1 hour ago, ProspectAve said:

 

Well that’s one (defeatist) way to look at it. Another is, instead of spending the energy to devise budget tricks to conceal problems of police staffing, instead spend the energy to come up with a solid plan and strategy for police recruitment. We NEED those officers. 200 officers is not a lot. If you said we had to fill 20,000 spots—that would be difficult—but a better leader would find a way to fill those slots and keep the new officers. I have a lot of friends at CPD and they all say Bibb hates the police (even though they personally benefit from massive amounts of overtime pay). But even if you have officers working 80 hours a week, its not the same as having more officers on the street each working 40 hrs. (the cost of benefits is still less than the overtime paid) as if you need a large number of physical officers at a given time, you won’t have them if you just give up and say, we can’t and don’t know how to recruit 200 officers so lets just give up and spend the money elsewhere. I hope Council flatly rejects this, though if they may have more funding in their districts they may be compromised from making a sound decision. Then again, the role of council is to be a check on the mayor and this needs serious checking and rejection. 

 

I am CPD, and I'm a very half glass full kind of guy, hence why I still work there.  I'm just giving you the reality. I also worked on the other side of government and know how important that is. We are losing 275 people to retirement this year. Our last three academies have had less than 20 people. They're still leaving 200 vacant positions open to be filled in the budget, that's pretty glass half full. I'm saying I understand why they cut that down to that number so they could spend resources in areas that will be immediately met. 

 

Better recruiting is only going to do so much. No one wants to be the police anymore, and no one especially wants to work for a department with the Feds breathing down your neck. There's obviously alot more to it than that but I'll refrain from posting about it. 

Parking meter update:

 

A mayor who responds and is accountable, mind blowing.

Bibb is trying to get Cleveland up to speed regarding things other cities have had for years.  Just think about it, Cleveland has COIN meters in 2023!  Look at the city website.  It look like it was just launched when the internet was invented.  Bibb is working on blocking and tackling to a degree.   

On 2/2/2023 at 9:51 AM, Luke_S said:

 

The proposal doesn't eliminate all police vacancies, from Nick Castele's write up for Signal;

 

So my read of this would be (1) he is bringing the budget back in line after needing to use ARPA funds to close the funding gap in last year's budget and (2) he's setting police hiring goals to a more realistic/attainable level. This allows him to continue to redirect money to improve and fix other areas that have been neglected instead of sitting it in the police budget for positions that realistically wont be filled this year and still run a slight surplus. 

 

Should also remember that Bibb has hired consultants to study how many uniformed officers are needed, and like @Cleburgerpointed out, part of that study was to look into whether administrative roles could be shifted from officers to civilians. 

On 2/2/2023 at 4:59 PM, GISguy said:

 

I mean the person you replied to is a CPD officer so I think it's welcome insight and far from defeatist. The police have been trying to get their numbers up for years, it's not like it's on Bibb or an overnight phenomenon. It's most likely due to a lack of long term planning that government can be so bad at. 

 

I went through the budget yesterday and I'd recommend diving in. Page 45 lists the percentages that departments gained (or lost) in funding (to the Bibb hates the police crowd, they got a 3% funding bump), and page 48 goes through which positions existed in 2022 and will/won't in 2023. The individual department pages go into a lot more detail. 

 

Signal/Nick Castele has had the most transparent reporting and non-click baity headlines out of all of this, it's refreshing to see.

 

The entire document is here: https://www.clevelandohio.gov/sites/default/files/forms_publications/2023MayorsEstimate.pdf

 

I'm also surprised at how many vacant positions REMAIN in the budget that are yet to be filled -- in other words, there are a lot of vacant positions (beyond just in the police) and the city's head count could actually increase quite a bit under this budget proposal.

 

And how about three cheers for fiscal responsibility and trying to work with the money you have?  No big spending increases or requests for tax increases seem like a good thing. 

 

https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/investigations/cleveland-mayor-justin-bibbs-office-stonewalls-requests-for-travel-records?_amp=true
 

very disappointing that Bibb’s office isn’t being transparent!

