BREWER VS PD- DIFF VIEW

           

      I sat for lunch at the table with Mayor Brewer of East Cleveland last Tuesday at NeoExcellence Roundtable.  I had read the PD’s review of the events surrounding Mayor Brewer’s anxiousness to get physically into the City Hall. The PD article left a very negative image.  Listening in person to Mayor Brewer left a positive image. Here’s one reason Mayor Brewer recalled for us at lunch:

In his first several weeks in office Mayor Brewer had the number of telephone poles with street lights on them in East Cleveland counted.  Then he met with CEI officials and pointed out to them that the City was being billed monthly for (more than) 100 more street lights than existed.   Mayor Brewer recognized that the City was not being billed by CEI on a metered kwhr electrical bill, but rather a flat fee per street light – so if the light wasn’t using electricity at all – because it didn’t exist – the City was still being billed for it. 

This is the type of attention to detail that every City needs to set a tone of responsibility and concern for the taxpayers money.

Other examples included weigh scale issues with BFI trash collection in the City, illegal dumping remedies, and improving the general professionalism of everyone in the City government. 

Mayor Brewer is street smart, well spoken, and has polish and humor.  He has a tough job ahead.  I wish him the best health to tackle his challenge.