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I know this isn’t the best side of me, but I really cannot wait for this morning’s broadcast of WCPN’s Sound of Ideas:
Tuesday’s Sound of Ideas will have the latest on the FBI and IRS investigations into corruption in Cuyahoga County government. Up to 200 federal agents executed search warrants at the county administration building Monday as well as at homes of several county officials. Employees were told to go home. An FBI spokesman said the searches are part of a “long-term public corruption investigation” but gave no hint of what exactly the law enforcement officials are looking for. SOI will have journalists and others on with the latest developments, plus analysis of where the investigation might lead and how it might affect county government reform efforts.
Guests:
Mark Naymik, The Plain Dealer
Bill Shiel, Fox 8 News
Geoffrey Mearns, Dean, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
Jim Petro, former County Commissioner, former Attorney General
Hmm – if you have Jim Petro, shouldn’t you have some other Dem? And no women (why not Jane Campbell or Mary what was her name who is a judge now I can’t believe I’m blanking out)?
Oh well. I’m still as eager to listen. Some other elected officials are bound to phone in and you can too.
Listen here live or listen later here. Or, as they suggest:
Interact with The Sound of Ideas: Call in during the program: Local 216-578-0903 or toll-free 866-578-0903
Want to have the Last Word? Call us at 216-916-6397 or send an email.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 8:35 am July 29th, 2008 in Announcements, Cleveland+, Crime, Government, Law, Ohio, Politics, Scandal, WCPN/SOI, leadership
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The FBI has a responsibility as watch dog, the purchase of the AT set off some flairs. That project would have cost a absolutely ridiculous amount of money. The FBI has access to data, that being the costs of such ventures and when things get to be outside of what is usual and customary then that excess is going someplace, where and to who?
This lack of diligence and accountability is a red flag and the federal government has to investigate, not just this action but all actions. A matter of money in and money out.
The big misconception is that of doing favors as a right of the politician, its not really. This is if anything a message for future politician dot your I’s and cross your T’s because you do have a higher authority.
Be careful not to hang us all out to dry on this our bond rating is in the mix,
This is what gets me is that they are seizing and pulling databases, those datasets should be perpetually accessible to the federal government, they should be open to constant scrutiny. Where the money comes from and were it goes, may seem mind boggling but actually with modern technology it is not. It seems the agenda is often more of creative bookkeeping and even hiding things rather than making it clear and accountable.
Their is allot of waste in the county government, they have become very complacent with handing out very large amounts of money in salaries and in contracts, much of which is back patting and not really doing the region much good, are we progressive are we improving? If we are we doing it at a snails pace.
We really do need a restructuring of government, it all needs to be disassembled and reassembled in a more modern format. The problem is when pushing down the costs you run head on into the status quo, that’s handing out meal tickets to so many. It has much to do with construction costs high paid high profit contractors and also social services which spend more to exist then they actually need to.
The answer really does exist in that, in getting the actual work done for less and reducing social service jobs with positions that actually encourage sustainable change.
We need a regional government but also a sectionalized system that focuses on geographical regions holistically. The current systems is detached from the too many municipalities that exist. All we need is less municipalities and a common system that they are all linked into.
So the FBI and IRS step in they may find issues of illegality, but nothing comes next, no new system that elevates the possibilities, there is not a agency to restructure the system.
Be aware that the county is more or less a front end office for both the federal and state government, they receive droves of capital from them. The county also has huge cash flows through them, sales taxes as well as access to valuation of real property.
Government should be run much like bank and each individual should see their contribution and also their costs, what they are getting either directly or indirectly.
We that being each individual is an asset, are we earning or producing or are we usurping? Are we efficient or are we dysfunctional?
jill i think i have been rock hard in my determination to alert you to the fact that a deep probing investigation has needed to happen for a while now. i think the penetrating effort needs to be extended even more deeply than at this initial stage of the examination.
i shall someday reveal tales of corruption the extent to which you would never have believed. strictly on the qt.
I believe you’re thinking of former county commissioner (and U.S. Senate candidate and state treasurer candidate) Mary O. Boyle. She’s no relation to current 8th District judge Mary Jane Boyle.
Oy thank you Greg! Right – Boyle. Not being able to remember was tantalizing!!
Yes – they could have talked to her.