Public Comment

It's not Israel i'm seeing on the news, kidnapping innocent civilians and murdering babies & bombing hospitals. Soros sure has found a devoted bunch of sheeple who obviously don't think for themselves. Those who say otherwise....prove it.

We shouldn't have to beg for "our" council to make an easy decision on something so devastating and heartbreaking happening. You will just go on as if this doesn't effect everyone and everything? Where is your common sense and devotion to the world, our neighbors, human lives. "When one of our brothers is hurting, we all hurt as well. There is no peace until there is peace for all. " Please speak up and SHUT IT DOWN. END THIS MADNESS, DESTRUCTION, AND HORRIFIC GENECIDE.

If you think that there is night the city council can do or isn't complicit in the genocide, you're mistaken. Take a look at the money trails. The politicians going on free trips paid by Zionists. The bonds purchased and desire to purchase more. The statements made for support of the oppressor who has killed over 8000 CHILDREN! If you don't get it, there's probably a bigger reason the death of minorities doesn't phase you.

I am here to ask you to call for an end to the violence in Gaza. For many of us, there is much learning and unlearning necessary to see this moment clearly. As an American Jew, I was raised to admire Israel, seeing it as the mecca of Jewish life. I was not told the full truth, as you yourselves may not have been either. Currently we are seeing over a million people being asked to leave their homes overnight, only for them to be bombed on their way to what they believe would be safety. We are watching all of the electricity, water, and aid being stopped going into Gaza by the Israeli military. And we are watching all of these atrocities unfold from our screens, radios, and every day conversations. And we are all asking each other, what can I do to stop this? As we say “never again.” In this time, I continue to return to the guiding tenets of Judaism, which are to love the stranger, to treat our neighbor as ourselves. What has troubled me so deeply about this war, is the truth that everything about the treatment of the Palestinians by the Israeli government violates the central tenets of Judaism. All of this death and destruction in Gaza is the opposite of loving one's neighbor as oneself. I am here today because I cannot stand by as my community continues to act in ways that take away the safety of millions of others. I believe in a future where hostages are returned to their families, and children are free to go to school and play outside, and hospitals are not bombed. I know that this future does not come from the continued war. I am here to encourage you, the City Council of Cleveland, to acknowledge that there are Jews around the world and here in Cleveland who stand against Hamas, but also do not stand with Israel and their bombs against Gaza. I am here to ask you to acknowledge the massive loss of life we are seeing every day in Gaza. I am here to ask you to honor the Jewish value of life, to recognize that if saving one life means saving the world, what does it mean to save a million lives? I am asking you to join with other leaders in calling for an end to this war. The futures of Jews and Palestinians are bound together, it is not either or. When we erase each other, we erase ourselves. We will only survive together. The best way to support both our peoples is by preventing Israel from continuing on this genocidal path it is on. It is my sincere hope that the City Council will use its influence to not only call for an end to violence but also to encourage diplomatic efforts that lead to a just and lasting resolution. In doing so, we can demonstrate that even from afar, our city stands as a beacon of compassion and solidarity. From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free. Thank you.

Every day I watch the hypocrisy of my local and federal government outright lie about why our country is supporting Israel’s genocide. The truth is you’ve all been paid to do it, and tied your own hands. You all accepted blood money and the people of Palestine are paying for it. Qhen all this is done and you think you got away with it, you’ll be remembered the same as collaborators who skulked in the shadow of hitler, taking tainted money to look the other way. I hope you can sleep at night, knowing you stand for nothing in your cowardice.

