Johnson calls Naymik’s stories “fake news” and ain’t resigning
CLEVELAND, OH – Mark Naymik has authored a series of critical stories on cleveland.com as an AdvanceOhio employee that have targeted Ward 4 Councilman Kenneth Johnson as being responsible for acts that have been performed by employees supervised by mayors Frank Jackson, Jane Campbell, Michael R. White and George Voinovich. Naymik’s reporting creates the “illusion” that Johnson is engaged in wrongdoing; but in 5-stories he hasn’t identified by statute a single local, state or federal law the Ward 4 councilman has violated as one member of a 17-member legislative body. Under Ohio law and Cleveland’s charter Johnson’s only authority is…