The loss of the People’s Budget charter amendment -- also known as Issue 38 -- was so distinctly slim, both sides of the Cleveland campaign are feeling victorious. Issue 38 would have allowed residents to decide how to spend millions of taxpayer dollars annually, gaining some spending power back from their elected leaders at City Hall. The measure failed Tuesday by a mere 1,387 votes, with more than 65,000 Clevelanders weighing in. City Council views the result as a vote of confidence in the legislators residents have elected to represent them. Meanwhile, Issue 38 supporters believe they emerged victorious by persuading 32,000 Clevelanders to demand more say. City Council might be listening. A news release after Election Day said, “We recognize the need to engage the public and will continue improving how and when we do it as we move forward as a body.” - Kristen Davis |
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Whether the narrow failure of Cleveland's Issue 38 should be viewed as a victory for an empowered electorate or a vote of confidence in city leadership depends on who you ask. (Joshua Gunter, cleveland.com file photo) |
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People's budget: Though Cleveland voters defeated the proposed People’s Budget charter amendment on Tuesday, the loss was so strikingly narrow that both sides of the campaign walked away from election night feeling victorious in their own way, Courtney Astolfi reports. School vouchers: Ohio’s increase in school-voucher spending this year for the EdChoice Expansion Program sets up the state to rank near the top nationally for taxpayer use of voucher dollars to attend private schools. By next school year, 150,000 Ohio students may be receiving school vouchers, Zachary Smith reports. Today in Ohio: Despite Ohio voters’ overwhelming support of both Issue 1 and Issue 2 on Tuesday, Gov. Mike DeWine says he doesn’t consider the matters of abortion and legalized marijauna to be settled. We’re talking about DeWine’s statements this week, encouraging lawmakers to undermine the will of the people, on Today in Ohio, cleveland.com’s daily half-hour news podcast. |
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No ballots: Days after Election Day, it’s still unclear why it took the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections so long to replenish ballots for some precincts before they ran out, leaving poll workers to print extra ballots on-site, Lucas Daprile reports. Gender identity: U.S. Sen. JD Vance, a Cincinnati Republican, is challenging a Census Bureau plan to begin asking questions about respondents’ gender identity, arguing that doing so would “advance controversial social ideas through government surveys,” Sabrina Eaton reports. College voting: On Election Day, organizers with the League of Women Voters sounded alarm bells about reports of roughly two dozen voters, generally concentrated around Ohio State University, who didn’t receive their absentee ballots on time to vote, Jake Zuckerman reports. Officials have offered little explanation for what happened and how it could be avoided in the future. Abortion access: National abortion opponents used Ohio as a test market this year as they continued their search for a way to defeat abortion access at the ballot box, Andrew Tobias reports. It was the seventh straight state election loss for abortion opponents, who have yet to win at the ballot since Roe v. Wade was overturned last year. Marijuana decisions: Laura Hancock provides six reasons patients in Ohio might stick with medical marijuana, even if recreational use is cheaper following the passage of Issue 2. |
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Veterans Day: Before the Blue Star service flag ever reached houses across the country, they first flew in Cleveland, Molly Walsh reports. Veterans reflect on their service and the flag’s significance. Catholic LGBTQ: Transgender people can receive baptism, serve as godparents and witness Roman Catholic weddings, the Vatican says, reports Molly Walsh. His position, however, goes against that of Bishop Edward Malesic, the leader of the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, and other conservative U.S. bishops who have disagreed with the pontiff in the past. Fire sale: Here’s your chance to buy a piece of Cleveland history as the Anthony J. Celebrezze Cleveland Fire Boat is up for sale. Kaylee Remington reports the boat has been around for decades, including when the Cuyahoga River caught fire in 1969. |
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Opioid rates: While opioid dispensary rates have reached a record low in the country, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than two dozen Ohio counties still see usage of the addictive painkiller higher than the national average, Zachary Smith reports. Free health care: For the fifth consecutive year, Medworks, a nonprofit organization that serves Northeast Ohio’s medically uninsured, will host a two-day dental clinic, staffed by volunteer dental professionals, Gretchen Cuda Kroen reports. The clinic, which is on Friday and Saturday at the Huntington Convention Center, will include free flu and COVID-19 vaccines, HIV testing, mental health services, hearing exams and free hearing aids to eligible seniors. Heart risk: The active ingredient in popular drugs prescribed for diabetes and weight loss reduces the risk of heart attacks and other heart problems in people struggling with their weight even if they are not diabetic, Cleveland Clinic cardiologist Dr. Michael Lincoff told an audience at the American Heart Association conference in Philidelphia, reports Gretchen Cuda Kroen. Sports betting: ESPN Bet, the sports-betting app that will replace the Barstool Sportsbook, is expected to launch sometime Tuesday afternoon, Sean McDonnell reports. |
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Cemetery vandalism: Several headstones at a Jewish cemetery in Brooklyn were desecrated with swastikas in what officials are calling a “cowardly act,” Cliff Pinckard reports. “It is absolutely sickening that anyone could have so much hate for the Jewish people that they would desecrate Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery,” says a statement from the Jewish Federation of Cleveland. Police lawsuit: A Cleveland police sergeant has filed a lawsuit that accuses the department’s brass of using an internal investigation to strip him of his role as the leader of a group that investigates gangs, Cory Shaffer reports. Alfred Johnson was removed as the commander of the Bureau of Special Services in February 2022. That’s when the department’s internal affairs officers reviewed several cases dating back to 2020 for potential excessive force. Johnson was later demoted and suspended. Police standoff: Euclid police said a man died Thursday in an exchange of gunfire after a standoff with officers who were seeking to deliver an eviction notice, Molly Walsh reports. Cleveland Heights: Police are investigating two shootings in Cleveland Heights that could be connected, Molly Walsh reports. |
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Sign stealing: As Michigan’s football team fends accusations it illegally stole signals from opponents, football film analyst Lance Reisland explains the ins and outs of how teams signal plays to their players. Theater director resigns: Richard Parison, executive director of Great Lakes Theater, has resigned, a spokeswoman for the theater confirmed Saturday morning. Parison started the position on Sept. 11, Kaylee Remington reports. Grammy nominees: The 2024 Grammy nominations have been announced and, as usual, Cleveland’s classical music community past and present are up for several of the storied industry awards, Malcolm X Abram reports. 'A Christmas Story': Members of the cast of "A Christmas Story" shared stories and memories about making the movie during a long-awaited reunion at “Behind the Camera: A Christmas Story – Official 40th Anniversary” fan convention at Cleveland Public Auditorium, Peter Chakerian reports. Thanksgiving dinner: If you are still thinking about which turkey to buy, Paris Wolfe will help you shop by exploring the benefits of local, pasture-raised turkey. Michael Symon: Cleveland’s own celebrity chef Michael Symon shares his favorite local foods with Peter Chakerian. House of the Week: A residence in Belgian Village in Cleveland, the largest and one of the few freestanding townhomes in the neighborhood, has four bedrooms and three-and-a-half bathrooms, and recently had its price lowered to $935,000, Joey Morona reports. |
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