Former Cuyahoga law director made deal to avoid prosecution: The Wake Up for Friday, Nov. 12, 2021 - cleveland.com
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NFL: Browns at New England Patriots, 1 p.m. Sunday, Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Mass. TV: WOIO Channel 19. Radio: WKRK FM/92.3, WNCX FM/98.5, WKNR AM/850.
Law director deal: Public records show that former Cuyahoga County Law Director Robert Triozzi agreed to resign his post in January 2019 as part of an agreement with prosecutors who were investigating corruption in county government. Cory Shaffer reports Triozzi signed a non-prosecution agreement on Jan. 3, 2019, in which he agreed to step down and the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office agreed not to pursue criminal charges against him over his failure to properly oversee portions of the county’s boondoggled IT overhaul.
New councilwoman: The Cuyahoga County Democratic Party central committee on Wednesday elected Meredith Turner to succeed U.S. Rep. Shontel Brown as District 9′s Cuyahoga County councilwoman. Kaitlin Durbin reports Turner received 32 out of 54 votes cast in a contest that included seven other candidates from across the district, which includes a portion of Cleveland and nine suburbs.
Public records show a big revelation in the Cuyahoga County corruption probe. Bill Mason, the current chief of staff for Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish, told a prosecutor that Prosecutor Michael O’Malley would face an opponent next election if he did not drop the investigation into Budish. We’re talking about documents from the Ohio Attorney General’s Office on Today in Ohio, cleveland.com’s daily half-hour news podcast.
Democratic PAC: A group of veteran Ohio Democratic strategists with ties to former Gov. Dick Celeste have formed a new super PAC to attack Ohio Republicans on both state and national issues in the 2022 election. Seth Richardson reports Bring Ohio Back is helmed by longtime operatives with experience in local, state and national politics. All have worked on campaigns for Celeste — the only two-term Democratic governor in Ohio in the past 60 years.
Jim Jordan: The beginning of Champaign County GOP Rep. Jim Jordan’s new political memoir describes members of the House Freedom Caucus he co-founded as “backbenchers” who hang out in the back of House of Representatives chamber, away from party leaders. By its end, he’s become a top congressional adviser to former President Donald Trump. Sabrina Eaton gives highlights from “Do What You Said You Would Do: Fighting for Freedom in the Swamp.”
Amtrak: The head of a passenger rail advocacy group is calling on Gov. Mike DeWine and state legislative leaders to start pushing for Ohio’s share of new Amtrak funding, included in the federal infrastructure bill, in the hopes of reviving plans for train service between Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati. Susan Glaser reports the $66 billion in rail funding in the $1.2 trillion bill passed last week has money to expand Amtrak’s national network into areas that are currently not served or are underserved by passenger rail service, including Ohio.
Innovation district: Ohio officials, who on Monday boasted of progress being made in developing the “Cleveland Innovation District” as a job creator, are now detailing how $265 million in state money will be used to prop up the initiative, which involves collaboration by the city’s three largest hospitals and two universities, Eric Heisig reports. The biggest chunk of JobsOhio’s $110 million is earmarked for the Cleveland Clinic, which has agreed to a $300 million investment of its own, to create the most jobs and build the Global Center for Pathogen Research & Human Health. The Clinic will also receive $155 million from the state Development Department.
Drones: Two new Ohio House bills filed this week seek to create the state’s first significant regulations on the use of drones by the public and law enforcement, reports Jeremy Pelzer. House Bills 485 and 486, introduced by Republican State Rep. Adam Holmes of Zanesville, would set rules about where and how private drones can be used and require police to obtain a search warrant in most instances for surveillance and data collection purposes.
Leaf season: For those who think fall colors came late this year, leaves can be deceiving, reports Peter Krouse. Leaves on the trees in the Cleveland Metroparks started changing color right on time and hit their collective peak around Oct. 18, only a day or so later than usual. However, one thing that does seem to be happening everywhere is that the leaves are sticking to the trees longer than usual, making fall seem like it’s late when its really lasting longer.
