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Wednesday, August 1, 2012

POLITICAL CANDIDATES WANTED TO RUN IN MAPLE HEIGHTS ELECTIONS

African Americans make up an estimated 70% of the population in Maple Heights.  Home foreclosures have continued and have deeply affected the African American community.


In light of the fact that African Americans (and other minorities) feel this adminstration has failed to  adequately address the  high number of home foreclosures; and their needs, wants, and concerns are not being addressed by Maple Heights public employees (esp. elected officials), we are looking for qualified  African American, and  Hispanic/Latino  candidates to run for public office.
 

In addition to being a Maple Heights resident for at least a year, the qualified candidate must:
 

1. Be committed to addressing the needs, wants, and concerns of his/her district's or city's residents (if running for Mayor) ... that includes answering resident's questions in a timely manner.
 


2. Be either a parent with children in the Maple Heights school system, or have a positive connection with Maple Heights school system.


3. An outgoing personality


4. Have be able to deal with financial problems


5. Be  willing  to work with all Maple Heights residents (especially seniors and children)


6. Be creative with a 21st century vision.



7. Leadership skills and/or management experience. 



8. Be committed to the ownership-money-circulation principle which would help every resident in Maple Heights.


9. If applying for a council seat, you must live in the district you want to run in.



10. Must comply with the laws of the state of Ohio with regard to criminal background.


Contact:
mhaagazette@gmail.com

or call 216.202.4083 and leave a message


***We will not be supporting (the city council appointed) Charles Crews Jr. for a district 5 council seat or any Maple Heights elected office (at this time), as he has excluded residents at his city functions, and failed to respond to all inquiries/questions/requests from residents (in his district) about Maple Heights government.

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PLEASE NOTE:

Maple Heights City Candidate Filing Deadline Amendment Measure (November 2012)

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A Maple Heights City Candidate Filing Deadline Amendment measure was on the November 6, 2012 election ballot in Cuyahoga County, which is in Ohio where it was approved.
This measure amended the Maple Heights City Charter to establish a deadline for candidate filing.[1]

Election results

Issue 66
ResultVotesPercentage
Approveda Yes 5345 60.86%
No343739.14%
Election results from Cuyahoga County, Current Election Results

Text of measure

Language on the ballot:
Shall Article XVIII, Section 3(e), of the Charter of the City of Maple Heights be amended to change the candidate filing deadline to 90 days prior to the primary election?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Candidate filing deadline is 90 days before a primary election.