This new year will produce a new councilor and mayor when John Cranley reaches the limit of his tenure. Anyone who ends up in the seat of power in the city’s government building will be confronted with trust and trust problems. “The feeling that things are not like that right in town hall,” said David Mann, who has announced his candidacy for mayor. “Corruption, charges against three out of nine members of the council. Some fear developers are in control, unelected officials.” Man is just a household name in the mix. Former Mayor Mark Mallory took petitions just in case current councilors Chris Seelbach and Wendell Young have. David Pepper, on his last day as chairman of the state’s Democratic Party, could step in. He decided not to say anything about it today. Senator Cecil Thomas, another batsman, has already decided. “I bring honesty and integrity to the position,” said the former councilor and retired police officer. “I remember being called common sense in town hall. Someone who has balanced it out, a balanced perspective instead of all the nonsense.” There is another strong political name that is possible. Mayor Chris Smitherman started this New Year with a text message he doesn’t have. The more crowded it gets with household names, the more watered down the vote gets. First-time candidates like the retired district fire chief Raffel Prophett feel an opening. He explained why he was there. “It was the beginning of COVID and the social movement that emerged after the Taylor and Floyd murders. I think it takes courageous, selfless, value-based leadership to do what is right and just and what is fair,” explained Prophett during a Zoom interview this afternoon. The registration deadline for the mayor ends on February 18th. The area code ends on May 4th. Whoever lands in the first two places will be in the runoff election in autumn. The mayor’s race isn’t the only one that is wide open this time around. If you add tenure restrictions, corruption suspensions and new appointments to the equation, Democrat Greg Landsman remains the only elected incumbent in the 2021 city council vote. Newcomer Jan Michele Kearney welcomes the huge interest: “There are more people voting, and that is always the best, “she told us. “We want the community to get involved.” The town hall will record extraordinary sales this year as two thirds of the council are newly elected. Dozens of potential candidates have petitions to the electoral board. Signatures during a pandemic are likely to take off. Said new commissioner Steve Goodin about the COVID effect: “You really can’t knock door to door to get signatures right now. I mean, you really need to have connections through church groups and civic organizations and other places.” Goodin also welcomes the surge in interest resulting from a bad year of corruption scandals leaving Tamaya Dennard, Jeff Pastor and PG Sittenfeld on federal charges. Reform, Racial Justice, Development and Affordable Housing Issues “We need to ensure that renters and homeowners are not excluded from the market, that they can keep their homes,” said Kearney. How efficiently and fairly the vaccine is distributed could become a major campaign problem. “There is no traditional political year,” said Goodin. “Nobody really wanted to get a fundraising appeal from Steve Goodin or a candidate for mayor in December.”
CINCINNATI –
This new year will produce a new councilor and mayor when John Cranley reaches the limit of his tenure.
Anyone who ends up in the seat of power in the city administration building will be confronted with trust and trust problems.
“The feeling that things are not right in town hall,” said David Mann, who has announced his candidacy for mayor. “Corruption, charges against three out of nine members of the council. Some fear developers are in control, unelected officials.”
Man is just a household name in the mix.
Former Mayor Mark Mallory took petitions just in case.
So are the current council members Chris Seelbach and Wendell Young.
David Pepper, on his last day as Democratic Party leader, could step in. He decided not to say anything about it today.
State Senator Cecil Thomas, another batsman, has already decided.
“I bring honesty and integrity to the position,” said the former councilor and retired police officer. “I remember being called a lawmaker with common sense in town hall. Someone who has balanced it out, a balanced perspective instead of all the nonsense.”
There is one other strong political name that is possible.
Vice Mayor Chris Smitherman started this new year with a text message that he has not yet decided.
The more crowded it gets with familiar names, the more watered down the vote becomes.
First-time candidates like the retired district fire chief Raffel Prophett feel an opening. He explained why he was there.
“It was the beginning of COVID and the social movement that emerged after the Taylor and Floyd murders. I think it takes courageous, selfless, values-based leadership to do what is right, what is just, and what is fair. ” Prophet stated during a Zoom interview this afternoon.
The registration deadline for the mayor ends on February 18th.
The area code will take place on May 4th. Whoever lands in the first two places will be in the runoff election in autumn.
The mayor’s race is not the only one this time that is wide open.
When you add tenure limits, corruption lockdowns, and new appointments to the equation, you have Democrat Greg Landsman left as the only elected incumbent in the 2021 city council vote.
Newcomer Jan Michele Kearney welcomes the great interest.
“There are more people who vote and that’s always for the best,” she told us. “We want the community to get involved.”
The town hall will see extraordinary sales this year as two thirds of the council are newly elected.
Dozens of potential candidates have received petitions on the electoral board.
But getting 500 valid personal signatures during a pandemic is likely to hit the field.
The new commissioner Steve Goodin said this about the COVID effect.
“Right now you really can’t knock door to door to get signatures. I mean, you really have to have connections through church groups, civic associations and other places.”
Goodin also welcomes the surge in interest resulting from a bad year of corruption scandals that leaves Tamaya Dennard, Jeff Pastor and PG Sittenfeld on federal charges.
Questions of reform, racial justice, development and affordable housing are perishing.
“We need to make sure that people who are renters and homeowners are not excluded from the market so they can keep their homes,” said Kearney.
How efficiently and fairly the vaccine is distributed could become a major campaign problem.
There’s a lot of competition for attention in ’21.
“This is not a traditional political year,” said Goodin. “Nobody really wanted to get a fundraising appeal from Steve Goodin or a candidate for mayor in December.”
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