Pre-Cleveland mayorial election (Sept. 29, 2009) head: “Despite revenue dip, city sees no layoffs and balanced budget” running above a story by PD reporter Henry Gomez which had this final paragraph: “In 2010,” [Sharon] Dumas [city finance director], told council members, “as we look at balancing our operating budget, it is our intent to do that – we're hoping – without any layoffs or service cuts,” [Metro | B3].
Sure enough, the day before Christmas, the last paragraph of the above mentioned story played out in a Dec. 24, 2009 PD story titled “100 Cleveland safety workers get layoff notices,” [Metro | B3] by PD reporter Joe Guillen.
In eighty-six days, (49 days after the re-election of Mayor Frank Jackson), what was hoped wouldn't happen in the last paragraph in the first story, became the headline of the second story!