BuckeyeBlog

After the police raid targeting Cuyahoga County officials Jimmy Dimora and Frank Russo, David Hansen wondered why the New York Times had spent so much attention on Senator Ted Stevens but didn’t mention this scandal at all. Well, about a week-and-a-half late, the Times did indeed feature an article about the shenanigans in Cuyahoga County, although its angle was about how it would affect Barack Obama’s chance of winning the state.

It’s shameful that it took the Times this long to report on the story and it’s even worse that they chose not to actually delve into the details of the issue. As pointed out in David Hansen’s post on the issue, there are twice as many people who live in Cuyahoga County than live in Alaska. These folks under investigation are responsible for spending over a billion dollars in tax money. This investigation is a big deal. But I guess stories about things like the judging of baked goods at the Marquette County Fair are more important.

Tags: Accountable Government, Corruption, Cuyahoga County, Dimora

This entry was posted on Sunday, August 10th, 2008 at 10:13 pm and is filed under Accountable Government. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.