Podcast
Dew Diligence
Hosted by Dew Media, Inc. · EN
In 2019 Cleveland Heights, a diverse inner-ring suburb of Cleveland, Ohio, voted to switch from a city manager/council government to one where the people elect a strong mayor. This podcast, hosted by Adam Dew and Eric Silverman, will follow the race to become the first mayor in Cleveland Heights’ history.
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Dew Diligence - Episode 46 - Michael Houser
Mar 21Tap to summarizeEven many educated voters in Cleveland Heights would have a hard time naming our rep on Cuyahoga County Council. But Councilman Michael Houser is someone you should know. He represents nearly 100,000 residents in District 10, from Cleveland Hts to East Cleveland to Collinwood to Bratenahl.
Transcribe →Dew Diligence - Episode 45 - CH-UH Libraries Director Nancy Levin
Feb 17Tap to summarizeNancy Levin has served as one of our most important civic leaders for the last eighteen years. Next week she is retiring. We look back at her (mostly positive) time as Director of the Cleveland Hts-University Hts library system and look ahead at the ongoing evolution of what a library is and what it can be.
Transcribe →Dew Diligence - Episode 44 - Leonard Horowitz
Feb 8Tap to summarizeLenny Horowitz’s time working on behalf of Cleveland Heights includes 12 years on City Council and 28 years on the Planning Commission. Some might remember him as the owner of the iconic Lee Rd restaurant Earth By April. Lenny recently decided to step down from the Planning Commission after 50 years of public service in one capacity or another.
Transcribe →Dew Diligence - Episode 43 - Is Ranked Choice Voting Coming to Cleveland Heights?
Jan 23Tap to summarizeMichelle Jackson and Kyle Herman from Rank The Vote Ohio join me to sell us on RCV or ranked-choice voting. There are some variations, but basically RCV allows voters the option to rank candidates based in order of preference. While not widely used in Ohio, some major cities and a few states have already moved to ranked-choice voting. It is not without controversy, but Cleveland Heights and Lakewood are considering putting RCV on the November ballot.
Transcribe →Dew Diligence - Episode 42 - Former Cain Park GM Ian Hinz
Dec 18Tap to summarizeNo description available
Transcribe →Dew Diligence - Episode 41 - Lee Road Murals and Heights Arts
Nov 11Tap to summarizeCedar-Lee is now officially an “arts district” and it will look a lot different a year from now. If you know any mural artists, let them know to get their applications in to Heights Arts before December 3rd. We talk to Heights Arts Executive Director Rachel Bernstein, new Cedar-Lee SID Executive Director Caroline Barni, Kyra Wells from LAND Studio and Diedre McPherson from Assembly for the Arts about this transformative project using ARPA money to fund up to six new murals throughout Cedar-Lee.
Transcribe →Dew Diligence - Vote Dew November 4th
Oct 31Tap to summarizeFriends I wasn't sure if I was going to do a traditional campaign video. But then last night I'm at Cle Urban Winery talking to this local political consultant who gave me the vibe he thought I had no chance. So I went home and threw together this bootleg campaign commercial.
Transcribe →Dew Diligence - Episode 40 - Councilman Craig Cobb
Oct 27Tap to summarizeWe wrap up our series of Cleveland Heights City Council candidate interviews on the Park Synagogue campus with Councilman Craig Cobb. Interim Mayor Tony Cuda, who is the 6th council candidate, will have to wait until after Election Day sadly as he’s understandably buried with city business. Councilman Cobb and I get caught up on what’s been a busy few weeks in Cleveland Hts. Behind the scenes of the Park Synagogue development deal to the Heights High pool opening to residents to big changes in leadership at Cain Park and in the finance department to his current stance on funding immigrant legal defense with city dollars.
Transcribe →Dew Diligence - Episode 39 - Dan Heintz, Kathi Howard-Primes, Tom Hodgkiss-Lilly
Oct 20Tap to summarizeNo description available
Transcribe →Dew Diligence - Episode 38 - Anthony Mattox
Oct 14Tap to summarizeI admit I was a little nervous about how this one would go. But then Councilman Anthony Mattox started off this episode of Dew Diligence with nothing but kind words for interim Mayor Tony Cuda, I picked my jaw off the ground and we rolled on from there. We are the only two candidates in the race running solo. Will one or both of us break the slate? We will find out November 4th.
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