Cleveland City Council Votes to Censure Joe Jones, Who Is Accused of Threatening to Kill City Employee

Cleveland City Council votes to censure member Joe Jones

Council hasn't voted to censure a member since the 70s.

Cleveland City Council votes to censure Joe Jones after ‘joking remark’ about killing a staff member

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Cleveland Councilman Joe Jones pleaded with his colleagues not to censure him Monday night, saying that a “joking remark” he made had been twisted and magnified into a controversy.

Cleveland City Council votes to censure Joe Jones, who is accused of threatening to kill city employee

Cleveland City Councilman Joe Jones received the most votes in last week's primary election for Ward 1, despite investigation findings of harassment and threats.

Cleveland City Council censures member Joe Jones

Cleveland City Council voted Monday night to censure Joe Jones over a string of complaints in recent years that the Ward 1 council member mistreated staff.  Those complaints reached a tipping point when a council employee informed Griffin and others in May that Jones told him, “I’ll f—ing kill you” three times. Jones has said that his comment was meant as a joke and that he said, “I’ll blow you up on your motorcycle.”  That same month, another e…