- Thomas Longo
Thomas J. Longo is an
Ohio politician of the Democratic Party, andMayor of the city ofGarfield Heights, Ohio .Mayor Thomas J. Longo worked as an employee of the Ohio Bell Telephone Company. In 1975, he was elected to the Garfield Heights City Council member representing the city's fourth ward. In 1983, he succeeded incumbent Mayor Theodore S. Holtz. He has won every election since 1983. Mayor Longo has been the longest serving mayor in Garfield Heights as of May 2006.
In 2004, Mayor Longo was elected as President of the Mayors and City Managers Association of Cuyahoga County. In June, Mayor Longo will give up this title. In 2005 and 2006 Mayor Longo was featured in a Cleveland Business magazine as one of the most powerful mayors in Cuyahoga County.{Inside Cleveland Business March 2006}
Mayor Longo also serves on the board of the North East Ohio Regional Sewer District.
He is a member of the
Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition [cite web| url=http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/html/about/members.shtml| title=Mayors Against Illegal Guns: Coalition Members] , abi-partisan group with a stated goal of "making the public safer by getting illegal guns off the streets." The Coalition is co-chaired byBoston MayorThomas Menino andNew York City MayorMichael Bloomberg .Mayor Longo was instrumental in converting an old landfill to a shopping center named City View. Despite issues of venting methane gas which accumulated over the decades, this is the first project of its kind in Ohio to be built on Landfill.
He is currently married and has three children.
As of 2006, he served as the Chagrin/Southeast Regional representative for the Cuyahoga County Planning Commission. [http://planning.co.cuyahoga.oh.us/about/members.html]
References
External links
* [http://www.garfieldhts.org/mayor.htm His Welcome to the Official Garfield Heights website]
* [http://www.garfieldhts.org/images/Current/2006speech-chamber-ED.htm 2006 "State of the City" Address]Sources: Inside Cleveland Business March 2006 edition
The Garfield Heights Leader archives
The Garfield/Maple Heights Sun Newspaper
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