2010 by the Ohio EPA state and federal government
call roadways designed and oper- for presidential electors at least
and written comments on a draft assistance is urged to make the
ated to enable safe, attractive and five per cent of the entire vote cast
permit were accepted. David phase-out and transition away from
comfortable access and travel for for that office or that filed with the
Ellison submitted the following: the coal-fired boilers happen quickly,
all users. Pedestrians, bicyclists, secretary of state, subsequent to
motorists and public transport users any election in which it received ideally prior to this winter’s heating
To: Ohio Environmental season. It is appropriate given the
of all ages and abilities are able to less than five per cent of that vote, a
Protection Agency economic and cultural importance
safely and comfortably move along petition signed by qualified electors
and across a complete street. equal in number to at least one per of the institutions served by this
The Clean Air Act of 1970 requires heating and cooling plant that the
As gasoline prices rise revenue from cent of the total vote for governor or
that licensees meet its strict immediate transition be facilitated
gasoline taxes and the motor vehi- nominees for presidential electors at
emissions standards. Forty years with governmental assistance.
cle fees that fund road repairs will the most recent election, declaring
of non-compliance is long enough Additionally, governmental help
disappear. It’s important that we their intention of organizing a
for this licensee to have made the should be made available for
build complete streets now because political party, the name of which
transition away from non-compliant, intensive conservation and efficiency
we’ll be faced with worse problems shall be stated in the declaration, and
old, dirty technologies and it is time measures at the 9 institutions
related to an unsustainable trans- of participating in the succeeding
that the intention of the Act is met which will evaluate current steam
portation system. This will directly primary election, held in even-
without further delay. and chilled water usage, improve
affect our economy and our ability numbered years, that occurs more
Please revise the Draft Title V efficiency and reduce waste, and
to survive. than one hundred twenty days after
Permit to exclude permission to which will monitor the results of
It’s important to begin planning for the date of filing. No such group
continue operating the coal-fired these measures.
a future without such dependence of electors shall assume a name or
boilers by this licensee. The rapid Especially important from an
on the private automobile now, designation that is similar, in the
phase-out of these coal-fired boilers energy usage point of view is the
while we still have time. opinion of the secretary of state, to
is the only reasonable action at this new glass structure at the Cleveland
In a future where resources are that of an existing political party as
time. Permission may be granted Museum of Art, which will be
much more scarce and costly, we’ll to confuse or mislead the voters at
to construct and operate compliant inherently inefficient to begin with,
want to have created a form for our an election. If any political party
natural gas-fired boilers at this and which might be altered prior to
lives and economy of sustainable fails to cast five per cent of the total
location providing that use of the its construction to be more energy
mobility. It’s vital to our culture vote cast at an election for the office
coal-fired boilers is discontinued as efficient.
and the future of democratic gover- of governor or president, it shall
soon as is feasible. - David H. Ellison, AIA
nance. cease to be a political party.”
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WHY I SUPPORT Please contribute to the
DAVID ELLISON Committee to Elect David Ellison
by Brian Cummins send personal checks only to:
6403 Detroit Ave.
I support David Ellison, candidate Cleveland, OH 44102
for Cuyahoga County Executive, If you give over $100, include
and ask you to do the same. your occupation and employer.
David and I met over ten years ago
when I first became involved in the the difficulty of juggling constituent
Green Party and was attracted to needs with my legislative duties and
work on Ralph Nader’s Presidential those to the Ward jurisdictions that
campaign of 2000. The Nader I’ve been elected to represent.
campaign focused on the pervasive In the September primary election,
view of the Ohio City Farm photo by Daryl Davis
power of corporations and corporate I voted for David Ellison on the
welfare, the need for campaign
PRESCRIPTION FOR high tunnel hoop houses and the
preparation of planting beds, we can finance reform, environmental
Green Party ballot. This is the first
year the Green Party has had what
SELF-RELIANCE : conservatively estimate a complete justice, universal healthcare, is called ballot status – the Green
URBAN AGRICULTURE payback of the investment in 4 to 10 affordable housing, better education Party is identified by name on the
years and $100,000/year in income and more equitable funding, election ballot - and the first year
$3.5 billion annually gets spent on that can be used to pay the urban workers’ rights, and reform of tax voters could make the choice of
food in Cuyahoga County. If you farmers. policies that favor the very wealthy formally adopting the Green Party
add in restaurants, it’s $4.2 billion. Other financial and more highly and corporations over the middle as their official political party.
