SHEFFIELD LAKE, Ohio — Weeks after the election, there’s a new battle over a Sheffield Lake city council seat. It comes as the city’s law director raised concerns that a councilman-elect’s criminal history affects his eligibility.

In November, Aden Fogel, a write-in candidate, won the Ward 3 council seat with more than 70% of the vote. He said he was originally compelled to run for office because of what he viewed as a lack of basic amenities in the city.

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“We have no post office, we have no bank and we have no pharmacy,” Fogel said.

He told News 5 he was also motivated to represent the citizens opposed to a high-rise apartment complex proposed at the Shoreway Shopping Center.

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Weeks after Fogel’s election wi

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