Last week, @CleCityCouncil started reviewing Mayor Frank Jackson’s proposed city budget for 2021. There was robust discussion, and Documenters were there to cover it. Here’s a thread of what we learned last week about the #CLEBudget
Good morning, #Cleveland! I\u2019ll be covering the Cleveland City Council General Fund Budget Retreat today starting at 9 a.m. for @cledocumenters #CLEdocumenters & @NeighborUpCle. You can watch along on @CleCityCouncil\u2019s YouTube channel here: https://t.co/kfORaAgob1 #CLEbudget
— Gennifer with a G (@GenniferwithaG_) February 12, 2021
This week, @CLECityCouncil is holding committee meetings about federal Community Development Block Grants (CDBG). CDBG is complicated and it\u2019s hard to know how it impacts our City, so I thought I might share some background and how I interact with CDBG on the regular.
— Jessica Trivisonno (@Jesstrivisonno) February 8, 2021
Hiya! I\u2019ll be live-tweeting this morning\u2019s #CLEbudget @CleCityCouncil Development, Planning & Sustainability Committee meeting for #CLEDocumenters @CLEDocumenters @NeighborUpCLE.
— Danny Mc (@dmcbillion) February 9, 2021
Hi, I'll be live-tweeting today's Cleveland City Council, Development, Planning and Sustainability Committee's
— Seanna Denee' (@seandene) February 9, 2021
Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) Budget Hearing (part 2) at 1:30pm, for #CLEDocumenters @CLEDocumenters @NeighborUpCLE
https://t.co/6Mc0bWoPiu
Good day! I'm representing @cledocumenters and live-tweeting the Cleveland City Council Development, Planning and Sustainability Committee: CDBG Budget Hearings at 1:30 pm
— Melanated Millennial (@MelanatedMill) February 10, 2021
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1.) HMX-1, which flies the VH-3D and VH-60N 'White Top' helicopters used to move... 1/X
Very noisy helicopters flying around Vice President\u2019s residence \u2014 what is going on? pic.twitter.com/XPs1A3px7m
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) January 11, 2021
the President and VP around, those helos being called Marine One or Two when either is onboard, need to train. The urban landing zones, including WH and VP Residence, are not simple to get in and out of. So, crews need some currency training. They are not just tasked with... 2/X
moving POTUS and VP to get them around the region and to Andrews AFB for long-haul flights, they are essential to Continuity of Government operations. This means that if a threat were to emerge, they need to be ready to snatch POTUS and VP in minutes. This is partially... 3/X
why they have a full forward operating location at Naval Support Activity Anacostia, just 3 miles from the WH. As such, practice is important and considering the state of things, it is critical now more than in any recent memory. 4/X
2.) Considering what happened last week, including mobs of Trump supporters screaming in unison to hang the VP for doing what the constitution states, absolutely despicable in every way, security has been tightened just as it has been all over. Using the helicopters instead.. 5/X
Here's the text:
First, it would ban county elections offices from receiving outside funding to run elections.
This, after CTCL and Schwarzenegger gave money to both D and R counties in 2020 to help with pandemic.
(although I wonder if the county gov't could take the grant, then disburse?)
Next, it outlines ways that poll workers can serve adjacent counties (currently, you can only work in your county of residence)
This section mirrors an SOS-backed bill from 2020 that would require more machines, more poll workers or splitting up precincts if a 2,000+ person precinct has lines of more than an hour.
More on that proposal: https://t.co/7BfIcrI81q
This is an anti-Fulton County mobile voting bus section
(although I still believe that it's using the wrong code section since the busses are for *early* voting and fall under 21-2-382)