9 hours ago, cle_guy90 said:

https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/investigations/cleveland-mayor-justin-bibbs-office-stonewalls-requests-for-travel-records?_amp=true
 

very disappointing that Bibb’s office isn’t being transparent!

 

Surprising, though?

Early Bibb hire is now out. Nothing much additional in the article.

 

12 hours ago, Boomerang_Brian said:

Early Bibb hire is now out. Nothing much additional in the article.

 

 

Issues with people at the airport is the rumor.  Considering that it's historically a dumping ground for patronage people, that could mean the same old games, or he was trying not to play the same old games and people resented that.

15 hours ago, Boomerang_Brian said:

Early Bibb hire is now out. Nothing much additional in the article.

 

 

3 hours ago, E Rocc said:

 

Issues with people at the airport is the rumor.  Considering that it's historically a dumping ground for patronage people, that could mean the same old games, or he was trying not to play the same old games and people resented that.

 

 

Paul Patton was a real and established HR person. He knew his stuff. He wasn’t like the other “senior” advisors and “Chiefs” in the mayors office and cabinet that Bibb hired that have either no experience or at best very little experience. If you yourself are young and inexperienced (and it shows) it must be hard to find good, experienced people to want to work for you. That’s the price we paid for electing Bibb. Patton was an exception. He certainly could handle airport staff. He successfully dealt with CPD contracts. I’m guessing the issue was with Bibb himself, and if airport related, maybe the person Bibb wanted to hire to run the airport which was to be announced in a few weeks—maybe it was another inexperienced person or friend of Bibb’s, whereas the airport has been run by real, experienced airport leaders for the past few decades, and Patton in good conscience wouldn't do what Bibb wanted. Just speculating here given what we have seen so far and knowing what I know about Patton.

5 hours ago, ProspectAve said:

 

 

 

Paul Patton was a real and established HR person. He knew his stuff. He wasn’t like the other “senior” advisors and “Chiefs” in the mayors office and cabinet that Bibb hired that have either no experience or at best very little experience. If you yourself are young and inexperienced (and it shows) it must be hard to find good, experienced people to want to work for you. That’s the price we paid for electing Bibb. Patton was an exception. He certainly could handle airport staff. He successfully dealt with CPD contracts. I’m guessing the issue was with Bibb himself, and if airport related, maybe the person Bibb wanted to hire to run the airport which was to be announced in a few weeks—maybe it was another inexperienced person or friend of Bibb’s, whereas the airport has been run by real, experienced airport leaders for the past few decades, and Patton in good conscience wouldn't do what Bibb wanted. Just speculating here given what we have seen so far and knowing what I know about Patton.

The City of Cleveland should be forced to give the Airports to the Port Authority and clean house.   The inmates took over during the Jackson administration and don't want to give it up. 

6 hours ago, Cleburger said:

The City of Cleveland should be forced to give the Airports to the Port Authority and clean house.   The inmates took over during the Jackson administration and don't want to give it up. 

 

I assume you're joking.  But in case you're not what makes you thinking an organization that runs the port with absolutely zero airport experience is better than one that has run the airport since aviation has begun? I agree that we need better leadership in the city to better run the airport, but giving it away to another organization is absolutely the worst idea imaginable.

1 hour ago, ProspectAve said:

 

I assume you're joking.  But in case you're not what makes you thinking an organization that runs the port with absolutely zero airport experience is better than one that has run the airport since aviation has begun? I agree that we need better leadership in the city to better run the airport, but giving it away to another organization is absolutely the worst idea imaginable.

 

14 hours ago, ProspectAve said:

 

Paul Patton was a real and established HR person. He knew his stuff. He wasn’t like the other “senior” advisors and “Chiefs” in the mayors office and cabinet that Bibb hired that have either no experience or at best very little experience. If you yourself are young and inexperienced (and it shows) it must be hard to find good, experienced people to want to work for you. That’s the price we paid for electing Bibb. Patton was an exception. He certainly could handle airport staff. He successfully dealt with CPD contracts. I’m guessing the issue was with Bibb himself, and if airport related, maybe the person Bibb wanted to hire to run the airport which was to be announced in a few weeks—maybe it was another inexperienced person or friend of Bibb’s, whereas the airport has been run by real, experienced airport leaders for the past few decades, and Patton in good conscience wouldn't do what Bibb wanted. Just speculating here given what we have seen so far and knowing what I know about Patton.

