From the Brown Report - https://www.facebook.com/thebrownreportuncensored

Open Report on Council candidate Shontelle Brown



Examining the term Grinning - 1.To smile broadly, as in amusement, or embarrassment, 


Today was not a good day for Candidate Shontell Brown. Brown "NO SHOWED" the District 9 Candidates Community Forum and Debate after confirming by email her participation. Brown set back in silence and took in free publicity regarding the debate. Did she not know that she would not be in attendance?

On Brown's you tube video she states "Engaged in the Community". This has now become a matter laughable.

Message to Shontell Brown - There is something called commitment. You committed to attend and you failed to "show up". This behavior was unacceptable and disdainful on all account - for you did not have the decency to call, text, inbox or email The Brown Report to say you could not keep your commitment.

This smile is one of many meanings - Today we guess its about being embarrassed for your failure to Engage with the Community as your you tube video proudly state 

Cuyahoga County District 9 needs a responsive, responsible and committed Council Person and it is obvious that this requirement is not a fit for what you are seeking.

We have 4 candidates for District and The Brown Report openly support those willing to engage with the public.

The Heck with your ENDORSEMENT!

I met with Mayor Brewer at City Hall in East Cleveland with Norm Roulet in 2005-6.  We discussed East Cleveland's IT needs.   Realneo didn't get the contract.  

Seemed like  at the time the internet would let us take on anything - the civic establisment in Cle - the beaucracies - public record denial BS.

And notwithstanding personal information being publicized on him to discredit him - Mr. Brewer didn't blink.  I respect Mr. Brewer today because he has an honest outlook on NEO and Cleveland and politics.   No hidden corporate agenda - Not the Dirty Dealer commercial agenda of  sport teams, gambling, cleclinic, port authority, greater cle partnership joe roman, etc. 

Thank you Mayor Brewer for taking the initiative to organize this forum!  

Thank you lmcshane for attending and reporting on this important Cuyahoga County event.

I will be very depressed in our primary election - if PD endorsed candidates - (Armond Budish, Shontell Brown) are successful - can we, at least, topple the PD, Greater Cleveland Partnership in this election?? Oh - and, please make sure that Issue 7 - the "Sin" tax - goes down in flames???

http://www.cleveland.com/cuyahoga-county/index.ssf/2014/03/cuyahoga_coun...

Reprinted from Facebook - Eric J. Brewer:

The District 9 Cuyahoga County council forum that Kimberly Brown organized and co-sponsored with Marcia Lane was well attended. Four of the six candidates attended. Bedford Heights Councilman Lloyd Anderson. Highland Hills Councilwoman Leah Lewis. Bedford Councilman Don Saunders. Former Shaker Heights Councilwoman Lynn Ruffner. 



Kimberly Brown informed me that Warrensville Heights Councilwoman Shontel Brown claimed until the last minute that she was attending, which is the only reason either of us posted her picture. But she was a no show as well as Andre White. 

So how did it go?

To prepare for the forum I read the budgets, audits, council minutes, charters and ordinances of each of the city's where the District 9 county councils candidates served or once served on city council. It made no sense for me to lead a discussion where they could talk only about what they planned to do on the county council, when the example for how they might apply themselves to a new job can be found in how they performed the one they're in now. I also thought discussing issues they'd been working on since the beginning of the year would make for a familiar conversation.

That type of conversation brought several surprises.

Bedford Heights councilman Lloyd Anderson said he wasn't told by Mayor Fletcher Berger that the city's insurance carrier had issued a $123,000 check for the value of three trucks purchased for $500,000 that were destroyed in a fire. When I pointed out that Fletcher had shared the information with council twice since January 2014 during two reports from the mayor, Anderson had no knowledge of what was in his city council minutes.

Former Shaker Heights vice Mayor Lynn Ruffner admitted that the city's chief of police confirmed CSU professor Ronnie Dunn's claim that cops were illegally accessing the LEADS crime database to run random license plate checks on African American men. Shaker Heights cops are learning of license suspensions and other information about the men whose license plates they're running, and writing citations and making arrests based on the information they've illegally acquired from LEADS. Ruffner knew of the illegal acts but admitted that council took no action to demand that the police chief order Shaker Heights cops to comply with the city's user participation agreement with the Ohio Highway Patrol. The state requires Shaker Heights and any other police department to discipline and prosecute cops who access LEADS illegally. Ruffner said council only discussed the issue.

Highland Hills councilwoman Leah Lewis admitted that her city's finances were in a shambles, and that the Auditor of State had identified areas of such gross non-compliance that the city's mishandled financial records could be hiding fraud. She said council had not initiated an investigation to identify areas of incompetence and fraud, and has not enacted legislation to correct it.

Bedford councilman Don Saunders admitted that his city is plagued with problems council had not detected in the law department and municipal court. Bedford's judge and law director are under indictment for their tie to a brothel and steering contracts to connected law firms for bribes. He said Bedford has also lost its largest employer, Ben Venue, and is scrambling to make up the tax base loss.

The problems each of the candidates was already facing in their current elected offices, and the way they were handling them, was enlightening to an audience that had few questions after the forum. Several gave statements, instead, and gave instruction to the would-be county council candidates. The audience seemed to express the common sentiment that no matter which candidate was elected, the voters of District 9 had to keep an eye on them. 

