John Lenear

Attorney Darryl Eugene Pittman made history in 1985 as East Cleveland’s first mayor since 1904; and one who had to implement a new form of government

East Cleveland's first mayor since 1916, the late attorney Darryl E. Pittman, did not write amendments to the city's charter voters enacted in 1985 to include an "interim" mayor appointed by a county probate court judge to fill a vacancy in the mayor's office. Pittman didn't want the county handling any of East Cleveland's business, or its money, so he asked US Rep. Louis Stokes to write an amendment making East Cleveland a direct entitlement city so its CDBG funds would come directly from HUD.

CLEVELAND, OH – Attorney Darryl Eugene Pittman was elected on September 27, 1985 as East Cleveland’s first Mayor since 1904; and he died on July 10, 2021 the day before his 72nd birthday.  Darryl was a Columbia educated attorney born and raised in Youngstown, Ohio.  He was an older brother, a husband, a father, grandfather and one of the smartest men I knew.  Geek smart.  So is his brother … Ron. To his peers in Cleveland’s legal community Darryl was known as a good lawyer and partner in Pittman, Buchanan, Alexander, Hardiman & Wade. Two of his partners, Dean Buchanan…

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Infiltrated Russians and Communist agents are embedded in Ohio’s election machinery

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CLEVELAND, OH – When Russian American Bob Urosevich of Election Systems & Solutions started his big push to sell electronic voting equipment in Ohio, a friend asked me to meet him in Columbus to see if I was interested in joining the sales and consulting team.  We talked.  Urosevich’s ‘Russian ancestry bothered me as I see all Russians from my “born in 1953” perspective as Communist.  Unshakeable Cold War remnants.  I enlisted for this nation’s “proxy wars” against Russian and Chinese communism. I entered the U.S. Air Force in 1972.  It was five years after the Soviets controlling Israel killed…

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