Monday, May 14, 2012
Two councilmen to serve on board to conduct annual review of Eaton Corp. incentives
Councilmen Mark Wachter and Fred Goodman were appointed to serve on the newly-created Tax Incentive Review Council last week. The two will join a representative from Warrensville Heights City Schools to meet annually and review tax incentives for businesses in the Chagrin Highlands, including a nearly $90 million deal the city and the state teamed up to create for Eaton Corporation. The deal, which includes a $10 million tax break from the city of Beachwood and tax breaks, grants and loans from Ohio, was struck in early 2009 to entice the company to keep its headquarters, presently located in Cleveland, in the area. Construction on its $170 million facility in the Chagrin Highlands began in 2010. The Chagrin Highlands is land shared …
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Five candidates spent combined $25,000
Martin Horwitz spent just over $9,000 on his campaign for City Council, according to reports submitted to the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. Horwitz ran alone for one of four open seats against the four-candidate ticket of sitting councilmen Mark Mintz, Mark Wachter, Fred Goodman and Justin Berns. Mintz, Wachter, Goodman and Horwitz won the seats. Horwitz’s expenditures were all from his own pocket. The joint ticket spent about $16,000, including $9,400 of their own money, $500 in a contribution from Mayor Merle Gorden, and $6,000 that they loaned the campaign themselves and then forgave. Berns was the newest sitting councilman who was running. He was appointed to a seat left vacant in 2010 by the resignation of Ken Kleinman. Though …
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Two dozen oaths of office administered at Monday's council meeting
Oaths of offices were administered to staff, council and commission members at Tuesday's Council meeting. Click through the slideshow to see all those who were sworn in, and click here for more on the Council oaths.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Three incumbents re-elected to seats
Justin Berns won’t return to Beachwood City Council in 2012, but he said he's not deterred. "Given that I've been on council for 18 months and this is the first time that I've run, I'm pretty proud of the votes that I got and I appreciate all the supportthat I did get." He added that he's interested in running again in two years. "I'm 42 years old. I've got too much invested in this city. I guess you could throw my hat in the ring right now." Unofficial final results show challenger Martin Horwitz defeated Berns by 350 votes for the fourth council seat. "I certainly was surprised at how well I did," said Horwitz. "All of those guys are pretty well known, except for Justin. I didn't want to be the one who knocked him off the council." He …
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
As part of our election coverage, Beachwood Patch will provide profiles of each of the candidates for local office
Editor's Note: As part of Patch's local election coverage, we will provide profiles of each of the candidates running for office. These profiles will offer biographical and issue-oriented details about each of the candidates to help you, the voters, make more informed decisions at the ballot box. Stay tuned for more coverage of the election, and for full election coverage, visit Election Central and "like" our Beachwood Elections Facebook Page. Name: Mark I. Wachter Age: 61 Occupation: Attorney, arbitrator and mediator at Wachter Kurant LLC Education: Cleveland Heights High School – 1968; University of Michigan, A.B. – 1972; University of Michigan, A.M. – 1973; American University, Washington College of Law, J.D.(cum laude) – 1976 …
Friday, August 19, 2011
We've got all the info you need to be informed about the candidates and the issues right here at Election Central on Beachwood Patch
Election season is upon us, and Beachwood Patch has all the information you need to stay informed about the candidates and the issues. Up for election this season are four members of Beachwood City Council, two members of the Beachwood Board of Education and the Shaker Heights Municipal Court Judge seat. Election Day is Nov. 8. Until then, stay tuned to Election Central for continuing coverage. We will update this page frequently with more links and more information on the candidates. CANDIDATES FOR CITY COUNCIL Each winner will serve a four-year term Justin Berns, appointed in 2010 Fredric Goodman, incumbent Martin Horwitz, challenger Mark Mintz, incumbent Mark Wachter, incumbent The candidate filing period closed on Aug. 25. SCHOOL …
Friday, July 22, 2011
Filing deadline for Nov. 8 election is Aug. 25
Five candidates have pulled petitions for the Beachwood City Council elections and three have pulled for School Board seats, according to the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. City Council incumbents Justin Berns, Fred Goodman, Mark Mintz and Mark Wachter and challenger Martin Horwitz have until Aug. 25 to collect at least 144 signatures and file their petitions to be placed on the ballot for four open council seats in the Nov. 8 general election. Challenger Alec Isaacson has pulled a petition for School Board; he joins Steve Rosen and Joshua Mintz – both challengers – to compete for two open seats. They must collect 25 signatures each to file. Stay tuned for more coverage of the election, and for full election coverage, visit Election …
Jon Shapiro
10:48 am on Thursday, November 10, 2011
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