Below is information about the status of the Cleveland Heights initiative I’ve been working on for over two years. This initiative has broad based support from the community at large as well as within our kehilla including both sides of the political spectrum and ranking members of both local parties. Many in our neighborhood already signed the petition.
It will be on the ballot. The question at hand is whether certain politicians will successfully muddy the waters by creating purposeful confusion for election day by voting to put a competing amendment on the same ballot. It’s ugly politics that does not speak well of our City. That decision is being made on Monday. Please find the below information helpful in sending communications to council as well as consider joining us Monday night wearing green.
Feel free to contact me for more information or better yet, go to our website at citizensforanelectedmayor.com.
Susan Efroymson
Hello Citizens for an Elected Mayor (CEM) community!
We’re in the homestretch to get our initiative on the November ballot. As you may have heard, five of our City Council members have formed a secretive PAC designed to oppose Citizens for an Elected Mayor. They’ve also rushed forward with a plan to add their own competing ballot measure to the November ballot, one that won’t create a full-time elected mayor, but will instead strengthen the City Manager’s position.
Like many in our community, we are concerned that having two amendments on the ballot will create confusion for voters. Our City Council members should listen to the will of the people before proceeding with their own preferred plan. Voters deserve a clear vote on what form of government their city ought to have.
We need you to do two things to help us.
First, we need you to contact City Council as soon as possible and tell them to delay any further action on their own plan until the citizen-led initiative has been presented to voters in November. The secretive PAC opposing our efforts has already started asking their supporters to contact council members, so we need to flood their inboxes!
Here are email addresses for our City Council members:
jstein@clvhts.com
mungar@clvhts.com
kseren@clvhts.com
mdunbar@clvhts.com
ccobb@clvhts.com
myasinow@clvhts.com
mayorroe@clvhts.com
Here’s a sample email for City Council:
Hello Councilmember BLANK,
I am BLANK, a resident of Cleveland Heights for BLANK years. (Feel free to include more information about your involvement in the community here). I believe that including two competing ballot initiatives will only confuse the voters of Cleveland Heights in November. I ask you to listen to the voices of real citizens here in Cleveland Heights. Please delay action on City Council’s proposed changes to the city charter until after voters have had a chance to make their voices heard. We deserve a clear “yes or no” vote on the on the future of our city’s structure. I’m asking you to embrace democracy we value in Cleveland Heights by making the decision as clear as possible for voters this fall,and delaying further activity on the council-led initiative until citizens have had a chance to speak. Give us one choice with one vote.
Thank you.
Would you like to support us on social media too? Here’s a sample message you can share.
Facebook:
Cleveland Heights voters deserve a clear choice this November. Tell City Council not to intentionally confuse voters. Please join us at City Hall on Monday, July 29th at 7:00 PM to tell our City Council that we want one choice and one vote. #onechoiceonevote
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