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Cleveland Heights Votersays
I visited JVote. It seems this site was up a couple of years ago, then it was down, and now it’s up again. The website proclaims itself as the Jewish Voters Site, but there’s not a single name on the webpage. I would like to know who runs JVote and who is making these endorsements. I’m not saying I disagree with any of the endorsements; in fact, I agree with all of them. It would be helpful to know who’s behind JVote, what rabbonim are involved, and on what basis the candidates are chosen. In addition, there are some important issues on the ballot and the website does not address any of them.
It would be nice to see a list of which community members and rabbonim are making the JVote endorsements. At first glance, this list of endorsements looked suspiciously identical to the Democratic Party of Ohio’s endorsements. However, when looking at who is running in the current election, there aren’t many candidates to choose from.
It would be helpful to see a list of endorsed candidates for the CH-UH School Board. Considering that the school board probably has more of a direct effect on the community than the city council (most of our taxes are levied by the school board and how the public schools perform has a large impact on the type of families that move into the district).
There are a lot of tax issues on the ballot this election. If all of these levies pass, it would mean a significant increase on our property taxes. I hope all eligible voters take the time to vote in this election.
FYI – I am researching the issues and am waiting to clarify a couple of points before I share what I’ve found. IY”H, I hope to have it out next week some time. If I have anything to recommend on school board, I will do so at that time.
The amount that I am coming up with , btw, on taxes, should they all pass, is around $350 per year for a home valued at $100k.
What I can tell you about J-Vote is that each candidate answered a list of questions they put together and the results you see were based on their answers and had nothing to do with anyone else’s endorsements one way or another.
Cleveland Heights Voter says
I visited JVote. It seems this site was up a couple of years ago, then it was down, and now it’s up again. The website proclaims itself as the Jewish Voters Site, but there’s not a single name on the webpage. I would like to know who runs JVote and who is making these endorsements. I’m not saying I disagree with any of the endorsements; in fact, I agree with all of them. It would be helpful to know who’s behind JVote, what rabbonim are involved, and on what basis the candidates are chosen. In addition, there are some important issues on the ballot and the website does not address any of them.
MisterG says
It would be nice to see a list of which community members and rabbonim are making the JVote endorsements. At first glance, this list of endorsements looked suspiciously identical to the Democratic Party of Ohio’s endorsements. However, when looking at who is running in the current election, there aren’t many candidates to choose from.
It would be helpful to see a list of endorsed candidates for the CH-UH School Board. Considering that the school board probably has more of a direct effect on the community than the city council (most of our taxes are levied by the school board and how the public schools perform has a large impact on the type of families that move into the district).
There are a lot of tax issues on the ballot this election. If all of these levies pass, it would mean a significant increase on our property taxes. I hope all eligible voters take the time to vote in this election.
Susan Efroymson says
FYI – I am researching the issues and am waiting to clarify a couple of points before I share what I’ve found. IY”H, I hope to have it out next week some time. If I have anything to recommend on school board, I will do so at that time.
The amount that I am coming up with , btw, on taxes, should they all pass, is around $350 per year for a home valued at $100k.
What I can tell you about J-Vote is that each candidate answered a list of questions they put together and the results you see were based on their answers and had nothing to do with anyone else’s endorsements one way or another.