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Public speakers demand full investigative files in Joe Jones matter; request cited Ohio law

5809762 · September 22, 2025
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Multiple public commenters at the Cleveland City Council meeting urged release of the full investigative files related to Councilman Joe Jones, citing Ohio Revised Code §149.43 and saying council members voted without a complete report.

Several speakers during the council’s public comment period on Sept. 22 called for the full investigative file into Councilman Joe Jones to be released to the public.

Brenda Bickerstaff of Citizens for Safer Cleveland told the council she was invoking Ohio Revised Code §149.43 and demanded “a copy of the entire investigative file of Joe Jones' investigation from January and the one that just occurred.” She said council members had voted without having “all the…

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