Cleveland Real Estate News

Unless you live in a cave, you know the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that the City of Cleveland (and Akron et al) could not require workers to live where they work. I sat on my hands, wanting to blog about the issue yesterday, but feeling like it might be better to wait to see what else might go on because of the decision.

I expected the cities involved in the suit to say the fight was not over, it would go on through the court system.  I was wrong, at least as far as Cleveland is concerned. Mayor Jackson says okay we are done.

The idea that people have a right to live where they want makes sense to me.  Unfortunately so does the idea that a city might have the right to require residency for a job. Another reason why I didn’t blog, so many issues, not an easy answer, at least to me.

But today,PD through reporter Henry Gomez, is reporting that Cleveland City Council members reacted strongly at their meeting and a few good ideas (to me) came out of it.

The most intriguing one to me was the idea of a questionnaire to state candidates, asking them where they stand on various issues important to Cleveland residents. Quote from Gomez article:

Councilman Joe Cimperman said council members should send questionnaires to candidates and put together a voters guide to their positions on a range of meaty policy issues.

“I’m not going to tell you who to vote for, but I’m going to tell you where they stand,” he said. “Why shouldn’t we do something based exclusively on the rights of people in Cleveland?”

I’m thinking saying ‘based exclusively on the needs of people in Cleveland’ covers it better. The idea of ‘rights’ is what’s in question around this whole issue and ‘rights’ seem to be in conflict here.

Here is another PD post by Michele Jarboe and one of my colleagues, is interviewed.  I know many of the people I’ve spoken to in the neighborhood have relatives living in Kamm’s and the general area so moving may not be as attractive as some might think.  I guess we will find out.  Peace out – 3C