Police recorded 186 gun-related crimes in the first six months of 2018, 247 in 2019 and 317 through July 1 of this year. That represents a 70% increase in gun crime.
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.
42% of children are below the poverty rate.
Over 2000 kids are reported homeless every year in Akron.
Household income is growing in the state of Ohio but falling in Akron.
Akron is the only large city in Akron that saw its poverty rate increase.
Only Lorain and Akron experienced a decline in household income.
Our schools are failing. Our overall district grade is a D.
Our population is in decline - the ONLY metric our current mayor has ever really focused on.
WE CAN DO THIS
We deserve better than what we've been getting.
Vote for change. For for the people. Vote for Sage Lewis in the Democratic Mayoral primary in May of 2023.
As I have fought for the rights of our homeless neighbors to have a place to live in their own city I have learned one thing very clearly: YOU ARE AMAZING.
You have shown me compassion in depths that I couldn't even imagine were possible.
You have shown me forgiveness when you had every right to demand eternal hatred.
You have shown me love when everything looks hopeless.
YOU give me strength.
YOU give me hope.
YOU make me believe that the future can be great.
That's how I know we can win.
YOU ARE AMAZING!
All we have to do is vote. That's it. Vote one time and everything changes.
This campaign is won or lost in the Akron Mayoral primary of May 2023.
You MUST vote then, when they want you to forget.
You MUST stand up, when they want you to sit down.
You MUST believe we can have better than the scraps they are currently throwing us.
VOTE FOR SAGE LEWIS - MAY 2023.
Please consider voting for me for mayor of Akron in the Democratic Mayoral Primary in May of 2023 and we will end the stranglehold of corporate interests getting ridiculously rich while the people of Akron suffer.