Greetings Bedford Ohioans. I would like to remind you how important this election on November 4th2025is for our City.We have been taken advantage of for many years under this current administration with Stan koci as Bedford, Ohio’s mayor. Bedford Ohio deserves a chance. Elect Felicia Washington Ross and she will assure you that Bedford Ohio will be on the map for one of the greatest cities in America to live in. Bedford has been in the dark for years. It is time for our light to shine and I am the one who will bring the torch, A torch to keep us safe from violence and fear in our neighborhoods, lately there has been too much gun violence and this needs to STOP Bedfordhas to have REAL leadership to prevent this mess. Bedford residence has been overlooked in regards to real Leadership by not making sure our children, youth, veterans and seniors are priority. I ask  how many people know Stan Koci as a LEADER? I can answer that! none. What would it take to have a real leader? I can answer that! by electing Felicia Washington Ross, as your next Mayor. It’s not rocket science, it’s common sense. What would it take to prevent families from moving out of our city because of crime, violence, high taxes, poverty, lack of  businesses in the downtown Bedford area. Loss of many car dealerships in the auto mile, which is becoming an eye sore. I can answer that! by Electing Felicia Washingon Ross, a real Leader. Vote on November, 4th 2025 for Felicia Washington Ross, the one who will get things done for the people of Bedford. I am not running for a title or a label, I am running for the people of BEDFORD, OHIO,.

Thank you for your time Felicia Washington Ross, for MAYOR for the City Of Bedford Ohio.      Friends For Felicia Washington Ross

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He was released from jail with significant mental health and drug issues with no support system just so that he might not get COVID. Instead the significant mental health and drug issues that were being treated at his prison were tossed aside and ignored so he could “survive” a pandemic that probably was never going to kill him.

So I really, really cannot express the disgust I feel for Jimmy Dimora receiving a commutation from President Biden because he was part of the same release program that my brother also “benefited” from.

Don’t get me wrong. My brother robbed 2 banks in Virginia. With a fake gun and a fedora, no less. You can look it up on the internet.

My brother committed very serious crimes. He also had very serious mental health and drug issues. It is not an excuse. My family was relieved when he went into the prison system. It was the closest we ever got to having him get the help he clearly needed. And then the Federal government released him from prison, 7 years into a 20 year sentence, with the misplaced goal to save his life from COVID. The Federal government ended up ending his life. His mental health and drug issues finally took him not long after his release.

So when I heard that Jimmy Dimora, the man who literally plundered and pillaged Southeast Cuyahoga County with his corruption, had his sentence commuted by President Biden because he had been released on the same program… I don’t have the proper, socially acceptable words to describe how I feel. Just know they involve many swear words and so much anger. 

Yes, my brother did horrible, horrible things. He terrified around 40 strangers at the banks involved. Absolutely horrifying that he did that to those people.

Jimmy Dimora’s culture of government corruption hurt TENS OF THOUSANDS of people. My community and my surrounding communities are still reeling from the effects of Jimmy Dimora’s corrupt dealings. Bedford, Bedford Heights, Oakwood Village, Maple Heights, Garfield Heights and well beyond are experiencing a desperate change in mobility that can be tied directly to Jimmy Dimora’s influence on corruption in the Southeast region.

So my question is, why was Jimmy Dimoria’s sentence commuted while my brother died? If my brother was alive today, would President Biden have commuted his sentence too? I know 1,500 commutations seems like a lot. But the US prison system currently has nearly 2 million people in it. 1,500 commutations is a tiny drop in the bucket in comparison. To make the math easier, that is about 30 people per state. Which means Dear Mister Dimora was one of only approximately 30 people in Ohio to be pardoned by Biden.

I highly doubt that if my brother was alive today, he would have benefited like Jimmy Dimora has benefited from President Biden blanket commutation. 

But I guess terrorizing 40 strangers (my brother) is a greater crime than decimating the the community and upward mobility of tens of thousands of his own neighbors and constituents (Jimmy Dimora). 

<sarcasm font> Thank you, President Biden, for once again showing us who you care about. Party loyalty is rewarded for the sake of moving the party’s message forward, even if the person receiving it is corrupt and hurt their entire community.  </sarcasm font>

My mentally ill brother obviously was not a real concern to the Biden Administration either during COVID or now. Forgiving party loyalists who hurt all of us with unadulterated corruption seems to be ok though. And that should be a concern for all of us.

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