This original article by Jan Morice appeared in. Cleveland.Com on May 31, 2017
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Years before cleveland.com conceived its Western Reserve project to push for fair representation in northern Ohio, a grassroots group drafted its own declaration of self-governance to launch a fight for local control.
“We declare,” the Columbus Declaration states, “that the political, legal, and economic systems of the United States and the State of Ohio allow a privileged minority to impose policy and governing decisions upon the people living in incorporated and unincorporated communities of Ohio and that these policies and decisions violate the rights and threaten the very survival of people and ecosystems.” MORE…