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Michelle 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.

Cedar-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.

Friends 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.

We 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.

I 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.

This week on Dew Diligence, get to know City Council Candidate Joe DeWitt-Foy. I have serious concerns that a stint on Cleveland Hts City Council might ruin Joe's relentless positive vibes, but he says he's ready. We dig into why he's running as well as recapping what was a big week in Cleveland Hts politics- Kahlil Seren is no longer mayor, Tony Cuda is our interim mayor and Law Director Bill Hanna was fired and re-hired in the span of 24hrs. Its been wild. And we are just a month away from election day.

The "inevitable" Jessica Cohen for Cleveland Heights City Council sits down with the evitable me for one of my favorite conversations I've had on Dew Diligence. I think if Jessica lived in Minnesota or Illinois or some New England state, you'd be looking at someone just getting started, on her way to being elected state-wide. For now, she's stuck with us.After 12 years of service on various Cleveland Heights boards and commissions, her path to a seat on city council looks pretty clear. From the "Livable Neighborhoods" initiative, to vouchers, to her experience being dragged into the public spotlight through a pending lawsuit against the city, we cover a lot of ground.

On the first-ever episode of Cohen Confidential, Cleveland Heights Council Candidate Jessica Cohen interviews Council Candidate Adam Dew (me).

Cleveland Heights mayoral candidate interview #5 with Councilperson Jim Petras. Jim looking to go from first-time city council candidate to mayor in just two years. Those two years have been anything but typical.

Cleveland Heights mayoral candidate interview with Laura Hong. Fresh off receiving the endorsement from Cleveland.com, Hong, a partner at Tucker Ellis, makes her pitch to Cleveland Heights voters.

When last we spoke with Davida Russell May 15, she hadn't yet decided if she would run to retain her seat on city council, or put it all on the line and run for mayor. We have our answer.

Cleveland Heights mayoral candidate Marty Gelfand makes his pitch to be the next mayor from his childhood backyard, Cain Park.

Deanna Bremer Fisher is currently Chief of Staff for University Heights Mayor Michael Dylan Brennan. She is a 30-year resident of Cleveland Heights and the former Executive Director of Future Heights. This the first of five candidate interviews leading up to the September 9 primary.