Controversies in Cuyahoga County have slowed considerably since the FBI swooped in and rounded up the corruption all-stars, and even more so after County Exec Ed FitzGerald took office.
There are still a few strongholds of scandal in town though — big rocks with big bugs underneath, big reliable bugs. The Plain Dealer has latched onto two of them this year: the Cleveland police department, and MetroHealth hospital.
Metro’s been under scrutiny for a small mountain bad PR moves, mainly involving management and payroll, and most notably the hire of former commissioner Tim Hagan to a lucrative part-time job.
And it was just last week that the PD pointed out that former CFO Sharon Kelley has an agreement with Metro to continue to collect her $440,00/year paycheck for six months, plus another six months if she doesn’t find a job. (Real incentive for her to hit CareerBoard there, right?)
And now a fresh batch of outrage.
This article appears in Jul 27 – Aug 2, 2011.
Why should she accept that job when they pay her more than double for the same thing. She is not dumb, but they are.
someone should look at fitzgerald background when he was with the FBI and his treatments of the poor and then look at what he is doing with the metro problem