"HIGH RISK" PERFORMANCE @ PORT AUTHORITY

Corruption and self-dealing continues the demise of NEO -  and these people sleeping on the street are direct victims of our civic malfeasance.

I believe that public corruption and self dealing by public representatives is the cause of NEO's continuing economic demise.  Reputable businesses "smell" this and stay clear of Cleveland and NEO.  Why would a European wind turbine manufacturer decide to establish a facility here, when they can go where governments function in the sunlight?  Testimony to our demise are the recent statistics for ridership on the RTA (whose officials rightly voluntarily disclose their private financial interest to avoid the appearance of conflicts) for regional Cleveland :  in 1980 there were 130 million transit rides, in the most recent year that had dropped to 57 million rides.  Workers ride public transit.  These figures tell me that there are many fewer jobs here than there were in 1980. 

That means our local government is rotten in my opinion.  They tout their performance, but the proof is in the pudding.

The Port Authority has done nothing to improve the Port of Cleveland physical facilities, and instead has concentrated on self serving commercial development projects for its close friends and for institutions that don’t need public financing – the Cleveland Clinic.  On top of this, the Authority has seen to it that they are not governed by the Open Meeting Laws which govern other Ohio public officials   See link here:  http://www.ssd.com/publications/pub_detail.aspx?pubid=8909#ConfusedAboutPortAuthorities [1]

One of the many challenges facing  Ronn Richard’s and the Cleveland Foundation’s dream of wind turbines on the lake, is the lack of any adequate local port facilities or marine equipment to handle or install the turbines or their support towers.  That’s one reason Mr. Richard can give no date as to when the water based turbines might become reality and a reason turbines should first go on land .

I encourage Tom Breckenridge,  Joan Mazzolini and the Plain Dealer to continue and expand this long overdue expose of the Port Authority.  See today's Plain Dealer on line at Cleveland.com for Port Authority coverage.
 

MM