Word: kucinich
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Cleveland had to decide whether or not to retain the mayor with the face of a clever schoolboy and the bite of a barracuda. The recall election was forced by Kucinich's enemies, who issued their challenge after he had fired popular Police Chief Richard Hongisto. Battling for his job, Kucinich claimed he was being hounded by "the bosses" because he fought for "the people." He won-barely. With fewer than half of the voters going to the polls, the mayor's strongholds among the white working-class ethnics, carried the day by 236 votes...
...question is, will Cleveland? Kucinich has been boycotting meetings of the city council, which has feuded with him so bitterly that the council president once ordered the mayor's microphone disconnected. Although Cleveland is one of the largest centers of corporate headquarters...
...Kucinich has alienated business by accusing bankers of precipitating the city's credit crisis and by opposing tax abatements to companies that have proposed major downtown developments. The recall fight also aggravated longstanding racial problems. Kucinich supporters inflamed black leaders by distributing pictures of black City Council President George Forbes in white neighborhoods and saying that he would be the next mayor if they didn't vote for Kucinich...
Says Cuyahoga County Democratic Chairman Timothy Hagen: "This city is on the verge of a nervous breakdown." The bad situation, which Kucinich inherited, is deteriorating. Some symptoms...
...Because of his stance against Big Business, Kucinich refuses to let the city sell the municipal power company-known as Muny Light-as planned by the previous administration. The struggling utility owes $17.5 million to Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co., a private firm, and is under court order to pay $14.9 million by the end of the year...