Candidates Forum Planned For Shaker Heights City Council

SHAKER HEIGHTS, OH —With three open seats and four candidates, voters in Shaker Heights will have choose to make for city council representatives. Incumbents Tres Roeder, Anne Williams and Rob Zimmerman will be competing with newcomer Sarah Megenhardt in November. The four candidates will square off in a public forum on Thursday.

The candidates forum is being organized by the Cuyahoga County Progressive Caucus. Members of the caucus will vote on which candidates to endorse at the end of the forum, with three of the four getting the group's support.

The candidates were asked to fill out a general statement in response to 11 issues identified by the Caucus as important. (To stay up to date on local stories, subscribe to the Patch Shaker Heights newsletter. As news breaks and the story develops, you will be the first to receive updates from Patch.)

“Each candidate made a general statement in response to eleven issues idenfied as important by members of CCPC - Shaker Heights, which was in addition to a county-wide CCPC questionnaire for suburban candidates,” said Keith Wilson on behalf of CCPC Shaker. “These issues include affordable housing, protecting immigrants, and promoting renewable energy. You can find their responses on the online ballot.”

The online ballot for the forum can be viewed here.

The forum will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Stephanie Tubbs-Jones Community Building, 3450 Lee Rd. Interested parties can sign up for the Caucus at the event and receive a ballot to vote for endorsements.

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