Friday, September 07, 2018
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
The City Club of Cleveland
850 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44114
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Friday, September 07, 2018
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
The City Club of Cleveland
850 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44114
The Honorable Eric Garcetti was re-elected in 2017 as the 42nd Mayor of Los Angeles with a record-breaking 81 percent of the vote. He is the chief executive of a municipal government comprising dozens of city departments serving 4 million people and also oversees the nation’s largest public utility, the nation’s largest sea port, and the nation’s busiest arrival and...
Friday, December 20, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
David Broder, a national political correspondent for the Washington Post, speaks on the questions of whether there is a "fatal feud" between the Government and the press, especially within the context of the Watergate incident. Broder was awarded the Pulitzer...
Friday, May 17, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Retired Admiral Gene R. La Rocque criticizes current U.S. military spending practices. Along with other retired military officers, La Rocque is a founder of the Center for Defense Information, CDI '' to analyze military matters, inform decision-makers and the public,...
Friday, May 03, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Debate: Howard Metzenbaum and John Glenn
In response to a speech by Howard Metzenbaum in Toledo in which he accused John Glenn of never holding a real job, Glenn delivered what came to be known as his 'Gold Star Mother Speech' at the City Club debate....
Friday, January 25, 1974, 12:30 p.m.
Healthcare as a Right to all Ohioans
Frank P. Celeste, Chairman of Ohio Governor John J. Gilligan's Task Force on Health Care, speaks about the work the task force is doing to make healthcare a right to all citizens rather than a privilege. Photo: Cleveland Memory Project
Friday, May 18, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Remarks from Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
"The importance of Watergate is not the bugging of telephones, it is the massive assault on the system – eliminating the field of contenders and subverting the system. If the allegations are true, then those who took part in it...
Friday, November 12, 1971, 12:00 p.m.
Former mayor Carl B. Stokes addresses the audience at the City Club Forum a week after his departure from office in 1971. Mayor Stokes addresses his plans for his time as a private citizen, including working towards ensuring minority participation...
Friday, July 09, 1971, 12:00 p.m.
Mayor Carl B. Stokes and Judge Ralph S. Locher
Mayor Carl B. Stokes and former mayor Ralph S. Locher speak at the City Club Forum at the 712 Vincent location in Cleveland, Ohio. Within the context of the City Club's changing location, the mayors discuss the topic of change...
Friday, July 24, 1970, 12:00 p.m.
Cleveland's Financial Problems and Tax Reform
Mayor Carl B. Stokes addresses the dire financial state of the city of Cleveland, citing tax reform as the only option for remedying the financial crisis. Stokes elaborates upon how Cleveland proper disproportionately pays for services available to the entire...
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