Tomorrow @CleCityCouncil will hold a caucus meeting at noon. The agenda does not list discussion items. The meeting will NOT be live-streamed on YouTube or TV 20. I spent the day doing research to find a loophole to explain council’s lack of transparency. I COULD NOT FIND ONE.
I’m going to share what I learned in the hope that #Cleveland City Council President Blaine Griffin will reconsider this practice. I’m asking @Griff4CLE6 to publish a full agenda & livestream the meeting. I believe there’s been an honest misinterpretation of Ohio’s Sunshine Laws.
This is going to take a while. I’m asking everyone following this🧵to please be polite & refrain from swearing because it’s not going to help. I want to state the obvious upfront. I am NOT an attorney & I don’t play one on 📺. Now that we’ve got that out of the way, here we go…
I spent the entire day researching Cleveland City Council’s rules, news releases & press releases. I read news stories, Ohio’s Sunshine☀️ Laws, as well as old notes & Twitter🐥threads from numerous @cledocumenters. I believe @CleCityCouncil is violating the Open Meetings Act.
The Rules of @CleCityCouncil details procedures for council meeting, standing committees, special meetings & emergency meetings. But it does not address caucus meetings. The word “caucus” isn’t mentioned once in the 20-page document. clevelandcitycouncil.org/sites/default/…
What is a caucus? Here’s how Merriam-Webster defines a caucus:👇
Ballotpedia defines a caucus as “a political party gathering in which party members choose candidates for an election.🗳 ballotpedia.org/Caucus
There was not a caucus meeting in February. But 2 caucus meetings were held in March & they were NOT live-streamed. #CLECityCouncil
Stay Tuned‼️
I will finish this thread🧵 later when I have time. The bottom line is that these @CleCityCouncil caucus meetings appear to be “special meetings” which require disclosure of the meeting’s purpose. #SunshineLaws☀️ #OpenMeetingsAct
Today @DeptVetAffairs is hosting Women #Veterans Community Support Forum with the Center for @VAWomenVets. @SecVetAffairs Doug Collins spoke to #WomenVets. There are presentations about @VeteransHealth, @VAVetBenefits, & other services, & initiatives. About 1,075 people are attending virtually & other #vets are there in person.
@DeptVetAffairs @VAWomenVets @SecVetAffairs @VeteransHealth @VAVetBenefits @SecVetAffairs Doug Collins talked to #WomenVets at the @VAWomenVets Conference & posed for photos. #veterans
@DeptVetAffairs @VAWomenVets @SecVetAffairs @VeteransHealth @VAVetBenefits Thanks to @SecVetAffairs Doug Collins, @DeptVetAffairs, @VAWomenVets, @VeteransHealth, @VAVetBenefits & @VANatCemeteries for hosting the 2025 Women #Veterans Community Support Forum! Unfortunately, 1️⃣ topic was overlooked — Military Sexual Trauma (#MST). va.gov/health-care/he…
#1🧵I attended a Dept. of #Veterans Affairs S.A.V.E. #Suicide Prevention Training. Here’s what I learned.
📌 Suicide is a complex issue with no single cause.
📌 It’s a national public health Issue with rising rates of suicide in the general population.
#SAVE #PublicHealth #MentalHealth #SuicidePrevention
#2🧵This is a list of #suicide risk factors & protective factors. #SAVE #veterans
#3🧵Access to lethal means is a #suicide risk factor. Data on suicide methods:
📌 #firearms = 72% of #veterans & 52% of non-veterans
📌 suffocation = 15% of veterans & 27% of non-veterans
📌 poisoning = 8% of veterans & 12% of non-veterans
#SAVE #veterans
📌#RichardAllenTrial📌 This is embarrassing‼️Twist Media LLC filed a 16-page AMENDED MOTION TO INTERVENE & TO COMPEL ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRIAL EXHIBITS. Clearly they haven’t read Judge Gull’s orders or #Indiana’s Access to Public Records Act (#APRA). If they had, they’d know that half of the exhibits they want to see have either been sealed or aren’t available to the public. Also, their motion is missing paragraphs 3-8. Judge Gull is going to have a field day with this‼️#Delphi #DelphiTrial #DelphiMurders #RichardAllen #TwistMedia #journalism #SunshineLaws☀️ 🧵pages 1-4
#1🧵 🚨#RichardAllenTrial update🚨Carroll County Prosecutor Nick McLeland filed the STATE’S RESPONSE TO DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO PRESERVE & PRODUCE
SPECIFIC EVIDENCE. It includes 4 exhibits:
a heavily redacted special mail que, 2 letters from Ricci Davis to the prosector, & a report of messages Kegan Kline. #Delphi #RichardAllen #DelphiMurders #DelphiTrial #NickMcLeland #RicciDavis #KeganKline
STATE’S RESPONSE pages 1-5
#2🧵#RichardAllenTrial — Exhibit 1 Indiana Dept. of Corrections Special Mail Queue (9 pages) pages 1-4 #Delphi #RichardAllen #DelphiMurders #DelphiTrial #NickMcLeland #RicciDavis #KeganKline
#3🧵#RichardAllenTrial — Exhibit 1 Indiana Dept. of Correction Special Mail Queue (9 pages) pages 5-8 #Delphi #RichardAllen #DelphiMurders #DelphiTrial #NickMcLeland #RicciDavis #KeganKline
The first nationwide database tracking #misconduct by federal #police officers has been shut down by President #Trump. He proposed creating the National Law Enforcement Accountability Database in 2020, & President #Biden created it 2 years later. #PoliceMisconduct #LawEnforcementwashingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/…
The National Law Enforcement Accountability Database encompassed nearly 150,000 federal officers & agents from the #FBI & #IRS to the Railroad Retirement Board. It was launched in Dec. 2023. By the end of last year, all 90 executive branch agencies with #LawEnforcement officers had provided thousands of disciplinary records dating back to 2017, according to a Justice Dept. report issued in Dec. 2024. #police #PoliceMisconduct
National Law Enforcement Accountability Database 2018–2023 report #police #PoliceMisconduct #LawEnforcement bjs.ojp.gov/document/nlead…
@CleCityCouncil is holding budget hearings with the @CityofCleveland Dept. of Public Safety, Community Police Commission (@216cpc), @ClevelandOPS, & Civilian Police Review Board (CPRB). They’re discussing the @CLEMayorsOffice’ proposed 2025 budget. youtube.com/live/9ap_95YK3…
@CleCityCouncil @CityofCleveland @216cpc @ClevelandOPS @CLEMayorsOffice This is today’s #Cleveland City Council budget hearing meeting agenda. It’s being live-streamed on TV 20 & YouTube. #CLECityCouncil
This is #Cleveland Mayor @JustinMBibb’s 2025 proposed budget. It’s 442 pages. The @CityofCleveland Dept. of Public Safety is on pages 218-254. It includes: Public Safety, Administration, Division of Animal Care & Control, Division of Correction, Dept. of Justice, Inspector General, @ClevelandEMS, @ClevelandFire & @CLEpolice. Other departmental budgets being discussed today are on pages 120-129. It includes: Community Police Commission (@216cpc), Office of Professional Standards (@ClevelandOPS), & Civilian Police Review Board (CPRB). s3.amazonaws.com/s3.documentclo… @CleCityCouncil @CLEMayorsOffice