On Monday, November 25 Cleveland City Council President Kevin Kelley introduced legislation to delay implementation of the plastic ban bag passed by the County Council on May 28. It is expected that this legislation will be fast tracked through City Council and voted on at the December 2 meeting. The countywide ban goes into effect January 1 but individual communities can opt out if they pass legislation before that date as Brooklyn did several weeks ago . A Cleveland opt out, even for a few years would effectively kill the ban and all of the ecological benefits it would bring. Cuyahoga County fears Cleveland may opt out of plastic bag ban, diminishing its effectiveness describes the situation with a little more detail.
If you live in Cleveland please contact your City Councilperson ASAP to voice your opposition to this legislation. If you live in Cleveland but aren’t sure what Ward you live in please click here. If you don’t live in Cleveland but know someone who does and would be outraged enough about this to contact their councilperson please contact them.
Ward 1: Joe Jones – 216 664 4944, jjones@clevelandcitycouncil.org
Ward 2: Kevin Bishop – 216 664 4945, kbishop@clevelandcitycouncil.org
Ward 3: Kerry McCormack – 216 664 2961 kmccormack@clevelandcitycouncil.org
Ward 4: Ken Johnson – 216 664 4941, kjohnson@clevelandcitycouncil.org
Ward 5: Phyllis Cleveland – 216 664 2309, pcleveland@clevelandcitycouncil.org
Ward 6: Blaine Griffin – 216 664 4234, bgriffin@clevelandcitycouncil.org
Ward 7: Basheer Jones – 216 664 2908, bjones@clevelandcitycouncil.org
Ward 8: Michael Polensek – 216 664 4236, mpolensek@clevelandcitycouncil.org
Ward 9: Kevin Conwell – 216 664 4252, kconwell@clevelandcitycouncil.org
Ward 10: Anthony Hairston – 216 664 4743, ahairston@clevelandcitycouncil.org
Ward 11: Dona Brady – 216 664 3708, dbrady@clevelandcitycouncil.org
Ward 12: Anthony Brancatelli – 216 664 4233, abrancatelli@clevelandcitycouncil.org
Ward 13: Kevin Kelley – 216 664 4579, kkelley@clevelandcitycouncil.org
Ward 14: Jasmin Santana – 216 664 4238, jsantana@clevelandcitycouncil.org
Ward 15: Matt Zone – 216 664 4235, mzone@clevelandcitycouncil.org
Ward 16: Brian Kazy – 216 664 2942, bkazy@clevelandcitycouncil.org
Ward 17: Charles Slife – 216 664 4239, cslife@clevelandcitycouncil.org
