The East Cleveland Narrator - Ohio, USA

01/17/2026

America has had centuries of chattel slavery, ‘slave’ patrols,Black Codes, Jim Crow, and mass incarceration.

Americans witnessing ICE: “This isn’t who we are! They’re Nazis!”

No.

St. John’s Episcopal Church in my hometown of Cleveland was called ‘Station Hope’ in the years before the Civil War. Enslaved Black people hid in the bell towers before getting on boats to cross Lake Erie to Canada.

Sound familiar? This IS who we are. And if we want to change that, America has to grapple with that.

01/17/2026

ABOUT JOY REID:Joy-Ann Lomena Reid (AKA Joy Reid) is a best-selling American author, political journalist and TV host. She was a national correspondent for M...

01/16/2026

Right now, ICE is literally waging war on the United States. In Minnesota, they threw a flash bomb into the car of a black family returning from their son's basketball game. All of the car's air bags inflated. Children were in the car. Their infant stopped breathing. The mom had to get instructions on the phone on how to give her baby car.

If you think this won't happen to you, you're delusional. If you don't care that it's happening to others, you're not the kind of person you think you are.

Tonight we’re diving into the ongoing wave of federal violence and terror tied to ICE operations in Minnesota and across the country, and the latest developm...

01/13/2026

01/08/2026

EAST CLEVELAND CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS SCHEDULES AND FUNCTIONS

Clerk of Council Pro Tem
Tracy Vecchio Udrija-Peters
Phone: 216-681-2310
Fax: 216-681-5440

Meeting Location
East Cleveland City Hall
Municipal Courtroom
14340 Euclid Avenue
East Cleveland, Ohio 44112

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Regular Meeting
September – June, 1st and 3rd Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. | July and August, 3rd Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.

Committee Charge: Provide rapid legislative review and recommendations on time-sensitive legislation and critical circumstances that require the immediate attention of all council members.

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Executive Committee
Convenes as needed for urgent matters.

Committee Charge: Provide rapid legislative review and recommendations on time-sensitive legislation and critical circumstances that require the immediate attention of all council members.

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Health and Safety Services Committee
2nd Tuesday, 5:30 p.m.

Committee Charge: Review and recommend legislation and policy concerning public health, public safety, sanitation, police, fire protection, and other health- and welfare-related activities of the City.

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Finance Committee
2nd Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.

Committee Charge: Conduct legislative review of the city’s finances, including the annual balanced budget, appropriations, expenditures, bond issuances, special assessments, user fees, and all major revenue and funding sources such as state and federal grants, including Community Development Block Grants.

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General Services and Administration Committee
4th Tuesday, 5:30 p.m.

Committee Charge: Provide legislative oversight and policy guidance for street and sewer improvements, street cleaning, waste collection and disposal, bridges and underpasses, water and sewage services, telecommunications, public-utility rates, railway operations, and coordination with the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District.

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Personnel and Appointments Committee
4th Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.

Committee Charge: Monitor and advise regarding personnel policies, including employee recruitment, compensation, performance evaluation, and make recommendations to the full Council.

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Contracts and Property Committee
1st Thursday, 5:30 p.m.

Committee Charge: Provide legislative oversight and policy recommendations on city contracts, redevelopment of blighted areas, property rehabilitation, housing-shortage mitigation, economic and industrial development, land-reutilization programs, and matters relating to the Departments of Community Development, Economic Development, and Building & Housing.

01/08/2026

BREAKING: The woman murdered by ICE has been identified as Renee Good, age 37.

She leaves behind a young son whose father passed away a few years ago.

“There’s nobody else in his life,” Timmy Ray Macklin Sr., the boy’s grandfather, told the Minneapolis Star. “I’ll drive. I’ll fly. To come get my grandchild.”

Her mother swears she wasn’t involved in any protesting.

“Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known,” she said. “She was extremely compassionate. She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.”

Renee will be missed, and may she rest in peace. Justice must be served against her killer - and against all the people responsible for siccing these goons on innocent people.