Out of every one of those dollars, technological schemes suggest and working classes. Political reform for Cuyahoga
97 cents leaves the county. We can that even greater production and I had not been involved in politics County will not come quickly or
keep some of that money here with economic efficiencies are possible. prior to 2000. Nonetheless, my easily. The County structure that
a little investment and intention. Several projects are underway work, experience and travels passed under last year’s Issue 6 leaves
An acre of land in Cuyahoga which will push the envelope on associated with the Peace Corps much to be desired. Regardless of
County can produce $100,000 of urban agriculture in our region for the preceding ten years deeply the recent arrests and pleas in the
locally grown, organic fruits and and potentially around the world. affected my world political view. County corruption scandal, the
vegetables. That translates into 4 Several more are already producing I was made keenly aware of way government operates within
to 5 jobs at $20-25,000/year and it locally grown food for restaurants the importance of direct citizen the county – with 60 some cities,
enables money that would otherwise and farmers markets. involvement in political affairs villages and townships - will likely
leave Cuyahoga County to keep Local Food Cleveland is a network on a local, regional, national and change at a slow pace. The two
circulating here. for people who are passionate global level. I lived and worked major parties have not served our
According to projections made about growing a thriving local in countries that were once ruled residents or small businesses well.
by business students at CWRU, food economy and culture around under dictatorship or Soviet Local leaders in the two main parties
an investment of $40,000/acre Cleveland. central control. Direct citizen and continue with partisan bickering and
in the development of low-cost http://www.localfoodcleveland.org non-governmental organization a lack of hard work to identify real
initiatives were crucial in promoting steps to reform that involve citizens
ALAN CROSSMAN - CANDIDATE new ideas and challenging outdated
methods, systems and processes.
from across the region.
I urge voters to support David Ellison
CUYAHOGA COUNTY COUNCIL Upon returning to Cleveland in
2001, I became more aware of the
for Cuyahoga County Executive.
Voters have a chance to elect a
DISTRICT 3 inequalities and inadequacies of
some our country’s social, political,
County Executive with a proven
record of community activism, a
People Before Profits and Politics: work with RTA to increase and economic and environmental wide-ranging knowledge of issues
I would work to ensure that business improve service. In recent years the policies. Those realizations met and someone who places the health
deals with the county benefit all Greater Cleveland Regional Transit up with the Green Party’s 2000 of people, small business and the
of Cuyahoga County and not the Authority has cut service and raised platform that was built on the vitality of our county’s environment
financial and political interests of a fares. Cuyahoga County cannot foundation of the party’s four as his priority.
few. The county government exists recover economically or thrive at pillars: 1) ecological wisdom, Brian Cummins is a 2nd term
to serve the people’s interests not all without a strong and widespread 2) Social justice, 3) Grassroots Cleveland City Councilman and a
corporate interests. public transportation system. Buses democracy and, 4) Nonviolence. member of the Ohio Green Party
Fair Elections: and trains reduce automobile traffic These four values are part of a more
I would propose an amendment to and improve air quality for all of comprehensive list of “Ten Key Dennis
the county charter to use Instant us. Values “ that add: 5) decentralization,
Run-Off Voting in all future county Clean Up And Remake Our 6) community based economics SPISAK
elections. IRV allows voters to Lakefront: and economic justice, 7) feminism
rank their picks thereby eliminating Cleveland has a vast natural resource and gender equity, 8) respect for Anita
the fear of “ruining” an election to our north, Lake Erie. The current diversity, 9) personal and global
by taking votes away from a lakefront development plan asks responsibility, and 10) future focus RIOS
candidate. us to wait another generation for and sustainability.
I want to see a campaign finance something we long since should I also became involved in issues for
system that works for anyone who have had. The current proposal regarding energy policy, municipal GOVERNOR
wishes to run for office, not just must be reworked and a new plan and regional government reform, and
those with the money to buy an begun sooner. I would work with waste technologies, land use
election. the Port Authority and the City of management, and planning policies LT. GOVERNOR
Make Cuyahoga County A Leader Cleveland to create a better lakefront that impacted both urban centers MAINTAIN GREEN
In Green Jobs and Energy: development plan. and rural areas. i.e. smart growth PARTY STATUS
I want to work to bring green jobs Creating Cleaner, Greener, Safer and suburban sprawl. SHOW A
“MODICUM OF SUPPORT”
and alternative, sustainable energy Neighborhoods: I highly encourage In 2006, after directing a local
to Cuyahoga County. The public development of community gardens, community development
and private sectors can and must reclaiming abandoned houses and corporation for four years, I took VOTE SPISAK-RIOS
work together to invest in wind and lots to create green spaces where office as a Cleveland City Council
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needs to live up to it. live and work with our neighbors to consensus, the consequences for Paid for by the Committee to Elect David Ellison
Improve RTA Service: keep our neighborhoods clean and supporting or speaking against a Joseph M. Crano, CPA, Treasurer
I want to put pressure on and safe. - Alan Crossman policy or legislative initiative, and 6403 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44102
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