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April 5, 2009
Former educator Norbert Dennerll joins the campaign trail for Cleveland's mayoral race
Inside Cleveland City Hall [Plain Dealer blog]
by Henry J. Gomez
A three-term Cleveland councilman plans to take on Mayor Frank Jackson this year. Stop scratching your head. It's not Joe Cimperman or Martin Sweeney.
This challenger is Norbert Dennerll, who served three two-year terms ending in 1964. After 45 years, he is angling for a return to City Hall.
"I can stand in any debate with him, on any stage with him," Dennerll, 79, said of the incumbent Jackson. "We can make an interesting campaign."
In a handwritten news release announcing his candidacy, Dennerll cited jobs, education and safety as three of his top concerns. In a phone interview, he said he plans to run a positive campaign, then threw a jab at Jackson for recently giving Forest City Enterprises honcho Sam Miller a key to the city. Miller, Dennerll said, has been "the unofficial mayor for 50 years."
NoLandGrab: A key to the city? In New York, Bruce Ratner has been given a key to the city's treasury.
Posted by eric at April 5, 2009 10:32 PM