{"id":6602,"date":"2022-10-27T11:35:41","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T11:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=6602"},"modified":"2022-10-27T11:35:41","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T11:35:41","slug":"councilwoman-michele-grims-next-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/27\/councilwoman-michele-grims-next-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Councilwoman Michele Grim\u2019s Next Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Michele Grim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Truth Staff<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Toledo City Councilwoman Michele Grim, PhD, is the Democratic nominee for the Ohio House of Representatives, District 43, running against Republican Wendi Hendricks. The race is a microcosm of what is happening around the nation in these turbulent political times.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is a supporter of Trump,\u201d says Grim of her opponent. \u201cA MAGA Republican. She believes in banning abortion even in cases of rape or incest. We had a 10-year-old girl in Ohio who had to go out of state for medical care,\u201d notes Grim of the case that recently brought national attention to the issue of abortion after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe believes in withholding funding from public education and is a supporter of Backpack legislation [House Bill 290] which severely undercuts public education. I know the value of public education and it\u2019s being underfunded.<\/p>\n

As in so many races around the country, on so many levels \u2013 other than the presidency itself in these midterms \u2013 the choice could not be clearer.<\/p>\n

Grim, who earned her doctorate in law and policy from Northeastern University researching Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO)implementation has spent a career working to end violence against women, fighting the scourge of HIV\/AIDS, trying to fund healthcare and working to bring forth effective laws to stop domestic gun violence.<\/p>\n

In her short stint on City Council \u2013 she won election in November, 2021 \u2013 Grim feels that her time that has been well spent.<\/p>\n

I feel like I\u2019ve accomplished quite a bit,\u201d she says. Her proposal led to a \u201cstand alone health committee,\u201d she \u201chas worked to strengthen critical services to improve health and safety needs, and to increase access to free clinics.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Columbus, Grim sees her opportunities to effect change, in a Republican dominated statehouse, as critical to her goal of bringing an end to the production \u201cof laws for Ohio that don\u2019t work.\u201d The six-week ban on abortion is at the top of that list, along with a firearms law that allows gun owners to avoid telling police officers that they are carrying weapons.<\/p>\n

Healthcare, however, is at the top of Grim\u2019s list in terms of what she can accomplish in Columbus. Because of state actions, notes Grim, there is an issue with \u201cthe underfunding of health and human services in Toledo. \u201c Food banks, for example are underfunded.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I can work to build common ground on issues such as healthcare costs, mental health and violence against women,\u201d says Grim referencing her background as a rape crisis counselor. \u201cWe\u2019ve really gone backwards with our domestic violence laws and sexual assault laws.\u201d<\/p>\n

Grim adds that she will hope to join her colleagues in Columbus supporting House Bill 266 which, among other things, will eliminate the statute of limitations for rape and other sexual assault crimes against children.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt won\u2019t be easy in Columbus,\u201d says Grim. \u201cWe need to elect people who will stand up and fight for our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Truth Staff Toledo City Councilwoman Michele Grim, PhD, is the Democratic nominee for the Ohio House of Representatives, District 43, running against Republican Wendi Hendricks. The race is a microcosm of what is happening around the nation in these turbulent political times. \u201cShe is a supporter of Trump,\u201d says Grim of her opponent. \u201cA […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[145],"class_list":["post-6602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6602"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6603,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6602\/revisions\/6603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6602"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=6602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}