December 27, 2024Dec 27 8 minutes ago, Luke_S said: First challenger to Bibb has announced her candidacy for the Cleveland 2025 mayoral race. LaVerne Gore announces run for Cleveland mayor in 2025 by Najee Hall December 26, 2024 Gore is a Cleveland native, born and raised in the Hough neighborhood. She operates her own consulting firm, LA Gore and Principles. She has also served as a recruiter for the United States Military Academy. She is no stranger to the political scene, having run her first campaign in 1993 for a seat on Cleveland City Council. Since then, she has run for multiple other offices. Most recently, she ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2021 to represent Ohio’s 11th congressional district. She also ran for: Cuyahoga County Council in 2010; Cleveland mayor in 2009; and to be a Cuyahoga County Council Commissioner in 2000 and 2002. While she has managed to win two primaries, she has yet to hold political office. https://signalcleveland.org/laverne-gore-announces-run-for-2025-cleveland-mayoral-race/ From the article: “Everything I’ve seen is special interest politics. We’re talking to the LGBTQ+’community, who I think need to be heard. We are talking to environmentalists, who I think need to be heard. Where the city is now, I think we need to start listening to the parents and the citizens of Cleveland.” Sooo, no members of the LGBTQ+ community are parents or citizens of Cleveland? But at least she's so benevolent she thinks they need to be heard 😒 clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
December 27, 2024Dec 27 I know nothing about this person, but what she's saying is benign political speak. And I do agree that Bibb's endless Browns, Browns, Browns distractions have not helped the city one iota.
December 28, 2024Dec 28 15 hours ago, MayDay said: From the article: “Everything I’ve seen is special interest politics. We’re talking to the LGBTQ+’community, who I think need to be heard. We are talking to environmentalists, who I think need to be heard. Where the city is now, I think we need to start listening to the parents and the citizens of Cleveland.” Sooo, no members of the LGBTQ+ community are parents or citizens of Cleveland? But at least she's so benevolent she thinks they need to be heard 😒 Thank you for flagging this! I glossed over the second half of this paragraph because it started with the same old political platitudes... 15 hours ago, TBideon said: I know nothing about this person, but what she's saying is benign political speak. And I do agree that Bibb's endless Browns, Browns, Browns distractions have not helped the city one iota. I don't think Bibb has been as hyper-focused on the Browns as maybe the media suggests (because this is the media's primary focus). Progress has definitely been slower than I would have liked and there's definitely still more work to be done. • identified a better solution for the new CPD HQ and has continued to work on solutions to staffing shortages • zoning changes and a focus on complete street designs whenever resurfacing projects are started—again, more needs to be done on simplifying the zoning and permitting process and on improving pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure • the creation of the North Coast Waterfront Development Co, studies for the development of North Coast harbor, the land bridge, redesign of rt 2, and repurposing Burke Those are the bigger ongoing projects that I can think of off the top of my head. He's also managed, with Council, the spending of the COVID recovery money on various projects across the city. So I think it is more than a bit unfair to say Bibb is only focused on the Browns.
December 30, 2024Dec 30 On 12/27/2024 at 5:10 PM, TBideon said: I know nothing about this person, but what she's saying is benign political speak. And I do agree that Bibb's endless Browns, Browns, Browns distractions have not helped the city one iota. As of a 2022 article, there's about 8,000 people working for the City of Cleveland, out of those 8k people I'd bet maybe five are involved with stadium stuff with nobody focusing 100% of their time on it. When the media pokes him about the stadium do you want him to ignore and tell them to move on? It's not like he's holding a press conference every day about it.
December 30, 2024Dec 30 33 minutes ago, GISguy said: As of a 2022 article, there's about 8,000 people working for the City of Cleveland, out of those 8k people I'd bet maybe five are involved with stadium stuff with nobody focusing 100% of their time on it. My one complaint about Bibb is there is 8000 people working at the city, and basic city services continue to be at an all time low. Streets aren't swept, leaves aren't picked up, city property is overgrown and not maintained. I was hoping when voting for Bibb he would exert some authority to exercise the Frank Jackson laziness from the rank and file. He has failed miserably at this.
December 30, 2024Dec 30 1 hour ago, GISguy said: As of a 2022 article, there's about 8,000 people working for the City of Cleveland, out of those 8k people I'd bet maybe five are involved with stadium stuff with nobody focusing 100% of their time on it. When the media pokes him about the stadium do you want him to ignore and tell them to move on? It's not like he's holding a press conference every day about it. I didn't see Frank hold conferences and leak unrealistic presentations when Eton abandoned the city. And certainly don't remember foolish 5 or 6 figure lawsuits to compel them to stay or be sold under obvious bad law. You move on. If reporters keep asking, I'd refer them to some nonstatement and move on.
