Mayor Frank Jackson’s call for bids to supply Cleveland’s LED lights for the next ten years yielded only one more interested party than he got when he handled the dealings in private.
The two players are both Ohio companies: General Electric of East Cleveland and ATC Lighting of Andover. Curiously absent is Sunpu Opto, the Chinese company Jackson initially planned to hand the contract to.
So far, the best explanation for the LED world’s lack of interest seems to be that the whole idea has no chance of working. That’s the view of Brian Cummins, a leader of city council’s opposition to the original no-bid deal last spring.
This article appears in Dec 1-7, 2010.
Hey…I got an idea…”blink”!
And we wonder why nothing gets done in Cleveland. The medical mart will probably
be taxed for every bed they display and the casino, if you win Cleveland will get half your winnings because of a tax. Or they want a million jobs created by each business
Idiots at heir best
Idiots doing their best work. The city of Cleveland hasn’t had a professional as mayor for well over 30 years. Lame duck chumps who get elected and then hide for 4-8 years. The sad thing is we have a great city that’s mismanaged so badly that it hurts us all. Another sad state of affairs. Well at least the depopulation of Ohio will keep the traffic down.