Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Effort would be followup to 2004 master plan.
Mayfield Road's retail development in Mayfield Heights lacks a sense of identity, according to planners who have proposed a $45,000 strategic plan the corridor. Mayor Gregory Costabile, who presented the idea to City Council for approval, said at a committee meeting Monday that the study represents the next step following the 2004 master plan, which he called "more of a wish list of where the city should go in the next 10 to 15 years." The strategic plan would be prepared by URS, represented Monday by engineer Chris Nielson and J. Jeffrey Homans, vice president of planning and environmental services. Participating with them would be the Coral Company, a commercial development group. Coral Company President and CEO Peter Rubin said there's …
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Primary election winner replaces temporary appointee.
Matt Lynch of Bainbridge has been appointed to the Ohio House 98th District seat. The announcement was made by Speaker of the Ohio House William G. Batchelder, who said Lynch would be a great addition. "He had a proven track record at the local level of cutting taxes and limiting government spending. Lynch's vision will certainly be an asset in the House as we continue our mission to make government more efficient and restore fairness to Ohio taxpayers," Batchelder said. Lynch had practiced law for more than 30 years with his family law firm and was elected to the Bainbridge Township Board of Trustees in 2007. Mary Brigid Matheney had been temporarily appointed to the position in February to fill the vacancy created when Richard Hollington…
Monday, April 16, 2012
Mandel was the guest speaker at a Tea Party rally on Sunday.
Ohio Treasurer and state Senate candidate Josh Mandel was the guest speaker at a Tea Party rally in Cuyahoga Falls Sunday afternoon. Watch the video above to hear what he had to say about Wall Street, Sherrod Brown and making it to Washington. Were you at the Tea Party? Share your thoughts on the event in the comments.
Friday, March 9, 2012
Issue 11 lost in two district communities.
Mayfield City School District officials and supporters of Issue 11 have Mayfield Heights voters to thank for passage of the 5.9 mill levy in Tuesday's primary election. Issue 11 was approved by a vote of 4,434 (52.74 percent) to 3,973 (47.26 percent). That was largely due to voters in Mayfield Heights, who backed the levy at a 59.3 percent clip – 2,325 votes in favor to 1,592 against, according to final, unofficial totals from the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. Mayfield Village voters narrowly approved the levy, with 540 votes (50.8 percent) in favor and 521 against. However, most voters in Highland Heights (48.2 percent in favor) and Gates Mills (37.5 percent) were against the tax issue. The 5.9 mill levy will raise $7.8 million …
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Area Republicans favored him by 2-1 margin over Santorum.
Mitt Romney might have barely won Ohio in Tuesday's primary, but he was the Hillcrest Patch area's clear choice over rival Rick Santorum for the Republican Party nomination. Among the 4,233 votes cast in the four Hillcrest Patch communities, 2,390 (56.4 percent) were for Romney, compared to 1,003 for Santorum (23.6 percent). Countywide, Romney received 48.68 percent of the vote, compared to 29.29 percent for Santorum. Newt Gingrich finished a distant third locally, with 524 votes, 12.3 percent of the total. All totals are final, unofficial results from the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. Votes for Romney and Santorum by community: • Gates Mills – Romney 388 (65.7 percent), Santorum 99 (16.7 percent) • Highland Heights – Romney 860 (58.…
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Mitt Romney won in the cities and suburbs, perhaps just enough to hold off Rick Santorum voters in the state's rural areas.
Mitt Romney narrowly defeated Rick Santorum Tuesday in the Ohio Republican primary to claim most of the delegates and the giant symbolic prize that is the Buckeye State. While some votes remain outstanding, the Associated Press, CNN and other media organizations have called the race for Romney. Romney performed well in the state's population centers, including Northeast Ohio, but could not defeat Santorum in the state's rural areas, according to results with 96 percent of the precincts reporting. Romney claimed the counties that included Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and other big cities. Newt Gingrich played the spoiler role, collecting about 15 percent of the vote. Here are the unofficial results from the Ohio Secretary of State: …
No independent candidates file to run against Patton, Brady
Republican incumbent State Sen. Tom Patton will face a challenge from Democrat Jennifer Brady this November. Both advanced unopposed in Tuesday's primary. Unofficial results from the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections show Patton received 25,302 votes in the 24th Senate District. Brady, a write-in candidate, garnered 4,645 votes. Because she received more than 50 write-in votes, her name will appear on the November general election ballot. No independent candidates filed to run for the four-year seat. Filing deadline for independents was Monday. Patton, 58, of Strongsville, is seeking his second term as 24th District representative to the Ohio Senate. Before that, he represented District 18 in the Ohio House of Representatives for six …
And the health and human services renewal levy passed by a wide margin.
The unofficial results are all in now from the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. The polls officially closed at 7:30 p.m. March 6. Results for the absentee ballots and the 1,082 precincts have been posted and can be found below. Five Democrats were vying for their party’s nomination to run for the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s seat in November. Timothy J. McGinty will be the Democrats' candidate in November. No Republicans are on the ballot. Edward S. Wade Jr. has filed as an Independent candidate. Patch covered a forum with all five candidates in February. All the candidates running for County Council will appear again in the general election in November. The number of precincts counted in each race is available below. Voters also voted …
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Issue 11, a 5.9 mill levy, received 52.7 percent approval.
Mayfield City School District residents approved a 5.9 mill levy in Tuesday's primary election. The 5.9 mill levy will raise $7.8 million annually and cost homeowners $180.68 for each $100,000 of property valuation. The levy was split – 5.4 mills for operating expenses and 0.5 mills for permanent improvements. The district's previous levy, for 6.9 mills, was approved by voters in 2008. Final, unofficial results from the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, were: Issue 11 "I am very pleased that the Mayfield community has decided to continue to invest in our community, our children and their future," school board President Sue Groszek said. "These are very hard times. People making the commitment they need to make for their future in hard …
Mayfield Heights will be part of district in 2013.
Democrat John E. Barnes Jr. was unopposed in Tuesday's primary for the Ohio House 12th District. No Republicans filed to enter the race. Unless a write-in candidate surfaces, Barnes will also be unopposed in the fall general election. In Tuesday's primary, Barnes received 10,820 votes, according to unofficial results from the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. A graduate of the Case Western Reserve University Weatherhead School of Management, Barnes has served as the 12th District representative for the past two years. As of January 2013, the communities in the 12th District will be Mayfield Heights, Pepper Pike, Orange, Highland Hills, Warrensville Heights, North Randall, Maple Heights, Bedford Heights and Bedford.
Evan Hammersmith
2:29 pm on Monday, April 23, 2012
Peter, compromise is great in many areas of life. On the issue of Federal spending, compromise is precisely why were trillions of dollars in debt. Even if you subtract the unilateral wasting of money by Obama and the democrats, we had 8 years of Republican controlled over spending under Bush. go-along get-along legislation filled with pork spending and unchecked waste ballooned our debt. Then … more ›