Mark Puente.

  • Mark Puente.

The Metro reporters at the Plain Dealer have been doing yeoman’s work for the taxpayers of Cuyahoga County.

Though besieged by layoffs, cutbacks, and dwindling ad revenue, the paper has put a premium on investigative reporting in recent years. The result has been a string of stories unveiling corruption in the furthest reaches of county government, from run-of-the-mill incompetence and cronyism to Really Brazen Incompetence and Cronyism.

Reporter Mark Puente was responsible for some of the paper’s biggest scoops, including the coverage of the recent scandals at the boards of revision, which is why it’s sad news that he is leaving the paper.

This article appears in Sep 15-21, 2010.

Vince Grzegorek has been with Scene since 2007 and editor-in-chief since 2012. He previously worked at Discount Drug Mart and Texas Roadhouse.

2 replies on “Mark Puente Is Leaving the Plain Dealer, Heading to St. Petersburg Times”

  2. It’s a very big deal. Mark is a great reporter who helped root out corruption, which taxpayers pay for. The PD’s loss is also Cuyahoga County’s loss.

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