Melissa Yasinow Is Running For Cleveland Heights City Council

Attorney Melissa Yasinow announced her candidacy for Cleveland Heights City Council tonight, July 15.

Melissa Yasinow, 28, said she has been a resident of Cleveland Heights for five years and is a graduate of the Case Western Reserve University School of Law.

She is an attorney with Cleveland law firm Kohrman Jackson & Krantz.

"I care about Cleveland Heights," Yasinow told Patch. "I think its a phenomenal community that has a lot to offer to young professionals, and I want to bring that voice to city council."

The field of at-large candidates in November's city council election now include Yasinow and incumbents Mayor Ed Kelley and council members Cheryl Stephens and Jason Stein.

Long-time Councilwoman Bonnie Caplan is not running for re-election.

Janine Boyd, who was appointed into her seat, must run this November in a separate election to continue as a council woman for the next two years.

Learn more about Yasinow at her Facebook page and her website. You can also follow her on Twitter.