Its amazing to me to watch all the corruption. Building & Housing has been a real problem for years. I wonder how much it cost the destroy the Giglio [1]household?
Here is the Plain Dealer [2]story. Remember Channel 19 covered this last summer [3], or the Channel 19 [4]editorial last month. The M.O.B. [5] rap group. See how ODOT handled it. [6]
Now here is how the Chicago Style Democratic political machine [7]would do it. Or one of Chicago's finast Alderman [8] would be part of pay to play.
Links:
[1] http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/12/tremont_man_jailed_his_house_d.html
[2] http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/03/feds_indict_electrical_contrac.html
[3] http://www.woio.com/global/video/flash/popupplayer.asp?ClipID1=2782809&h1=BREAKING%20NEWS%3A%20Federal%20Investigation%20Launched%20Into%20Cleveland%27s%20Building%20and%20Housing%20Department&vt1=v&at1=News&d1=107033&LaunchPageAdTag=Homepage&activePane=info&rnd=74507703
[4] http://www.woio.com/Global/story.asp?S=9505892&nav=menu68_2_6
[5] http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/12/dimoras_neighborhood_attracts.html
[6] http://blog.cleveland.com/openers/2008/10/inspector_general_uncovers_cor.html
[7] http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/specials/chi-zoning-storygallery,0,6709336.storygallery
[8] http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2008/aug/06/local/chi-troutman-plea-webaug07