{"id":1128,"date":"2021-09-03T14:15:19","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T14:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/fridaylunch\/?p=1128"},"modified":"2024-06-10T14:16:34","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T14:16:34","slug":"clevelands-next-mayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/fridaylunch\/2021\/09\/03\/clevelands-next-mayor\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleveland\u2019s Next Mayor?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Nick Castele – Politics and Governance reporter, Ideastream<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
Friday September 3, 2021
\n12:30-1:30 p.m.
\nOnline Zoom Meeting<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Dear Colleagues:<\/p>\n

Greetings, and I hope that you and yours are healthy and safe in this better but not quite better enough time for the world, our nation, our community, and Case Western Reserve University.<\/p>\n

Our \u201cFriday Lunch\u201d continues as an online-only event.<\/strong>\u00a0Students have returned and the first week of classes has mostly gone well. But the spread of the Delta variant and somewhat expected news that protection through vaccination appears to decline over time still leave reason for caution. I do not see how the kind of distancing and care that public health would recommend can be combined with a large group of people having lunch in a fairly crowded room. Perhaps in a few weeks there will be less reason for concern, and we will revisit whether we can meet in person later in September. Please e-mail me if you have suggestions about other approaches \u2013 for instance, does it make sense to do \u201cFriday Lunch\u201d without, well, lunch? My e-mail is<\/span>\u00a0joseph.white@case.edu<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

This Week\u2019s Program<\/h3>\n

However we meet,\u00a0there is lots to talk about this semester,<\/strong>\u00a0and our next topic is rather urgent.\u00a0On September 14 Cleveland will hold a nonpartisan primary to choose two candidates for Mayor in the general election on November 2.<\/strong>\u00a0The primary seems wide open, and whether the leader wins the general election will depend a lot on who finishes second so is running against the leader.\u00a0The victor will succeed Cleveland\u2019s longest-serving mayor, Frank Jackson, who was first elected in 2005.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There will be voters who cannot remember any other mayor, and the choice will influence the future of the city and region for years to come. Mayor Jackson is leaving a city that has been losing population, has close to the highest poverty rate of any large city in the country, and faces myriad other challenges \u2013<\/span>\u00a0so much so that some might wonder why anyone would want the job<\/span><\/a>. Nevertheless, there are seven candidates and six arguably have a shot to make the final two.<\/p>\n

So who are these candidates, what do they stand for, who seems likely to support them, and what seems most likely to happen?<\/strong>\u00a0They range from someone who has held the job before, with a very long career in politics, Dennis Kucinich, to Justin Bibb, a relatively new face,<\/span>\u00a0endorsed by the Plain Dealer<\/span><\/a>\u00a0in the hope he might be another<\/span>\u00a0Michael White<\/span><\/a>\u00a0but suddenly facing concern about<\/span>\u00a0financial disclosure forms<\/span><\/a>. Outgoing City Council President Kevin Kelley is<\/span>\u00a0endorsed by Mayor Jackson<\/span><\/a>, and State Senator Sandra Williams by Cuyahoga County Executive<\/span>\u00a0Armand Budish<\/span><\/a>. Former and longtime City Councilman Zack Reed finished second in 2017, and Ward 7 Councilman Basheer Jones is having success in fundraising to support his reputation as a dynamic speaker.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a challenging set of choices, and Ideastream has been covering the race in depth, including as co-sponsor, with The City Club of Cleveland, of debates on<\/span>\u00a0August 10<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and<\/span>\u00a0August 17<\/span><\/a>. Join us as Nick Castele reviews how the campaign has developed so far and what to look for going forward.<\/span><\/p>\n

Signing In<\/h3>\n

This semester’s discussions will begin at 12:30 p.m., the usual time. The meeting will be set up as from Noon to 2:00 p.m., so people are not all signing in at the same time and to allow for the discussion to run a bit long.\u00a0Each week we will send out this newsletter with information about the topic. It will also include a link to register (for free) for the discussion.<\/strong>\u00a0Every Monday the same information will be posted on our website:<\/span>\u00a0fridaylunch.case.edu<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you register, you will automatically receive from the Zoom system the link to join the meeting. This week’s link for registration is:<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/cwru.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tJwoduCorjopHtBybWHhyWWKDYo5AcfHlBns<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.<\/p>\n

