Political Quotes

“On Tuesday, May 8, the voters of the City of Cleveland did a great thing. They voted overwhelmingly to pass issue 14, a bond issue needed to fix our crumbling school buildings. This was our T-shirt. It said 'Safe schools for Cleveland's children. The cause is right. The time is now.' The voters of the City of Cleveland said that the cause was right, and they realized that the time was now. It is a day of celebration for the children, for the teachers, for the schools, for the administrators, for the maintenance workers, for the custodians, for labor, for the neighborhoods, for property owners, for businesses, and for our country. The bond issue was a bond issue for $338 million. We are very excited about it. Particularly because it made us eligible for a $500 million match from the State of Ohio to fix the crumbling school buildings of the City of Cleveland. The voters looked past mismanagement, failure on the part of prior school boards to the needs of the children of the City of Cleveland and the need for safe schools.”