City Council Caucus Meeting [IN PERSON ONLY]
Cleveland City Council
Monday, May 23, 2022
12:00 p.m. — 2:00 p.m. EDT
601 Lakeside Ave Cleveland, OH 44114 (Directions)
Cleveland City Hall - Mercedes Cotner Meeting Room 217
Cleveland City Council is the legislative branch of the government of the City of Cleveland in Ohio. There are 17 elected Cleveland City Council members representing the 17 wards of the City of Cleveland. Each ward has approximately 25,000 residents. Council Members are elected to serve a four-year term. Council members serve two roles in their duties: to draft and enact legislation for the city of Cleveland and act as ombudspersons for their constituents.
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Edited and summarized by the Cleveland - OH Documenters Team
Ohio Democratic Party chair, council members discuss strengthening the party
Ohio Democratic Party chair, council members discuss strengthening the party
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The meeting will be live at 12:00PM.
11:08 AM May 23, 2022 CDT
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But have no worries, we use the tools we have, here's a live-stream from my phone:
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Sandwiches, salad, potatoes chips, and pepsi. https://t.co/roncr8hhvJ
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Griffin notes that he spoke to attorneys and they are in the clear for the meeting.
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"We hope today is the beginning of a reciprocal relationship."
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"We stripped it down to the bones and rebuilt our financial and data operations. We use electoral data and for the first time we used nonelectoral data."
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She shared another image of a map that reflects Aging In Ohio,
"The 13 dark blue counties had more people over the age 65 than children under the age 18 in 2018."
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Counties that people are moving out of and moving into.
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"Trump did better in every Ward in Cleveland in 2020 than in 2016."
Chair Walters argues the Republican Party has invested more in marketing & targeting, essentially increased his percentage among demographic categories by 2 - 3%
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"The fastest growing African-American community is in Fairfield County. ... By 2030 it will outpace others."
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Chair Walters states it is due to suburban sprawl.
On Franklin County, the Spanish community has increased 300%.
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W6 CM Griffin thanks Chair Walters for being proactive, instead of reactive. He states Cleveland has high poverty areas and it is hard to ask people to do things for free.
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He shared about his past experience organizing for Sherrod Brown & detailed issues with the DEM party's local efforts in organizing. https://t.co/rjWPmjmG3U
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W3 CM McCormack, "A sustainable structure is what will save Ohio, not flying in Lebron James."
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"Ohio was a blue state, now we shifted red. Why have we shifted red? I want to say, I look at my own Ward that was overwhelmingly Democratic. The majority of my constituents today are independents." https://t.co/MKNutYWIHh
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"This liberal crap, this left wing crap is not cutting it anymore. My African-American community is not having it."
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Chair Walters doesn't respond. Griffin interjects and advocates for several questions before from Council before she responds.
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Chair Walters responds yes and that it was a required part of the job description when hiring. https://t.co/PDb9m1sy2B
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He requests for a "granular analysis of Cleveland versus the rest of the County."
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"Collectively, we need boots on the ground. ... If you're trying to wake people up, you've got to provide resources." https://t.co/pDPkIfi1mw
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He complains about outdated candidates. "It's not about what you did in the back of the day, it's about what you can do for us."
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Jones argues that Biden isn't doing nearly as bad as Polensek state but there is a general failure to correctly market what they sell/have done.
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Jones shares many thoughts about the state of the Republican Party and the Democratic Party.
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What is the Democratic Party's change of identify with voters who don't identify with the Democratic Party anymore?
What do you think is our change of capitalizing on the scare of losing Roe v. Wade?
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"If we aren't championing our own people, we will be forever lost. Let's talk about what we are doing here in the City of Cleveland." https://t.co/0zerpd1rx7
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She states, "The people that left aren't coming back." And she isn't looking for them to come back either.
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"When you show up for people, they show up for you. If we don't do a better job, then we will continue to lose the State."
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"You have to have your heart in that Democratic Center Chair position." https://t.co/up8Xl0vPj9
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She recommends connecting with the Ohio Democratic Leaders Coalition.
She will add Council to a Senior lists, to have access to talking points.
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On the Ohio Democratic Party purpose, "Our job is infrastructure, to build roads for candidates to coast to a win on."
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OH DEM Chair Walters believes the party must have a "Yes, and" attitude.
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Cleveland City Council is the legislative branch of the government of the City of Cleveland in Ohio. There are 17 elected Cleveland City Council members representing the 17 wards of the City of Cleveland. Each ward has approximately 25,000 residents. Council Members are elected to serve a four-year term. Council members serve two roles in their duties: to draft and enact legislation for the city of Cleveland and act as ombudsmen for their constituents.
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