Category: Akron Politics
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I want YOU to run for Akron Political Office
The ONLY way we are going to make our city better is if we do it ourselves. I have just set up a political committee to begin my process of running for Mayor of Akron in 2023. I have a lot of ideas about how I would make things better. But the NUMBER ONE thing…
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Issues I Would Focus on If I Were to Run For Akron Mayor in 2023
I am not saying I will run for Akron Mayor in 2023. But SOMEONE needs to run and I don’t get a sense of anyone thinking about it at this point. (It’s getting close to the time when a person has to decide if they are going to run or not if they have any…
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Richard Grass. Akron Humanitarian Rights Fighter
This is Richard Grass. He’s an important person in the humanitarian fight for homeless rights in Akron Ohio. He is seen here wearing his tent because the city came and stole every single other item of his. He finally cut a hole in his tent, and put his head through it and told them that…
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This is what Akron RacISM Looks Like
If you are an Akronite, this article should be required reading to understand your history: https://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/a-road-to-nowhere-how-the-construction-of-akrons-innerbelt-displaced-thousands/Content?oid=27096491 This is what African-American racISM looks like. It’s policies that undermine black people. And now we are doing it again by giving people 15 years of tax free living if they build a new house in Akron. This incredible…
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Sunday Morning With Sage – The Corrupt Akron Government AND Sex and The Church
Let’s talk about this: The man accused of killing eight people, including six women of Asian descent, blamed “sexual addiction,” a disputed term used in parts of evangelical culture. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/20/us/evangelical-sex-addiction-atlanta-suspect.html We also spent a lot of time talking about corruption in Akron politics and how to organize to make real change for our city.
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Why I Act The Way I Act
Some people cringe at my outbursts. They tell me that my anger and attacks on politicians is childish and hurtful to my overall cause. I am nothing if not intentional in my actions. Some may think that I’m just some madman yelling into the wind further isolating myself and spiralling out of control. I do…
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Akron City Councilman Mike Freeman Bashing Me For Having The Audacity Of Speaking at City Council
This was at the December 3, 2018 Akron City Council Meeting as the city destroys our tent village while not housing 14 of our 50+ Residents They Promised To House. The original full council video is here: https://youtu.be/JV2-4vDxMp0
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City of Akron Salaries for the Mayor and his Cabinet
As of March 11, 2021, the average annual pay for a Mayor in Akron is $171,265 an year.City council members make $34,694. The council president makes $44,616These are 2015 Numbers:Chief of staff: James Hardy: Annual salary: $106,454.Deputy chief of staff: Annie McFadden: Salary: $95,000.Law director: Eve Belfance: Salary: $127,837.Deputy mayor for public safety: Charles Brown:…
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TARA SAMPLES TRIES TO END THE OHIO DEATH PENALTY AND HORRIGAN’S GOONS STOP HER.
Thank you Tara L. Samples for shining a light on this middle ages bullshit that is the Ohio Death Penalty. (Ward 5 Councilwoman Tara Samples introduced a resolution to support a group of bipartisan state lawmakers who again are trying to legislate an end to capital punishment in Ohio.) Shammas Malik AGAIN! You stand on…
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If the government is going to kill me I’d prefer they do it when I’m unarmed
Other than a box cutter I carry on me to open boxes of food I give out to homeless people, I have no weapons. No stun gun, no pepper spray, and certainly no guns. I don’t want the government to be able to hide behind the convenient excuse that I was a “dangerous, violent man…
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Preparing for the Akron City Council and Mayor Primary in May of 2023
I want you to start thinking about running for Akron City Council or Akron Mayor in 2023. It’s SO hard to beat the oppressive Summit County Dems machine. YOU NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT IT NOW.If you run as a Democrat (which you should. Akron only votes for Democrats) then your election is going to…
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Akron had more killings than ever in 2020
According to a Beacon Journal analysis of Akron police data, there were 843 gun-related crimes in the city in 2020, up from 473 in 2019. The neighborhoods hardest hit by the increases were East Akron (150), West Akron (137) and Kenmore (92). I get the opportunity to work with some drug dealers and addicted adults…
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Thomarios Construction Is Dan Horrigan Pillar Of Power We Must Attack
A standard approach of bringing down a dictator like Dan Horrigan is to attack his pillars of power. You go after the people that help him maintain power. Thomarios is a long-term benefactor of scraping money off of Akron. Not only do they get really juicy contracts, they also got the Cannabis grow house in…
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Akron City Council Votes To Resume Shutting Off Your Water
Remember this when the city comes to shut off your water and your children ask why they can’t get a drink of water and then the city comes to evict you become you have no water. Mike Freeman, Brad McKitrick and Sharon L. Connor did this to you. They voted to shut off your water…
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Downtown construction to restart on Akron’s Main Street
What I might hate about Corporate Democrats most of all is how they aren’t actually for business. They are just for their corporate friends’ businesses. Dan Horrigan is killing businesses on Main Street in Akron. https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/2020/12/29/downtown-construction-restart-akrons-main-street/4074505001/
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Akron City Go Home Owner’s Taxes Just Went WAY Up
If you aren’t aware of this, you should be. I was just reading this Letters to editor: Property taxes rising amid pandemic, thanks to Summit County office The property value of my home went WAY up. I can afford to pay these new significantly higher property taxes. BUT WHAT ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT CAN’T?…
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More Murders In Akron Than Ever Before
I woke up to this headline: Man, 19, killed in West Akron shooting, adding to record year for killings And then the article is mostly spent trying to unwind how Akron defines a murder compared to a homicide. That’s the plan in Akron Ohio. If you don’t like the statistics just confuse people. (We have…
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Lost to COVID-19: Akron native Rev. Tom Weller died of COVID-19
Doug Livingston of the Akron Beacon Journal did a very nice piece on Tom Weller here: https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/2020/12/28/lost-covid-19-akron-native-rev-tom-weller-died-covid-19/3910018001/ My ears always perk up when I read a story of a person committed to “the least of these.” The stories fill me with both happiness and sadness. I’m happy to be reminded that there are so many…
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The Akron Law The Homeless Won
I want to make sure this does not get lost either by the city law department OR the city as a whole. On September 6, 2016 these homeless Akronites won a settlement and consent decree against the city of Akron. Those homeless people were: WILLIAM BUKER, NICOLE GOULD, CARL LYNCH, PATRICK MOE, MELVIN THOMPSON, and…
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Why Can’t Akron Have These Pallet Tiny Homes?
‘Pallets’ pop up around Lane County to shelter homeless people The county purchased 120 shelters for $888,300, which was covered by money from the federal CARES Act. The county allocated $1.25 million in coronavirus Relief Funds toward winter sheltering. While the structures are sturdy, secure and warm, service providers emphasize that they are meant to serve…