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Griffin’s 200 grams of weed ordinance should drive down police overtime if council’s smart

In 2013 Blaine Griffin was serving as the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party's vice chairman when elections board officials learned Jane Platten and Brent Lawler had allowed over 67 candidates to enter offices in violation of Section 3517.11(D) of the Ohio Revised Code. As Council President-elect Griffin predicted, ex-Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy McGinty took no actions to enforce Title 35 as written since he would have been required to prosecute officials like Ed Fitzgerald, Frank Jackson and Judges like Deena Calabrese or even Joan Synenberg. Griffin has since learned that council can enforce the election law provisions in Cleveland's charter.

CLEVELAND, OH – Council’s decision to support Ward 4 Councilman Blaine Griffin’s “no crime, no fine” for possessing 200 grams of weed or less ordinance is one way municipal legislators can control peace officer priorities and limit their greed-driven overtime thirst through legislation.  Griffin just solved a major budget problem for the city’s next mayor if council follows up with tight enforcement of its legislation by reviewing the “policies” police chief Calvin Williams and other chiefs have created to counter the effect of “all” local, state and federal criminal laws they’re required to obey.  Today Mayor Frank Jackson has a…

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