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    WKYC Channel 3

    November 19, 2024

    This statement is in response the public comments at yesterday’s City Council meeting as
    well as comments made to me privately by residents from BOTH political parties from all
    over University Heights since Mayor Michael Dylan Brennan started posting to social media
    on November 5, 2024.

    Our city charter calls for a nonpartisan city government. The mayor’s Facebook posts
    attempt to impose national partisan politics on our bedroom community which is
    interpreted by many residents as hate speech and voter Intimidation. No one – not even the
    mayor knows who another person voted for. He calls two members of council, including
    myself, “MAGA…Trumpies” and correctly states we supported the incumbents for
    reelection to City Council. Yes, I supported the incumbents, all of whom are aligned with
    the democratic party. How exactly does that fit in with the “MAGA… Tumpie” narrative?

    I do not have a Facebook account, nor do I post on social media. However, Residents have
    shared numerous times over the past 3 years that when the mayor blocks residents with
    differing opinions on social media, they worry may be infringing on their first amendment
    rights to freedom of speech. While it may not be the mayor’s intention, Residents have also
    shared that the impact they feel is that mayor is interfering and obstructing city government
    collaboration.

    Many residents in Precincts H and I, who are predominantly Jewish and Jesuit, have stated
    that the mayor’s Facebook posts of November 5 and 7, 2024 and more recently, his
    remarks and retorts at yesterday’s City Council meeting, makes them feel that they “have a
    mayor who is not willing to represent them, their rights, their freedoms, and their free
    expression of views.” While this may not be his intent, the impact was made clear at last
    night’s City Council meeting whereby Residents poured out with feelings of anger, hurt, and
    fear for their safety.

    Sadly, the mayor’s language consistently contains dangerous false claims and political
    hyperbole, which he has doubled down, and last night tripled down, on after having been
    responded to. If perhaps it may not be his intent, the actual impact is interpreted by
    Residents as an aggressive attempt to segment our neighborly, diverse community with
    divisive language.

    However, the number one communication I have received are safety concerns because
    Precincts H & I are predominately Jewish and Jesuit, literally target the orthodox community
    during a time of significantly heightened security – locally, nationally, and internationally.
    Resident put it bluntly when stating, “our community does not feel safe with Mayor Brennan
    as a leader.”
    No political party should play the “us” vs “them” game…especially when the “them” is a
    historically marginalized community. The mayor may not have antisemitic intentions, but
    the impact he is having by mentioning and singling out the two orthodox Jewish members
    of council is worrisome an inciting when he wrote:
    1. Jewish money has persuaded Democratic council members to forego their values
    based on being bought out.
    2. Using the term “red money” is one of the worst antisemitic tropes

    Since I still receive calls – day and night – I made a statement at yesterday’s City Council
    meeting with the intention to reassure University Heights residents that I am not
    distracted by the recent and ongoing divisive, inflammatory, rhetoric that is
    filled with false accusations and double standards, as I continue to advocate
    to benefit our city through collaboration, because I believe that working
    together is the key to successful outcomes for University Heights.

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