I got a letter in the mail today saying from MARTIN SWEENEY saying that City Council "UNANIMOUSLY" voted yes to place these issues on the ballot... wow..... wake up City of Cleveland residents....

2 PROPOSED  AMENDMENTS TO (SEE FOR YOURSELF)

THE CITY OF CLEVELAND CHARTER: 

On one side of the page, they write in layman's terms... on the other side....it's almost confusing to read-the way it will read on the ballot....

I'll have to reread it several times to make sure I am NOT supporting the idea of them getting away with more fiscal murder under the premise of "sustaining ward integrity"....my God...they are really wizards down there at City Hall when it comes to writing up some laws that save them THEIR JOBS through the TERM! 

They didn't work that magic for the water department, the police, or the firefighters that were laid off recently....did they???? Hey-while we are at it.....why can't they draw up a quick law that keeps all those teachers from being laid off at the CMSD???? But, amazingly, they can draw up a CHARTER AMENDMENT that empowers them to remain in their positions even when the Census is going to totally disrupt their "politics" as usual momentum.

Wow....Am I reading this literature accurately? Help me here guys!???

They seem like they are trying to save their own jobs by changing the charter and trying to tell us that it's because they want to insure that we don't get our wards sliced up when the census bureau statistics are in.... they already anticipate the results...but they have known for too long anyhow!

HELLO... They didn't care last year when they pulled that sliced up mess without hesitation which disupted wards throughout Cleveland in an election year, without effective planning, and without consideration for the rest of us! 

Now-they (CITY COUNCIL) need the voters to SAVE THEIR JOBS! I think it's a day late and a dollar short...they created this defunct city environment after years of systematic abuses...perhaps it's time for them to be left out hanging without a job...WHAT COMES AROUND-GOES AROUND...VOTE NO ON ISSUE 18...

Okay...and this is only ISSUE 18.... wait til you catch the other flip side of this coin....

ISSUE 19 is where they are whimsically trying to update the Charter every 10 years instead of 20 years and get 1 year instead of 6 months to finish this process....with a panel of 15 folks...  They are really talented at confusing the little people....experts I'd say.

Wow...an entire year of 15 folks reviewing the City Charter who get paid like $75k per year....hmmmmm?????

I might support this if I knew who who the commission was and (councilman/consultants/etc)... how much direct time was being consumed to make amendments. 

I actually think that if every 4 years when the council was elected-that they were forced to go through direct training and review of the City Charter and Codified Ordinances-that so many LESS Laws would be violated and many more citizens would have justice...but they are apparently shooting from the hip on surviving being council reps without a true awareness of the charter/codified ordinances etc required to be in their positions...

In layman's terms... I will VOTE NO on their proposed amendment ISSUE 18- because it's time for change and it sometimes begins with the same leadership that assisted us in getting into this dysfunctional position in the first place.... CHOP CHOP....let's get rid of the drains on our budget-$75k a pop....one councilman at a time... Let the rest get rigidly aligned to shape up or ship out too!