Can this be catching on? Parma Heights turns down a tax abatement request by Tony George, a political connected guy.

The Sun Paper in Parma this week reported that Council turned him down on a development that already had started. Read it here:

http://blog.cleveland.com/parmasunpost/2009/08/parma_heights_city_council_say.html

Can common sense be spreading? Or are the pols getting nervous about who’s watching what they do and for whom?