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Shaker Heights holds fifth Democracy Day hearing on corporate influence; council votes to enter executive session
Summary
Shaker Heights City Council hosted its fifth biennial Democracy Day public hearing, where residents urged action on corporate money in politics, climate influence, single-payer health care, and plastics; afterward, council voted unanimously to enter an executive session to discuss specialized security details.
Shaker Heights City Council opened its fifth biennial Democracy Day public hearing Tuesday night to gather public comment on corporate influence in elections and related civic concerns, and later voted to enter executive session to discuss specialized security arrangements.
The hearing, established by local ordinance after a citizen petition and a 2016 vote supporting a “We the People” constitutional amendment, drew residents and activists who described the effects of Supreme Court rulings and “dark money” groups on local and national democracy. Mayor Weiss read the ordinance’s purpose and said the council would publicize the hearing and forward a letter summarizing comments to state and federal legislators, naming “Congresswoman Brown, Senator Marino and Senator Husted” as intended recipients.
Why it matters: speakers argued that decisions such as Citizens United v. FEC and the rise of undisclosed political spending have…
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