Metro CEO Mark Moran stopped by the PD to talk to editors and reporters on Wednesday, as noted in the PD’s editorial on Metro’s employee exit-strategies here.
It happens every once in awhile; a subject calls up or stops over to the paper’s headquarters after they’ve been the target a series of articles that don’t shine the most favorable light. It usually entails a visit with Top Men and the reporters to let, say, Chief McGrath, air his side of the story, pleading “Come on, man, why you gotta be like that?”
Sometimes that leads to laughter and a redoubling of efforts, sometimes it leads to nicer subsequent filings, like this, which also appeared in the paper this morning:
“Cleveland MetroHealth chief executive fears taxpayers might overlook hospital’s community role.”
For the last few months, the paper has been hammering the hospital (which receives taxpayer subsidies — $36 million this year) for a variety of faults: consultant hirings, executive pay, management, the fact that TVs in the emergency room are usually tuned to TBS, and the lack of Milky Ways in vending machines.
This article appears in Aug 10-16, 2011.
Maybe two good PR moves would be: #1 Replace M. Moran. He has overstayed his welcome. #2 Fire the consultants and install the person that was next in line for the position. How good was this woman that quit if she didn’t have a competent #2 person behind her to take over if necessary. NOBODY is indispensible.
Ha! By PR problem I thought you meant puerto ricans! They are equally a problem to Metro as well as Cleveland. Impossible to get an honest days work out of one!