 

Welcome back, Pugu! Will you be able to behave yourself this time?

4 hours ago, ProspectAve said:

 

I assume you're joking.  But in case you're not what makes you thinking an organization that runs the port with absolutely zero airport experience is better than one that has run the airport since aviation has begun? I agree that we need better leadership in the city to better run the airport, but giving it away to another organization is absolutely the worst idea imaginable.

I wish I were.   We'll find out again the next time Cleveland gets a bad winter.   After several years of FAA control and extra scrutiny, they are giving the City free reign again.   

 

I'd personally take my chances with a new government body and lose all the Frank Jackson patronage lackeys.   

 

On 3/18/2023 at 11:58 PM, Boomerang_Brian said:

 

 

Welcome back, Pugu! Will you be able to behave yourself this time?

 

ope

There's a lot in this proposed spending of the last large tranche of ARPA funds, I'm glad to see were leveraging  some of it for long-term programs. - $160M ARPA Allocation Proposal

 

I included an outline of spending below, there is more detail in the press release linked above. But included in this $160M is $20M for waterfront activation that will go, in part, towards; (1) "down payments in the Beulah Park-Euclid Beach Connector, the CHEERS Early Implementation Phase, and the Euclid Creek Greenway Phase 2 North to increase access and improve public space on the East Side Lakefront", (2) "investments in the design, activation, and development of the North Coast Connector, near-term installations from the North Coast Lakefront Master Plan, and the creation of the Waterfront Development Authority to support equitable development of the Lakefront", and (3) "funds to improve public spaces along the Cuyahoga Riverfront, including a downpayment for Bedrock Public Infrastructure and stabilization of Irishtown Bend for the future park." 

 

Mayor Justin M. Bibb proposes more than $160 million in ARPA allocations focused on long-term investments and economic revival

 

THIS DOCKET OF ARPA PROPOSALS INCLUDES: 

 

FUNDS FOR CLEVELAND’S FUTURE 

- Site Assembly and Development Trust: $50M  

- Cleveland Neighborhood Safety Fund: $10M 

- Back to Basics Capital Fund: $20M  

 

NEIGHBORHOOD INVESTMENTS – TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECTS FOR CLEVELAND’S ASSETS 

 

- Waterfront Activation: $20M (East Side Lakefront, Downtown Lakefront, & Riverfront)

- Southeast Side Investments: $15M (Commercial Corridors, Housing Rehab and Repair, & Catalytic Redevelopment)

- West Side Market: $15M  

 

FINANCIAL TOOLS FOR RESIDENTS:

- Down Payment Assistance: $10M

 

CITY COUNCIL INITIATIVES:

- Catalytic Neighborhood Investments: $35M

- Utility Assistance: $1M

- Age Friendly Home Repair: $1.1M 

- Medical Debt Relief: $1.9M 

- Cleveland Tenants Organization: $1M

State of the City address tomorrow 

 

On 4/12/2023 at 7:55 AM, Luke_S said:

There's a lot in this proposed spending of the last large tranche of ARPA funds, I'm glad to see were leveraging  some of it for long-term programs. - $160M ARPA Allocation Proposal

 

I included an outline of spending below, there is more detail in the press release linked above. But included in this $160M is $20M for waterfront activation that will go, in part, towards; (1) "down payments in the Beulah Park-Euclid Beach Connector, the CHEERS Early Implementation Phase, and the Euclid Creek Greenway Phase 2 North to increase access and improve public space on the East Side Lakefront", (2) "investments in the design, activation, and development of the North Coast Connector, near-term installations from the North Coast Lakefront Master Plan, and the creation of the Waterfront Development Authority to support equitable development of the Lakefront", and (3) "funds to improve public spaces along the Cuyahoga Riverfront, including a downpayment for Bedrock Public Infrastructure and stabilization of Irishtown Bend for the future park." 

