Bridget Conant wrote:They must be worried and perhaps they should be.
The last council election didn’t go their way, AT ALL.
But they have opportunity here and they’ll resort to tried and true trickery to achieve their goals.
But the irony of Mary Louise Madigan heading a “Good Government” group IS hysterically funny. As she faces reporters denying there is any corruption at the jail, or that there is corruption and secret deals in the county IT department, she becomes the defender of government corruption at its finest.
No better example of what is wrong with Lakewood. --Another sleazoid local PAC.
Rather than tiresome meddling and covert fundraising for Sam O'Leary, the best thing that Ms. Madigan can do for her "neighbors" and for "good government" is to perform her designated duties as a Cuyahoga County employee in an honest and ethical manner. That is all that we expect as county taxpayers.
Finally, let's ask ourselves why we even permit county employees to engage in Political-Action-Committee formation.
One more clue that reminds government employees and government officials that Ethics-in-Government is Job One.
Our individual federal tax burdens might be slightly less if Special Agents and Marshals of the United States Department of Justice weren't always spending so much of their time investigating potential criminal activity at Ms. Madigan's employer.
