Its been a roller coaster year at City Hall in University Heights between the threats of a recall and the major development projects. And Mayor Michael Dylan Brennan has made the momentous decision that this will be his last ride. He talks to Dew Diligence about his recent decision to not run for reelection in 2025.
Dew Diligence - Episode 26 - Councilman Craig Cobb "The Budget"
Councilman Craig Cobb is not happy. He and five other members of Cleveland Heights City Council voted to approve a temporary 3-month budget, rejecting Mayor Seren's full-year 2025 budget. Mayor Seren says this is petty politics and has made his feelings known over city social media channels. Council says chaos in the city finance department, delays in getting hands on budget materials and holes in the budget as presented made passing the Mayor's 12-month budget as impossible.
Dew Diligence - Episode 24 - The Rooster DJ Byrnes
Citizen journalist DJ Byrnes is doing his best to make life miserable for the GOP supermajority (and some Democrats) at the Statehouse in Columbus. I sat down with him at Franklin Park, not far the Statehouse, just an hour after Joe Biden announced he was dropping out. We talk about the effect his withdrawal could have on Sherrod Brown and the rest of the ballot, the school voucher lawsuit, the ongoing HB6 investigation, his recent surprise appearance on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and much more. Subscribe to the Rooster newsletter at www.rooster.info
Dew Diligence - Episode 23 - Mayor Michael Dylan Brennan Recall Effort Follow-Up
There will be no recall vote for University Heights Mayor Michael Dylan Brennan. Was the recall “called off” a few days before signatures were due? Or did they organizers simply fall short of the 1200 signatures needed to put the recall on the ballot for a special August election? Mayor Brennan offers his take on why the effort failed and what we can expect from University Heights and the many projects in the pipeline moving forward.
Dew Diligence - Episode 22 - Mayor Michael Dylan Brennan Addresses Recall Effort
A group of five University Heights citizens filed notice with the city that they have begun a recall effort against Mayor Brennan. Moving University Heights Forward is a PAC formed by citizens Daniel Cohen, Scott Soeder, Bonnye Klein, Paul Lindner and Kelly Sheehy to lead the effort. Mayor Brennan pulls no punches as he assesses who he thinks is behind the effort to have him recalled.
Dew Diligence - Episode 21 - Mayor Kahlil Seren
Dew Diligence - Episode 20 - Janine Boyd
Dew Diligence - Episode 19 - Melody Joy Hart
Dew Diligence - Episode 18 - Jim Petras
Dew Diligence - Episode 17 - Jon Benedict
Dew Diligence - Episode 16 - Gail Larson
Dew Diligence - Episode 15 - Jeanne Gordon
Dew Diligence - Episode 14 - Josie Moore
Dew Diligence returns with former Cleveland Heights City Councilperson Josie Moore. We are less than a month from an important election in Ohio (abortion rights and legal weed are on the ballot). And right here in Cleveland Heights we have six candidates running for three seats on city council. Incumbents Melody Joy Hart, Janine Boyd and Gail Larson are joined on the ballot by Jim Petras, Jon Benedict and Jeanne Gordon.
I chose Josie Moore to kick things off because no one in our city is better equipped to assess the current state of city council. After winning election in 2021, she resigned after a little more than a year as she saw her mental health and family relationships suffering. She talks about the issues she had in adjusting to life on council, what drove her to resign and who she is backing in 2023.
Dew Diligence Episode 13 - Cheryl Stephens
Cheryl Stephens is the President and CEO of East Akron Neighborhood Development Corporation. She is also our representative on County Council (District 10). She served as the appointed mayor of Cleveland Heights during her many years on Cleveland Heights City Council. She offers her perspective on this momentous week in Cleveland Heights and on the part she played in getting us here. She also walks us through some of the many developing projects on tap in the area.
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Dew Diligence Episode 12 - Dustin Russell
Dustin Russell is a rare thing in Cleveland Heights. He's a republican. He is on the GOP central committee and ran against Rep Janine Boyd in 2020. We talk about the crazy state of politics in Cleveland Heights and the strange bedfellows that have emerged around our monumental local races that will be decided in three short weeks.
Episode 11 - Candidate Kahlil Seren
Episode 10 - Candidate Barbara Danforth
Episode 9 - Candidate Melody Joy Hart
Episode 8 - Nina Turner
Nina Turner joins us we head towards the August 3 Democratic primary that will likely decide the District 11 race. Topics- negative campaigning, dark money in politics, our EPA consent decree issues and how our new mayor will be able to connect with her if she wins.
Interviews with our four mayoral candidates will start to roll out next week.
Episode 7 - Will Knight
You may have seen more and more yard signs supporting Will Knight starting to pop up in the Heights. Will Knight is one of the candidates in the crowded District 11 field vying to replace Marcia Fudge. The former Ohio State walk-on wrestler relishes the underdog role. He’s fighting to take a seat alongside his old wrestling coach Jim Jordan. The same Jim Jordan who abandoned Will and his Ohio State teammates as they fight to expose a decades-long sex abuse scandal.
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