Conspiracy theorists have spent two years questioning the integrity of elections. Ohio elections boards have been bombarded with public records requests for 2020 presidential elections data. Candidates – both incumbents and political rookies – have cried fraud without evidence. State Auditor Keith Faber even floated a baseless theory for ballot cheating. How to deal with the onslaught, while meticulously protecting the sanctity of democracy? That’s a tough job. - Laura |
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Conspiracy theories still abound about the 2020 election and 70% of Republicans still question whether the election was fair, according to the Poynter Institute. (cleveland.com file photo) |
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Elections prep: Cuyahoga County Board of Elections Director Anthony Perlatti is prepping for Tuesday, two years after the 2020 general election was marked by misinformation, disinformation and denialism – and weeks after Ohio Auditor Keith Faber suggested that Cuyahoga County could fall prey to a vote-manipulation plot. Perlatti answers John Tucker’s questions about election safeguards in Cuyahoga County, the national political climate and other things he wants voters to know. Slavic Village: A string of Slavic Village break-ins that had occurred since January is the biggest single-suspect property crime spree of the year in the city’s busy Fourth District. John Tucker reports a monthslong police investigation crescendoed Tuesday when a man named Andre Walker was indicted on 13 breaking and entering felonies in an inflection point in the once bustling community of Polish-, Czech- and Slovak-Americans. Today in Ohio: Ohio’s Jim Jordan is a longtime political bomb-thrower who appears regularly on Fox News and is a favorite of ex-President Donald Trump. Yet somehow, much of Northeast Ohio doesn’t know who he is. We’re talking about a Baldwin Wallace poll on Today in Ohio, cleveland.com’s daily half-hour podcast. |
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Abortion legislation: Lame duck in the Ohio legislature — the long, action-packed days between the November election and the end of the year, when the two-year legislative session ends and many lawmakers leave office — could bring an end to abortion rights in Ohio. Or maybe not. Laura Hancock reports on what the legislature is likely to enact after Tuesday’s election. Twitter: Secretary of State Frank LaRose says he’s considering how to respond to new Twitter owner Elon Musk’s plan to charge users $8 a month for the “blue checkmark” that’s currently only available to verified users, a change that could open the door for future elections misinformation. LaRose said Friday he had just become aware of the elections-related implications of the change, reports Andrew Tobias. Senate campaign: Republican J.D. Vance is keeping close with the rest of the Ohio Republican ticket, while Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan is mostly charting his own course in the final days of the state’s U.S. Senate race, reports Andrew Tobias. Vance spent Thursday and Friday with Gov. Mike DeWine and the rest of the Republican statewide ticket in a bus tour that crisscrossed the state. Ryan, meanwhile, attended rallies in Cincinnati and Columbus on Friday and Saturday, appearing with each city’s Democratic mayor. |
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Record high: Cleveland beat a record Saturday afternoon, hitting a high of 77 degrees at 2 p.m. at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, reports Kaylee Remington. The last time Cleveland hit a record on Nov. 5 was in 2015 when temperatures reached 76 degrees at the airport. Municipal Court: Attorney Timothy Sterkel will be the only candidate for South Euclid Municipal Court judge on Tuesday’s ballot. However, Rocky River Municipal Court Judge Brian Hagan has raised questions to local and state elections officials about whether the election, legally, should count. Cory Shaffer reports the elections board says it cannot revisit its decision to place the race on the ballot until it receives a formal challenge from someone who has standing to do so. Lakefront planning: Mayor Justin Bibb on Thursday kicked off six public forums aimed at reaching civic consensus on how best to create a strong new connection between downtown and the Lake Erie waterfront at North Coast Harbor. Steven Litt reports Bibb said he thinks the right plan could unlock the money the city needs for construction, though Councilman Charles Slife said he hopes the city isn’t raising expectations that could be dashed again. Leaf collection: Cleveland will resume its traditional curbside leaf collection program on Nov. 14 following backlash over Mayor Justin Bibb's earlier directive to have residents bag them. Kaitlin Durbin reports Bibb said he listened to