Laverne A. Jones Gore spoke and shared with me afterwards that she didn't know any of the candidates, and had known nothing about how they performed in Bedford, Bedford Heights, Shaker Heights and Highland Hills. By the end of the forum Laverne said she had a better understanding of their current work ethic, which was an indication of how they'd apply themselves on the county council.

The comments from the audience, and those shared with me afterwards, was that they were surprised at what the council members knew and did not know; and what they'd done and not done on the job. 

Glen Cotton told me at lunch with Richard Andrews, Charles Bibb, Thaddeus Jackson, Richard Peery, Andre Saint Cyr and Betty Mahone that he was caught between choosing among the lesser of evils. It didn't mean the candidates were bad people. It meant that even the most experienced among them could have been more .

Andre Saint Cyr thought the forum raised the bar , and so did other members of the audience. Everyone believed the level of scrutiny the candidates publicly faced needed to be the same in every candidates forum.

State Senator John Barnes said Warrensville Heights councilwoman Shontel Brown and Andre White did themselves favors by not showing up. He said, and I'm paraphrasing, that they could not have handled the intellectual intensity of the discussion. 

Kimberly Brown said Leah Lewis earned a few points by going toe to toe with me during a moment in the forum. She held her own. LOL. 

For me, I thought all the candidates who attended were honest in their responses and I respected that quality about them. They knew what they knew. They didn't know what they didn't know. You can tell from the tone of this post that we had a real, a thought provoking and an empowering discussion. I believe everyone who attended, including the candidates, knew more after the forum than they did at the beginning of it.

I also think we participated in something unique, that caught everyone's attention in the audience. People described the substance of the discussion as unlike any other forum they'd ever attended.

I believe everyone who attended left empowered in some way. I don't remember which candidate expressed this thought, I think it may have been Lynn, but I believe she said it put her in a state of mental preparation for the difficulty of being on the county council.

From Marcia Lane https://www.facebook.com/TheNewsJunkieDaily:
On Tuesday May 6, 2014 Cuyahoga County Residents will elect a nominee from the Democratic Party to run for County Executive...



Today I attended the "DISTRICT 9 COMMUNITY DEBATE AND FORUM", where I had the honor of meeting several of the candidates and learning about their planned agenda's.



First, we as "CONCERNED RESIDENTS OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY", must get out and vote.... We continue to complain behind "closed doors". It is time to let our voices be heard, especially when they are completely "SILENCED" in the walls of "CLEVELAND CITY COUNCIL"....

THE DEBATE PANEL:

LEAH LEWIS- VILLAGE OF HIGHLAND HEIGHTS COUNCILWOMAN

LYNN RUFFNER- FORMER VICE MAYOR OF SHAKER HEIGHTS AND TWO TERM CITY COUNCIL MEMBER

DONALD SAUNDERS- BEDFORD CITY COUNCILMAN, ZONING INSPECTOR (NORTHFIELD CENTER TOWNSHIP)

LLOYD D ANDERSON- BEDFORD HEIGHTS COUNCILMAN WARD 1, MEMBER OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

MODERATOR OF THE DEBATE: FORMER EAST CLEVELAND MAYOR ERIC JONATHAN BREWER

All candidates were asked if residents of their community were able to speak at "CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS" and they all replied "YES".

The debate forum focused upon:

STOPPING THIRD PARTY TAX LIENS AND FORECLOSURE SCAMS

PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY OF CORRUPTION WITHIN CITY AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT

FINANCE CORRUPTION WITHIN CITY GOVERNMENT

SEVERAL OTHER ISSUES

Moderator Eric Jonathan Brewer "RAISED THE BAR" and truly became the "HIGHLIGHT" of this event. Touching upon subjects unknown to the average county resident. He raised "eyebrows" and lowered "voices" of some the panelists, obviously unaware of his "POWERFUL POLITICAL KNOWLEDGE".

In closing I'd like to thank "KIMBERLY F BROWN" and "ERIC JONATHON BREWER" for including me as a "SPONSOR" of this "SUCCESSFUL EVENT". I look forward to working closely with them in future projects. I'd also like to thank the panelist for showing up and allowing the public to hear their voice as well....

CC:
KIMBERLY F BROWN
ERIC JONATHAN BREWER

MARCIA A LANE
THE NEWS JUNKIE DAILY

http://www.cityclub.org/Programs/Upcoming/tabid/173/Default.aspx

Cuyahoga County Executive Democratic Primary

The City Club will host a primary debate for the Democratic candidates running for Cuyahoga County Executive. Invitations have been sent to all of the following candidates (the word confirmed appears to the right of the names of those who are confirmed to attend):

State Rep. Armond Budish, Ohio House District 8-Confirmed

State Senator Shirley Smith, Ohio Senate District 21 - Confirmed

Bob Reid, former Cuyahoga County Sheriff - Confirmed

Timothy J. Russo - Confirmed

Thomas O'Grady, Administrator for Cleveland City Schools, former Mayor of North Olmsted -Confirmed

Walter Allen Rogers, Jr. - Confirmed

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