December 30, 2024Dec 30 8 minutes ago, TBideon said: I didn't see Frank hold conferences and leak unrealistic presentations when Eton abandoned the city. And certainly don't remember foolish 5 or 6 figure lawsuits to compel them to stay or be sold under obvious bad law. You move on. If reporters keep asking, I'd refer them to some nonstatement and move on. Didn't Coucil pass a resolution to enforce using the Modell Law? I don't think that's Bibb's call. And you can be sure that if he wasn't at least working to keep the team in the city tons of people would be calling for blood there too. Public sentiment seems to largely be on his side that Brook Park is a terrible call. I can't speak for neighborhoods outside of downtown really since most of my time in Cleveland is in downtown, but it does seem like things like snow removal have been going better since Bibb took office. I remember downtown being a dumpster fire of snow under Jackson more than a few times. And yes, winters are trending more mild, but even the bad storms downtown is still cleared pretty quickly. Edited December 30, 2024Dec 30 by CLEeng
December 30, 2024Dec 30 Author 17 minutes ago, TBideon said: I didn't see Frank hold conferences and leak unrealistic presentations when Eton abandoned the city. And certainly don't remember foolish 5 or 6 figure lawsuits to compel them to stay or be sold under obvious bad law. You move on. If reporters keep asking, I'd refer them to some nonstatement and move on. THIS is your critique of Bibb? Eaton wanted to build its new HQ downtown in the Flats (specifically next to the unused podium station on the Waterfront Line just north of the railroad tracks and south of the port). Eaton couldn’t even get the city to put the simplest of efforts into supporting this. Retired CEO Sandy Cutler remains furious to this day over the lack of support from the city. Eaton moving to the suburbs is 100% a failure of the Jackson administration and that type of thing definitely would not happen under Bibb. (Separately, Eaton reorganizing as a “Irish” company for tax purposes is absolutely something the company should be criticized for.) There are plenty of things to be frustrated with about the current administration, but this is not one of them. The Haslems are putting the city in a very bad position and all anger about stadium-related issues should be directed at Jimmy and Dee. When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
December 30, 2024Dec 30 It's doubtful to me Bibb is going to face any serious electoral threats this year. Him and Griffin seem to be generally aligned on big stuff, and I'm guessing Griffin is waiting to see when Bibb decides to go after a bigger job. But Bibb isn't winning statewide without delivering more tangible results for Cleveland and that requires more time. If it was me, I'd much rather work on transforming Cleveland than be a bureaucrat like Mayor Pete.
December 30, 2024Dec 30 28 minutes ago, coneflower said: It's doubtful to me Bibb is going to face any serious electoral threats this year. Him and Griffin seem to be generally aligned on big stuff, and I'm guessing Griffin is waiting to see when Bibb decides to go after a bigger job. But Bibb isn't winning statewide without delivering more tangible results for Cleveland and that requires more time. If it was me, I'd much rather work on transforming Cleveland than be a bureaucrat like Mayor Pete. I heard rumors about a certain figure in Cleveland real estate establishing residency in the city to run for mayor...
December 30, 2024Dec 30 34 minutes ago, YABO713 said: I heard rumors about a certain figure in Cleveland real estate establishing residency in the city to run for mayor... does their name rhyme with merry boyne?
December 30, 2024Dec 30 26 minutes ago, Ineffable_Matt said: does their name rhyme with merry boyne? He just built a house in Rocky River
December 30, 2024Dec 30 Anybody carpetbagging into town to run for mayor at this point is wasting their time unless their name is LeBron James.
December 30, 2024Dec 30 If it is TC, he is more likely running to draw attention to the issues he has been vocal about on LinkedIn and pressure Bibb to publicly address them and provide policy solutions. I don’t know much about him, but I doubt he wants to deal with running the rest of the city beyond the world of permitting and development. It’s a relatively thankless job and could create conflicts between his business and the mayor’s role. As far as Bibb, I think he’s doing what I voted for, and I’m optimistic that he is working to change some of the city processes employee stagnation leftover from the Jackson era. My understanding is that it’s a difficult process to terminate city employees, and it’s probably ineffective to try and do all departments at once. I don’t think he’s ignorant of these issues.
December 31, 2024Dec 31 9 hours ago, Boomerang_Brian said: THIS is your critique of Bibb? Eaton wanted to build its new HQ downtown in the Flats (specifically next to the unused podium station on the Waterfront Line just north of the railroad tracks and south of the port). Eaton couldn’t even get the city to put the simplest of efforts into supporting this. Retired CEO Sandy Cutler remains furious to this day over the lack of support from the city. Eaton moving to the suburbs is 100% a failure of the Jackson administration and that type of thing definitely would not happen under Bibb. (Separately, Eaton reorganizing as a “Irish” company for tax purposes is absolutely something the company should be criticized for.) There are plenty of things to be frustrated with about the current administration, but this is not one of them. The Haslems are putting the city in a very bad position and all anger about stadium-related issues should be directed at Jimmy and Dee. Meanwhile.... https://www.news5cleveland.com/sports/browns/city-of-cleveland-invokes-modell-law-in-hopes-of-keeping-browns-downtown#:~:text=Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb sent,known as Huntington Bank Field. At least Jones Day is making some bank.
