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PREMIERE EDITION COMING SOON: WWW.THEREALDEALPRESS.COM FREE 'STICK UP' BY LAPTOP If you own a business or have a personal checking account, a banker has some surprising news for you. APRILR 2014E ! VOLUMEAL ONE ! NUMBER ONE DEPRESSAL PAGE 3 Primary election feature some Kasich’s ‘Reading Guarantee’ wide-open races Redistricting, about to sting third graders Retirement, Ambition combine to create "It’s going to show us whether or not ballot excitement our district is on top of the reading By R.T. Andrews curriculum… whether they are Editor When the Democratic Cen- teaching the children phonics and tral Committee members cau- reading comprehension." cused in late February to select a replacement for County Coun- — Dorothy Blackmon, cil District 10 representative Ju- Retired School Board Member lian Rogers, it marked the "rst time that any of the elected of- "cials who won county races in ucation. These districts score kids can read in third grade. 2010 was leaving o%ce. in Ohio’s lowest 5% for aca- We should have already been Since Rogers resigned mid- demic achievement. They are doing it.” In fact, said Ward, term for personal reasons — also overwhelmingly black. her district had been “push- his growing family mandated Saying he wanted to com- ing” students. “It’s just that that he take a fulltime job with bat low achievement in Ohio retention piece,” she said re- fulltime pay — electoral law schools, Governor Kasich pro- ferring to children being held provided that the Party select posed Senate Bill 316 in 2012. back. “We know that retention his successor. Party insiders The bill passed and is known isn’t the best thing.” But she passed over the aloof politician as The Third Grade Reading said the district plans to make with the highest pro"le — long- School district resident Gloria Je!erson speaking at March Guarantee. According to the the best of it by taking steps time Cleveland Heights mayor 26 School Board meeting. Photo Credit: EC Narrator guarantee, third graders ei- such as placing retained stu- Ed Kelley — in favor of An- ther pass the reading test on dents in smaller classes. thony Houston, a low-key but By M. LaVora Perry fate of many children in Great- the Ohio Achievement Assess- That plan is in line with rec- hard-working candidate they Special Correspondent er Cleveland, including those ment or flunk third grade. ommendations the Ohio Edu- knew, liked, and trusted the in the Warrensville Heights “I think the guarantee is a cators Association made when most. In an intraparty election, WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS — City School District. Like the good idea,” said Denise Ward, they opposed the guarantee being liked and trusted counts Imagine being in third grade Cleveland Metropolitan school Executive Director to War- before it passed. Their repre- for more than a ballot name and and discovering that when your district, Warrensville is desig- rensville Superintendent Mar- sentative testified before law- a bigger war chest. classmates move on to fourth, nated as a “Challenge District” va Jones. “It’s unfortunate that makers that a better way !is article pro"les several lo- you won’t. That could be the by the Ohio Department of Ed- we needed it to make sure our CONTINUED ON PAGE 10 cal races where the electorate gets to do the choosing. !e contests we examine are those we have been following since well before Black Philanthropy Takes Center Stage the candidate-"ling deadline in By By R.T. Andrews mittee, which operates under acy Fund in 2010 in conjunc- early February. We will continue Editor the aegis of !e Cleveland tion with putting on the "rst to follow these races throughout Foundation. !e summit is summit in 2010. Constance this primary season. More than two hundred locals aimed at raising the visibility Hill-Johnson, who co-chairs of County Council District 9 are expected to attend this year’s of black charitable giving, in- the committee along with Jus- Next month begins the elec- !ird African American Philan- creasing the understanding of tin R. Horton, recently shared tion process to replace another thropy Summit on Saturday, the bene"ts of wealth and com- in a Real Deal Press interview original county council mem- April 26 at Corporate College munity preservation through that the committee’s goal this ber, District 10 councilwoman AAPC co-chair Constance East in Warrensville Heights. philanthropy, and o#ering tools year is to grow the fund princi- Ellen Connally. A long-serving Hill-Johnson with husband !is every other year event and insights into how to make pal to $100,000. !e Fund has judge with an excellent political Kevin Johnson. Photo is a production of the African such giving more e#ective. been the recipient of gi$s CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 Credit: RDP Photo American Philanthropy Com- !e AAPC established a Leg- CONTINUED ON PAGE 9 2 VISIT US AT WWW.THEREALDEALPRESS.COM