 

Mayor Justin M. Bibb proposes more than $160 million in ARPA allocations focused on long-term investments and economic revival

 

THIS DOCKET OF ARPA PROPOSALS INCLUDES: 

 

FUNDS FOR CLEVELAND’S FUTURE 

- Site Assembly and Development Trust: $50M  

- Cleveland Neighborhood Safety Fund: $10M 

- Back to Basics Capital Fund: $20M  

 

NEIGHBORHOOD INVESTMENTS – TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECTS FOR CLEVELAND’S ASSETS 

 

- Waterfront Activation: $20M (East Side Lakefront, Downtown Lakefront, & Riverfront)

- Southeast Side Investments: $15M (Commercial Corridors, Housing Rehab and Repair, & Catalytic Redevelopment)

- West Side Market: $15M  

 

FINANCIAL TOOLS FOR RESIDENTS:

- Down Payment Assistance: $10M

 

CITY COUNCIL INITIATIVES:

- Catalytic Neighborhood Investments: $35M

- Utility Assistance: $1M

- Age Friendly Home Repair: $1.1M 

- Medical Debt Relief: $1.9M 

- Cleveland Tenants Organization: $1M

 

I really wish there were more money allocated for home repair. (Humble brag) but I've biked about 65% of the city and going up and down streets you see a bunch of gems that are close to the brink (with folks still living in them) - or places that are vacant but still salvageable (and these vacants are usually owned by LLC 'investors' who don't pay taxes and try and sell it to other LLC investors for $10-20k, but I digress). Maybe a topic for another thread, but it'd be real nice if the city stopped subsidizing demolition contractors and instead subsidized builders and rehab folk otherwise some neighborhoods are going to become even more and more desolate. 

 

Proof I'm not BS'ing! lol

13 minutes ago, GISguy said:

 

I really wish there were more money allocated for home repair. (Humble brag) but I've biked about 65% of the city and going up and down streets you see a bunch of gems that are close to the brink (with folks still living in them) - or places that are vacant but still salvageable (and these vacants are usually owned by LLC 'investors' who don't pay taxes and try and sell it to other LLC investors for $10-20k, but I digress). Maybe a topic for another thread, but it'd be real nice if the city stopped subsidizing demolition contractors and instead subsidized builders and rehab folk otherwise some neighborhoods are going to become even more and more desolate. 

 

Proof I'm not BS'ing! lol

That's some impressive biking.  To facilitate rehabs, the land bank needs to get site control sooner.  When the land bank doesn't get control until after there are structural problems, it's demolition time.

How do we get there?  Perhaps a strong exterior inspection program, to preserve the guts; and some means for taking over if the owner doesn't/can't keep up with maintenance.  It might also help to require local agents for out-of-county owners, so they can't hide from service and let properties deteriorate so easily.

1 hour ago, Foraker said:

That's some impressive biking.  To facilitate rehabs, the land bank needs to get site control sooner.  When the land bank doesn't get control until after there are structural problems, it's demolition time.

How do we get there?  Perhaps a strong exterior inspection program, to preserve the guts; and some means for taking over if the owner doesn't/can't keep up with maintenance.  It might also help to require local agents for out-of-county owners, so they can't hide from service and let properties deteriorate so easily.

 

Per your last part, I thought the city's new code enforcement person (...from Euclid) had a plan for this not sure where its at. And I know a lot of lower income/older folks live in these older and falling apart homes - obviously you don't want to kick them out because of lack of maintenance I'm curious what the city/county/non-profits could do to help folks keep their homes but also not let them completely fall apart.

 

And PS- thanks!

Edited April 19, 20232 yr by GISguy

27 minutes ago, GISguy said:

And I know a lot of lower income/older folks live in these older and falling apart homes - obviously you don't want to kick them out because of lack of maintenance I'm curious what the city/county/non-profits could do to help folks keep their homes but also not let them completely fall apart.

 

I can imagine a program, but it would require a lot of funding.  Let the city/county/land bank buy properties from residents who are at a certain advanced age (at least 80 years old) and lets them live there rent free (utilities remain in their name).  This doesn't seem that different from a tax abatement; and almost all of those rent-free agreements would end within 20 years -- few people live to see 100 and stay in their homes that entire time.

