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Ward 14 Town Hall meeting features update on MetroHealth Transformation Plan and panel discussion about housing resources
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, April 2018) Ward 14 Council Member Jasmin Santana said, “I am overwhelmed by your support” as she greeted the one hundred and fifty residents attending her first Town Hall meeting, on March 22nd, at Lincoln West High School. Santana said this is “one of many town halls” she will…
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Councilwoman Jasmin Santana shares motivations for running for City Council at Faith Swearing In Ceremony
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, March 2018) Ward 14 Councilwoman Jasmin Santana, the first female Hispanic to be elected to Cleveland City Council, was sworn in at a Faith Swearing In, Ceremony held in the Family Ministry Center on Fulton Road, on February 23, 2018. Following the swearing in by Rev. Eliezer Negrón of…
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High poverty rate present in all City Council Wards in Plain Press coverage area
(Plain Press, January 2018) The Center for Community Solutions, a local nonprofit think tank which focuses on solutions to health, social and economic issues, released a series of demographic profiles in late 2017. Data in the profiles on the city of Cleveland, and on individual City Council Wards in Cleveland, compiled by The Center for…
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November 7th General Election Results – Candidates in contested races
(Plain Press, December 2017) Mayor of Cleveland Number of Votes Percentage Frank G. Jackson 35,506 59.6% Zack Reed 24,116 40.4% Total 59.622 Cleveland City Council Ward 3 Number of Votes Percentage Kerry McCormack 2,692 84.7% Logan E. Fahey 486 15.3% Total 3,178 Ward 11 Number of Votes Percentage Dona…
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Candidates respond to Plain Press candidate questionnaire
(Plain Press, November 2017) The Plain Press sent out candidate questionnaires to both mayoral candidates as well as City Council candidates in Ward 3, Ward 11, Ward 12, Ward 14 and Ward 15. Only two candidates responded – Ward 3 City Council Candidate Logan E. Fahey and Ward 14 City Council Candidate Jasmin Santana. Below…
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Primary Election features low voter turnout
(Plain Press, October 2017) Despite the large number of candidates in the Cleveland Mayoral race and some hotly contested City Council races, the majority, of Cleveland’s registered voters, did not vote in the September 12 Primary Election. City-wide, 31,276 voters cast ballots in the Mayoral election representing only 12.35% of the 261,285 registered voters in…
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Ward 14 candidates answer questions at Community Forum
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, September 2017) Three out of the five candidates for the Ward 14 City Council seat attended a candidates’ community forum on August 22nd at the W. 58th Street Church of God. The thirty people in attendance were given an opportunity to submit questions to the candidates and listen to their…
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Cleveland Primary Election set for September 12 – early voting begins August 15th
(Plain Press, August 2017) The City of Cleveland will have a primary election on September 12th. Early voting begins on August 15th. To get an absentee ballot application you can contact the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections at: www.443vote.com or by calling 216-443-3298. Citizens, age 18 and older by the general election date (November 7,…