feedback from residents and members of City Council, who opposed the last-minute bagging requirement, and adjusted accordingly. Glick Center: The centerpiece of MetroHealth’s efforts is the new $767 million Glick Center, a glassy, elegant, 11-story inpatient tower located west of Scranton Road, where it will soon become the new center of gravity on the 52-acre MetroHealth campus. Steven Litt writes in a review that the building features easily navigable public spaces flooded with daylight and filled with art, plus state-of-the-art patient rooms with floor-to-ceiling windows, and flexible amenities and layouts for patients and caregivers. Old house heat: The quest to tune Laura Johnston’s 1913 farmhouse to a consistently comfortable temperature is a frustrating odyssey. Every major improvement project requires adding or subtracting sources of heating or air conditioning -- so that she ends up with multiple systems that don’t interact. |
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Long COVID: As scientists struggle to unpack the mystery of long COVID-19, it’s hard to ignore that the majority of those who suffer from it share a common symptom - debilitating fatigue. Gretchen Cuda Kroen reports that researchers estimate that as many as 85% of those with long COVID experience a crippling fatigue that renders them unable to work or manage even simple daily tasks. Even showering, report some patients, is simply too taxing. COVID-19 map: The COVID-19 outlook worsened in Ohio this week, with seven counties designated red for high COVID-19 transmission on the latest U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map. Julie Washington reports that Cuyahoga, along with Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake counties, were classified as yellow. |
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Teen murder: As purple and gold balloons floated away from a small field in Cleveland’s Brooklyn Centre neighborhood, family and friends mourned the loss of 15-year-old Jaiden Rose Rentas. Molly Walsh reports that the teenager’s family and friends gathered Thursday evening at the location she was found dead to remember her, pray and demand justice during a candlelit vigil. Adoptions fraud: A former employee of a defunct Strongsville adoption agency was sentenced Friday to one year and one day in prison for two adoptions schemes that included bribing Ugandan officials and lying to Polish authorities about the adoption of a girl who was later raped. Adam Ferrise reports that Debra Parris, 70, was sentenced to below the recommended sentence of about three years because of her serious healthcare needs. Deer theft: The Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife has closed one of the state’s largest criminal schemes involving white-tail deer, leading to the convictions of 14 people who were charged with nearly 122 counts. Alexis Oatman reports a state investigation unveiled a venture between owners and operators of deer-processing businesses who falsely game-checked deer, created false deer harvest records, falsified deer tags, exceeded deer hunting limits, and stole venison from customers who brought in deer for processing. Officer convicted: Christopher Graham, who in 2017 was accused of assaulting a woman at a gas station while on duty as a Cleveland police sergeant, was convicted last month on a misdemeanor assault charge following a jury trial in Cleveland Municipal Court, reports John Tucker. Judge Jazmin Torres-Lugo on Oct. 20 sentenced Graham to 180 days in confinement but suspended most of that term, ordering Graham to spend seven days in jail and three years on probation. Public Square shooting: A Cleveland man is accused of shooting at a man in downtown after stalking Public Square looking for someone to rob and later fleecing six area dollar stores, reports Adam Ferrise. Marlon Seals, 22, is charged with conspiracy to commit robbery, assault, robbery and gun-related charges. Phantaisa Johnson, 21, is also charged with conspiracy to commit robbery. |
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Rock Hall ceremony: The 2022 Rock Hall induction ceremony held at Los Angeles’ Microsoft Theater honored a list of artists whose collective catalog of music spans more than 100 years, from the acoustic picking of Elizabeth Cotten to the aggressive rhymes of Eminem, Troy Smith reports. House of the Week: With a price tag of $10 million, 26000 Lake Road in Bay Village is currently one of the highest-priced listings in Northeast Ohio. Joey Morona reports the seller is John Nottingham, co-president of Nottingham Spirk, a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors and the lead patent holder on hundreds of U.S. and international patents, whose inventive spirit can be found throughout the home, both inside and out. |
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