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Friday, December 9th, 2011After the automatic recount on Monday, December 5, it became official: I won a seat on City Council. It was a close race – basically a three-way tie between Phyllis Evans, Jeff Coryell and me, with Dennis Wilcox firmly in first place. Phyllis came in second, and I was third – good enough to win. [...]
Almost Official
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011Thank you again to everyone who voted for me. Now that provisional and late absentee ballots have been counted, I am almost officially a winner. In this round of the election process, Phyllis Evans extended her lead for second place to 47 votes. I won the third City Council seat that was up for election [...]
House Proud! State Board Approves Shaker Farm
Saturday, November 5th, 2011It’s another well deserved tribute to the excellent quality of so many residences in Cleveland Heights. On Friday, November 1, I attended a meeting in Columbus of the Ohio Historic Site Preservation Advisory Board, which was considering, among others, the application I wrote and assembled with help from neighbors and Cleveland Heights experts proposing the [...]
Candidates Forum
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011A recording of the candidates forum co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters and FutureHeights on October 6 is now available. View video from the forum online at http://vimeo.com/30564868. All candidates for Cleveland Heights City Council were present and participated, so this is a good chance for you to make comparisons. I was the first [...]
Get Your Mary Dunbar Yard Sign
Thursday, September 29th, 2011Yard signs are popping up all over town. To request your “Elect Mary Dunbar, City Council” yard sign, click on “Volunteer” above, fill in the electronic form, and check the yard sign box. Your sign will soon be delivered free of charge to your home and inserted in your front yard. Certain placement restrictions apply, [...]
Phoenix Forum with Mary Dunbar
Wednesday, September 28th, 2011Come on Tuesday October 11th from 7 pm to 8 pm to the Lee Road Phoenix Cafe for a roundtable discussion with Mary Dunbar, candidate for Cleveland Heights City Council. I have now visited every street in Cleveland Heights, knocked on thousands of doors to meet voters, and talked to hundreds. You are invited to [...]
Presentation on September 27
Sunday, September 4th, 2011Come to the Lee Road Library at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, September 27, for a public meeting about a new historic district for Cleveland Heights – the Shaker Farm Historic District. The meeting will feature a presentation by a representative from the Ohio Historic Preservation Office on what becoming listed as an historic district on [...]
Why Bicycles Matter
Monday, August 1st, 2011Let’s be honest: I have found that the Cleveland Heights Bicycle Coalition could be a full-time job, because there’s so much to do to encourage and facilitate bicycling in our city! Fortunately, lots of people embrace this cause and want to help.
Filmmakers Come to Cleveland Heights
Friday, June 24th, 2011Last night, I went to fascinating presentations at the Superior Schoolhouse celebrating Preservation Month. The Cleveland Heights Landmark Commission, FutureHeights and the Cleveland Heights Historical Society sponsored the talks by Korbi Roberts and Mark Souther on Cleveland Heights’ most recent Historic District to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Grant Deming’s Forest [...]
Bicycle Friendly Community Application
Thursday, April 1st, 2010On February 18, 2010, on behalf of Cleveland Heights, I submitted a Bicycle Friendly Community application to the League of American Bicyclists. I had great input and support from Cleveland Heights City Hall, the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA), and local bicyclists and bicycle advocates, as listed in the application.
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