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Beachwood retains outside counsel, faces more claims—Cleveland Jewish News

The lawsuit filed Dec. 8 in the Ohio 8th District Court of Appeals followed two demand letters from Burkons’ attorney, Peter Pattakos: one to Beachwood’s

Burkons’ attorney: Council leader involved in prosecution—Cleveland Jewish News

The lawyer for Beachwood City Councilman Mike Burkons has filed a second ...

Why does the Plain Dealer keep publishing the Cleveland Foundation’s lies about its illegal Dunham Tavern land grab?

The front page of today’s Plain Dealer (and Advance Ohio’s sister publication Clevelandcom) ...

Burkons’ attorney wants special prosecutor ‘terminated’—Cleveland Jewish News

Without prior council authorization, Pattakos argued in ...

Beachwood Councilman issues legal demand to enjoin “special prosecutor’s” unauthorized representation of City in retaliatory criminal proceedings

Last week, we requested that Beachwood Law Director Diane Calta produce all documents ...

Beachwood councilman Burkons pleads not guilty—Cleveland Jewish News

“We’ve never seen in the state of Ohio this statute used to prosecute someone for violating someone’s First Amendment ...

GlenOak counselor sues Stark sheriff’s deputy over “flawed” criminal case—Canton Repository

A GlenOak High School counselor is suing a detective for arresting her in a case that had “more holes than Swiss cheese” Dawn Jones-Harrington of ...

Glenoak High School counselor sues Stark County Sheriff detective over false criminal charges

This morning, Dawn Jones-Harrington, a Canton resident who has served the community for ten years and counting as a counselor at GlenOak High School, filed a lawsuit in the Stark County ...

Dunham Tavern Museum Members Want Ohio Supreme Court to Rule on Cleveland Foundation Dispute—Cleveland Scene

“With the release of recent census data giving rise to widespread reports that Cleveland is now the poorest large city in the US—on top of what was already known about the ...