Mayor Jane
Campbell to Give Her Annual State of the City
Address to

The City Club
of Cleveland

CLEVELAND, OH—The Honorable Jane Campbell, mayor
of the City of Cleveland, will give her annual State of the
City address at noon on Friday, February 18,
2005, to The City Club of Cleveland. The Friday Forum will be held at the Sheraton City Centre,
777 St. Clair
Avenue,
Cleveland.

Mayor Campbell’s political career
began in the Ohio House of Representatives, where she served six terms. She was
then elected Cuyahoga County Commissioner, and in 2000, to
Cleveland’s top job. She will seek her second
term as mayor of Cleveland during the 2005
elections.

Mayor Campbell was named a “Crain’s
Cleveland Business� Business Woman of Influence, one of the 100 Most Influential
Women in Cleveland by “Cleveland Magazine,� and a Woman to Watch in the ‘90s by
“Ms. Magazine.�

“This year’s speech is sure to be of
great interest to the public, especially since it’s an election year and the
Mayor Campbell is in the forefront of several hot-button issues like casinos and
a new convention center,� said Jim Foster, executive
director of The City Club of Cleveland. “We
are very pleased once again to host the Mayor for her annual address to
Cleveland.�

This Forum is sponsored by
SBC.

Tickets for this City Club Friday
Forum are $30 for members and $40 for non-members. Lunch is included. Prepayment
is required, and tickets are non-refundable. They can be purchased by calling
The City Club at 216.621.0082 or visiting the website at
www.cityclub.org.

Established in 1912 to encourage new
ideas and a free exchange of thought, The City Club of Cleveland is the oldest
continuous free speech forum in the country, renowned for its tradition of
debate and discussion. The City Club’s mission is to inform, educate and inspire
citizens by presenting significant ideas and providing opportunities for
dialogue in a collegial setting.

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