 

The city/county/land bank would then be on the hook for maintenance, however.  Ensuring that maintenance is done, and done well, could be the most challenging part (and defining "maintenance" -- when is the kitchen due for an upgrade?  how often does the interior get repainted/re-carpeted, etc.). 

 

Would something like this work -- a long term plan, where for the first ten years the city/county/land bank would pay the CDC to set up maintenance programs for these rented properties, with the CDC's getting a percentage of the sale price of the property post-rental period, with a restriction that that money be used to help build future capacity so that the CDC could use the funds only for maintenance programs going forward once the initial ten-year period ends?  If it is successful, expand the program to allow the CDC to fund other maintenance needs at low or zero interest to more residents of the CDC's neighborhoods.

Link to the State of the City Address: https://www.youtube.com/live/fz_osvwthuo?feature=share&t=1415

Edited April 20, 20232 yr by nokoeeee

Here’s Castele’s write up

 

13 hours ago, nokoeeee said:

Link to the State of the City Address: https://www.youtube.com/live/fz_osvwthuo?feature=share&t=1415

I listened and found very little to object to and much to like.  Bibb's speaking style is a little strained, waiting too long on applause lines for applause that barely came. The crowd was appreciative but not "fired up."

 

What I didn't like was his reference to structural racism, which I don't believe exists if it's defined as discrimination maintained by, within, and across institutions. Such discrimination is patently illegal and therefore not structural by definition; citing it as a reason for continued poverty in the southeast of the city is a canard especially in view of the many success stories that come out of that population.  That's a semantics quibble, however; Bibb's anti-poverty proposals for improvement seemed worthy of a try at the least.

 

His other proposals were heavy on investment and light on bread and circuses.

 

[If this post is better in a current events topic, mods, feel free to move it.]

Who is applying? @Oldmanladyluck @PoshSteve

 

@X

 

The article may not have mention Mayor Bibb, but since the mayor have taken office he has met with a few times Secretary Pete during his short stint as Mayor (a little over a year):

• had a one on one with the Secretary in DC a couple weeks after the mayor was inaugurated 
• had the Secretary and Congresswomen Shontel Brown tour the City back in May of last year
• spoken at the same virtual event with other mayors about climate in March of last year
• had another meeting with the Secretary in DC back in late January of this year about advocating more funds for Cleveland

all of this had lead effort had lead the Department of Transportation to grant grants for smart traffic signals, the airport, and now the port.

 

Not saying all this was because of the mayor, (obviously the congresswomen's mentioned in the article had to put in some hard work into it as well) but seeing the mayor advocating for the city and seeing the results is quite refreshing compared to the previous administration. 

Edited May 5, 20232 yr by nokoeeee

Certainly the squeaky wheel gets the grease!    The more you show your face around the people that matter, the more they will remember you when decisions are handed down. 

 

I may be wrong, but I don't ever remember Frank Jackson making these sorts of trips to rub elbows with the Feds.  

Cleveland economic development director out, and Bibb officials refuse to say why.

 

https://www.cleveland.com/news/2023/06/cleveland-economic-development-director-out-and-bibb-officials-refuse-to-say-why.html

On 6/16/2023 at 7:07 PM, freefourur said:

Cleveland economic development director out, and Bibb officials refuse to say why.

 

https://www.cleveland.com/news/2023/06/cleveland-economic-development-director-out-and-bibb-officials-refuse-to-say-why.html

She also went on Twitter to defend herself against “hit pieces” by Crains. She may have just sucked at her job. Whenever you have to go out saying an article is a hit piece it doesn’t look great.

I asked Bibb's press secretary Marie Zickefoose if Tessa Jackson was fired and she said no.

 

I heard she was pushing tougher hiring requirements on developers who accept city assistance on their projects and Bibb wasn't willing to go there, likely after getting pushback from developers.

48 minutes ago, KJP said:

I asked Bibb's press secretary Marie Zickefoose if Tessa Jackson was fired and she said no.

 

I heard she was pushing tougher hiring requirements on developers who accept city assistance on their projects and Bibb wasn't willing to go there, likely after getting pushback from developers.

