CLEVELAND, Ohio — A behind-the-scenes truce that once helped ease Cleveland’s redistricting process has now collapsed, leading to a clash between two sitting councilmen — and a dispute over whether one of them broke his word.
The deal, as some understood it, was that if Cleveland’s redistricting created a new ward that unified most of the Collinwood neighborhood in the city’s northeast corner, longtime Councilman Mike Polensek would retire. Instead, Polensek has decided to run for a 13th term, setting up a challenge against Councilman Anthony Hairston in the new Ward 10 —…..