Category: Cleveland
Life in Cleveland; 2004-present.
I worked at Cuyahoga County when the FBI raided it. Dozens of people went to jail for their corruption and greed. Projects and staff were managed poorly, budgets and strategies were opaque, many of the people working there got their jobs because they were politically connected. The Board of Commissioners was replaced with an executive-style government, and the first County Executive was a micromanaging megalomaniac who treated the remaining staff like they were all criminals, despite being too irresponsible to renew his driver’s license for several years. A project that started my last year there took 8 years to finish and was millions over-budget.
However: the City of Cleveland is the worst place I have ever worked.
The rottenly corrupt Cuyahoga County of 2008 did a better job at the duties of government than the City of Cleveland does in 2023.
Organizations keep the employees they deserve.