Revival?

Back in 2010, we started petitions to amend the Cleveland City Charter to remove traffic revenue cameras and repeal the waste collection tax.  The process was slower and more difficult than we expected, so we put the trash tax petition on hold to focus on the camera removal petition, which culminated in the landslide victory of Issue 35 earlier this week.  Now that that’s out of the way, we’re assessing whether there is sufficient donor and volunteer interest to restart the petition to repeal the waste collection tax. Stay tuned for further announcements.

Petition Volunteer Opportunity – St. Stanislaus Festival – Oct. 1-3

The St. Stanislaus Polish Festival presents a great opportunity to collect signatures for this issue and the traffic camera removal. If you can help, please call 216-503-2238.

When: Friday, October 1 to Sunday, October 3
Friday 5-11 pm
Saturday 5-11 pm
Sunday 11 am-6 pm

Where: St. Stanislaus Social Center
6601 Baxter Av.

Petition Volunteer Meeting – Saturday 10/2 – 10:30 am – corner of Fleet and Broadway

The deadline to get this issue on the February Cleveland ballot is fast approaching. We have a meeting coming up on Saturday, October 2 where you can turn in completed petition forms, pick up blank forms, and find out about upcoming signature gathering opportunities.

The person who collects the most signatures for this issue and the traffic camera removal and brings them to the meeting or makes arrangements to get them to us prior to the meeting will receive a $20 Speedway gift card.

When: Saturday, October 2, 10:30 AM

Where: Cleveland Public Library
Fleet Branch
Corner of Fleet and Broadway in Slavic Village
Meeting Room

We hope to see you there!

Petition Volunteer Meeting – Saturday 9/25 – 10:30 am – 1900 Fulton Rd.

The deadline to get this issues on the February Cleveland ballot is fast approaching. We have a meeting coming up on Saturday, September 25 where you can turn in completed petition forms, pick up blank forms, and find out about upcoming signature gathering opportunities.

The person who collects the most signatures for this issue and the red light camera removal and brings them to the meeting or makes arrangements to get them to us prior to the meeting will receive a $20 Speedway gift card.

When: Saturday, September 25, 10:30

Where: Cleveland Public Library
Carnegie West Branch
1900 Fulton Rd. (in Ohio City, just north of Lorain Av.)
Meeting Room

We hope to see you there!

Petition Volunteer Opportunity-Rally With Bill Clinton on Tuesday

Former President Clinton is going to be in town for a rally with Governor Strickland on Tuesday afternoon. This event presents a great opportunity to gather signatures from Cleveland voters. If you can help get signatures, please call 216-503-2238.

Where: Cuyahoga Community College Metro Campus Gymnasium – 2900 Community College Av.
When: Tuesday, September 14 – Rally starts at 2 pm, please get there by 1pm to collect signatures

UPDATE: The time of the event has been changed to 1:30 pm. If you can help us gather signatures, please meet at noon.

Weekend Signature Opportunities – September 11-12

There are three events coming up in Cleveland this weekend that provide great opportunities to collect signatures. If you need petition forms, please call 216-503-2238

Our Lady of Angels Fall Festival

Our Lady of Angels Church, 3644 Rocky River Drive
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday

Shaker Square Farmers’ Market

Saturday, September 11
8 am to 12 pm
on Shaker Square

Kamm’s Corners Farmers’ Market
Sunday, September 12
10 am to 2 pm
W. 168th and Lorain

Labor Day Weekend Events

There are two big events coming up in Cleveland this weekend that provide great opportunities to collect signatures.  If you need petition forms, please call 216-503-2238

Festival of St. Rocco

St. Rocco’s Church, 3205 Fulton Road

6pm-midnight on Friday

1 pm to 1 am on Saturday and Sunday

1 pm to midnight on Monday

More information is available at the St. Rocco’s website

Click here for directions

11th District Labor Day Parade

Monday, September 6

The parade begins at 11:00 am at E. 146th and Kinsman and proceeds west to Luke Easter Park at MLK Drive and Kinsman

Click here for directions

Hey Cleveland! Let’s TRASH the TAX

You might have noticed your water bill was $32.00 higher when you received your first bill of the year 2010 from the Cleveland Division of Water. If you are one of the unlucky homeowners who doesn’t qualify for an exemption, then you will pay $96.00 more dollars this year — for garbage pick-up. Yes, you read that right—a service fee for a service that you are already paying taxes for.

You might be wondering where all the money goes. Good question. The next time you see your council REPRESENTATIVE, you might ask her/him where all the money goes. In fact, maybe you want to call your council representative and ask him/her where all that money goes.

For all the unlucky homeowners who have no choice in their trash pick-up, who have been billed an additional fee for trash pick-up, who don’t know what to do with escalating costs coming at you from the right, from the left and from the middle, you now have a choice.

Get a petition and start circulating that petition and let’s let the people of Cleveland decide if they want to pay an additional service fee for trash pick-up. When we collect enough signatures, it will be placed on the ballot for the people to decide. Have you had enough yet? or will it take additional service fees, tax hikes, assignments or whatever you want to call it to get you to take action.

CLEVELANDERS–LET’S TRASH THE TAX!!

Call 216-503-2238 and leave a message. Someone will get back to you. Check this site often to see how, when and where to circulate the petition.

It is up to you to do something. It always has been and it always will be up to you to decide how you want your local government run.