CORTLAND, Ohio - Cortland residents are stepping up efforts to recall Mayor Deidre Petrosky as tensions carried into another heated city council meeting Wednesday night.

Outside city hall before the meeting, resident Michael Matheny, who is helping circulate a recall petition, said the effort is aimed at what he calls a “pattern of corruption.”

“The mayor needs to resign and call it a day. There have been over a quarter million dollars wasted by her through what she’s been doing,” Matheny said. He added that many Cortland residents, particularly older voters, aren’t aware of the controversy because they aren’t online. “We’re trying to get the word out … the more word we can get out, the better we’re going to be as far as getting her recalled.”

Organizers say they need about 1,200 signa

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