November Meeting Minutes

CUYAHOGA VALLEY DEMOCRATIC CLUB

Meeting Minutes for November 11, 2025 6:30 pm

Officers in attendance: President Cami Ross, VP Lisa Schwab, Treasurer

Chris Krol, Secretary Rosalind Santini and 25 members.

Meeting was called to order at 6:35 pm and President Cami Ross

introduced :

Democratic candidate Mike Eisner who is running for Ohio 7th

Congressional District to replace Max Miller. Mr. Eisner described his

background and reasons for running. He asked everyone to sign his

petition to get on the ballot for the primary. Please visit

eisnerforcongress.com for the list of his meet and greet events in

December.

Lucas Sigurdson spoke on behalf of Nicole Sigurdson who is the

democratic candidate running for Ohio House District 19. Please visit

nicolefor19.com to read about her platform and upcoming events.

Judge Ashley Kibane is currently serving on the Cuyahoga County Court of

Common Pleas. She spoke about advocacy for the Domestic violence

docket and bail reform.

Judge William F. B. Vodrey was our main Speaker and he discussed

Donald Trump and the Rule of Law. Judge Vodrey began with a review of

the the Executive Orders issued over the past 10 months and posed the

question; “What can the courts do and Can we rely on the courts to do it?”

The answer is “Probably” Trump has not officially refused a court order yet

and has lost several cases so far. The courts can issue further orders for

criminal contempt by appointing special outside agents if he does refuse

to obey court orders. The ACLU has also sued the Trump administration

45x. The Judge recommends that we all do the following to guard our

democracy:

1. Stay informed 2. Get involved 3. Donate time or money 4. Vote and

register others to vote 5. Protest 6. Stay strong and Peaceful

Question: Will we have elections in 2026? Yes because;

1. 2. 3. States run election, Be a poll worker or watcher.

Country is too big to stop all elections

Don’t believe the lies or comply in advance4. We can still trust the courts most of the time

5. Find good information: NY Times, Politico, The Hill, Heather Cox

Richardson, Ezra Podcast - Indivisible

President Cami Ross Thanked Judge Vodrey for his excellent advice.

Treasurer’s Report

October 7, 2025

CVDC Meeting

BEGINNING BALANCE 8/31/25 $1095.36

Received

Membership Dues/Donations 30.00

30.00

Expended

0.00

CONCLUDING BALANCE 9/30/25 $1125.36

Respectfully submitted,

Christine A. Krol

CVDC Treasurer

Secretary Rosalind Santini Read the minutes of the October meeting.

President Cami Ross continued the meeting with a review to the Local Election

Results in the 5 villages for both council and school board. Voter turnout was low

and we need to improve this for the midterms in 2026. North Royalton was very

successful this election cycle by providing mass education and building a strong

club to GET OUT THE VOTE. We can do the same to promote the 2026 elections

by building our membership now. Please volunteer!

You can find out more about what we covered in our meeting - Link to Nov.

PowerPoint

- Cami Ross (Valley View)

Recruitment:

We have door hangers that list off upcoming club dates and contact information. If you

have a turf and aren't able to complete all the names, let us know so we can

redistribute. We'd love to reach more of our neighbors and grow the club! I can email

PDFs but to save paper, try to utilize the app: MiniVanUpcoming CVD Club Meetings:

• Dec 2nd @ 6:30 (Independence Library)

• Jan 13th @ 6:30 (Independence Library)

• Feb. 10th @ 6:30 (Independence Library)

• March - TBD

• April 14th @ 6:30 (Independence Library)

Upcoming Events of Interest:

◦ Sat., November 15th: Meet and Greet with State Rep Allison

Russo (Broadview Brewing)**Club Sponsored!

◦ Tues., Nov 18th - Judge Kira Krivoch (Around the Corner)

*Flier below

◦ Thurs., Nov 20th - Dr. Amy Acton (Centrovilla25)*Flier below

◦ Thurs., Nov 20th: CCPC Meeting “The Great Betrayal: How

America Abandoned the Middle Class”

◦ Wed., Dec. 3rd: Fallon Marie Radigan for Judge (Dive Bar)

*Flier below

◦ Thurs., Dec. 4th - Jennifer McTernan for Judge (Immigrant

Son) *Flier below

◦ Wed., WTF Wednesdays: Protest Sens. Husted and Moreno

◦ Saturdays (thru Oct): Tesla Take Down

◦ More events/information: https://cuydem.com/calendar/

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Club Action for the Holidays: Donate to Cuyahoga Health and Human Services -

Hope for the Holidays. We voted in the November meeting to make this our club's

holiday donation recipient. There are over 2,000 children in foster care in Cuyahoga

County and foster families do NOT get additional funds for holiday gifts so they need

donations! Hope for the Holidays is their our annual gift program for children and teens

in foster care. Purchase a new gift from their Amazon and Target wishlists compiled of

requests from our children in foster care or buy a toy, game, book, etc. from your

favorite retailer. Deadline for donations is December 5th - come to the December

meeting and either bring $$/gifts or let us know if you've donated as a club action. We

can drop off gifts as a group from the meeting.

htCuyahoga Valley Democratic Club (CVDC)