Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Citizens Guide to Cuyahoga County Government

Click here to download the guide.

To provide a better understanding of the current government structure in Cuyahoga County, the League of Women Voters Cuyahoga Area Education Fund, Inc., has published an updated brochure titled “Citizen Guide to Cuyahoga County Government; Past, Present, Future.” This guide includes data from the Governor’s Commission on County Government Reform and the League’s accrued observations, after decades of studying Cuyahoga County government.

You can access an easy-to-print version of the guide by visiting the “Publications” section of the League website, www.LWVCuyahogaArea.org. The introductory mailing is directed to all mayors in Cuyahoga County, county commissioners and elected row officers, governor’s commission members, high school civic departments, local libraries and college and university libraries.

Contents of the Citizen Guide include: county government characteristics, responsibilities of commissioners and other elected officials, organization charts, options available to change county government, a history of change efforts, inadequacies of current form of county government, and more.

The publication of “Citizen Guide to Cuyahoga County Government: Past, Present, Future” is funded by the League of Women Voters Cuyahoga Area Education Fund Inc., and the Marilyn G. Zack Memorial Fund. For more information, and to order copies of the professionally printed version, contact the League office at 216 781-0555.