Four weeks before Election Day, Akron Mayor Shammas Malik weighed in on the proposed City Charter amendments that Akron voters will soon decide, calling for the two proposals that would amend rental housing laws in the city to be turned down. “I think both Issues 11 and 12 should be rejected,” Malik wrote in an extensive press release and in social media posts about the two measures that would ban both apartment application fees and denials for apartments on the basis of previous criminal convictions, among other regulations.
Author Archives: Doug Brown
Government Reporter (he/him)
Doug Brown covers all things connected to the government in the city. He strives to hold elected officials and other powerful figures accountable to the community through easily digestible stories about complex issues. Prior to joining Signal Akron, Doug was a communications staffer at the ACLU of Oregon, news reporter for the Portland Mercury, staff writer for Cleveland Scene, and writer for Deadspin.com, among other roles. He has a bachelor’s degree in political science from Hiram College and a master’s degree in journalism from Kent State University.
For routine messages, feel free to contact Doug Brown at doug@signalakron.org. If you have privacy concerns and/or want to share sensitive information, you can reach him on the end-to-end encrypted messaging app Signal (no connection to Signal Akron) under username @dbrown.2010 and encrypted email account db159@proton.me