Warrensville State of NEWSMAKERS the City set for April 16 BUSINESS CIVIC Eddie Harrell, Jr. Helen Forbes- has been named Fields has been Vice President/ appointed to the General Manager East Cleveland of Radio One’s Fiscal Commission. Cleveland radio stations. Warrensville Heights mayor Bradley D. Sellers Photo Credit: Richard Andrews Will Tarter Jr., of Rachel Von Hendrix Broadview Heights of Beachwood has WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS — Warrensville is the new Director been appointed Heights Mayor Bradley Sellers will deliver the State of the City address on Wednesday, April 16 at 7PM of Community to the Cuyahoga at the Warrensville Heights Branch Library, 4415 Engagement at Community College North"eld Road. OneCommunity. Board of Trustees. !e event is open to the public but space is limited and an over&ow audience is expected. APRIL 2014 ! VOLUME ONE ! NUMBER ONE 3 BALLOT continued from page 1 ‘Stick up’ by laptop name, an active and loyal Businesswoman Shontel political organization, and a Brown is a "rst term coun- proven vote-getter, Connal- cilwoman from Warrensville. ly was pretty much a shoo-in Her political resume may be from the moment she de- slight but she has endorse- clared for the sprawling dis- ments from what passes as the trict that is only an Oakwood District’s political establish- Village shy of running from ment: Congresswoman Mar- Shaker Square to the county cia Fudge, outgoing county line. Connally parlayed her council president Connally, political talents to become and Warrensville Heights the "rst president of Coun- mayor Brad Sellers. ty Council. Her decision to A licensed attorney and a retire from electoral politics, minister, Leah Lewis was ap- announced earlier this year, pointed to Highland Heights has brought forth a number council last fall, elected to Warrensville Heights mayor Bradley D. Sellers of veteran, fresh, and former retain the seat in November, Photo Credit: Richard Andrews legislators eager to grab the and is now running to secure District 10 brass ring. a broader platform. She won a District 10 encompasses straw poll over the other can- the cities of Bedford, Bedford didates at a recent campaign Heights, Shaker Heights, and event and was hands down Warrensville Heights, Cleve- the best candidate at dealing land Wards 1 and 4, and the pleasantly but e#ectively with villages of Highland Hills, the aggressive moderating North Randall, Orange, Pepper style of former East Cleveland Pike and Woodmere. !e latter mayor Eric Brewer. three villages were added to the !e southern segment of the district in the redistricting that district features two candidates followed the 2010 census. with impressive profession- If it seems like every one of al resumes outside of politics, those communities has its own though neither shows much in candidate, the reality is not far the way of campaign charisma. By R.T. Andrews a thief needs to rob you blind is thief captures your account in- from the impression. In the Councilman Donald Saunders Editor your checking account number formation, and uses fraudulent running to replace Connally on of Bedford is a retired county and your bank’s routing num- checks to empty your account, the County Council are: Bed- engineer who is stumping on So you own a business. I invite ber. !e latter is easily obtainable you may be unable to recover ford Heights city councilman the grounds that the lower half you to attend a luncheon talk on if the thief knows your bank. It your loss from the bank. Lloyd Anderson; Warrensville of the district got little respect check fraud. Excited? then becomes a simple matter to !e best antidote to check Heights city councilwoman or attention during Connally’s Neither was I, but I went anyway. print fraudulent checks that are fraud, Hennessey said, was some- Shontel M. Brown; Highland "rst term. Lloyd Anderson, !e food was good, the compa- virtually undetectable. thing Dollar Bank calls “positive Hills village councilwoman a councilman from Bedford ny and networking outstanding. Hennessey cited statistics that pay”. Most banks have similar Leah Lewis; former Shaker Heights, a fraternal twin to And the speaker? Well, who on average, U.S. organizations programs under various moni- Heights city councilwoman Bedford, has a distinguished re- knew a banker could make a lose about 7% of their revenue kers. Essentially, to protect your Lynn Ru#ner; Bedford city sume that includes bank man- presentation on check fraud so to "nancial fraud, and that the business, you need to work with councilman Donald Saunders agement and insurance agency fascinating? average fraud scheme goes un- your bank by providing them political operative Andre P. ownership, but the hesitancy he Basically, the speaker, Dollar detected for 18 months. with a list of the checks you write White, and Adam Trumbo of showed in response to Brewer’s Bank vice president Kevin Hen- While wire fraud, credit card before you hand them out.