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??- <br />? ? <br />THE VICTOUS ATTACK MlsDE iJP0N ME AND UPOTT SOME MEMBERS OF THIS <br />COUIVCIL IN YESTERDAY'S PLAIN DEALER WAS UIVCALLED FOR. THIS <br />REPORTER HAD NO IDEt3 OF WHAT I WAS INTENDING TO DO, NOR DID <br />HE HAVE AIVY DTSCUSSION WHA.TSOEZTER WITH ME OR WITH AiVY MEMBER <br />OF THIS COUATCIL. HE PURPOSELY JUMPED THE GUN, AS IS TYPICAL <br />OF MOST REPORTERS. THE MEDIA COATTINUALLY PORTRAYS THEMSELVES <br />AS EXPERTS IN HUMAN NATURE, POLITTCS, YOU IVAME IT, [aHEN, TN <br />REALITY, THEY RARELY TAKE THE TIME TO FIND OUT EICTUA.L FACTS. <br />IT IS JUST THIS TYPE OF SLAIVDEROUS JOURIVALISN! THAT HAS RUINED. <br />LIVES, AIVD CAUSED PE0PLE IIVVOLVED IN AN ALTERCATION TO IyIAKE <br />THE DECISIODTS THEY MAKE. UNFORTUNATELY, THE PLAIN DEALER HAS <br />OBVIOUSLY DFCIDED TO ADOPT THE FORMAT OF A SCAIVDAL SHEET. <br />T WOULD LTKE TO THANK MY SUPPORTERS ON COUNCIL, AS WELL AS MY <br />FRIEN'DS, FOR THEIR HELP THROUGH THIS DIFF'ICULT TIME, AND IF <br />THERE IS ANYTHTIVG I WOULD WISH THTS COUNCTL, OTHER THAN GOOD <br />LUCK AND GOOD HEALTH, IT tn70ULD BE SUCCESS IN DEALING WTTH THE <br />MEDIA. <br />MR. RINY.ER, T NOW TEIUDER MY LETTER OF RESIGNATIOIV, AND I <br />WQULD REQUEST THA.T YOU READ IT ALOUD. TF YOU WTLL ALL EXCUSE <br />ME NOW, I tnTOULD LIKE TO GO HOME TO MY FAMILY, WHO I FEAR I <br />HAVE NOT SPENT ENOUGH TIME WITH DURING THIS PAST YEAR AS YOUR <br />MAYOR. THANK YOU.