Mayor Shabazz says Judge Russo created chaos and no confidence in the court when he noticed the media instead of the city’s officers of his East Cleveland interim mayor’s appointment of Morgan
CLEVELAND, OH – When Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Anthony Russo selected a mayor from the streets instead of East Cleveland city council to manage the city as “interim mayor” on February 28, 2025, he took no steps to notify the municipal corporation’s officers and residents. Instead, Russo issued a news release and the city’s predominantly American Negro residents were supposed to figure it out for themselves. The Clerk of Council at the time, Mansell Baker, told this writer he never received a notice from Russo of his order so he could post it for the public and…