For the 2023 school board and city council races in Madeira, a far-right group called “Onward Madeira” is endorsing a slate of candidates. Kim Heath and Anita Grolmes (school board), and Gibson Arling and Joe Grolmes (city council) all have extreme views. These candidates have been linked to anti-democracy demonstrations and fringe groups like Ohio Value Voters and Moms For Liberty.

This is dangerous for our community because:

• People who don’t understand democracy shouldn’t hold elected office.
• Bringing politics to our school board is bad for our children, teachers, and families.
• We don’t want to be the next Forest Hills or Lakota—school districts that have become a media circus.
• Backward ideas will drag us down, damage our community, and harm our highly-ranked, much-respected school district.

We are not tied to any candidate or campaign. We are providing information Madeira, Ohio voters need to make informed decisions about who should serve on our school board and city council.