Please e-mail<\/span>\u00a0padg@case.edu<\/span><\/a>\u00a0if you have questions about how the Zoom version of the Friday Lunch will work or any other suggestions. Or call at 216 368-2426 and we’ll try to get back to you. We are very pleased to be partnering this semester with the<\/span>\u00a0Siegal Lifelong Learning Program<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to share information about the discussions.<\/p>\n

Best wishes for safety and security for you and yours,<\/p>\n

Joe White
\nLuxenberg Family Professor of Public Policy and Director, Center for Policy Studies<\/span><\/p>\n

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About Our Guest<\/span><\/h3>\n

Nick Castele<\/strong>\u00a0is a graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and has been a reporter and producer for 90.3 WCPN and WVIZ\/PBS Ideastream, Cleveland’s public radio and television stations, since 2012. His work focuses on politics, government and a variety of other issues in Northeast Ohio. He’s covered the<\/span>\u00a0local costs of the opioid crisis<\/span><\/a>, Cleveland’s<\/span>\u00a0history of never-realized transit plans<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and a high-rise in East Cleveland<\/span>\u00a0that’s stood vacant for years<\/span><\/a>. Ideastream has joined with the City Club of Cleveland to sponsor two<\/span>\u00a0mayoral candidate debates<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Schedule of Friday Lunch Upcoming Topics and Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n

September 10: Ohio\u2019s Redistricting.<\/strong>\u00a0With\u00a0Mark Salling, Ph.D.<\/strong>, Senior Fellow and Research Associate, Northern Ohio Data Information Service and Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs.<\/p>\n

September 17: After the Pandemic…<\/strong>\u00a0A roundtable discussion with\u00a0Maxwell J. Mehlman, J.D.<\/strong>, Distinguished University Professor and Arthur E. Petersilge Professor of Law;\u00a0Mark Turner, Ph.D.<\/strong>, Institute Professor and Professor of Cognitive Science; and\u00a0Joe White, Ph.D.<\/strong>, Luxenberg Family Professor of Public Policy.<\/p>\n

September 24: Civilian Oversight of Police.<\/strong>\u00a0With\u00a0Ayesha Bell Hardaway, J.D.<\/strong>, Associate Professor of Law and Deputy Monitor, Cleveland Police Monitoring Team.<\/p>\n

October 1: What\u2019s Happening in the Labor Market?<\/strong>\u00a0With\u00a0Bruce Fallick, Ph.D.<\/strong>, Senior Vice President for Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.<\/p>\n

October 8: A Conversation with Scott Cowen, Ph.D.<\/strong>\u00a0President Emeritus and Distinguished University Chair, Tulane University, and Interim President of Case Western Reserve University. (October 1, 2020 \u2013 June 30, 2021)<\/p>\n

October 15: TBA<\/strong><\/p>\n

October 22: The Biden Administration\u2019s Immigration Policies.<\/strong>\u00a0With\u00a0Aleksandar Cuic, J.D.<\/strong>, Director of the Immigration Clinic, Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic Center, CWRU School of Law.<\/p>\n

October 29: TBA<\/strong><\/p>\n

November 5: Redeveloping Buckeye\/Woodhill.<\/strong>\u00a0With\u00a0Taryn Gress, MSSA<\/strong>, Strategic Director, and\u00a0Debbie Wilber<\/strong>, Assistant Director, National Initiative on Mixed-Income Communities.<\/p>\n

November 12: Can India Survive as a Secular Democracy?<\/strong>\u00a0With\u00a0Ananya DasGupta, Ph.D.<\/strong>, Assistant Professor of History.<\/p>\n

November 19: TBA<\/strong><\/p>\n

December 3: President Biden\u2019s Trade Policy: Continuity and Change.<\/strong>\u00a0With\u00a0Juscelino Colares, J.D.<\/strong>, Schott-van den Eynden Professor of Business Law.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Center for Policy Studies
\nPublic Affairs Discussion Group<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cleveland\u2019s Next Mayor?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nick Castele – Politics and Governance reporter, Ideastream<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday September 3, 2021
\n12:30-1:30 p.m.
\nOnline Zoom Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dear Colleagues:<\/p>\n

Greetings, and I hope that you and yours are healthy and safe in this better but not quite better enough time for the world, our nation, our community, and Case Western Reserve University.<\/p>\n

Our \u201cFriday Lunch\u201d continues as an online-only event.<\/strong>\u00a0Students have returned and the first week of classes has mostly gone well.<\/p>\n

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