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Former Cleveland Councilwoman And Mayor Jackson And George Forbes Ally Pierce Scott Pleads Guilty To Bribery, Agrees To SnitchSubmitted by JournalistKathy... on Thu, 10/20/2011 - 05:40.
Former Cleveland Ward 8 Councilwoman Sabra Pierce Scott
From the Metro Desk of The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com (www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com)
Former Cleveland Ward 8 Councilwoman Sabra Pierce Scott, who was Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson's 2009 reelection campaign manager, pleaded guilty yesterday in federal district court to conspiracy to commit bribery and has agreed to testify against others as part of an ongoing corruption probe of City Hall operatives. Pierce Scott, 52, who abruptly resigned in 2009 and is now pursuing a master's degree at Case Western Reserve University, is the first Black elected Cleveland official to be charged. She joins a long list of more than 50 countywide officials and their affiliates that have either pleaded guilty or been convicted of corruption- related crimes in office in connection with a neverending FBI investigation made public three years ago. She appeared before Federal District Court Judge Christopher Boyko in Cleveland and after admitting guilt, she left the courtroom flanked by her attorney. To read this article further go to: www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com
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Fraud, corruption, incompetence
Jackson's legacy -
http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2017/01/top_issues_in_clevelands_mayor.html
On this issue, Jackson has no place to hide. His administration’s compliance with public record law has been the worst in the city’s recent history, calling into question City Hall’s transparency on potentially controversial issues of public importance as well as routine matters.
City Hall didn’t provide cleveland.com with a copy of the 2015 city payroll until February of 2016. And a year-old request for the 2016 payroll is still outstanding.
Cleveland.com is still awaiting responses to other record requests dating back to 2015. They include disciplinary and personnel files for specific city directors, chiefs and workers; director reports; records on hiring at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport; and timekeeping records for certain employees.
When cleveland.com requested a breakdown of what goes into a calculation that appears on Cleveland Public Power customers’ bills, the city denied the request on the grounds that the calculation constitutes a “trade secret.”
Photo by Scott Shaw, The Plain Dealer