Cuyahoga County Indictments Coming Soon?

Well we now have two blogs reporting imminent indictments stemming from Operation Air Ball, the FBI corruption probe that surrounds Jimmy Dimora and other Cuyahoga County elected officials. Over at Ohio Daily Blog, Anthony encourages us to "not fear the reaper" by posting a video of the Blue Oyster Cult's classic song. 

I personally am not afraid of the reaper at all. Let's let the FBI clear these guys out. Then the citizens of Cuyahoga County need to do the rest and demand county government reform once and for all. Clearly our current system of county government is inadequate to the challenges of the time. We need the accountability that comes from having an elected representative be responsible for a specific district. We need ONE CEO, not three or more, to truly take executive control of the county government. And most of all, we need resource sharing to reduce the cost of governing a declining population. 

Don't fear the reaper? This seems like a more appropriate song to me...

Jimmy Dimora Plans to Run for Re-Election?

Ha ha ha ha. Haaaaa! You're kidding right?

The Professor over at Political Science 216 has the scoop: 

Dimora’s “reasoning” goes like this, say sources – Cuyahoga County will never elect any Republican County wide, no big name Democrat will challenge him in the primary, the FBI won’t be done with its investigation anytime soon, people have short memories, and hell, the Plain Dealer might not even exist by then.

Personally, I can't believe that there isn't a single Demcorat in Cuyahoga County that wouldn't want to challenge the FBI-agent dodging Jimmy Dimora. Under his leadership, Cuyahoga County has lost 110,000 residents since 2000, Metro Cleveland has had the third worst population loss of any city in the country, and there doesn't appear to be an end in sight. And there won't be, until we can see the end of Dimora.