While attorney and activist Chris Martin gave public comment at a September Cleveland City Council meeting, he began reading off donations received by members from the Council Leadership Fund. He did so, he told Scene, after seeing council members Kris Harsh and Richard Starr lambasting both Issue 38 and organizers on social media.
The fund, which is controlled by Griffin, is a political action committee that has been used to finance council incumbents’ campaigns. This year, it’s also funded the fight against Issue 38.
“They said that they would no longer be enforcing the policies as written and they told us not only that our client could come back and continue his comments, but that there had been a misinterpretation of the policy and so the speakers will be treated fairly regardless of their viewpoint, and also that they were working on revisions to this policy,” Geronimo said. “And in the meantime, they wouldn't be enforcing those rules to the letter, is what they told us.
Griffin called for the removal of the demonstrators–many of whom carried signs–when they wouldn’t silence their chants during the meeting.
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