 

Pushback from anyone.    I was optimistic when he didn't let the activists hand pick his police commision but I'm less so now.   The concern about him has always been his willingness to insist and/or say "no".

31 minutes ago, E Rocc said:

 

Pushback from anyone.    I was optimistic when he didn't let the activists hand pick his police commision but I'm less so now.   The concern about him has always been his willingness to insist and/or say "no".

Am I misunderstanding or isn’t this an example of him saying no..?

19 hours ago, Henke said:

Am I misunderstanding or isn’t this an example of him saying no..?

 

To his own people, not to others.

 

Bibb appoints interim director

By Ken Prendergast / June 20, 2023

 

Less than a week after Tessa Jackson left her post as Cleveland’s economic development director, Mayor Justin Bibb has found a replacement — at least temporarily. This morning, Bibb named Terri Hamilton Brown as the city’s interim director of economic development. She was sworn in and began work today following the departure of Tessa Jackson on June 15. The city expects to open the application process for the permanent position later this week.

 

MORE:

https://neo-trans.blog/2023/06/20/bibb-appoints-interim-director/

After seeing Ed Gallek's latest piece on downtown violent crime, and the city's lackadaisical response to the issue, not even reporting back to Gallek's requests when it comes to downtown crime statistics, I've come to the reservation that Bibb cares more about the view of Cleveland than actually making this city safer and livable. Ironically, sticking your head in the hand makes local and tourist perception of Cleveland even more dangerous. 

Bibb issued his plan to address rising crime last week...

 

https://mayor.clevelandohio.gov/mayor-bibb-announces-rise-initiative-latest-investments-include-marketing-plan-police-recruitment

25 minutes ago, Luke_S said:

Bibb issued his plan to address rising crime last week...

 

https://mayor.clevelandohio.gov/mayor-bibb-announces-rise-initiative-latest-investments-include-marketing-plan-police-recruitment

If you read Gallek's stuff, you'd know Bibb and the city put out this marketing plan...in August of 2022.

They have been sitting on this idea for literally 11 months

3 minutes ago, AsDustinFoxWouldSay said:

If you read Gallek's stuff, you'd know Bibb and the city put out this marketing plan...in August of 2022.

They have been sitting on this idea for literally 11 months

 

Did you open the link and read the full release or just the URL? Cause it's more than a marketing plan...

 

And I would read whatever you're referring to if you'd link support 

15 hours ago, Luke_S said:

And I would read whatever you're referring to if you'd link support 

 

This. You can say whatever you want on the internet but at least on UO there's some understanding that you need to add proof to your claims - it's not twitter, reddit, facebook, whatever. 

30 minutes ago, GISguy said:

 

This. You can say whatever you want on the internet but at least on UO there's some understanding that you need to add proof to your claims - it's not twitter, reddit, facebook, whatever. 

 

I believe he's referencing the RFP for a recruiting consultant to develop a marketing plan to generate more applicants, which the press release mentions under "latest investments."  

 

It would appear that proposals were due in February 2023, so coming up on 6 months to "finalize" a contract: https://www.clevelandohio.gov/sites/default/files/rfp-rfq/PoliceOfficerSocialWorkerRecruitmentRFP.pdf   

 

I'm not sure what caused the delay, but I note that the social worker "co-responder" piece from the RFP is not referenced in the RISE press release, which focuses on safety/enforcement rather than social justice concerns.  

 

Edited July 25, 20231 yr by grayfields

 

21 hours ago, AsDustinFoxWouldSay said:

After seeing Ed Gallek's latest piece on downtown violent crime, and the city's lackadaisical response to the issue, not even reporting back to Gallek's requests when it comes to downtown crime statistics, I've come to the reservation that Bibb cares more about the view of Cleveland than actually making this city safer and livable. Ironically, sticking your head in the hand makes local and tourist perception of Cleveland even more dangerous. 

 

Once upon a time, there was a man named Dustin, and he was the self-proclaimed master of city-avoidance. Dustin had an uncanny ability to turn the smallest molehill into a mountain of fear when it came to the urban jungle. He once saw a squirrel nibbling on a leftover hotdog in the park, and from that day on, he was convinced that all city creatures were secretly plotting against humanity.

