If you want to get Michael Polensek out of Cleveland City Council, you’ll have to beat him at the ballot box.
He has held his seat since 1978. When the latest redistricting drew him into the same Collinwood ward as his colleague Anthony Hairston, City Hall was left wondering whether he would retire for good.
Then Polensek said he would run again. The news dismayed Hairston and Council President Blaine Griffin, who said he had led them to believe he would step aside. Polensek maintained that he only said he was considering retirement…