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Fran Mentch

Fran Mentch has lived in Cleveland Heights 24 years and cares about quality of life in our community
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Government

Court Hearing TOMORROW for Temporary Protective Order to take Telling Mansion off the market

Do you believe in fiscal responsibility and preserving hisoric buildings and cultural memory? If you do, you can help save the Telling Mansion Wednesday, 5/15/13 at 1pm.

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Love for Sale: Public Library Board puts Historic and Loved Mansion Library Up for Sale.

Our taxes bought this building and maintained it for 60 years. Doesn't this building BELONG TO US and our FUTURE GENERATIONS?

Issues

Do Heights residents have the right to an opinion about the Cuyahoga County Public Library?

As you can see from the attached documents, anyone who pays state taxes has a right to an opinion about the Cuyahoga County Public Library system.

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Does the Cuyahoga County Public Library Board believe in social justice?

Do you believe in social justice? These maps show that the Cuyahoga County Public Library board doesn't.

Run away! The Library Patrons are Coming--including (shriek!) teenagers.

Why does the Library Board want to move the South Euclid-Lyndhurst Library away from the children who are its patrons, all current patrons and potential patrons--not to mention high school students?

The birth of a backroom deal.

Birth certificate of a backroom deal between the Cuyahoga County Public Library Board, County Council representative Simon and South Euclid mayor and city council.

Cuyahoga County Public Library Board wants to spend $12.6 million of your money to build an obsolescent building.

Oops! Cuyahoga County Public Library Board doesn't know what a 21st Century Library is and they are willing to spend $12.6 million of your money to prove it.

Cuyahoga County Public Library Board is fiscally irresponsible.

Oops! The Library Board didn’t do their math homework.

Demonstration in front of Walmart to show solidarity with striking employees.

Walmart is the biggest private employer and the largest retailer IN THE WORLD. Their workers deserve a living wage.

Why is Our Library for Sale? MEETING TOMORROW!

Why is the Cuyahoga County South Euclid-Lyndhurst Mansion Library for sale? South Euclid city officials have been salivating over it for years. Read on.

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