Thomas Longo
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Thomas J. Longo is an Ohio
politician of the Democratic Party
, and Mayor
of the city of Garfield 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
, a bi-partisan group with a stated goal of "making the public safer by getting illegal guns off the streets." The Coalition is co-chaired by Boston
Mayor Thomas Menino
and New York City
Mayor Michael 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
In April 2009, Longo announced that he would not be running for mayor in the 2009 Mayoral contest. Victor(Vic)Collova will succeed Thomas Longo as Garfield Heights' next mayor.
Sources: Inside Cleveland Business March 2006 edition
The Garfield Heights Leader archives
The Garfield/Maple Heights Sun Newspaper
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
politician of the Democratic Party
Democratic Party (United States)
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, and Mayor
Mayor
In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
of the city of Garfield Heights, Ohio
Garfield Heights, Ohio
Garfield Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. The population was 28,849 at the time of the 2010 census.-Geography:Garfield Heights is located at ....
.
Mayor Thomas J. Longo worked as an employee of the Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Ohio Bell
The Ohio Bell Telephone Company is the Bell Operating Company serving most of Ohio. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T.Its headquarters is the Ohio Bell Building at 750 Huron Road, Cleveland, Ohio...
. 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
Greater Cleveland
Greater Cleveland is a nickname for the metropolitan area surrounding Cleveland, Ohio and is part of what used to be the Connecticut Western Reserve.Northeast Ohio refers to a similar but substantially larger area as described below...
Regional Sewer District.
He is a member of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition
Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition
Mayors Against Illegal Guns is a coalition of over 600 mayors who support a number of gun control initiatives that the group calls "commonsense reforms" to fight illegal gun trafficking and gun violence in the United States...
, a bi-partisan group with a stated goal of "making the public safer by getting illegal guns off the streets." The Coalition is co-chaired by Boston
Boston
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Mayor Thomas Menino
Thomas Menino
Thomas Michael "Tom" Menino is the mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, United States and the city's first Italian-American mayor...
and New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
Mayor Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Rubens Bloomberg is the current Mayor of New York City. With a net worth of $19.5 billion in 2011, he is also the 12th-richest person in the United States...
.
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
In April 2009, Longo announced that he would not be running for mayor in the 2009 Mayoral contest. Victor(Vic)Collova will succeed Thomas Longo as Garfield Heights' next mayor.
External links
Sources: Inside Cleveland Business March 2006 edition
The Garfield Heights Leader archives
The Garfield/Maple Heights Sun Newspaper