Cohen will run as an independent in a race that’s expected to have a full field.
Retired Temple Emanuel Rabbi Kathy Cohen is running for Roanoke City Council, saying its recent decision to reduce school funding drove her decision.
“If we do not have the strongest public schools, we do not have the strongest city,” Cohen said, adding that she was “disturbed and upset by the tremendous cut.”
The council voted in January to drop the local revenue percentage available to the schools from a possible 40 percent to 34 percent annually. There are other triggers in the new policy that require even deeper cuts should revenue not perform as expected…