Frank Russo, No Criminal Mastermind, Does Something Sketchy, Again

No, you are not mistaken. That is Frank Russo and Jerry Springer
  • No, you are not mistaken. That is Frank Russo and Jerry Springer

So it looks like Frank Russo isn’t even trying anymore. The besieged public official — on the Fed’s chopping block since ‘08 —has now been caught red-handed indulging in blatant cronyism.

As the Plain Dealer tells it today
, after the county property revision board was mowed down with allegations of impropriety and corruption, it fell on Russo to appoint a bureaucrat to watchdog the group.

Now, any self respecting criminal mastermind would probably have played this one by the book, lest he attract more scrutiny. But not our Public Official #2.

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