Handmaidens to the intelligensia
From the Sunday Plain Dealer - a murderers’ row of our under-performing employees:

Top Row, from left: Bay Village Mayor Deborah Sutherland, Beachwood Mayor Merle Gorden, Bentleyville Mayor Michael Canty, Berea Mayor Joseph Biddlecombe, Brecksville Mayor Jerry Hruby, Broadview Heights Mayor Glenn Goodwin, Brook Park Mayor Mark Elliott, Brooklyn Mayor Kenneth Patton, Brooklyn Heights Mayor Michael S. Procuk, Chagrin Falls Mayor Thomas Brick, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, Cuyahoga Heights Mayor Ralph Contipelli, East Cleveland Mayor Eric Brewer, Euclid Mayor Bill Cervenik, Fairview Park Mayor Eileen Patton.
Row 2, from left: Garfield Heights Mayor Thomas Longo, Gates Mills Mayor Connie White, Glenwillow Mayor Donald Payne, Highland Heights Mayor Scott Coleman, Hunting Valley Mayor John Wheeler, Independence Mayor Fred Ramos, Lakewood Mayor Tom George, Linndale Mayor JoAnn Toczek, Lyndhurst Mayor Joseph Cicero, Bedford Heights Mayor Debora Mallin, Mayfield Village Mayor Bruce Rinker, Mayfield Heights Mayor Gregory Costabile, Middleburg Heights Mayor Gary Starr, Moreland Hills Mayor Charles DeGross, Newburgh Heights Mayor Trevor Elkins.
Row 3, from left: North Olmsted Mayor Thomas O’Grady, North Royalton Mayor Cathy Luks, Oakwood Mayor Gary Gottschalk, Olmsted Falls Mayor Robert Blomquist, Orange Mayor Kathy Mulcahy, Parma Mayor Dean DePiero, State Rep. Jennifer Brady, Pepper Pike Mayor Bruce Akers, Cuyahoga County Commissioner Tim Hagan, State Rep. Thomas Patton, Solon Mayor Kevin Patton, South Euclid Mayor Georgine Welo, Strongsville Mayor Thomas Perciak, University Heights Mayor Beryl Rothschild, Valley View Mayor Randall Westfall.
Row 4, from left: Walton Hills Mayor Marlene Anielski, Warrensville Heights Mayor Marcia Fudge, Maple Heights Mayor Michael Ciaravino, Woodmere Mayor Yolanda Broadie, Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, Ohio Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Ohio Sen. George Voinovich, Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, Parma Heights Mayor Martin Zanotti, Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora, Cuyahoga County Commissioner Peter Lawson Jones, State. Sen. Shirley Smith, State Sen. Dale Miller.
Row 5, from left: State Sen. Bob Spada, State Sen. Lance Mason, State Rep. Kenny Yuko, State Rep. Michael DeBose, State Rep. Michael Skindell.
Row 6, from left: Cleveland Heights Mayor Ed Kelley, State Rep. Josh Mandel, Bratenahl Mayor John Licastro, Bedford Mayor Dan Pocek, Seven Hills Mayor David Bentkowski
Row 7, from left: State Rep. Armond Budish, State Rep. Barbara Boyd, State Rep. Eugene Miller, State Rep. Sandra Williams, State Rep. Mike Foley
Kudos to Brent Larkin and the gang for pointing out that the emperor has no clothes.















I will say, reading about the cover persuaded me to go out and actually buy a Sunday PD. I’m a deliberative type, but after eight months of not getting the print delivered, I’m getting closer to subscribing again. Did I just say that?
July 16th, 2007 at 8:02 am
The question is not who will lead us, but where are all of those people leading us. Is that a cliff ahead?
July 16th, 2007 at 10:07 am
Joe:
What cliff we’ve already gone off the edge, the only question now is when will we hit the ground?
July 17th, 2007 at 7:26 am
Wendell I agree… It not the fall, but the sudden stop at the bottom that kills you!
But damn! How deep is the abyss into which they have us falling?
Personally, I feel if any one of the talking heads in that front page were sincere about regionalization, they would be challenging Frank Jackson on control over Cleveland Water Dept.
Is pretty amazing though…. you talk to anyone of the Mayors on the front page & they will tell you how wonderful they are… but collectively look where they have lead us!
Don’t be alarmed, I am not turning into a tree hugger, but it is ashame a tree was killed in order to print that picture of those shameless people.
Hey Wendell how do you like that proposed RPCC Platform?
July 17th, 2007 at 8:55 am
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