Cuyahoga and Summit are the only Ohio counties with an executive council form of government. Summit elects its sheriff. But when Cuyahoga reformers created the charter and voters overwhelmingly approved it in 2009, the county was still reeling from the corruption of former Sheriff Gerald McFaul. Since then, six Cuyahoga sheriffs have resigned. The day before county Executive Chris Ronayne’s new choice, Harold Pretel, was sworn in, a grassroots group launched a campaign for a charter amendment that would make the sheriff an elected position. It says the lack of continuity has contributed to problems in the jail, including deaths, high staff turnover and weaker partnerships with other county agencies. If council won’t put the measure on the ballot, the group says it will lead a citizen petition drive. -- Laura |
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Currently, Cuyahoga is the only Ohio county to have an appointed sheriff. (cleveland.com file photo) |
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Elected sheriff: A grassroots campaign began working to return the Cuyahoga County sheriff to an elected position, reports Kaitlin Durbin. The Northeast Ohio Public Safety Foundation began a public engagement campaign on Monday, fundraising and urging residents to call their local County Council representative to ask them to pursue a charter amendment that would allow for an elected sheriff. Sales tax holiday: For the past eight years, Ohio has had a sales tax “holiday” on school supplies the first weekend in August, meaning shoppers aren’t charged any sales tax on those products during that time. But starting next year, Ohio’s August sales tax holiday will dramatically expand to last far more than a weekend and to cover almost anything priced at $500 or less. Jeremy Pelzer reports economists on both the left and right say the idea is little more than a political gimmick, and that the three-quarters of a billion dollars in tax savings next year won’t do much to help retailers, lower-income Ohioans, or the state’s economy. Today in Ohio: Ohio House Republicans want to ban drag queens from library story hours and other children’s events, classifying the appearances as “adult cabaret performances” that are harmful or obscene to children. We’re talking about the move to appeal to the party’s most conservative base, and conflating drag with obscenity, on Today in Ohio, cleveland.com’s daily half-hour news podcast. |
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Early voting: Ohio voters already are turning out in droves to cast ballots in the first days of early voting for the Aug. 8 special election, reports Andrew Tobias. Last week, 66,314 Ohioans voted, compared to the 11,935 who did so during the first four days of early voting in May 2022. It’s unclear what the surge in early voting, which is particularly pronounced in urban and suburban areas, could foretell for State Issue 1, which would make it harder to amend the Ohio Constitution. Hunter Biden: Kirtland native Joseph Ziegler on Wednesday revealed himself to be the Internal Revenue Service agent known as “Whistleblower X,” who has told Republicans in the House of Representatives that President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, got preferential treatment from prosecutors in a probe of his tax misdeeds. Sabrina Eaton reports Ziegler and his IRS supervisor, Gary Shapley, told the committee that federal prosecutors had a pattern of “slow walking” the probe into Hunter Biden. |
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Euclid Beach: Euclid Beach Park memories are sweet for those who remember visiting the 90-acre lakefront park on Cleveland’s East Side, which operated for 74 years. (Cedar Point came first in 1870.) Paris Wolfe reports that this weekend, the Cleveland History Center will offer pop-up educational talks, food trucks, carousel rides, and more. |
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Socially responsible: Cleveland Clinic South Pointe Hospital in Warrensville Heights is the most socially responsible hospital in Ohio, according to the annual Lown Institute rankings that grade hospitals on employee pay equity, cost efficiency, patient safety and other measures. Three Clinic hospitals topped the Ohio list, as well as Ashtabula County Medical Center and Clinic Akron General, Julie Washington reports. |
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Mass shooting: A Cuyahoga County grand jury on Wednesday handed up an indictment against the two men accused of the July 9 mass shooting in downtown Cleveland that injured nine, John Tucker reports. Jaylon Jennings, 25, who authorities say was the triggerman, faces 31 charges. Kevin Del Valle-Salaman, 24, who police say drove the getaway car, faces 28 charges. Acquittal: A Cleveland man who spent two decades in prison for a murder that he long denied committing was acquitted by a jury Wednesday after the case went to a second trial. Cory Shaffer reports jurors took less than two hours to reach the conclusion that Michael Buehner, 46, had spent 22 years fighting to hear. Drug trafficking: A Cleveland man faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison after he was convicted Monday of federal drug trafficking and firearm charges. Olivia Mitchell reports a jury found William Sims, 45, guilty of possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, crack cocaine, fentanyl, fluorofentanyl, cocaine and heroin. Perrion Winfrey: The Browns finally got to the end of their rope with troubled defensive tackle Perrion Winfrey. Mary Kay Cabot reports they swiftly released him on Wednesday morning after a woman posted a video on her Instagram story of Winfrey threatening her with a gun and threatening to hit her outside of The 9 in downtown Cleveland. Stolen identities: When North Canton AirBnb owners in February discovered the person to whom they had rented used the account of a dead business owner, they swiftly kicked him out and called police. Officers arrested the man, Charles Hensley of Akron, on drug possession charges and violating his parole, reports Adam Ferrise. The FBI linked Hensley to dozens of other stolen identities, including at least one other dead person and another Canton business owner. |
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Fall Out Boy: Fans packed a sold-out Blossom Music Center on Tuesday to catch the emo-pop-punk heroes of Fall Out Boy as they came through on its “So Much For (Tour) Dust” tour. Malcolm X Abram reports the band lit up the night with a pyrotechnics display worthy of a July 4 celebration, including bassist Pete Wentz’s flame-throwing bass guitar that fired up the crowd. Pretenders tour: The Pretenders will embark on a tour of “intimate venues” beginning in August at the famed Bowery Ballroom in New York City and running through early October. Malcolm X Abram reports the tour will not stop in Northeast Ohio but will come to The Shelter in Detroit on Sept. 5. New River Gorge: New River Gorge had been on Laura Johnston’s bucket list since she glimpsed a photo of the mammoth arch-truss bridge braced against an endless span of leafy green. When she realized she had an entirely open summer weekend, she took a spontaneous trip with her 12-year-old son and 3-year-old dog. |
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