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We believe that today’s decision by the Supreme Court of Ohio is flawed and has taken away the rights of the citizens of the City of Cleveland to vote on matters that are purely of local self-government. At the most basic level, the Court has chosen to overrule an overwhelming 1982 vote of the people of our City. In doing so, eliminated the people’s ability to make decisions of this nature that directly affect them.
The court has obliterated home rule as we know it and as it was contemplated in the Ohio constitution,” said Councilman Kevin J. Kelley, Ward 16. “This decision has given the legislature more authority than exists in the Ohio constitution. In doing so, the Court has diminished the ability of local elected officials to govern. Further, the Court has denied the right of local self-government to Cleveland residents.”
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