I am a Hindu Priest Superior of my Ashram by the name of "The Gandhian Brahminical Oder of Krishna Consciousness", In the world of Hindu Ashrams, any priest so motivated may form his own denomination and ashram at will, if Gods spirit motivates such a person, the correct path is one of bold action by faith. There is no "Mother" Church in the Hindu faith, all ashrams are individualistic founded by small orders of priests, and "initiates" (those who are in training and studying to become priests). The fact that you have probably never heard of me or my order is not surprising, it is the nature of our faith to remain as local as possible to address the humanistic needs of those in need, whether they are Hindu or not. Each Ashram, selects a social agenda within their means to address, social activism and charity to those in need is a requirement of the Hindu Faith and the people who become engaged in a particular agenda of a specific ashram. Our agenda is homelessness, we have come up with a project plan which we would like to share with yu for your consideration. Homeless persons often camp on public or even private property, where they are promptly run out back into the streets, many times these persons are families with children, a heartbreaking situation to be sure. The goal of our ashram is to establish a legal and safe "Sanctuary Village, RV, Car, and tent "city" where any homeless person may camp and stay indefinitely, we will supply al utilities and sanitation facilities at our cost. Of course we must have a few rules, no criminal activity can be tolerated, no intolerance or bullying or stalking can be tolerated, certain basic humanistic rules must be in place. But beyond that, there are few other rules at all, other than common sense. The Priests will interface with every available community resource that is willing to contribute to the welfare of the residents of the sanctuary village, food banks, volunteer medical assistance, job training and placement, substance abuse assistance, anything we can possibly locate to assist in this effort and become a part of the project personally, our goal being for the community at large to be encouraged to take a personal interest in the project and become personally involved with the people suffering from the devastating plague of homelessness. Our second goal is to humanize the problem, putting the smudged faces of the children of homeless families, giving the problem a human perspective to motivate the communities all across America to take a direct responsibility to pitch in and make this problem, their problem, and not the problem of an overtaxed government, not the problem of the overburdened welfare system, but the problem of every decent caring person in the community to take under their consciousness and help in any way they can. this is our goal as a small unheard of band of rather idealistic h=Hindu Priests and initiates. We would like you to table this project in your chambers, and hopefully to adopt a similar project of your own design, secular or religious based, it doesn't matter, funded by public dollars or private grants, it doesn't matter, design it and run it any way that best suites your abilities and resources. We hope, this idea will spread, from city to city, state to state, all across America, and each community comes together to create "Sanctuary Cities" of their own, their way. Please consider this project carefullly Sincerely Father Frater, Priest Superior, The Gandhian Brahminical Oder of Krishna Consciousness

Committing war crimes, genocide, ethnic cleansing is being carried in Gaza and Palestine by the Zionist regime so called Israel, approved, supported, and backed the free world, and developed countries,

Gaza and Palestine are living in CONCENTRATION CAMPS, ran by the Zionist regime called Israel, that is blindly draining the whole Free world, and developed countries financial economics and resources. It's shameful that these well developed countries blindfolded by a whole bunch of lies about being antiemetic if you don't support the war crimes being committed against women and children in Gaza and Palestine.

I am ashamed to see that the Cleveland City Council Members have ignored the cries of their own constituents who have been requesting a resolution for a ceasefire in Gaza for around a month now. They continue to ignore and remain silent on this issue. Why is that? Do they not agree with trying to prevent the loss of thousands of innocent lives? Do they not think the people in Gaza deserve a chance to live? Do they support the mass bombings that Israel continues to drop on civilians? What ever the reason is, I am disgusted by the lack of action. Cities like Akron and Detriot have already passed resolution asking our country to push for a ceasefire in Gaza. If these cities can stand up for what is right, then so can/should Cleveland. Silence makes you complicit with the genocide of a people who deserve to live.

Hello, I work as a tenant-landlord mediation advocate for a local nonprofit. Over the past several months, we have seen a significant increase in the number of residents facing eviction. Rental assistance resources are dried up; the shelters are all full; landlords have a stranglehold on the housing court system; people have nobody to turn to for assistance. The landlord- and developer-driven housing agenda has left Clevelanders, literally, out in the cold. Rents go up while wages stay stagnant. Housing voucher programs are inadequate, and the process for obtaining Section 8 housing takes so long that many people are thrown onto the street before they even have a chance to find a home. We need more public programs. We need to stop the privatization of public social services. The City of Cleveland has a responsibility to each and every citizen to ensure their basic human needs are met and their human rights upheld. There is absolutely no excuse for people to be sleeping on the street. We are witnessing a humanitarian crisis in our city, and as winter approaches, the horror and suffering will only increase. The City of Cleveland must introduce emergency programs for housing every citizen and must stop landlords, many of whom do not even reside in this city, from evicting tenants. We need more public housing, and in the meantime, a moratorium on evictions is crucial. Thank you. Adam Barrington