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Your voice matters. Real change starts with the people who live here — with you. We can’t keep putting the same people in the same positions and expect different results. If we want a Garfield Heights that works for its families, we have to speak up and show up.
When Columbus tells Cuyahoga “wait,” it should give the rest
of us a chance to ask what the county is actually paying for.
Last week, state leaders did Cuyahoga County residents a
favor. They told the county to slow down on a plan that would have
tripled — or maybe quadrupled — the so-called “sin tax” the people of
this county already pay on alcohol and tobacco. The money was supposed
to fund repairs at Progressive Field, Rocket Arena, and the Cleveland
Browns’ new stadium in Brook Park.
They were right to say wait. And the rest of us, in Garfield Heights
and across this county, should use this pause to ask a question the
county hasn’t given us a good answer to: where exactly are the
priorities?
On April 6, I wrote a letter to Ohio Auditor of State Keith Faber. I was asking about something small in the grand scheme of things — three years of missing city audits for Garfield Heights, fiscal years 2022, 2023, and 2024.
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