“The still-popular mayor will, unfortunately, continue in his role as Pied Piper, leading the Black community into incrementally deeper states of socioeconomic oppression,” said organizer Jeff Mixon, in a prepared statement.
Mixon said the two most “disturbing” aspects of his outreach efforts were that black residents believe Jackson’s failings as mayor, including the ongoing poverty in many of the city’s neighborhoods, are the results of “family-related blackmail.” Many of them also believe that the Mayor’s poor performance, and the negative coverage of it, should be seen as an opportunity to “rally around [him] rather than remove him from office.”
Mixon told Scene in a phone conversation that Jackson will remain popular in the black community “no matter what.”
“Honestly, unless we see a videotape of him choking a black woman, the black community will stand by him,” Mixon said. “Even that, he might be able to explain away. It’s just like Do the Right Thing. We want to see black faces. Jackson is a polite guy, well-spoken, and the black community doesn’t connect him with the tragedies all over the city.”
Mixon said, in fact, that he had a member of his organization quit because she was such a fan of Jackson’s. The Mayor had come to CMHA and taken a photo with her, Mixon said, and she thought of the Mayor as a friend.
Black Lives Matter in Cuyahoga County will now shift its focus to supporting ward-based organizers who are exploring the possibility of recalling poor-performing council members. Mixon also said that the group would re-evaluate an Armond Budish recall effort in May or June, presumably after more information about the county corruption investigation has been made public. (County Executive Budish’s offices were raided yesterday by the FBI and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation.)
Mixon told Scene that Black Lives Matter in Cuyahoga County has not yet considered backing candidates in the 2021 municipal elections. For now, Mixon is most excited about CLASH and the prospect of taking that group’s lead-safe ordinance to Cleveland voters.
This article appears in Feb 13-19, 2019.
This is really too bad to hear!!! Does one really think that Taxin Jackson will do the right thing and voluntarily resign from office??? Probably not as the gravy train of free tax money keeps pouring into his (and his many cronies) pockets!!!
First of all you need to recognize that Mixons group and the other Black Lives Matters groups along with these other nincompoops like Art McCoy have no credibility or support in the Black community. Nobody gives a s..t what they think.
As for What a Dump he has no clue how government work
Cant say Ive ever hear Jackson referred to as well-spoken.
Someone that says that has to be pretty dull. Or on the take. Or both.
In response to Marvin, I may not know how government works, but I do know that I am sick and tired of paying outrages property taxes to fund these criminals like Taxin Jackson, and Budish, who do absolutely nothing except steal every last dollar they can from us property owners and working folks!!!
If you think these two thieves dont steal enough, take a look at the thief in chief of the failed CMSD, Eric Gordon. All he can do is put ma$$ive tax levies on the ballot at virtually every election cycle!!! The same goes for the CEO of the Metroparks, with his six-figure salary and golden perks that us working folks can only dream about, and Tri-C, the port authority, the numerous librarys, etc. etc. etc.
Sadly, voting NO on all of this nonsense seems to have very little effect, and our taxes are literally through the roof.
Until all these thieves are removed from office, sadly nothing will likely change in this corruption-filled, Outrageously high-taxed city and county!!!
BLM is a bunch of losers.
So WHAT A DUMP, every elected official is a thief? Well who stole what and when did they do it? Or are you being factitious because youre bitter about life. I suggest you turn your life over to Christ so you wont have early dementia.