Dew Diligence - Episode 26 - Councilman Craig Cobb "The Budget"

Councilman Craig Cobb is not happy. He and five other members of Cleveland Heights City Council voted to approve a temporary 3-month budget, rejecting Mayor Seren's full-year 2025 budget. Mayor Seren says this is petty politics and has made his feelings known over city social media channels. Council says chaos in the city finance department, delays in getting hands on budget materials and holes in the budget as presented made passing the Mayor's 12-month budget as impossible.

Dew Diligence - Episode 25 - Jaime "Jaques François" Hosticka

The growing pains continue for our still new-ish form of government. Our outgoing Cleveland Heights Rec Director lights City Hall a love letter on the way out the door which set off a chain of events ending with Mayor Seren announcing he is investigating members of City Council for meeting in secret (violating Sunshine Laws). The collaboration everyone says they desire might tough moving forward given the events, and heated rhetoric, of the last week. Jaime Hosticka, who goes by Jaques François online, is a clinical psychotherapist and a former moderator of the Cleveland Heights Neighborhood Chatter Facebook Group. He gives us his impressions on the state of discourse at City Hall.

Dew Diligence - Episode 24 - The Rooster DJ Byrnes

Citizen journalist DJ Byrnes is doing his best to make life miserable for the GOP supermajority (and some Democrats) at the Statehouse in Columbus. I sat down with him at Franklin Park, not far the Statehouse, just an hour after Joe Biden announced he was dropping out. We talk about the effect his withdrawal could have on Sherrod Brown and the rest of the ballot, the school voucher lawsuit, the ongoing HB6 investigation, his recent surprise appearance on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and much more. Subscribe to the Rooster newsletter at www.rooster.info

Dew Diligence - Episode 23 - Mayor Michael Dylan Brennan Recall Effort Follow-Up

There will be no recall vote for University Heights Mayor Michael Dylan Brennan. Was the recall “called off” a few days before signatures were due? Or did they organizers simply fall short of the 1200 signatures needed to put the recall on the ballot for a special August election? Mayor Brennan offers his take on why the effort failed and what we can expect from University Heights and the many projects in the pipeline moving forward.

Dew Diligence Episode 23. University Heights Mayor Michael Dylan Brennan addresses the failed recall effort.

Dew Diligence - Episode 22 - Mayor Michael Dylan Brennan Addresses Recall Effort

A group of five University Heights citizens filed notice with the city that they have begun a recall effort against Mayor Brennan. Moving University Heights Forward is a PAC formed by citizens Daniel Cohen, Scott Soeder, Bonnye Klein, Paul Lindner and Kelly Sheehy to lead the effort. Mayor Brennan pulls no punches as he assesses who he thinks is behind the effort to have him recalled.

Dew Diligence - Episode 14 - Josie Moore

Dew Diligence returns with former Cleveland Heights City Councilperson Josie Moore. We are less than a month from an important election in Ohio (abortion rights and legal weed are on the ballot). And right here in Cleveland Heights we have six candidates running for three seats on city council. Incumbents Melody Joy Hart, Janine Boyd and Gail Larson are joined on the ballot by Jim Petras, Jon Benedict and Jeanne Gordon.

I chose Josie Moore to kick things off because no one in our city is better equipped to assess the current state of city council. After winning election in 2021, she resigned after a little more than a year as she saw her mental health and family relationships suffering. She talks about the issues she had in adjusting to life on council, what drove her to resign and who she is backing in 2023.

Dew Diligence Episode 13 - Cheryl Stephens

Cheryl Stephens is the President and CEO of East Akron Neighborhood Development Corporation. She is also our representative on County Council (District 10). She served as the appointed mayor of Cleveland Heights during her many years on Cleveland Heights City Council. She offers her perspective on this momentous week in Cleveland Heights and on the part she played in getting us here. She also walks us through some of the many developing projects on tap in the area.

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