Public Comment

Stop funding genocide and fund education

I would like help with a homeless family. I would like to fix their house up with the donated funds and become a project manager till its done. I will also donate funds.

I saw one negative commenter regarding Councilperson Griffin/Mayor Bibb's condemnation of the brutal Hamas attack that occurred on October 7. As a proud Member of the Cleveland Jewish Community, I want to thank Cleveland leadership for standing with people of Israel and Jewish People in condemning Hamas's attack. When Clevelanders, including those with a history anti-Semitic rhetoric and activity, like Mr. Zurub make vitriolic and pointed comments at members of Cleveland leadership for simply condemning murder and rape, it does not speak for the majority of Cleveland residents.

Free palestine

We have been selected to open a "NEW" Chapter of the United Nations association-USA in the Greater Cleveland region. We started to assemble and build our "New" Chapter near the end of August 2023. Several Council members know of my many years of community work throughout Cleveland and beyond. Our ambition is to work with existing individuals and organizations throughout the Greater Cleveland area from the many baseline resources of the United Nations beginning with the platform of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We have been interacting with the city of Cleveland's Sustainable Development Department and many others with an agenda or ambition to someday have our home city and region recognized as a "World Class City" by the United Nations. We wish to have the City of Cleveland as an official Member of the Cleveland Chapter. It would be Fantastic if the Mayor's office and the City Council were official members of the UNA-USA Cleveland Chapter. We wish to simply ANNOUNCE the presence of the UNA-USA Greater Cleveland Chapter and INVITE all to join us. (Yes, there is a small membership fee required) Thank you for this opportunity to make such an important announcement.

Residents First is a brilliant and long overdue proposal. As a twenty years resident of Slavic Village, I remain furious that owners of empty buildings in my neighborhood do nothing in an effort to breathe life into the area. Buildings languish and decompose right in front of our eyes while absent property owners wait for some kind of resale payoff that will likely never come. They must be held accountable to the neighborhoods they so callously neglect.

I fully support the passage of the Residents First legislation that will work toward solving the many problems associated with absentee, fraudulent and inactive landlords in Cleveland. As I tenant, I have a keen and vested interest in ensuring that this important legislation passes. Thankfully I rent from a family member but I shudder to think about the time in the future when I may have to rent from a private landlord, corporation, etc. Frankly it is very likely that I will move out of Cleveland to avoid the many pitfalls associated with renting from these absentee landlords. It is only fair and just that renters in the city of Cleveland have the ability to live in a clean, safe and affordable home. Please do what is in the best interests of those you represent and pass this important legislation. Thank you for your consideration of my comments.

Richmond California becomes the first US city to declare support for Palestinians. All people in Gaza and Palestine are currently facing a campaign of ethnic cleansing, and genocide with collective punishment by the state of Israel. Human Rights organizations are blind, deaf, speechless, and inhuman, while People in Gaza being slaughtered cruelty by the 100's every single day on Live on all T.V. all over the world by the hands of Zionists, and the American government and its army and troops.

As the weeks pass by, 7,000+ Palestinians have been murdered by Israel and every country that has financially backed them. This includes the state of Ohio who has sent millions upon millions of dollars to Israel. Cleveland has continued to either be silent in this genocide, or you have politicians who have been in CLEAR support of the Genocide. State Rep. Max Miller commented on the situation saying “you can put a nice parking lot where Palestinians live”. This is horrifying and I demand Cleveland takes a FIRM stance AGAINST Israel and stops funding this genocide.

I am horrified to know that the money I pay in taxes is funding the genocide that’s happening to Palestinians at the hands of the Israeli state. The fact that Cleveland has not made a firm stance against this genocide proves that the people representing the people of Cleveland have been bought out. It is absolutely deplorable. The death of Palestinians is on the hands of Cleveland if this continues. The Palestinian people are protected under international humanitarian law and their rights are currently being violated while the U.S. government sits back and continues to provide military, financial, and unwavering moral support to the Israeli government.  This genocide of the Palestinian people while the world watches in silence is one of the most unspeakable acts I have ever witnessed in my lifetime. The city of CLEVELAND is sitting back. Do something.