Posted
By Sam Allard
on Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 3:56 PM
Some of the most well-known candidates for Cleveland mayor appeared alongside some of the most obscure in a virtual forum focused on criminal justice and re-entry Wednesday evening, sponsored by the Greater Cleveland Re-Entry Leadership Coalition and Towards Employment.
The event was theoretically an opportunity for the candidates to stake out positions in the hot-button policy arena of criminal justice — occasioned by Re-Entry Week — but the unanimous agreement on the need for reform, the scripted responses to questions and the lack of direct interaction among candidates made for a fairly dry evening.