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Cleveland Asks the Ohio Supreme Court to Determine If Voters Get a Say on the Q Renovations

Ideastream Public Media | By Mitch Felan
Published June 5, 2017 at 10:17 PM EDT
Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson says the city is torn between two conflicting legal arguments: the breaking of contracts and the right to vote on city matters.
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Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson says the city is torn between two conflicting legal arguments: the breaking of contracts and the right to vote on city matters.
Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson says the city is torn between two conflicting legal arguments: the breaking of contracts and the right to vote on city matters.
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Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson says the city is torn between two conflicting legal arguments: the breaking of contracts and the right to vote on city matters.

The City of Cleveland is going to the Ohio Supreme Court to see if it can legally accept a petition to for the question of public funding of the renovation of Quicken Loans Arena onto the ballot. 

Last month, the City Council clerk refused to accept petitions for a referendum challenging the ordinance, which calls for the city . The city claims that accepting the petition would unconstitutionally impair existing contracts.

During a press conference Monday, said that the city is caught between two conflicting legal arguments.

鈥淲e do not want to take an unconstitutional action whether it is around interfering with the contract or it is denying people the right to vote under referendum. Both of these constitutional issues are very important to us.鈥�

Last week, sent a letter to the city demanding the petitions be accepted.

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Mitch Felan
Mitch Felan is a news intern for WKSU. He is a multimedia journalist with experience in print, television, radio and visual journalism. Felan is a junior at Kent State University, working towards a Bachelor's Degree in Multimedia Journalism. During the school year, Felan works for Kent State Student Media in TV2, The Kent Stater, and KentWired. He will be serving as the Digital Director for Kent State University's Student Media Newsroom in the Fall.
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