In a rare show of common sense, the Plain Dealer actually heeded the comments posted to a story:
http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2012/09/clevelands_glut_of_vaca... [1]
When this came out--I felt the usual nausea: the Plain Dealer printing propaganda to support the Land Bank, though the numbers were so obviously bogus. I have been banned at the PD, so I rarely comment anymore. I chocked it up to the same old...
Fortunately, the reporter here and her editors bothered to THINK about the actual content being published and today they published an article that really examines the report prepared by a former PD writer (Becky Gaylord) and paid for by taxpayers.
http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2012/10/consultant_erred_in_ana... [2]
It's time the PD REALLY wakes up to the reality we live with here in NEO. Take the blinders off and print the TRUTH.
BTW-Council paid Gaylord’s company $20,000 for the report and her advocacy. Your $$$
Links:
[1] http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2012/09/clevelands_glut_of_vacant_hous.html
[2] http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2012/10/consultant_erred_in_analysis_o.html