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In a letter filed yesterday, Cleveland Lead Advocates for Safe Housing (CLASH) demanded that Cleveland Law Director Barbara Langhenry compel city council clerk Patricia Britt to accept the 6,350 signatures that CLASH submitted last month with the hopes of putting a lead-safe ordinance on the November ballot. 

Those signatures were rejected by council because the petitions failed to include an all-caps disclaimer about election falsification required by the Ohio Revised Code. 

CLASH has maintained, and reiterated in its letter to Langhenry, (attached below), that the City Charter, not the Ohio Revised Code, dictates the local government response. It has cited numerous legal precedents, including the Ohio Supreme Court’s decision in the Q Deal referendum dispute, to argue that Britt must accept the petitions, regardless of their form or substance.   More…

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“Embrace the movement that supports a ballot issue to toughen Cleveland’s lead paint laws.

The baby steps announced by the city will be heralded as a step in the right direction. But a recent study found that more than one in four of those entering kindergarten in Cleveland public schools who were screened had a history of exposure to potentially brain-damaging amounts of lead. That demands this issue be treated like a citywide emergency.”

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