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Want to follow Dimora, improve County? Then Map the Mess


Ed Morrison has created Map the Mess:

Map the Mess is a “watering hole” for citizens interested improving Cuyahoga County.

A small group of citizen journalists is forming to map the political and business connections in Cuyahoga County. You can help by adding your voice. We welcome your participation.

Our purpose: To shed more light on the workings of business and government in the County.

Our outcome: To develop a more complete map of how local government and business is actually done in the County.

We are promoting basic democratic principles of openness and transparency. Our first step is to use social networking software to map the connections in local government that have already been revealed by solid reporting in the press.

Beyond that, we are committed to shining more light on the relationships of local government to business in order to alter the pattern of patronage and privilege that frustrates reform and productivity.

A privileged few are happy with current patterns, but most of us are getting far less government than we pay for.

The future of Cuyahoga County depends on transparency, civility and innovation (in both government an business). Mapping the Mess is a first step to creating a new future for Cuyahoga County.

You can help by adding your voice. Start by contributing your thoughts for our team of citizen journalists to follow.

Resources at the site include a blog with many links to news and a forum for messages and discussion.

Mapping the mess doesn’t have to be a negative experience.  In fact, from what I know of Ed, it’s been created because of the good we can do here in Cuyahoga County.

And who can beat the title?  Read more at Brewed Fresh Daily and Creative Ink.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 9:39 pm July 31st, 2008 in Announcements, Blogging, Cleveland+, Government, Ohio, Politics, Scandal, Tech, leadership 

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7 Responses to “Want to follow Dimora, improve County? Then Map the Mess”

  1. 1 joe on August 1st, 2008 8:42 am

    yeah, we’ll see how long the light shines on truthful statements like the ones i made in the previous post. there’s alot more where those came from. transparency, sunshine – yeah right!

  2. 2 Greg Helms on August 1st, 2008 8:47 am

    Actually, what I would like to see happen is the county BOE put local campaign committee finance filings on-line. With both the state and the feds, you can check those records on-line, but we can’t do that on the local level. Obviously, the technology is there and although it’ll obviously cost money, I think it would be money well spent.

  3. 3 Jill Miller Zimon on August 1st, 2008 9:32 am

    ATTENTION JOE: It’s your inability to restrain yourself and respect the tone 99% of the commenters here respect that has convinced me to start moderating comments. Plus the fact that you refuse to provide a valid email through which you and I could communicate and reach a better solution.

    If you are convinced of the truth of your personal attacks, then take it to Ed’s blogs or email him. This blog is not a megaphone for your gripes against any one person.

    It’s a place to debate and offer thoughts on the topics of the post. Ed is not the topic of the post and neither is any former mayor. You want to say it extends to that? Then start your own blog and write about that or couch what you are saying in a way that engages debate and doesn’t just give voice to your anger about past events.

    All comments will now be moderated until I decide to change that. Thanks for adding to my workload.

  4. 4 joe on August 1st, 2008 9:38 am

    what is the topic then?

  5. 5 Loaine Ritchey on August 1st, 2008 1:45 pm

    Bravo and Good Luck!! Asking the hard questions is always tough trying to get through the muck and mire OH Boy!!! getting complete answers is tougher…. as for financial accounting I had my own issues with government “accounting” yesterday
    http://thatwoman.wordpress.com/2008/07/31/accounting-enron-or-gov-enron/

  6. 6 Have Coffee Will Write » Blog Archive » WHAT THEY SAID… on August 2nd, 2008 5:18 pm

    [...] tip to she who Writes Like She Talks. Posted in Dump Dimora & Heave Hagan, Election 2008, Politics, What They [...]

  7. 7 Jill Miller Zimon on August 3rd, 2008 11:09 am

    Tx – I think it’s a fantastic effort that while traditional journalists could do, frankly, I think citizens can do a lot better.

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