Snow soon? As storm systems make their way across the United States, temperatures in Northeast Ohio are expected to fall, ripe for possibly the first snow of the season this weekend, reports Cameron Fields. The dropping temperatures coincide with powerful winds off the upper Midwest, or a “November witch,” the name for the late fall gales that Gordon Lightfoot’s song, “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” made famous.
Coronavirus cases: Ohio averaged 410.5 cases per 100,000 residents Thursday, up from the previous week’s 354.3, reports Laura Hancock. The reason behind the increase is not yet clear. The delta variant was believed to be on its way out, though Gov. Mike DeWine cautioned last week that shouldn’t mean people become lax as the pandemic still rages in the state and U.S.
Vaccinations: The United States is averaging 300,000 first vaccination shots per day, the highest rate since early this summer, reports Julie Washington. This week, at least 900,000 children ages 5 to 11 have begun their two-dose vaccination with the Pfizer vaccine.
School cases: Cincinnati Public Schools again reports the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the state, according to the latest weekly update from the Ohio Department of Health. On the opposite side, Toledo City Schools saw a significant decrease in cases from the prior week, going from reporting the fifth-highest number of cases to tying for ninth, Alexis Oatman reports.
Harassment case: A Black officer who received a Ku Klux Klan sign on his desk from the city’s police chief said Thursday that he was humiliated by the gesture and believed it was part of a pattern of racial discrimination, reports Kaylee Remington. Officer Keith Pool and his attorneys said they had filed a discrimination charge against the city of Sheffield Lake with the Ohio Civil Rights Commission and a petition with the Ohio Supreme Court to push the city to provide public documents showing the race-based harassment carried out by former Chief Anthony Campo.
Inflation: Prices are rising faster than they have in the past 31 years, reports Sean McDonnell. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the consumer price index rose 6.2% since last October. That jump was even higher in the Midwest, where the index rose 6.6%, the biggest 12-month jump since 1990.
Electric trucks: Lordstown Motors expects to deliver the Endurance pickup truck to customers in the third quarter of 2022, pushing the launch back from the second quarter, Sean McDonnell reports.
NYC: If you’ve ever longed for a New York City without all of the crowds and chaos, now is the time to go. Susan Glaser found a seat on the subway, could walk through Times Square without bumping into strangers, and saw a terrific Broadway show for less than $70. The crowds are fewer, the prices are lower, the noise is a few decibels quieter. But it’s still every bit as fun as it used to be, maybe more so.
Arts funding: The board of trustees of Cuyahoga Arts and Culture voted Wednesday to spend $11.6 million in cigarette tax revenues in 2022, the majority of which will provide general operating support to more than 70 nonprofit organizations, Steven Litt reports. In addition to long-term recipients of operating support such as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Cleveland Orchestra, CAC provided general operating support grants to four new organizations for 2022: Cleveland Ballet, Cleveland Classical Guitar Society, Collective Arts Network, and Doan Brook Watershed Partnership.
Ice time: The Rink at Wade Oval will open on Friday, Dec. 3, welcoming ice skaters for another winter season. Anne Nickoloff reports the rink will stay open through Sunday, Feb. 27.
Grocery store Thanksgiving dinner: If you’d rather forgo all the cooking -- and cleanup -- this year, several local grocery and big-box stores are taking all the prep work out of the Thanksgiving spread and making your hosting job much easier. Brenda Cain surveyed local grocers and found several are offering pre-cooked Thanksgiving meals that can go from the fridge to the oven to the table in just a couple of hours.
Cliffside mansion: Cleveland.com’s sister site, Architectural Digest, brings you to sunny La Jolla, Calif., on the coast of the Pacific Ocean to tour the art-filled, modernist home of superstar couple Alicia Keys and Kasseem Dean (a.k.a. Swizz Beatz). A stunning cliffside mansion by architectural designer Wallace E. Cunningham, Kasseem had the multi-level “Razor House” as his phone’s screensaver for eight years, waiting for a day when the stars would align.
Things to do: In a couple of weeks, nearly every item on this list will be Christmas-related. Joey Morona has 17 ways to have fun, mostly non-holiday related.
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