FOR IMMEDIATE MEDIA RELEASE
Wednesday, September 16, 2009

The push to reform Cuyahoga County government is on and so is the debate over what the restructuring should look like.  Competing reform plans are slated to appear on the November ballot and on September 17th from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., a panel of representatives from each of the reform proposals will gather in the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs Atrium at Cleveland State University to inform audiences about their respective ideas.  This discussion will be broadcast live on WVIZ/PBS Ohio (25.2) and 90.3 WCPN.

What: Forum on Cuyahoga County Government Reform

When: Thursday, September 17, 2009, 6:30-8:30pm

Broadcast: Television - Digital TV channel WVIZ/PBS Ohio (25.2)
Radio - 90.3 WCPN ideastream
Broadcast production and transmission provided by Ohio Government Television, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, WVIZ/PBS ideastream and WKYC Channel 3 News.

Web: Live streaming on http://www.wviz.org, http://www.wcpn.org and http://www.ohiochannel.org

Questions: Television, radio and web audiences are invited to join in on the debate by emailing their questions for the panel to

Who: Moderator - Tom Beres, Senior Political Reporter, WKYC Channel 3 News
Panelists - Nina Turner, Senator, 25th District, Ohio State Senate
Martin Zanotti, Mayor, Parma Heights
William Russo, President, Financial Planning Assoc. of NE Ohio
Thomas Kelly, Journalist & Author, founding member and Director,
Citizens Reform Association of Cuyahoga County
Harriet Applegate, Executive Secretary, North Shore AFL-CIO
Betty K. Pinkney, Ph.D., JD, Boyd Legal Services Corp., LLC

Organizers: The forum is presented by the the Northeast Ohio City Council Association, the Levin
College Forum, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs and the Center for
Community Solutions, in partnership with the American Constitution Society and
the Greater Cleveland Voter Coalition. It is sponsored by Nemastil Home Inspections
and Marko Vovk of Ambassador Building Inspections.