Submitted by Quest-News-Serv... [1] on March 11, 2009 - 5:38pm.

sammy ross catania, & your brothers - how much money did you make as  board member & president, now development manager of  tremont west development corporation, & business owner contractor built townhouses in tremont etc.,??

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Tremont townhomes fill trio's plate.

Crain's Cleveland Business [2] ,  June, 2002 [3]   by Mortland, Shannon [4]

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The owners of the Sixth Street Market in the Warehouse District downtown soon will have another item to add to their list of goods for sale - a series of townhomes they are building in Tremont. Brothers Tommy, Ross and Sammy Catania are building between 19 and 26 upscale townhomes, Sammy Catania said

They will break ground this week on Literary Avenue in the first of three phases of the for-sale townhomes, he said. ``We're going to actually wrap around the block,'' Sammy Catania said. ``Our next focus will be on West 5th Street and West 6th Street.'' When complete, the two- ...

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sammy ross catania, can't be president of the board of tremont west development corporation, (he resigned) and development manager now of tremont west development corporation and sell real estate and have a construction company, too - built townhouses in tremont, etc., - editorial

catania, cannot own and operate an active, profitable real estate construction company business for the last three years and now  he  resigned  because of conflict of interest as president  of the board of directors, of tremont west development corporation,Tremont West Development Corporation.  The appearance of impropriety and the potential for abuse are just too obvious.

its been reported (catania, confirmed he was resiging) sammy catania, was forced to resign because of conflict of interest as president  of the board of directors, of tremont west development corporation,Tremont West Development Corporation | 2406 Professor St., Cleveland, OH 44113 | 216-575-0920 , (all the great employees are very wonderfull) -a non-profit corporation, that receives federal, goverment, funds and does local fund raising-catania, was forced to resign because of conflict of interest - catania is a licensed contractor, and its been reported that he used his position as board president,  to make money for himself and his friends-

Someone who sun-moon lights by buying and selling real estate and doing construction shouldn't be anywhere near a job that gives him influence with real estate and construction jobs.

catania, cannot continue serving two masters - the public and himself.

He must choose one or the other, and he must do it now.

Russo can't set Cuyahoga County land values and sell real estate, too - editorial

Cuyahoga County Auditor Frank Russo can't have it both ways.

Russo cannot own and operate an active, profitable real estate business at the same time he is charged with setting the taxable value of every parcel of land in the county. The appearance of impropriety and the potential for abuse are just too obvious.

He must resign as county auditor or give up the real estate business. If he does not, the county commissioners or the county prosecutor should summon a wee bit of leadership and demand that Russo do right by the taxpayers of Cuyahoga County.

That Russo would preside over such an active real estate business, as described in detail Friday by Plain Dealer reporter Amanda Garrett, is appalling - so much so that it has attracted the interest of federal agents investigating Russo and his sidekick, Commissioner Jimmy Dimora.

The value the auditor's office places on real property is important because property owners pay taxes based on that valuation. Someone who moonlights by buying and selling real estate shouldn't be anywhere near a job that gives him influence over the fair market value of real estate.

Consider the case of Ferris Kleem, owner of Blaze Construction Co. in Berea, whose office was raided by federal agents as part of last week's massive FBI and IRS sweep. Russo's office has set the market value of Kleem's 4,000-square-foot home on a wooded lot in Berea at $255,000 - the same price Kleem paid for it 13 years ago. A smaller house across the street is valued at $404,200.

Russo cannot continue serving two masters - the public and himself.

He must choose one or the other, and he must do it now.

Submitted by Quest-News-Serv... [1] on March 11, 2009 - 5:38pm.

Be careful Guy.  They'll [15]

Be careful Guy.  They'll nail your hide to the wall.  I ask Mr. Catania a question at the Long Range Planning Committee last Thursday and got blasted.  He came on the attack slinging slurs that I didn't pay taxes and didn't own my own home.  He must have an affliction with renters.  Wonder how he feels about the Councilman, he's a renter now. 

I was even told that I couldn't be a member of that illustrious committee because I do some voluntary writing for the Plain Press. 

They all have their knickers in a twist because the April article will be covering the parking deficit of the retail district in Tremont and "transparancy" will have a whole new meaning after that.

My collaborating with Henry seems to have done some unnerving  but for technical help and support there's no better - he's like a real live library with a logged in card file on auto pilot.   However, I need to clear it up for a few, I knew my way around City Hall as well as a few other places long before most of them ever thought of moving  to Tremont. 

Even Good buddy Chris Garland has begun to show his true colors.  Somebody needs to give him a lesson in US Mail 101.  He so kindly responded, to a request for documents I sent, with a letter on Tremont West stationary, addressed it to me, worte personal and confidential on the letter, gave me the heave ho about how dishonest he thought I was, that I was reprehensible, and that my peer journalists should be disgusted and, in his last line, made it clear that I did not have his permission to reproduce any portion of the letter in any fashion.

He put a US stamp on the TWDC envelope  addressed to me and dropped it in a US mail box.  What part of it now belongs to me does he not understand.  I can copy that letter and post it anywhere I wish.  These are the leaders we have at Tremont West Development Corp.  The only participation they want is "Rubber Stamping."