December 31, 2024Dec 31 7 hours ago, mtnbikefan said: He just built a house in Rocky River He may have a small pied-a-tierre in the city? We have noticed he does a lot of teevee promo adds for his commercial real esate biz.
January 18Jan 18 Given that I wasn't aware that Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego is the outgoing leader I'm not sure how big of a deal this is for Bibb or Cleveland in the national conversation, but within internal Democratic politics I imagine this is great for Mayor Bibb. Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb picked to lead nationwide group for democratic mayors Published: Jan. 17, 2025 By Sean McDonnell, cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb has been tapped to lead the Democratic Mayors Association, just as Republicans take control of all three branches of the federal government. The group, made up of mayors across the country who lead cities of 30,000 or more, announced Bibb as its next president in a news release Friday. ... The Democractic Mayors Association describes itself as an organization that mobilizes mayors on behalf of progressive issues under a united voice. https://www.cleveland.com/news/2025/01/cleveland-mayor-justin-bibb-pick-to-lead-nationwide-group-for-democratic-mayors.html National coverage: NBC News Cleveland's Justin Bibb to lead Democratic mayors group ABC News 'Homegrown rising star': Justin Bibb tapped to lead Democratic Mayors Association
January 20Jan 20 On 12/30/2024 at 2:06 PM, coneflower said: Anybody carpetbagging into town to run for mayor at this point is wasting their time unless their name is LeBron James. Drew Carey might make things interesting.
January 20Jan 20 On 12/30/2024 at 9:08 AM, Cleburger said: My one complaint about Bibb is there is 8000 people working at the city, and basic city services continue to be at an all time low. Streets aren't swept, leaves aren't picked up, city property is overgrown and not maintained. I was hoping when voting for Bibb he would exert some authority to exercise the Frank Jackson laziness from the rank and file. He has failed miserably at this. This is why I didn't support him (though I certainly didn't care for Kelley either). He's s a planner and proposer, not a doer or a manager. I had hopes for him when he stood up to the activists who wanted the police review board to only represent their viewpoints, but I haven't seen much spine since.
January 24Jan 24 On 12/30/2024 at 9:08 AM, Cleburger said: My one complaint about Bibb is there is 8000 people working at the city, and basic city services continue to be at an all time low. Streets aren't swept, leaves aren't picked up, city property is overgrown and not maintained. I was hoping when voting for Bibb he would exert some authority to exercise the Frank Jackson laziness from the rank and file. He has failed miserably at this. While there hasn’t been as drastic an improvement as I’d like, I actually do think city services are incrementally, but markedly, improved.
January 24Jan 24 36 minutes ago, Enginerd said: While there hasn’t been as drastic an improvement as I’d like, I actually do think city services are incrementally, but markedly, improved. Totally agree. The streets in my area are swept regularly, and snow removal this year has been noticeably better than any other year since I moved to Cleveland.
January 24Jan 24 1 hour ago, Clefan98 said: Totally agree. The streets in my area are swept regularly, and snow removal this year has been noticeably better than any other year since I moved to Cleveland. I'm glad someones seeing it because I haven't seen much noticable improvement. In fact, there are still leaf piles on Lake and Edgewater from a city pickup that was supposed to happen in November. I think part of that problem is the city is so inflexible and needs to push their pickups back into December as the trees are keeping leaves longer into the autumn. I'm sure there will be tons of blowback from residents with dead lawns come spring. Snowplowing is marginally better, but it's still night and day when you cross over from Cleveland to a suburb and notice the vast improvement in road conditions.
January 26Jan 26 On 12/30/2024 at 2:06 PM, coneflower said: Anybody carpetbagging into town to run for mayor at this point is wasting their time unless their name is LeBron James. Tell me he’s not running… https://www.linkedin.com/posts/terrycoyne_the-new-administration-has-said-it-is-going-activity-7289018759107772416-YdGj?utm_medium=ios_app&utm_source=social_share_sheet&utm_campaign=copy_link
January 26Jan 26 3 hours ago, YABO713 said: Tell me he’s not running… https://www.linkedin.com/posts/terrycoyne_the-new-administration-has-said-it-is-going-activity-7289018759107772416-YdGj?utm_medium=ios_app&utm_source=social_share_sheet&utm_campaign=copy_link ok he's not running 🙂 (not with Bibb and Ronayne around ayway), probably trying to creatively scare up some new commissions in our stagnant market. Do not agree with the post office site for a data center. Try looking in Collinwood or Miles/Lee/Harvard to assemble some former industrial ghost land if data centers can provide Cleveland much needed taxes.
May 9May 9 Cleveland City Council President Blaine Griffin won’t run for mayorSignal ClevelandBlaine Griffin won't challenge Justin Bibb for mayor this...Cleveland City Council President Blaine Griffin said it was ultimately a gut decision that led him to pass on a run for mayor this year.
