I recommend David Pepper Pepperspectives davidpepper@substack.com - the most knowledgeable person I know on all things Cincinnati, Hamilton County, and Ohio politics. You may be familiar with his book "Laboratories of Autocracy: A Wake-Up Call From Behind the Lines".
The unit rule is the root of much Cleveland dysfunction centralizing power opaquely-- there was a Green on council, Brian Cummins, for about 8 years, very good. They destroyed his ward once to get him out, but he managed to be re-elected, but not twice.
-There is no Mother-Son pair on the common pleas bench (but they do share the same last name)
-Bibb! was not the only Mayoral candidate to support the initiative causes; and his support was pretty see-thru for anyone who really cared to see and wasn’t simply a booster or on that huge (big money-backed) team.
Just a minor correction: The Irish consular is an honorary position, not an official consulate. The only official consulate in cleveland is the Slovenian one. Cleveland has a bunch of honorary consulates so having an Irish one is not a sign of much. There’s an honorary French consulate here as well for a very small French population.
Great piece of writing! It’s been past time for a change how to affect the change I have no clue. Power has always been corrupted by said power. I don’t live in CLE but I have read PD for a very long time. You don’t mention Mike White or Kuchinich. Was there ever a mayor who actually looked out for Clevelanders? You are correct that Jimmy Haslem is the worst nfl owner ever!
Carnegie was from Pittsburgh
This was eye-opening, thank you!
I recommend David Pepper Pepperspectives davidpepper@substack.com - the most knowledgeable person I know on all things Cincinnati, Hamilton County, and Ohio politics. You may be familiar with his book "Laboratories of Autocracy: A Wake-Up Call From Behind the Lines".
Outstanding overview Parma Sean.
Good start.
The unit rule is the root of much Cleveland dysfunction centralizing power opaquely-- there was a Green on council, Brian Cummins, for about 8 years, very good. They destroyed his ward once to get him out, but he managed to be re-elected, but not twice.
I'm sure you're aware, but going back through the decades, Roldo Bartimole is a treasure trove: https://www.clevelandmemory.org/roldo/
Awesome. Depressing.
Phenomenal Piece!
Couple edits:
-There is no Mother-Son pair on the common pleas bench (but they do share the same last name)
-Bibb! was not the only Mayoral candidate to support the initiative causes; and his support was pretty see-thru for anyone who really cared to see and wasn’t simply a booster or on that huge (big money-backed) team.
Incredible piece. Seems like Columbus and Franklin County have hopped aboard a similar shit wagon. They have their own hayseed take on it however.
Just a minor correction: The Irish consular is an honorary position, not an official consulate. The only official consulate in cleveland is the Slovenian one. Cleveland has a bunch of honorary consulates so having an Irish one is not a sign of much. There’s an honorary French consulate here as well for a very small French population.
Sorry I should have led my annoying comment with the fact that this is a great article and I’m enjoying it very much! Great job!
The alleged YMCA master baiter gives me Kucinich vibes. Perhaps he's got a political future? Great article.
Great piece of writing! It’s been past time for a change how to affect the change I have no clue. Power has always been corrupted by said power. I don’t live in CLE but I have read PD for a very long time. You don’t mention Mike White or Kuchinich. Was there ever a mayor who actually looked out for Clevelanders? You are correct that Jimmy Haslem is the worst nfl owner ever!