 

When Dustin stumbled upon Ed Gallek's piece on downtown crime, he couldn't resist sharing his views on the public forum. With trembling fingers, he typed out his post, warning everyone about the dangers of sticking their heads in the hand – oh, how he wished he meant "sand" – and making Cleveland's reputation more perilous. Little did Dustin know that his city-avoidance tendencies had taken on a life of their own, and in his creative spelling mishap, he had accidentally conjured up a whole new level of danger in the minds of locals and tourists alike.

Edited July 25, 20231 yr by Clefan98

I like this hire! Mayor Bibb hires Tom McNair as Cleveland’s economic development director. 

 

https://x.com/kerrymccormack1/status/1691890055890006059?s=61&t=8m6OVkUD6kdclFnJD1n_Lg

The land assembly efforts, I think, and what goes on them are going to be one of his biggest endeavors

 

 

McNair tapped as new development director
By Ken Prendergast / August 17, 2023

 

For the past 14 years, Tom McNair rode the Rapid from Shaker Square to Ohio City where he led its community development corporation in different roles. At the end of September, his train will have a new destination — Cleveland City Hall. Mayor Justin Bibb announced yesterday that McNair will be the city’s new director of economic development.

 

MORE:

https://neo-trans.blog/2023/08/17/mcnair-tapped-as-new-development-director/

 

 

So refreshing to see these minor but needed changes.  

 

https://clevelandohio.gov

 

 

 

38 minutes ago, newyorker said:

So refreshing to see these minor but needed changes.  

 

https://clevelandohio.gov

 

 

 

Buh…buh…buh…where’s my Comic Sans?!!

 

 

I guess it is what it is. 🤷‍♂️

59 minutes ago, newyorker said:

So refreshing to see these minor but needed changes.  

 

https://clevelandohio.gov

 

 

 

For half a million dollars you think they'd be able to upload high-res images on there. 

Agree there can be better imagery and the hero image is an old pic of downtown but it is an significant upgrade and what is most important is the navigation and ability to find what you need is much better.  

On 11/24/2024 at 5:57 PM, Willo said:

We seem to have a cadre of forward-thinking leaders for the first time in many decades - Bibb, Ronayne, Huang...

replying to this from the Random Development Thread.

 

I agree that the quality of civic leadership at the top is increasing (thankfully). I’m still concerned about shenanigans happening over at City Hall though. MOCAP has seen a mass exodus of good employees. It’s enough where I’m considering writing a whistleblower-esque email to Kerry McCormack about it.

41 minutes ago, Enginerd said:

replying to this from the Random Development Thread.

 

I agree that the quality of civic leadership at the top is increasing (thankfully). I’m still concerned about shenanigans happening over at City Hall though. MOCAP has seen a mass exodus of good employees. It’s enough where I’m considering writing a whistleblower-esque email to Kerry McCormack about it.

I admit I had to look up MOCAP. Looks like they do all of the day to day heavy lifting for the city hall show ponies and need high quality people. Without knowing what you mean by shenanigans - whether just incompetence or if impropriety - tread lightly id you need to maintain your confidently and your job. If of a serious nature consider a feeler call to a hotline at the State level in C-bus such as the Auditor of State, BCI or AG. Otherwise hang in there.

 

First challenger to Bibb has announced her candidacy for the Cleveland 2025 mayoral race.

 

LaVerne Gore announces run for Cleveland mayor in 2025

by Najee Hall

December 26, 2024

 

Gore is a Cleveland native, born and raised in the Hough neighborhood. She operates her own consulting firm, LA Gore and Principles. She has also served as a recruiter for the United States Military Academy.

 

She is no stranger to the political scene, having run her first campaign in 1993 for a seat on Cleveland City Council. Since then, she has run for multiple other offices. Most recently, she ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2021 to represent Ohio’s 11th congressional district. She also ran for: Cuyahoga County Council in 2010; Cleveland mayor in 2009; and to be a Cuyahoga County Council Commissioner in 2000 and 2002. While she has managed to win two primaries, she has yet to hold political office.

 

https://signalcleveland.org/laverne-gore-announces-run-for-2025-cleveland-mayoral-race/