Candidates, recall on Cleveland Heights mayoral primary ballot

Tuesday’s primary in Cleveland Heights could result in the city having three mayors in about four months.

Mayor Kahlil Seren, the first directly elected mayor in the city’s history, faces a recall vote in the primary . Earlier this year, a former city employee filed a complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Ohio Civil Rights Commission, claiming Seren and his wife, Natalie McDaniel, created a hostile work environment at city hall.

“I worry that the people on our council and the people in the community are so interested in what really has become almost a rabid personal witch hunt,” Seren said about the recall effort in July, “that they are not paying attention to the fact that this kind of disruption can have serious impact on a fledgling organization.”