April 22, 2024

[sings] We have overcome, we have overcome, we have overcome today. Oh deep in our hearts, we have lived to see that we have overcome today. [speaks] Jesus said, 'great works have I done, greater shall ye do today.' The Holy Ghost says, 'I'm going to work a miracle through you.' When I awaken to this brand new day this is what the Holy Ghost had to say. Your life, I decided to save the sting of death and victory over the grave. I overcame that. Your rape, your abuse, your rejection, your self-hatred of you, I overcame that, too. Your fear of the unknown, reaping the negativity that you have sown, I overcame that. Now this is what I require of you. Pray someone else through. Someone needs a word of hope, someone needs to know about my overcoming power right now, this minute, this second, this very hour. Whatever their struggle or temptation may be, remember to lead them to me. It is by grace and mercy that we speak today no matter what the obstacles may be. Open your eyes, ears, heart, mind, to see no matter what comes your way this day, always say I overcame that.

In this room today we are overcome by the blood of the lamb, and the ewe, and the word of our testimony. And one of the other obstacles that we must overcome is the racism and the racial disparity in policing. I have requested that the Interim Safety Director be the permanent Safety Director, and we consider and allow him to operate in the full authority of the Safety Director, because it is not fair that a black man gets an interim title but a white person gets a permanent title. It is time to end the racial disparity in the city of Cleveland, in the United States of America, and Cuyahoga County. Missing, dead, and exploited and overlooked bodies of people of color, it's time to overcome that.

I have given you also an initiative to help people meet their needs. This is the book that I have authored and published in Cleveland Public Library, my home town. It's called "Choose Life", help people know to choose life to overcome every obstacle. But we must do it fairly, we must do it with reasonable accommodations and we must be fair in leadership. Don't give a black man a temporary title and use them and then say that when you're tired of them that you don't need them anymore. Give them the full authority. Thank you. Overcome.

Good evening. I have a couple things I want to talk about. First, the parking garage. If you're in there for 8 minutes it's $4. Online it says $3.50 for 15 minutes. I need y'all to fix that because I'm not paying yall $4 for 8 minutes. That's ridiculous. And most parking garages let people park up to an hour for free before they charge. Anyway I thought I'd put that out there. um next I want to talk about the traffic engineering and your sidewalk sidewalk Bureau um they're giving out these signs that say don't block driveways if you drive through the city most of the signage are at properties that don't have driveways they just got them randomly posted I need y'all to fix that because it's annoying me it makes no sense um next I want to talk about housing and building well mostly what you guys passed that I couldn't come in and talk forever and that's the resident's first legislative uh packet um I don't know who put it together you didn't have a rener in your committee you didn't talk to a renter I and and I don't live in an apartment I'm a renter you your packet only covers some of the renters in the city housing and building only has so much they can do and your courts definitely don't seem to get that everybody don't live in apartments I would like for you guys to revisit that whole thing it's a hot mess you all felt like it looked it good but as a rener don't give me that look as a rener it looks horrible it does not fortify any of us it does not help any of us it helps a Selected Few Runners and not the whole gamut because the city of Cleveland has a lot of renters and lastly I want to briefly talk about your Comm um Community police commission yeah no I voted for it I had big hopes for it I don't know how you picking the people but every time I go on YouTube and look at it they're arguing with each other they can't get along nobody wants to follow everybody wants to lead it's a hot mess I'm going need y'all to get back in the room and find some other folks to lead that group and you all have a great day

anyone today as many of us know as Earth Day and the existential threat of the climate crisis has never been greater without drastic and immediate intervention we will not meet the emissions reductions necessary to avoid breaching the average of 1.5° Celsius above pre-industrial temperatures this is not a goal that can be met by individuals simply going green to avoid Global catastrophe there needs to be a profound shift of priorities in our economy and in our government Cleveland's mayor Justin bib has fashioned himself an image of being a quote climate mayor including hosting an upcoming climate leadership conference where attendees can pay up to $1,695 to rub shoulders with such climate leaders as PepsiCo Pacific Gas and Electric Clorox and the US Department of Defense the largest emitter of greenhouse gases on Earth Mr bib has touted the Revival of the tree commission as a win for the city to help expand the tree canopy and improve quality of life across the city and rightly so but I'm perplexed as to why he has not acted to Halt the development project at cadell Park that would tear down a canopy of fully grown bald cypress trees if Mr bib is a climate mayor why is he not protecting the only green space in a neighborhood where 40% of the population lives under the poverty line well Mr bib has not been moved to resend support for Israel after the deaths of 40,000 Palestinians in Gaza since October 7th he should know that the genocide in Gaza has been an environmental disaster the guardian wrote in January that the first months of Israel's campaign produced more greenhouse gases than than 20 climate vulnerable Nations do in a year 7.9 meter million meters of forests bushes and agricultural land have been burned contaminated and destroyed by white phosphorus you cannot be a climate mayor and support Israel humanity is in a grave crisis right now what we need are leaders but so far all we've seen from you Mr bib is lip service Save the Planet save cadell Park and free

floor good evening everyone first I want to thank the young lady to spoke about the Cleveland police commission there's two people that we want to be removed that's um Alana Gary Ferguson and the other one is Terry Wang and I've brought that to the attention of the administration we've talked about that so let's move on with mchu I met with mchu today myself Kevin conw some other individuals he gave us a story about what occurred over in Washington DC however for the sake of it he said the judges and the prosecutors I want you guys to hear this now Mr Bib and Mr Griffin made him do this the two prosecutors were Casey Weston and Jennifer kirlo he said the judge pressed him to and the judge looked at the video two judges looked at the video and said they saw a gun it wasn't a gun in that case with those two elderly people the judge named is John Bailey okay so it was two judges so what I told Mr McHugh what I'm going to do personally I'm saying no now but I need 60 days to finish getting the information that I need to make a decision so I can turn it over to the people that's involved with the pastors and everything if need be I'm going to drive to Washington myself okay because I want to find this out because we got some judges and prosecutors that are telling the police to be corrupt they need to be called out to and removed from their position and I'm serious about this because this is what he indicated and that's a serious allegation between about a judge and a prosecutor but we do know there are corrupt judges and prosecutors out here once again I want 60 days from the day's date I'm going to make a record today's date is April the 22nd get me to June the 22nd to get the information so I can get it to you to see if it's true and if it need be I will pack up my own expense and drive to Washington DC myself and Kevin Conwell know I will do that thank you very

have the floor good evening even good evening um the hiring of Philip McHugh it's out of pocket 10 years ago this city we we we was heartbroken Tamir rice 138 shots and in all those instances it was where officers violated policy and procedure and 138 shots they were asked sto the pursuit they kept going Tamir right situation police officers Timothy lman hit a driveby basically there's no policy and procedure for that so we're hiring an assistant safety director that's coming from DC that the DC police department had to pay out because he violated people's civil rights the Fourth Amendment and the Fourth Amendment violation they paid the settlement um and a basis of negligence charge which DC paid a settlement we can't afford this again we're under consent decree since 2015 this is a bad look he could have been put anywhere else mayor bib but we put him in assistant position to police the police and he's violating procedures that's not on us to figure out what he did with judges and prosecutors because again that says about the man if the judge and the prosecutor can force you to be crooked we don't want you here we don't want you here so what I'm going to say is make it right or next November you going to hear the people's voice make it